Big story about to break about Bama
Still looking like we're going to have a big, big Bama story in SI next week.... Updates to come.
— Lars Anderson (@LarsAndersonSI) September 1, 2013
I'm betting it ends up being a big letdown. Any guesses?All I can say about the SI feature is this: I've worked very, very hard on it for over two months and Saban and Co. know it's coming.
— Lars Anderson (@LarsAndersonSI) September 1, 2013
September 1st, 2013 at 8:42 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 11:54 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 8:22 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 8:24 PM ^
"Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated. Working on The Storm and The Tide — a book on the T-Town tornado and Bama dynasty. Adjunct Prof at 'Bama. Resident B-Ham."
September 1st, 2013 at 8:25 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 9:04 PM ^
No conflict of interest there, nooooooosireeee.
This will be a big ol' nothingburger.
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:59 AM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:05 AM ^
Much the same could have been said of Rosenberg before stretchgate. Given, the situations aren't remotely similar, but we have no idea what the story is about.
September 1st, 2013 at 8:27 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 8:32 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 8:32 PM ^
You can already see people getting giddy about Bama being taken down a rung. I'd rather see Bama beaten on the field. Bama fans don't care about scandals, just like most USC fans prefer a tainted championship to no championship at all.
September 1st, 2013 at 8:34 PM ^
Possibly get the news as early as tomorrow... Hopefully it isn't a letdown. I've got money on Deadspin somehow getting the news out earlier.
My covenant: Once I hear something tomorrow, I will try to sway my bosses at SI to allow me to break the news here. (#notgonnahappen)
— Lars Anderson (@LarsAndersonSI) September 2, 2013
September 1st, 2013 at 9:33 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 8:34 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 8:37 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 8:44 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 8:48 PM ^
Probably confirmation that Saban is paying recruits to come to Bama, and has been doing it since he arrived.
NCAA's punishment for them? AJ McCarron has to sit out one play against Colorado State.
Lesson learned.
September 2nd, 2013 at 10:54 AM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 8:49 PM ^
it was a story about fly fishing with some SEC HC.
September 2nd, 2013 at 1:06 PM ^
Pat Dye's pants?
Loved that story.
September 1st, 2013 at 8:52 PM ^
Sports Illustrated? If it's anything good, I'll pick it up when ESPN runs it.
September 1st, 2013 at 11:20 PM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 1:37 AM ^
Hence why I said "runs it" instead of "breaks it"
September 2nd, 2013 at 1:39 AM ^
except TMZ does break stories
September 1st, 2013 at 8:56 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 9:01 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 9:04 PM ^
when "big" stories like Miami came out, there was a lot of rumblings and rumors in the lead-up. This is totally out of the blue, probably going to be something like
Alabama Funds Football Team Better Than Biology Department
Adjunct Professors All Over Alabama Demand Answers
September 1st, 2013 at 9:05 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 9:09 PM ^
For that reason alone if i was a big tiime recruit I would take at least 3 to 4 visits down south. A high school banging probably 8'and 9's just to get me to play football for them. Sign me up....
September 1st, 2013 at 9:16 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 9:25 PM ^
Can't imagine it's that earth shattering if the SID was actually helping him, unless they were only doing so by legal requirement
September 1st, 2013 at 9:55 PM ^
What a joke. This is absolutely nothing.
September 1st, 2013 at 9:58 PM ^
https://twitter.com/LarsAndersonSI
I doubt that it is bad, if he "honestly [has] no clue if Bama fans will like the piece or not."
Seems like if it were a major rules violation, he would have a clue.
September 1st, 2013 at 10:03 PM ^
Exactly. How bad could it be if Bama fans might like it? This is as transparent a plea for readership as I can remember.
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:00 AM ^
+1 Ethereal
September 1st, 2013 at 10:17 PM ^
It's going to be another story about fly-fishing in Bama.
September 1st, 2013 at 10:21 PM ^
two words: practice time.
September 1st, 2013 at 11:17 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 10:26 PM ^
This is nothing more than a fluff piece on the tornado that hit Alabma a couple of years ago and how Alabama football helped people get through the tough times. Check it out.
Here, if you act now you can reserve your copy from Amazon.com!!!
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:56 AM ^
/thread closed.
September 1st, 2013 at 10:32 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 11:07 PM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 2:32 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 11:08 PM ^
I'll bet it's a story about oversigning and the ethics of encouraging non-performing players to look elsewhere. If that's the case, it'll contain nothing that isn't really known at this point.
September 1st, 2013 at 11:23 PM ^
September 1st, 2013 at 11:25 PM ^
Nothing is going to happen. Nothing ever happens.
Do you know what really grinds my gears?
When "everybody knows school A cheats" but nobody calls them out by name. We hear of bidding wars for Ricky Seals Jones, and it is always "a certain other SEC school" that supposedly offered money. Why can't someone flat out say "Florida offered him money," or something like that.
Denard's visit to a "certain SEC school" was pretty popular to talk about around these parts, but the specific school is never mentioned. Why? Who is he protecting?
I don't see why specifics somehow can never be mentioned. The SEC will never be caught if nobody ever gets called out by name. Why can't a recruit who commits to a certain school, say Michigan, say something like..."Man some Ole Miss guy offered me a car"? All we ever hear is "I was offered free hookers for live and a thousand dollars per first down at a school to remain nameless."
September 1st, 2013 at 11:34 PM ^
Probably because the schools they end up comitting to do the same damn thing. That, and fear of retribution or being labeled a liar.
September 2nd, 2013 at 3:44 AM ^
Because I can walk around saying "Alabama offered me $200,000 to play running back for them" but unless I show someone a check signed by Nick Saban or whoever, it's just words. Terrelle Pryor can drive a dozen different Lambos to every practice but if we can't prove he got those illegally, then nothing happens. Cam Newton's agent (or dad) can ask for $180,000-200,000 from Mississipi State, but without a call log or recording or any proof of transaction or connection to Cam other than a name drop, we can't prove that Auburn paid him. It's just some guy on the phone who claims to represent Cam Newton and wants money for a commitment.
Nothing happens because schools are getting better at hiding the most damning of evidence. Everyone knows that SMU was caught for sending official stamped letters to players with checks signed by the recruting coordinator himself, of all people. Nowadays, coaches know to deal in cash (harder to trace) and have assistants handle these matters to maintain deniability, however implausible (aka the Butch Davis defense).