re: Bama Football Tidings

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Before covid, media only had access to initial warmups and drills. So, their "reports" we're merely what order players were in (or not in) the drill lines.

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That stuff had some use though. Obviously not 100% accurate but it did usually line up with where the depth chart ended up by the first game week.

I think it was more the sort of “roll call” reporters would do to see who might be missing/injured. I’ve heard a few beat reporters reference that as a reason for things staying closed off.