There are a few things that you can be absolutely certain of without requiring constant reassurances: The Sun will rise in the East and set in the West; Gravity is keeping people in Australia from falling off the bottom of the Earth; And Alabama coach Nick Saban is a huge jerk. Whether it’s comparing a football loss to the Pearl Harbor attacks & 9-11, using a webcam to skirt NCAA rules, or just being a bald-faced lair, we hardly need more proof to know that Saban is pretty much morally reprehensible.
But if you do need more proof, here you go: DEEP SOUTH SPORTS reports that one of Ole Miss’ top recruits, offensive lineman Bobby Massie, was asked at a Rebels practice to give a good Nick Saban recruiting story. (Massie almost went to Tuscaloosa before choosing Oxford.) And boy, did he tell a whopper of a tale:
He was asked to give a good Nick Saban recruiting story, and he had a pretty good one to say the least. Bobby said he called Coach Saban the night before signing day to let him know that he was going to sign with Ole Miss. Bobby did not even inform the Ole Miss staff that he was going to be a Rebel until the night before signing day, per Bobby, but he did say, “I had a pretty good idea where I was going in December.”
Anyway, Bobby calls Nick and Coach Saban stops him before he tells where he is going and said this, “Bobby, do not even tell me where you are going, because if you are not going to Alabama I am turning you into the NCAA. You know you have a chance to start at Alabama at right tackle as a sophomore, and nobody would turn that down unless they did something illegal.”
Bobby was stunned. He said he just listened to Coach Saban rant and never said another word about it. He was offended to say the least. That is why he made such a scene at the press conference when he threw the Alabama hat on the ground and put on an Ole Miss hat.
I’m glad to see that Saban learned some humility after the Crimson Tide got their clocks cleaned by Utah in the Sugar Bowl to end last season. But seriously - how could someone turn down a chance to become a starter at Alabama within two to three years? If Saban had said that Massie had a “real good chance” of starting by his senior year and he still turned him down, that would have been unquestionable proof that Ole Miss was delivering bags of cash to his door.
I’m guessing the NCAA is hardly waiting with bated breath for a phone call from Saban.
7:48 pm on March 30th, 2009
Just a heads up, the Deep South Sports link didn't make it into the post.
8:00 pm on March 30th, 2009
Good catch, Oskie, it's been fixed. As Nick Saban would say, that's a mistake worse than the Challenger crash and Chernobyl combined.
3:16 am on March 31st, 2009
am glad - i can't stand nick satan . am glad that now people get to see what they got in alabama- a lying - dishonorable S O B. the way he lied to the fans in MIAMI . liar liar liar - " i will not be the alabama coach" bullshit n satan . double pleasure for me cause am a die hard GATOR fan and that was sweet how we rolled over them , whoaaa ho
8:55 am on March 31st, 2009
Let's not be too jealous that year in and year out all other teams in the nation will get upset that Saban takes the best talent from high school athletes. If you have ever met Massie he is a talker and loves to stir crap up. I don't believe this for one moment.
Lastly, the Gator fan is just upset because Saban kicked that Gator recruiting tail. See you in Atlanta this year!
9:32 am on March 31st, 2009
You reckon Nick "Bear" Saybant has picked out the spot for HIS statue yet or is he gonna wait till the stadium expansion is done?
12:36 pm on March 31st, 2009
The sub title of your blog says it all "gossip since 2001" Get real hater.
1:01 pm on March 31st, 2009
It just crazy how many people out there are jealous of what is going on in Tuscaloosa!! Saban is raking in top recruiting classes and went undefeated in regular season one year earlier than anyone gave him a chance to…And now this garbage..You people need to get a life and just realize that the Tide is on the rise and will be on top for years to come!!! RTR
1:47 pm on March 31st, 2009
Cry Baby Cry!!!!!!!
2:22 pm on March 31st, 2009
It takes a real idiot to write this trash and and an even bigger one to believe it.
3:49 pm on March 31st, 2009
Is this Nick Taylor's site?
6:46 pm on March 31st, 2009
THIS IS GARBAGE, AND THE PERSON WHO WROTE IT IS GARBAGE, AND THE PERSON WHO LET IT BE POSTED IS GARBAGE! YOU GOING TO WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT ONE OF MY COACHES SAYING HE ISN'T DOING HIS JOB HONESTLY! COME AFTER ME! I'M A MAN! I'M 25!
7:17 pm on March 31st, 2009
Bama sucks.
Take last year's "undefeated reg season" = big wins over Clemson? Georgia? A down LSU? Big whoop.
Got slapped by a far superior Gator team and then destroyed by…UTAH!!! Lol. You suck Tide. Try leaving your region for 1 game. Pathetic.
Look at the 2009 Schedule:
Florida Intl / N Texas / TN-Chatt.
Awful!
And you schedule South Carolina for your homecoming game? Afraid to lose?
9-3 against that crap schedule this year.
8:27 pm on March 31st, 2009
BamaBlows do you know that much information about all SEC teams or just Alabama? Its pretty sad that you would rather talk about how bad Alabama is rather than talk about how good your team is. Ive listen to people like you for over 40 years…its a broken record. If Alabama is as bad as you say why even talk about them?
RTR!
9:11 pm on March 31st, 2009
Well, you can tell when you are a winner, all the losers hate you.
2:50 pm on April 1st, 2009
Keep playing that fiddle south-boy. I looked up the Bama schedule and laughed at 3 games that any good team would be ashamed to schedule.
I only crapped on Bama because of the crazy posts preceding mine on the Saban story. I actually kind of like Saban, he is an excellent coach. But Bama is not all of the sudden a top football school again because of 1 good year. I think reality is going to set in this year.
Florida vs. USC in the title game….too close to call a winner yet.
9:59 pm on April 1st, 2009
"Well, you can tell when you are a winner, all the losers hate you. "
^^
haha– so true!! RTR
so bamablows, you're aware that they've got a name for the winners in the world…
2:31 pm on April 2nd, 2009
Good point — Alabama is not 'back' after one down year in their conference. Run the table against UGA, Tenn, LSU and win the SEC and they can consider themselves "winners." Otherwise they are just another team chasing the crown. (BTW, that crown is firmly on Florida's collective heads right now. Any Bama fan arguing that is a total homer on not checked in with reality.)
8:35 am on April 10th, 2009
Ah ha ha, I love it. Roll Tide! Just three years ago Alabama was not even on the radar. Now you can't even talk college football without Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide.
8:36 am on April 10th, 2009
How ya like me now? LOL