Jumbo Package: Nick Saban joined by wealthy Texas Tech booster on NIL commission…
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Happy Monday, everyone. The baseball team won a big series against Georgia, and now has one final week to play for SEC Tournament seeding.
We found out that the softball team will get to host a NCAA regional as a 15-seed. Should they advance, a daunting trip to Norman will await them for Super Regionals.
Alabama apparently relied more on donations than any other SEC football program last year.
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Alabama led all public SEC football programs in reliance on donations for Fiscal Year 2024, according to data from financial reports submitted to the NCAA by the league’s 15 public schools. AL.com obtained the reports via a series of open records requests.
The Crimson Tide football program brought in 38.2% of its FY 2024 revenue via contributions from donors. The Fiscal Year ran from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Do with that what you will.
Kalen DeBoer spoke on the criticisms of his wardrobe last season.
“You know that everything is going to be analyzed – literally everything – but, again, that’s what you signed up for, and I’m good with that. I just want to try to bring as many people together,” DeBoer said. “There’s going to be people who are always against you, right? That’s college football. That’s rivalries. That’s you being devoted to your team, and I love that. It’s special, because this is the pro team here. There isn’t an NFL or NBA or Major League Baseball team in Alabama. This is it. That’s awesome. I love it.”
Josh Jacobs told an interesting signing day story.
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Jacobs then went on a visit to Alabama, being hosted by future star quarterback Jalen Hurts, who was only an early-enrolled freshman at the time. On that visit with the eventual Super Bowl MVP, Jacobs decided Alabama was “the spot to be.”
But, Jacobs was still on the dark if there would even be a spot for him. When he woke up on his commitment day, he had plans in mind to be a Tiger.
“I was going to go to Mizzou,” Jacobs said.
But shortly before Jacobs put pen to paper, an Alabama coach called to tell Jacobs the prospect struggling with academics failed to meet their thresholds. A spot was now open on the Crimson Tide.
“So the day that I went to sign, that’s when I found out that I could even go to Alabama,” Jacobs said.
Whoever that player was, thank you for being dumb.
Last, a little more info on the Saban-led NIL commission.
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To give another perspective, Texas Tech mega-booster Cody Campbell is Saban’s co-chair. During a Welcome Home Tour stop in Greenville, South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer briefly spoke about the committee.
Initially, Beamer didn’t provide much about his thoughts on the matter, saying, “I saw that. I was reading some of that coming up here today on my phone, just some information about it. I don’t know enough about it.”
However, the fifth-year head coach admitted that he thought the president might have found the right man for the job. Said Beamer, “I think if you’re looking for anyone to spearhead change or be in a leadership position when it comes to college football going forward, he’s the first person that would come to mind from my standpoint.”
First question for the mega-booster: “Isn’t there something better for the world that you could do with all that money than buying football players for a college?”
That’s about it for today. Have a great week.
Roll Tide.
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