🌱 UA Soccer Wins SEC Crown + Former Tide All-SEC Lineman Dies

Get on up, Tuscaloosa! Put on the coffee, wipe the weekend from your eyes and get all caught up on today's headlines before you get out the door on this Monday morning.

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

• Alabama football in the polls.
• Former Tide star dies.
• Crimson Tide soccer hosts Florida

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out this morning goes No. 3 Alabama soccer and coach Wes Hart for clinching the SEC regular season title Sunday night with a 2-0 win over Florida in front of 1,882 fans. The Tide will have one more regular season match Thursday against Auburn before the SEC Tournament kicks off on Oct. 31 in Pensacola, Florida. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. The Alabama Crimson Tide (7-1, 4-1 SEC) did not see its position move in either major college football poll on Sunday, sticking at No. 6 following a 30-6 Homecoming blowout of the No. 24 Mississippi State Bulldogs. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Former University of Alabama standout offensive lineman Steve Sprayberry, a member of the Tide's 1973 national championship team under the legendary Bear Bryant, died on Friday in a Birmingham hospital due to unspecified health issues, his family confirmed. He was 70 years old. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. The fall softball season continued Sunday for Alabama softball, which won a pair of games in doubleheader action at Rhoads Stadium over Copiah-Lincoln by a combined score of 19-0. (RollTide.com)
4. Don't miss this in-depth piece on the possibility of Nick Saban's Alabama dynasty being in decline and what Tide fans can expect when Alabama travels to LSU on Nov. 4. (Kevin Scarbinsky, AL.com)
5. Relive the moments from Alabama's 30-6 win with this photo gallery from the university's student newspaper. (David Gray, Crimson White)

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🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Transfer College Fair @ Shelton State Community College (More)
• Monday Music with Tuscaloosa Ukulele Club @ Druid City Brewing Co. (More)
• Tuscaloosa Half Kick Off @ Wagner's Runwalk (More)
• Trivia Nights @ The Houndstooth (More)
• Haunting @ The Gorgas House Museum (More)

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5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Midtown Village to host free Harvest Jam with craft beer, live music (Mark Hughes Cobb, Tuscaloosa News)
2. Mae's Southern Cafe Soul Food N BBQ In Northport Sets Reopening Date (Brittany Marshall, Tuscaloosa Thread)
3. Sewell, Federal Railroad Administrator discuss train blockages in Birmingham (John H. Glenn, Alabama Political Reporter)
4. Saga of last US slave ship finds life in 'Descendant' doc (Kim Chandler, Associated Press)
5. Alabama unemployment holds at 2.6% in September (Mary Sell, Alabama Daily News)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

Josue Olvera, 25, of Tuscaloosa (Memory Chapel)

Emma Jean Cole, 87, of Tuscaloosa (Memory Chapel)

Billy Ray Feltman, 63, of Berry (Nelson Funeral Home)

Theda Freeman Clark, 68, of Gordo (Skelton Funeral Home)

Vera Mae Baker Abston, 82, of Brookwood (Tuscaloosa Memorial)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Monday off right. I'll see you soon!

— RP

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Tuscaloosa Daily? Contact me at ryan.phillips@patch.com