Updated throughout the day with quick takes from staff.
I was promised fireworks for Nick Saban's entrance. Hosannas! Paparazzi! WWE-style "ARE YOU READDDAAAAYYYY?" screams and folding chairs! Saban, however, beat the rush and ducked into the building with two bodyguards and quietly snuck into Media Days, stopping to sign a few autographs at the rope. Clearly, he's overjoyed to be here.
Last year a mob scene greeted Saban at the door. This year, most Bama fans seeking an autograph and the healing touch of their football coach didn't even really bother to show up on time, as most of them seem to be milling around the lobby in "Got Nick" t-shirts and are outnumbered by the credentialed media buzzing around the hall. (Buzzing is a bit too energetic a word for media types: slugging around? Shuffling about? Talking loudly and nonsensically into headsets?)
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Those, mein Freund, are Nissan SUVs. Not Toyotas.
by PeteJayhawk on Jul 24, 2008 10:28 AM EDT reply actions
Thanks for that catch, Pete. I changed it. Although, is there really a difference? They should be crusin’ in Escalades anyway.
by cmottram on Jul 24, 2008 10:39 AM EDT reply actions
I know it’s not your schtick, but any chance we can get some stalker pics? You already stalk Tebow anyway right?
by AllWhoYonder on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 AM EDT reply actions
The stalker thing requires another person to be an accomplice to snap the photos. I think Spencer is out there on his own.
by cmottram on Jul 24, 2008 11:00 AM EDT reply actions
Actually, I was hoping they’d ride around in old Toyota technicals, African rebel-style.
by PeteJayhawk on Jul 24, 2008 11:14 AM EDT reply actions
America’s greatest conference and the good ole boys are driving Nissans???? There are Nissan plants in the US, but wouldn’t you think the SEC would use a good ole American brand like Ford, GM or Chrysler?
by bucks_fan_mi on Jul 25, 2008 10:07 AM EDT reply actions
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