Ha ha ha... It appears the sportswriters are having a long, lonely summer.
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Woody Bass <[email protected]> > Date: May 30, 2013, 7:27:23 AM CDT > To: WXIA <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] Orlando Sentinel - Devilish Nick Saban doesn't deserve > apology from UF > Reply-To: [email protected] > > http://touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-76099904/ > > Devilish Nick Saban doesn't deserve apology from UF > > > George Diaz COMMENTARY Recent Columns > > 5:13 pm, May 29, 2013 > > On behalf of the University of Florida, I'd like to apologize for the apology > the university issued to Alabama football coach Nick Saban. > > Much to my chagrin -- and Mick Jagger's as well -- there is Sympathy for the > Devil. > > It seems "Nick Satan" got his feelings hurt when Florida offensive line coach > Tim Davis -- a former Saban assistant -- jokingly said that Florida's Will > Muschamp "coached under the devil himself for seven years… I only did three." > > It was a good gag, delivered in the cozy confines of a Space Coast Gator Club > gathering earlier this month. Only there are no cozy confines anymore. Not > with cell phones, iPads, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and about a zillion > other social media platforms. > > Word got out, of course. Nicky had his feelings hurt -- boo hoo -- and > Muschamp and Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley each called Saban during > the SEC's annual spring meetings this week to apologize for Davis' comments. > > I hope they didn't feel the need to send flowers and a Hallmark card. Did > they genuflect in front of Saban and beg "please forgive us, please forgive > us!" > > Good grief. And the PC Police win again. > > What's wrong with calling Saban "Satan?" Or Steve Spurrier "Steve Superior?" > Or Florida State "Free Shoes University?" > > College football is all about rivalries, often contentious ones. As long as > there aren't any arrest warrants issued, I'm fine with that. > > That's why Spurrier remains my favorite college football coach of all time. > He loves gags at Florida, and still does now that he coaches at South > Carolina. > > Spurrier gave us Free Shoes U. He also labeled former Georgia football coach > Ray Goff "Ray Goof" and would loudly joke that "you can't spell Citrus > without UT" -- a shot at the University of Tennessee's inability to beat > Florida and advance to the SEC Championship game. > > Spurrier also once joked at a Gator Club function in 1997: "I hear they just > hung a new sign outside the Citrus Bowl in Orlando: Winter Home of The > Tennessee Volunteers." > > I'm assuming if that happened today, ESPN would have an "Outside the Lines" > special demonizing Spurrier, and Foley would force him to write "I will be > nice to Tennessee" 100 times on the blackboard. > > So what's exactly wrong with jokingly calling Saban the Devil in Disguise? > Frankly, it should be viewed as a term of endearment because he's made the > SEC a personal hell for anybody who wants to compete with Alabama. Three > national titles since 2009 defines a dynasty. > > It's easy to bust on Saban because of jealous envy. It's also easy to bust on > him because of his pretentious "I'm better than you" attitude, not to mention > that he lied like a weasel when he denied he was leaving the Miami Dolphins > to coach at Alabama after the 2006 season. > > "It's unbelievable," former Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula once said of > Saban. "There were four or five direct statements that were blatant lies. > That tells you a little bit about the guy." > > Shula is an icon. