it is long past the time to stop defending ourselves with lame exhortations that everyone else cheats, philip fulmer is the cause of all our problems, and tennessee has immunity from the ncaa.
we have plenty of skeletons in our own closet to deal with and it simply makes us look like crybabies and fools to ignore the very real problems that exist within our own football program.
it's embarrassing to hear these excuses every time another of the shortcomings at the capstone becomes public...and recent events have made it plain that there is much work to be done to right the ship at bama.
i know there are some out there who will never accept the fact that the bama football program was corrupted from without and within...but that's a fact we all must deal with.
today we are all paying a price for past transgressions. at present, our opponents have many legitimate reasons to ridicule us. chief among them is the apparent refusal of many bama fans to look in the mirror and accept our own failures.
i, for one, have no doubts that almost every other major school violates ncaa rules. i also have no doubts that almost every other major school plays loose and fast with the education of their student-athletes. finally, i also believe that the ncaa favors some schools and offers others up as sacrificial lambs.
all this, however, does nothing to exhonerate us of our transgressions. the sooner we all come to terms with the fact that Alabama football is far from exemplary, the better off we will all be.
show some of that dignity and class that's always bantered about here. anything less is unbecoming of The University of Alabama and the legacy of Coach Bryant.
we have plenty of skeletons in our own closet to deal with and it simply makes us look like crybabies and fools to ignore the very real problems that exist within our own football program.
it's embarrassing to hear these excuses every time another of the shortcomings at the capstone becomes public...and recent events have made it plain that there is much work to be done to right the ship at bama.
i know there are some out there who will never accept the fact that the bama football program was corrupted from without and within...but that's a fact we all must deal with.
today we are all paying a price for past transgressions. at present, our opponents have many legitimate reasons to ridicule us. chief among them is the apparent refusal of many bama fans to look in the mirror and accept our own failures.
i, for one, have no doubts that almost every other major school violates ncaa rules. i also have no doubts that almost every other major school plays loose and fast with the education of their student-athletes. finally, i also believe that the ncaa favors some schools and offers others up as sacrificial lambs.
all this, however, does nothing to exhonerate us of our transgressions. the sooner we all come to terms with the fact that Alabama football is far from exemplary, the better off we will all be.
show some of that dignity and class that's always bantered about here. anything less is unbecoming of The University of Alabama and the legacy of Coach Bryant.
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