March 1, 2014 · 10:33 AM

It was all that Bert guy’s idea.

Saban:  “I had nothing to do with the idea of the 10-second rule.”

He’s good.

13 Comments

Filed under Nick Saban Rules, The NCAA

13 responses to “It was all that Bert guy’s idea.”

  1. Debby Balcer
    March 1, 2014 at 11:12 AM

    Nick Saban is about what is best for Nick Saban.

    Like

  2. LorenzoDawgriquez
    March 1, 2014 at 11:37 AM

    Classic set-up and Bret fell for it.

    Like

    • gastr1
      March 1, 2014 at 12:07 PM

      Where did the “Bert” thing come from, again? I’m all for whatever pseudonym irritates Bert the most, personally. So if that’s Bert, I like Bert.

      Like

      • The Lone Stranger
        March 1, 2014 at 1:06 PM

        No offense to official Berts, but the man does have the “appearance” and bearing of a classic Bert (you know mostly when he whips off the shirt or waxes all illogically about issues in the CFB world).

        Like

    • Dog in Fla
      March 1, 2014 at 2:34 PM

      At least he’s still got his go-to song

      Like

  3. Hogbody Spradlin
    March 1, 2014 at 11:39 AM

    But once somebody else thought of it he tested the waters of supporting it. Mediocre hair splitting.

    Like

  4. Krautdawg
    March 1, 2014 at 11:51 AM

    So today we learn that Nick Saban is essentially Bret Bielema with PR advisors.

    Two big takeaways from this. Saban’s not stupid enough to talk directly about dead Cal players, but he will threaten that the HUNH will wear down sickle-cell players–and that coaches can’t call enough timeouts to save them all. So let’s go ahead and imply that their deaths will be Gus Malzahn’s fault.

    Second, it’s just perverse that Nick Saban–oversigner, greyshirter, and head of CF’s largest staff strewn over multiple athletic subdepartments–gets to bemoan a “competitive disadvantage” without a 10-second rule.

    Interviews like this make me wish I had my own blog. A takedown of this drivel would just feel wonderful.

    Oh yeah — the fact that Saban is still pushing the “do we want a continuous game?” argument proves to me that he saw Redding bite on it.

    Just make a damn stop, Nick.

    Like

  5. Dawg19
    March 1, 2014 at 1:33 PM

    (Saban waves hand): “These are not the rules you’re looking for…”

    Like

  6. Scorpio Jones, III
    March 1, 2014 at 2:44 PM

    Saban’s real interest in the rule change is to allow him to substitute on his field goal team.

    Like

  7. Mayor of Dawgtown
    March 1, 2014 at 3:13 PM

    If Saban and Bielema are doing this for their own advantage on the field that’s reprehensible. But if there really is a safety issue here, and the Malzahns of the profession are against the proposal just to keep their own advantage on the field, that’s equally reprehensible. The NCAA needs to study this issue carefully before any action pro or con is taken. The proposal is premature but so is Mike Leach’s and Malzahn’s reaction–to announce that this is all a bunch of BS and there is no safety issue. They doesn’t know either way. Nobody does yet. Study the thing for a season and try to get some real data, then make an intelligent judgment based on the facts, with it not being all politics.

    Like

  8. AusDawg85
    March 2, 2014 at 12:08 AM

    Know how to tell when Saban is lying?

    Like

  9. Spike
    March 2, 2014 at 7:07 AM

    “… I will not be the coach at Alabama…” Dolphins Head Coach Nick Saban announced today in a press conference…

    Like