Nick Saban gets to lecture the useless Senate today in SCORE Act testimony

Nick Saban gets to lecture the useless Senate today in SCORE Act testimony

The return of Armani Bear will be glorious

Rejoice, for this is the day that we Gump, even if we do so with a sad heart.

Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be / For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance / My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Alabama is so close — this wasn’t a flash in the pan. Chin up.

Let’s move to some good news, and I do love this one.

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Another day, another croot signing on the bottom line. Today, it was Dustin “Boosh” Henry out of St Frances (MD).

Boosh is listed as a safety, and that was the position he played in high school, but his size (6’4”, 215) best projects to beefing up a tad and moving to a bandit role. In fact, he has already done a good bit of that — all the way back to his freshman campaign.

He has great coverage skills, is physical in coverage and stays in phase with his man, plays the ball well in the air, and has a knack for big plays with the ability to quickly flip the field.

Dustin will also knock the snot out of you.

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Really good player. You can see why so many schools (LSU, Michigan etc), were already diving in on him. Even as a Freshman in high school he had it.

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What an impressive achievement by ‘Bama’s William Jennings, finishing second in the nation in NCAA individuals. Such success has usually boded well for a future career on the Tour.

Roll Tide

Brendan Sorbsy’s injunction hearing was yesterday, and honestly, his attorneys should have just stood on their briefs. The main point of their oral argument was fundamentally absurd once it was lain bare:

“The whole case,” NCAA attorney Taylor Askew says, “rises on him being such a serial violator of the rules that it somehow creates some exception to the consequences. That doesn’t make any sense.”

That somehow being thrown in the same environment which fueled problem gambling is both the solution and allegations of mental illness excuse all bad behavior.

But, at the end of the day, the NCAA is right here: being quarterback for Texas Tech is not an inviolable right, nor is it somehow the business of Texas Courts.

You can’t gamble on your own team, you can’t gamble on your own institution, you can’t bet against players on your own basketball team in favor of the opponents’ basketball players. You can’t do that. And whether you were compelled by an addiction or you were just bored, it doesn’t matter. There’s no basis to differentiate between the two.”

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So, he’s NFL bound? Maybe not, as the most QB-desperate team announced yesterday they were out, while also signaling that the league may not even grant his eligibility.

Ruh-roh.

“I like the quarterbacks we have,” Monken stated firmly on Monday to reporters. “I think that’s a slippery slope to go down that road. From my end of it, kind of a tough angle to go down that road and think that that’s going to be your franchise quarterback if he’s ever eligible to play in the NFL.”

Monken’s blunt appraisal is a reality check for a player whose on-field resume screams first-round talent but whose off-field baggage has become a radioactive hazard for professional front offices

[embed]'Slippery Slope' - Browns HC Todd Monken Deals Major Blow to Brendan Sorsby's NFL Hopes Amid NCAA… Todd Monken issues a firm warning about adding quarterback Brendan Sorsby, delivering a reality check that may impact…apple.news

Better learn to live off that $5m from Cody. There is a decent chance Sorbsy’s football career has ended.

The Dean of College Football Speaks

Nick is one of the few figures with Normie appeal — even Maria Cantwell has heard of him, as for two decades Saban was a cultural force.

No surprise then that he’s a central witness today in the Senate hearings on the SCORE Act.

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The hearings are being livestreamed at 10 EDT, but as Tom Mars said, don’t expect much out of them in relation to the shortcomings of this SCORE bill:

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You will have a lot of the witnesses today serving as Cassandras, rightly pointing out the impending implosion of college sports — Saban in particular will be dire — but none on how patently unconstitutional this bill is.

Team 30 ended its run last night — once in a heartbreaker, the other in a slow-rolling snuff film.

But the heart of this likable Alabama Softball squad potentially returns next year, and the Tide are close — tweaks, not rebuilds. We’ll be back.

[embed]Alabama runs out of steam against Cody Campbell’s Lubbock mercenaries You could certainly tell which roster was purchased.medium.com

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The Gut is right; it really was a likable group of young women who led from the locker room. And that is always worth building around.

Late addition, but very cool:

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Good teams remain good for a reason…

And, finally, your moment of levity.

That’s all for the now. You folks have a great day, and take care.

Row Tahd.

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This. Always this.