Well that was a brief honeymoon: FireNickSaban.com goes live

I can't WAIT to hear the explanation for this little gem...

 

Not even close. There'd been fire John Cooper sites up for several years before that happened, and he was gone before Zook was even hired at Florida. For some reason every national story on Zook felt the need to mention that site for his entire UF tenure, which is why some people think it was groundbreaking.

 

I think the reason FireRonZook.com was so groundbreaking is exactly what you said ... it was on-line for his entire tenure. People didn't seriously start wanting to fire Cooper until his record against Michigan got embarrassing (not that they had the Internet back then, but you know what I mean).

 

Just for you, Snabler...

http://loserswithsocks.com/2007/08/23/the-great-crimson-lie-repost/

 

Maybe you are right, but the atmosphere wasn't as friendly for Tuberville after he penned the column to do away with the Confederate flag to help the program attract higher profile recruits.

 

First off, they don't need to recruit the nation. About 95 percent of their players are kids from Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida. Secondly, nobody puts as much money into their program as Alabama. Get a kid on campus and let him see the kind of pampered existence and absolute worship they will enjoy while in Tuscaloosa and the deal is pretty much sealed, which is why even Mike Shula managed to keep the Tide among the national elite in recruiting. The only time the Tide's recruiting lagged was during the Mike Price debacle period. Talent level has never been an issue in Tuscaloosa.

 

Several programs put as much or more money into their programs.

 

Didn't you see Boots' 50 States in 50 Days special? He had a great segment on "The SEC Through the Backdoor."

 

Actually, I live in Mississippi. I was being tongue-in-cheek there. It's still funny to me how people ask if you "get the internet at your house."
And you can buy beer in most places on Sunday. Rankin County (on the east side of Jackson) not only doesn't allow that, they don't allow hard liquor sales of any kind.

 

Sunday's headline on C1 in the Birmingham News: Back to reality

 

I'm sorry, I should have been more precise in my wording and simply said that Alabama puts an astonishing amount of money into its program, which is why it will always recruit competitively.

 

Absolutely. Wasn't trying to be a smartass. Just making sure.

There were roughly the 05-06 athletic budgets (all sports)

Florida 76 Million
Auburn 71.4 Million
Georgia 70 Million
Alabama 69 Million
Tennessee 66 million
Kentucky 62.7 Million
LSU 60 Million
South Carolina 58.7 million
Arkansas 48.7 Million
Vandy 40.5 Million
Mississippi 33 Million
Miss St 28 million

Dang. If only the SEC had money. And think, I'm sure 06-07 was even more.