re: Fall Practice Thread. "Practice?" "We Talkin' Bout Practice?"

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Alabama returned to the practice field Friday afternoon, as the Crimson Tide players practiced outdoors and in shells on a mostly-cloudy, 90-degree afternoon in Tuscaloosa. It was the team's 20th day of fall practice.

Here are several tidbits from the media viewing portion of Alabama's 23rd practice session on Friday afternoon:

- The Crimson Tide began its preparation for the Wisconsin Badgers today, as several scout-team jerseys dotted the practice field. Alabama will square off against the Badgers on Saturday, Sept. 5, in Arlington, Texas.

- Notable scout-team jerseys were running back Bo Scarbrough wearing a No. 6 jersey, representing Wisconsin start Corey Clement, safety Shawn Burgess-Becker wearing No. 7, representing the Badgers' returning-leading tackler Michael Caputo, defensive lineman O.J. Smith wearing No. 94, presenting nose tackle Conor Sheehy and outside linebacker Joshua McMillon wearing No. 34, representing defensive end Chikwe Obasih.

- There were also several young Crimson Tide defensive backs wearing Nos. 5 and 8, which represent Wisconsin's starting cornerbacks Darius Hillary and Sojourn Shelton, respectively.

- Senior Jacob Coker once again led the quarterbacks line in the viewing period, followed by redshirt junior Alec Morris.

- In the one and only viewing period, the QBs split up into two lines. As it has been for some time, Coker and Morris made up one line, while David Cornwell, Cooper Bateman and true freshman Blake Barnett made up the other.

- I saw Coker launch a beauty of a deep ball toward the end of the viewing period. Chris Black wasn't able to pull it in.

*** What's next: Alabama will return to the practice field Saturday afternoon at approximately 3:30 p.m. CT.

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