Sideline Warning

Wait, wait, wait… I thought Notre Dame didn’t have time for Alabama’s shit, but now they’ve dumped Michigan for a few years and they’re scheduling new games with Oklahoma to fill in the blanks?

That’s not quite as conspicuous as scheduling another cupcake, but still… why not Alabama?

The Pep Rally is, more-or-less, a link dump of things I found over the past week or so that didn’t merit whole posts, but deserved linkage nonetheless.

• FanHouse :: A few posts ago, I said that Quinn and Bomar should’ve gotten stiffer penalties. FanHouse’s Brian Cook found a video that basically proves my point. Quinn, while being a snotty little asshole, tells a reporter to “get a real job” when he’s asked about the sanctions.
• Snarktastic :: Some “new math” that perfectly illustrates the mindset of Pete Carroll’s fans.
• SI.com :: Sports Illustrated tells us that one of the Auburn signees who had their grades “mysteriously” changed was cleared by the NCAA clearinghouse. If the tables were turned, you’d see the glut of Auburn bloggers crying foul. I haven’t seen anything like that in Alabama blogs this week. Wonder why.
• Ladies… :: No, it’s not college football, but the All-Star Game Bingo Board is hilarious. They need to do one for CFB.
• Fanblogs :: Some company named RedShirted.com is buying up a bunch of fire your coach domain names. It’s a little tacky that they still have Coach Hep’s domain listed.
• Tide Druid :: An Alabama Blogger found a picture of a “small” gaffe made by Saban in one of his books. Saban makes reference to “Alabama’s Jordan Hare Stadium.”
• FanHouse :: In the wake of an SI.com columnist getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar, FanHouser Matt Ufford writes the seminal piece in sourcing blogs for the MSM.

So there you have it. Good luck to everyone on this “unlucky” day.

The NCAA handed down penalties today for the Bomar/Quinn incident. Now, really, the penalties are pretty minor. They must vacate (not forfeit) their wins from 2005, but as Pete Fiutak points out, the NCAA can’t really take the wins away. They also lose two scholarships in each of the two upcoming seasons. All in all, not too bad.

But there’s a huge problem here. Two of them, in fact.

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