Andre Smith

Alright, alot of you might not of heard about this but I heard about it earlier this morning and now it seems to be making headlines on ESPN. Today Coach Saban suspended left tackle, Andre Smith, for the Sugar Bowl. Sources are now saying that this had something to do with improper contact with a sports' agent. Evedently this was big enough to suspended him for probably the last game of his career at Alabama.

Smith is an Outland trophy winner and a 1st team All-American so the real question is, "Will this hurt Alabama in the Sugar Bowl?" I really don't think it will because honestly Mike Johnson, who is the another starting linemen, is going to play right tackle and David Ross will play left guard. With all the running we are going to do I really don't think this will have a HUGE impact on our offense. If we go with more passing I might say yes but Alabama will be too successful smashing Utah in the mouth to even worry about throwing the ball.

Anyway, that's a Bama update for you and by the way...I will be at the Sugar Bowl to watch this Utah massacre. Roll Tide!

Charles Barkley Is a Total Idiot

Alright listen, many of you may or may not have heard about Charles Barkley say that race had a factor in Auburn's decision to hire their new head coach, Gene Chizik from Iowa State. Barkley says that he was pulling for Turner Gill, who is a black coach, to get the job. (I wonder why he would do that.)

Now everyone knows I'm the biggest Alabama fan and would have loved to see either coach get hired at Auburn because, personally, they are both not the caliber of coaches needed to win in the SEC. Sure Chizik had a horrible record at Iowa State but how does that make Auburn racist to hire him? Chizik was 5-19 in his career at Iowa State, a Big 12 school, and we all know how dominant the Big 12 was this year. But that still doesn't take away from him being a horrible coach. On the other hand, Turner Gill has a career record of 15-22 at Buffalo. No not the Buffalo Bills, the Buffalo BULLS! Who in the world is the Buffalo Bulls you ask?

The Buffalo Bulls are in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) with the likes of Kent State, Akron, Miami (OH), Bowling Green, etc. Sure Turner Gill won a conference championship this year, I mean seriously, I think I could round up some knuckleheads and win a conference championship playing those garbage teams week in and week out. We could certainly have a career record like Gill. But the point most people dont know about, and certainly Charles Barkley doesn't talk about, is he has a career losing record JUST LIKE GENE CHIZIK!!! I will admit his losing record is better than Chizik's but how can you honestly make a serious argument about this?

The answer is, YOU CAN'T, they are both horrible coaches so the only thing left to do is blame it on race because everyone knows when you can't bring a legitimate argument to the table just find someone and call them racist.

I believe if Turner Gill was white Barkley wouldn't be calling people racist left and right. Gene Chizik had coached at Auburn before and was very successful as a defensive coordinator, Turner Gill has never coached at Auburn and has probably never even seen the campus and DEFINATELY wouldn't have any outstanding relationships with anyone there. So I think there is a lot of other factors people need to consider other than just throwing out the race card. But I keep hearing people talk about this on the internet and on the radio and it just ticks me off because most people are seriously saying that Barkley has a legitimate argument when in fact he doesn't. But that's just me...