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| SABAN COLLECTS SECONDARY VIOLATIONS, GREY SUITS |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 11:43 am |
| Tags: Recruiting, Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Blog Buddies, College Football, Coaches The Bcs Scandals Arrests And Other Eccentri, Southeastern Conference |
| loose and frisky world of Alabama recruiting, an early warning sign that the slightest trip will end up on the desk of the NCAA. We’d speculate many of the missives will have Chee-to stains on the margins of the paper. One other thing Saban’s been collecting: grey suits. College football’s better off with intrigue alive |
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| DAILY AFFIRMATION: DAY 30 |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 9:16 am |
| Tags: Hope, Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Blog Buddies, College Football, Coaches The Bcs Scandals Arrests Other Eccentri |
| That’s Major Dustin Awtrey’s Humvee, photographed in September 2006 in Baquba, Iraq. |
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| ALABAMA, YOU'VE BEEN DEADSPUN |
| Published: August 14, 2007, 12:02 pm |
| Tags: Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Blog Buddies, College Football, Coaches The Bcs Scandals Arrests Other Eccentri, Southeastern Conference |
| will come from explaining to Alabama fans that writing all of this off is not already tax-deductible, even under Alabama law. Hey, until you cave in on the Shug Jordan memorabilia exemption in State Bill 1389, it’s off the table, Bammer legislators. (Love, Auburn alums, Alabama Legislature chapter.) In the meantime, the IRS has some sweet |
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| THE WISHBONE: ALIEN-PROOF |
| Published: August 17, 2007, 12:44 pm |
| Tags: Bizarro Superman Says You Re Welcome, Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Blog Buddies, College Football, Coaches The Bcs Scandals Arrests Other Eccentri, Southeastern Conference |
| Bunda’s on the way–never fear!–but in the meantime, remember that the wishbone is the antidote to alien invasion, not the foreign viruses and bacteria of this world. H.G. Wells didn’t know shit, man. (HT: Third Saturday in Blogtober.) |
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| OATMEAL PIES=RAGE FUEL |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 10:11 am |
| Tags: I Don T Have Time For This Shit, Hardcore, Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Coaching Coup, Coaches The Bcs Scandals Arrests Other Eccentri, College Football, Southeastern Conference |
| don’t know may have a Manhattan income, but his tastes remain rooted in his native West Virginia. Given his druthers, Saban would be watching practice video, a cup of coffee on the table and Red Man Golden tucked in his cheek. Toss a package of Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies (the original size, not the big ones) next to the coffee and |
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| CURIOUS INDEX, 8/22/07 |
| Published: August 22, 2007, 10:51 am |
| Tags: Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Espn Hollywoodtainment, Back Like Cooked Crack, College Football, Atlantic Coast Conference, Coaches The Bcs Scandals Arrests Other Eccentri, Pacific 10 Conference, Southeastern Conference |
| is trying to kill this nice man? (Judging from Salisbury’s jowls this year, we’d bet on Davis losing by a devouring there.) 3.22 more yards will destroy this sport. Or not. The hysteria over changing the kickoff to the thirty yard line–ballyhooed in Mandel’s blog and in other places–may be just that. CFB Stats |
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| SABAN: NEXT FRIDAY IS HAWAIIAN SHIRT DAY |
| Published: August 30, 2007, 11:39 am |
| Tags: Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Blog Buddies, College Football, Coaches The Bcs Scandals Arrests Other Eccentri, Southeastern Conference |
| 325 page defensive playbook? Alabama, you got more of a bargain than you’ll ever know, friends. (Note: We’re also stressing the tensile comic strength of Office Space references here, yes. But for science’s sake, we’re willing to take that chance.) Step one: Saban unadorned. Step two: Saban, accessorized: |
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| NIGHTMARE FUEL, ALABAMA STYLE |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 3:02 pm |
| Tags: Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Your Worst Nightmares, Blog Buddies, College Football, Southeastern Conference |
| so much more to Alabama than I suspected. Thad: I know. Our friends in Boston have no idea what they’re missing. Can you believe what we get for $2500 a month down here? And no rats, easy winters, and Red Sox games on pay-per-view. Jane: It’s better than I could have imagined. They even have NPR! Terry |
