A Big Day For Bama + SEC Honors Cecil Hurt

Good morning Tuscaloosa! Here's everything you need to know around Tuscaloosa this Sunday.

In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...

• A big day for Bama sports.
• A hop into the Wayback Machine.
• SEC honors Cecil Hurt.

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First, today's weather: Partly sunny and warm. High: 74 | Low: 63.

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🗣Patch Shout Out! 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Sunday morning goes to the 2021 SEC Champion Alabama Crimson Tide football team for claiming its eighth SEC title following a 41-24 win over top-ranked Georgia Saturday in Atlanta.

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. The No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide (12-1) clinched won its eighth SEC Championship Game in school history Saturday night, with a thrilling 41-24 win to deal a first loss of the season to the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs (12-1). (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. The No. 16 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team improved to 7-1 Saturday night with a monumental neutral site win over No. 3 Gonzaga (7-2) 91-82 at Climate Pledge Arena. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. ICYMI (and if you're still celebrating), here's a look back through history at the very first meeting of the Alabama Crimson Tide and Georgia Bulldogs 126 years ago. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. UA will award 2,382 degrees during fall 2021 commencement Dec. 10 and 11 at Coleman Coliseum. Click here for a full list of degree candidates. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. Shelton State Community College has landed some more local talent as its latest baseball commitment for 2023 following news that Northridge two-sport standout Whitt Winfield will play for the Bucs in 2023. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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👨‍💻 Other stories I'm reading today 👨‍💻

• How the SEC honored late columnist Cecil Hurt at SEC Championship Game (Nick Kelly, Tuscaloosa News)
• Tuscaloosa Native Returns Home To Open "Fool's Gold" Art Gallery (Noah Lueker, Tuscaloosa Thread)
• 'This is living history': UA highlights Muscogee artist Mary Smith (Emilee Boster, Crimson White)
• Merrill meets with Trump to discuss election integrity (Jacob Holmes, Alabama Political Reporter)
• Alabama's highest point to become repository for flag ashes (Associated Press)
• Birmingham Squadron Makes Home Debut Sunday (Michael Seale, Birmingham Patch)

✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️

Stillman College men's basketball improved to 7-1 Saturday night on a game-winning alley-oop for a 62-61 win over Brewton-Parker (More)

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— RP

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