The Alabama football rings for this past season got handed out last week.
Players and staff got 3 rings each: an SEC Championship ring, a Rose Bowl ring (the College Playoff 1st round in Dallas moved from Pasadena), and the National Championship ring. Let's look at just the Nattie ring:
All this bling is a little embarrassing, honestly, because it's difficult to do anything wearing all three rings.
But whether you or I think all this bling is a little over-the-top (as I do), we aren't the target audience. The target is the 17 year old five- and four-star recruits who can choose to play for Alabama or somebody else. And athletes like bling.
Oh and thanks to those of you who watched Alabama's Spring Football intra-squad game (A-Day as it's known) this past Saturday:
And honestly, the game wasn't even that good (I was there) and it ran long. But it shure does sound like The Crimson Tide is becoming America's team in college football, right?
Aight?
To wrap up, let me leave you with this little 2.5 minute funny story as told by Nick Saban to an audience of football coaches:
... tiggerdad, this kinda stuff happens everywhere, don't it?
RTR. ED