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| FIRECOACHNICKSABAN.COM LIVES |
| Published: September 25, 2007, 5:20 pm |
| Tags: Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Blog Buddies, College Football, Coaches The Bcs Scandals Arrests Other Eccentri, Southeastern Conference |
| accuse Georgia players of drinking Frappuccinos. That’s beyond the pale, really, especially when we guess Mark Richt, like most coaches, would drink weak Maxwell House from a clogged raingutter if he had to to get his caffeine fix. Sleep deprivation makes you surprisingly accommodating in the coffee department. |
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| JIM LEAVITT SETTLES A SCORE ON SCORES |
| Published: October 2, 2007, 6:13 pm |
| Tags: Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Big East Conference, Blog Buddies, Coaches The Bcs Scandals Arrests Other Eccentri, College Football, Southeastern Conference |
| to involve than Nick Saban, Alabama coach. (By definition, being head coach at Alabama equals being a ball of tar for any tiny story to stick to like so many downy feathers. It also means being paid 4 million dollars a year. No tears, please.) Saban irked Jim Leavitt, USF coach, with the following comments in a Ray Melick piece in the |
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| VIEWER'S GUIDE, WEEK TEN: DOWN THE STRETCH |
| Published: November 2, 2007, 3:09 pm |
| Tags: Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Blog Buddies, Houston Nutt, Beer, Blood Blood Blood, Edsbs Socializin, Hangovers Of Staggering Intensity, Hardcore, I Don T Have Time For This Shit, I M A Survivor I M Not Gone Give Up, It S Division One Footb |
| stunningly horrible performances in the history of winning football after last week's double overtime win over Michigan State. Christensen completed three passes in regulation for 24 yards, but didn't throw an interception, which is like the quarterbacking version of playing dead. It's all about adapting and surviving, man, adapting and |
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| ULM TO LOSE COACH IN WIDESPREAD SALARY ADJUSTMENT |
| Published: November 19, 2007, 11:30 am |
| Tags: Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Big 12 Conference, Coaches The Bcs Scandals Arrests And Other Eccentri, College Football, Ha Ha, Mid Major Conferences, Southeastern Conference, Coaching Coup, Excellence Is The Product Of Managerial Synergi |
| rushing to the gates to demand audiences with ADs across the nation. “It’s criminal that with six wins and a likely defeat in the Iron Bowl to come, my client is skimping along on $1.5 million dollars a year,” said Kyle Torvald, agent for Kansas coach Mark Mangino. “At the very least, the going rate for a win on a mere |
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| NICK SABAN'S PRESS CONFERENCE |
| Published: November 20, 2007, 1:47 pm |
| Tags: Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Blog Buddies, Coaches The Bcs Scandals Arrests And Other Eccentri, College Football, Southeastern Conference, Bizarro Superman Says You Re Welcome, Hangovers Of Staggering Intensity, I Don T Have Time For T |
| “…or maybe like man versus bear fights. If you’re like me, you just get it into your blood after a while: a man, an unmuzzled bear, and a dimly lit pit filled with cash. There’s just nothing like it, really, especially when you’ve got an immigrant in there. You know, an illegal playing for a fake green card, or |
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| NICK SABAN: NAUGHTY |
| Published: November 20, 2007, 11:59 am |
| Tags: Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Blog Buddies, College Football |
| we know he compared Alabama’s loss to 9/11. We’ve got something coming up on that. We also know that one of our favorite marketing tools on the planet are online campaigns allowing you to fill in your own data in a canned script to send to your friends. (Showtime’s Dexter widget, where you can fill in your friend’s |
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| TUBERVILLE TO ARKANSAS |
| Published: November 29, 2007, 11:31 pm |
| Tags: All That You Know Is At An End, Alabama Man He Can Drink He Can Bowl He Can Drink Some, Coaches The Bcs Scandals Arrests And Other Eccentri, College Football, Southeastern Conference |
| with in 2003: Bobby Petrino. Alabama may soon have two extremely overpaid coaches, especially given the increasingly hopeless situation at qb in Atlanta. Hopeless, in case you didn’t know, is spelled H-A-R-R-I-N-G-T-O-N. Or L-E-F-T-W-I-C-H. Or you could just say “It’s a Somalia, man,” and watch everyone nod knowingly. The |
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