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Reports that in an exclusive interview with ESPN's Rece Davis, Greg Sankey has admitted that Birmingham deliberately rigged officiating against Tennessee all year, beginning with the second game. "We thought we could steal some games there and seriously damage team morale and their recruiting, and turn a lot of fans against their own team" Sankey said. "We wanted to do it as a tribute to Saban because he's the best guy any of us in the Birmingham office have ever worked for.

"It got a little out of hand in the Roll Tide-Tennessee game because even though our refs crookedly turned multiple Vol TD drives into FGs early, Saban was still getting badly outcoached and it was obvious. We told our officials at halftime no matter how obvious it is, we have to dig in and rig every play if necessary for Nick. He's the greatest cheater in the history of the game, and our officiating office respects that.

"Plus, although we knew that even though most everybody in the country would notice rigging that blatant, we also knew we could count on you guys at ESPN to start a "Milroe for Heisman" stunt and a second PR campaign that "this game was the beginning of one of Saban's best coaching performances in history," and that the television crowd would all immediately forget what their lying eyes had seen when they heard that.

"It's usually about two days before most people -- even Tennessee fans -- suppress a blatant racketeering job in their minds. Sports announcers are the ultimate date rape drug. We owe a lot to you guys covering up the obvious for us, during and after games."
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
I'm surprised MSST is that high, their schedule doesn't look anything crazy.
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Yeah...but 2 losses in true road games and 6 wins in neutral court games I'm sure helps (as does the win over us). I'm kind of surprised the loss to Southern at home didn't screw with it more.

Per the SRS they're 4-1 against their top 14 matchups this season in the teams they've faced and the loss was at South Carolina. Bama/Auburn are the only 2 teams with higher SRS ratings than us they have left to play.

SOS usually doesn't care about who played...but considering Tolu missed the first 12 games of the year I think they could actually be a high seed come March.
 
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berryvol said:
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So with that, the biggest so-called “fish” that I can think of are:

- Smart (stays at UGA or jumps to NFL)
- Harbaugh (stays at Michigan or NFL)
- Sarkisian (don’t see leaving TX)
- Day (overstaying welcome @ OSU?)
- Dabo
- Franklin
- Kiffin
- Deion
- Norvell (jaded from CFP snub)
- Jimbo (overvalued)
- Myer (eliminate due to health?)
- Carroll (eliminate due to age?)
- Vrabel (don’t see in college, maybe OSU)
- Belichick (eliminate due to age?)

If they stay in the college ranks I see them making a push for Deion or Kiffin with Dabo and then Franklin as fallbacks.
 
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Orange. said:
Reports that in an exclusive interview with ESPN's Rece Davis, Greg Sankey has admitted that Birmingham deliberately rigged officiating against Tennessee all year, beginning with the second game. "We thought we could steal some games there and seriously damage team morale and their recruiting, and turn a lot of fans against their own team" Sankey said. "We wanted to do it as a tribute to Saban because he's the best guy any of us in the Birmingham office have ever worked for.

"It got a little out of hand in the Roll Tide-Tennessee game because even though our refs crookedly turned multiple Vol TD drives into FGs early, Saban was still getting badly outcoached and it was obvious. We told our officials at halftime no matter how obvious it is, we have to dig in and rig every play if necessary for Nick. He's the greatest cheater in the history of the game, and our officiating office respects that.

"Plus, although we knew that even though most everybody in the country would notice rigging that blatant, we also knew we could count on you guys at ESPN to start a "Milroe for Heisman" stunt and a second PR campaign that "this game was the beginning of one of Saban's best coaching performances in history," and that the television crowd would all immediately forget what their lying eyes had seen when they heard that.

"It's usually about two days before most people -- even Tennessee fans -- suppress a blatant racketeering job in their minds. Sports announcers are the ultimate date rape drug. We owe a lot to you guys covering up the obvious for us, during and after games."
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Is this a Richard G. West post?
 
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seaofORANGE22 said:
The potential here is incredible to think about
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I keep saying you would be stupid to follow Saban if you have a good place with potential for 12 team playoff. Everyone is like who does AL want. Only one crazy enough is Kiffin, and they hate him. Curious to see how the press reports AL getting turned down when they do.
 
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