It’s been 235 days
since my beloved Alabama Crimson Tide took the field against the Clemson Tigers
and defeated them to garner their 16th National Championship.
Tonight at AT&T
Stadium in Arlington, TX the quest for No. 17 begins in earnest. The Crimson
Tide's last two national championships started at AT&T Stadium. Tonight the 20th-ranked USC Trojans will do
battle with an SEC team for the first time in 20 years.
Head Coach Nick Saban has never lost a season opener, in fact,
he’s defeated six Power Five opponents by double digits.
The
marquee game of college football’s opening weekend will see offensive coordinator
Lane Kiffin exact some revenge against his former team. For those unfamiliar with the saga, Kiffin
was USC’s head coach from 2010 to 2013.
After a 62-41 trouncing by Arizona State he was called off the team bus
and fired in the LAX airport waiting room.
He still believes he was the fall guy for an athletic program that was
stripped bare by NCAA
sanctions.
The
man who fired him that day, Athletic Director Pat Haden, was forced to step
down on June 30, 2016 after revelations that he used his position as board
member of the George Henry Mayr Foundation to enrich himself and his family
while he also funneled a vast majority of scholarship money towards USC and
away from other schools. The
Los Angeles Times investigation exposed Haden’s scheme to
collect nearly $2.4 million from the foundation for part-time roles involving
as little as one hour of work per week according to the foundation’s federal
tax returns from 1999 to 2014.
They
say revenge is a dish best served cold.
Kiffin, who coached 19 members of the current team, is quite familiar
with the Trojans. Is revenge a science
or an art? Tonight that question will be
answered.
ROLL TIDE ROLL!
And since no football post would be complete without some lovely
cheerleaders, enjoy this photo of one of Alabama’s Crimsonettes posing with Big
Al, the school’s mascot.
@AlabamaFTBL @USC_Athletics @Jayruff7 When Alabama stomps someone they do it fair and square. #RollTide #USCvsBAMA pic.twitter.com/0JWxNwF0WS— PoliticalClownParade (@Carry_That_Load) September 4, 2016
mattclapp: Oh, so that's why he was thrown out of the game. ABC College Football: Southern … https://t.co/XOH0bmlIQk pic.twitter.com/Kq4d28GJcu— FanSportsClips (@FanSportsClips) September 4, 2016
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