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Alabama Releasing LANK Documentary on Friday

Alabama football revealed a trailer on Monday for a documentary that discusses how the team came together to prove naysayers wrong after a rough start to last season.

Hunter De Siver

Dec 2, 2023; Atlanta, GA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe (4) leaves the field after defeating the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 2, 2023; Atlanta, GA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe (4) leaves the field after defeating the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports / John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
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On Monday, it was revealed that a LANK documentary would be released on Friday, Aug. 2. The Alabama football program put out a trailer on Monday to break the news.

This documentary directed by Walt Brock and Michael Kulick will have many familiar names with the titles of executive producers: former Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold, current quarterback Jalen Milroe, athletic director Greg Byrne, new head coach Kalen DeBoer, former head coach and six-time Alabama national champion Nick Saban, former Alabama Republican candidate Tripp Powell and Crimson Tide general manager Courtney Morgan.

The film will premiere on Aug. 2 at 2 p.m. CT on the Alabama Crimson Tide YouTube channel.

The words "doubt" and "Alabama football" haven't typically been put in the same sentence for the past 15 or so years. In fact, the 2024 Rose Bowl matchup against No. 1 Michigan in the Rose Bowl was just the fifth time since 2009 that the Crimson Tide hadn't gone into a game as the favorite.

But this past season, Alabama had plenty of doubters, and it's part of the reason why the team fully rallied around the LANK (Let All Naysayers Know) mantra. It was something that Jalen Milroe and Terrion Arnold came up with in the offseason, but took on a whole new meaning for the team after the loss to Texas in Week 2 and poor performance at USF in Week 3.

From that low point on, Alabama came together and started to dominate with each passing week. The Tide even ended then-No. 1 Georgia's 29-game win streak after defeating the Bulldogs 27-24 in the SEC Championship. This victory put Alabama over Florida State for the fourth and final spot in the College Football Playoff, where the Tide's magical season ended against eventual national champion Michigan in overtime.

Even though it was originally Arnold and Milroe's thing, the LANK acronym quickly spread throughout the whole team and even the college football world with each victory. A few days before Christmas, Milroe and Arnold wanted it to be something the whole team could profit from as well. Along with Athlete's Thread, the tight-knit duo gifted the whole team LANK shirts with their name and number on the back.

As seen in the trailer, LANK was used by several teams in Alabama's prestigious athletic program. It's safe to say that the impact of this acronym will continue for years to come.

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Hunter De Siver

HUNTER DE SIVER

Hunter De Siver is a graduate from the University of Alabama, earning a degree in sports media. During his time in Tuscaloosa, Hunter distributed articles covering Alabama football, basketball, and baseball for WVUA 23 TV and discussed these topics on Tide 100.9 FM. Hunter also generated articles highlighting Crimson Tide products in the NFL and NBA for BamaCentral. Since graduation, he's been contributing a plethora of NFL and NBA stories for FanNation and is a staff writer at MizzouCentral, Cowbell Corner and is back at BamaCentral.

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