Your Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week is Spencer Turnbull. Turnbull pitched 7 shut-out innings, allowing just 1 hit and 2 walks while striking out 6 batters. Turnbull, now 2-0, took a no-hitter into the 7th inning.
The NFL rushing title goes to Josh Jacobs. Final numbers:
Josh Jacobs - 1,653
Derrick Henry - 1,538
Nick Chubb - 1,525
First time RBs from same school have finished 1-2 since Clinton Portis and Edgerrin James did so in 2007.
Three returning players.
One returning starter.
All new assistant coaching staff.
Toughest schedule in the country.
All the key injuries.
This is the team that broke through and made the Final Four.
Alabama Women’s Hockey played its first-ever game as a program last night. Had to fashion sweater numbers with masking tape. Went out and dropped 20 on Auburn. Absolute legends.
Touchdown Leaders in the NFL:
1. Alabama players - 80
2. Baltimore - 62
3. San Francisco - 53
4. Tampa Bay - 51
5. Tennessee - 49
T6. New England, New Orleans, Kansas City, Seattle - 46
Seven
#BamaBusts
named to the Pro Bowl.
AFC - Derrick Henry, Mark Ingram, Dont’a Hightower, Marlon Humphrey, Minkah Fitzpatrick.
NFC - Julio Jones, Eddie Jackson.
Landon Dickerson, who's getting a $20 million signing bonus as part of his extension, says that he's going to get the zero-turn lawn mower that he's had his eye on.
We've got a couple of student athletes from Ukraine (German Samofalov and Anna Parkhomenko). Their hometowns don't appear to be in the region potentially under attack, but praying for them and their families in the coming days.
The $93M contract that Dabo Swinney is about to sign will, in terms of total dollar value, surpass CJ Mosley's $85M as the largest contract ever signed by a former Alabama athlete. Not bad for a walk-on.
“It sucks losing, but hurts knowing I won’t play with this team again.”
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#Alabama
’s Damien Harris with a heartbreaking post game interview after his last college game. I’m gonna miss this guy
@DHx34
#RollTide
All 11 former Alabama players in tonight’s Miami / Philadelphia are active. I’m thinking that’s probably an Alabama record, but going to see if I can confirm.
Your Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week is Jalen Hurts. Hurts threw for 338 yards, ran for 63 yards, and accounted for 4 TDs (3 passing, 1 rushing). Hurts became the 9th quarterback in NFL history with at least 4 TD passes and no interceptions in his first two starts.
Thoughts and prayers to all those who suffer from Bama Fatigue. Some of them are waking up this morning and briefly thinking that yesterday was just one long bad dream.
Above all else with respect to the greatest run in college football history, I'll be eternally grateful that Nick Saban gave my dad one last golden age of Alabama football (even if he only got to see about half of it).
Alabama Athletics will be able to close the book on the 2020-21 athletic year with every single sport making post-season play except for volleyball and soccer. That's just phenomenal.
Every single spring sport athlete should be granted an extra year of eligibility, and the NCAA should waive scholarship limits next season to accommodate them. Even if it means Vanderbilt has 40 baseball scholarships.
Little bit of personal news: Son
#1
has been accepted at the University of Alabama, and he's coming to devalue all of your degrees, starting in the fall!
15 Alabama players in the NFL are on bye weeks this weekend. Add to that another 4 with a free weekend because they play tonight. It's almost like everyone requested time off to go to the game this weekend.
Raiders practice squad now includes Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, DJ Fluker, Lester Cotton, and Tony Brown. That's in addition to Josh Jacobs, Henry Ruggs, Kenyan Drake, Alex Leatherwood, and Damion Square on the 53-man roster.
Julio Jones surpassed 13,000 career receiving yards today in his 136th game, which is the fewest games needed to reach 13,000 yards in NFL history. Jones now sits at 13,053 yards.
Had a couple of people ask this, with Tua Tagovailoa and Jalen Hurts both throwing TD passes today. The last time two former Alabama QBs threw TD passes in the same game week was Week 16 of the 1983 season, when Richard Todd (NO) and Jeff Rutledge (NYG) did it.
BREAKING: Jasmine Walker is selected by Los Angeles with the 7th pick of the WNBA draft. Walker is the first Alabama player selected in the draft since 2005, and the first in Round 1 since 2000.
Really proud of myself for this one. Have a client who's a big Georgia fan (actually have a lot of those). Normally bill him $240 for his tax return. For this year's work, I just sent him a bill for $226.
I'm betting he'll pay $240 anyways.
Per his Instagram feed, DeVonta Smith confirms that Jalen Hurts and Najee Harris will be participating in his inaugural celebrity softball game in June.
Ryan Anderson's 3 forced fumbles in one game yesterday were the most in the NFL this season. The last time a player forced 3 fumbles in a game was in 2016, and it's only been done 4 times this decade. (NFL record is 4 in a game).
If this is it for Tom Brady, his first career completed pass will have been to Rod Rutledge, and his last completed pass would have been to Julio Jones.
Four former Alabama players threw 9 touchdown passes (Tagovailoa x4, Jones x2, Hurts x2, Henry) today. That's an Alabama record for both number of TD passes in a single week by Alabama alums, as well as the number of players throwing TD passes.
Put this photo on your desk, mirror, fridge, dresser, wherever. Let it be a reminder to yourself whenever you don't feel like you can't push through whatever has you down that day.