Bama took care of
bidnez Saturday night in Starkville. Coincidently enough, one night before that Bama Ed and DW were in Starkville also to watch Bama play Miss State in a fall college baseball exhibition game. Since baseball plays their season in the spring, their long practice season is the prior fall and they get tired of scrimmaging within the team. So the NCAA allows teams up to two practice games against other schools. Starkville is the closest SEC campus to Tuscaloosa (90 minute easy drive) so we went and saw Dudey Noble Stadium with its upper deck, condo bldg behind the left field fence, and gas grills in the bleachers for fans to cook 'em while they watch the action. Very relaxed, not crowded, great seats behind home plate (Bama lost to last year's College World Series champs, 3-2).
Ed-O went down as expected in Lexington. I think the buyout will be negotiated down and he'll be paid off and let go of. LSU plays Florida and Ole Miss next then has a week off. Assuming he loses those two, I've seen in-season firings sometimes at the start of an off week to give the team two weeks to get used to an interim head coach. The Tigers play Bama in Tuscaloosa after the off week.
Rumors, tweets from journalists, all sort of speculation running rampant that CEO has agreed in principle to leave at the end of the season with a full $17M buyout. The negotiations started before last night's win over a disappointing Florida. At least they're handling this professionally like adults. But I sure wish I'd gotten $17M to leave my job last year!
After the Bama game was over, I flipped over on the tv to check on Ole Miss and 10RC and it was 31-19 in the 3rd qtr and I said to myself, "OM has got this" and went to bed. Then I wake up today to hear about the bedlam in the last official minute of the game. I've seen the film and will say this: the refs made the right call that
UT was short of the first down. And the UT qb was so DUMB to scramble on the last play of the game with 3 seconds left. UT had a chance if he'd thrown a hail mary. They were close enough to the end zone. And I've been on the receiving end of plenty of bad calls in my Bama fandom career and there was no excuse for the UT fan reaction, Lane or no Lane.
Now Bama get UT next week in a night game here in T-town.
Yea I know, but doesn't every true fan root for and believe that their team can win them all? Just think, if we did knock off the bulldogs and avoid 2 losses down the SEC East homestretch and Bama avoids a second loss..........it could be...........dare I say
............a UK vs Bama showdown in Atlanta. You do know that Atlanta is AKA Catlanta. Again, just saying.
The road to Catlanta just got a lot harder for you, Steve. UGA has to lose twice since they beat you head-to-head. But you should get a nice bid to the Sugar Bowl if you can win out (which you can). You can have a lot of fun in NOLA, I hear.
It got cool here on yesterday/Saturday morning. Lows in the 40s and highs in the 70s. Fall is finally here in my neck of the woods.
Bama Ed