SEC Football: Gotta Love It

UPDATE: As of Wednesday, Auburn was insisting that Cameron Newton was eligible and would start against Georgia Saturday.  Now, Auburn has changed its position to “No Comment”.

Those of you out there who love college football, I promise you that you will LOVE the way we do it here in the SEC.  Nothing else comes close, anywhere.

Where else does Alabama’s recruitment of a lineman from Memphis result in the Tennessee head coach being subpoenaed at the league’s Media Days?

Where else does the Arkansas coach have a woman who works for a radio station fired for wearing a Florida hat?  (And Arkansas fans actually think this is a good thing.  Come on, people.)

Where else does a wild night out in Pensacola, Florida (didn’t know that was even possible) end with the Alabama head coach being fired before he ever coaches a down for them?

And where else does the Cameron Newton story become the mutated monstrosity that it has now become?

Even by SEC standards, this feel-good-gone-bad story is bizarre.  And it stands to get even more bizarre before all is said and done, if it is ever all said and done. Continue reading “SEC Football: Gotta Love It”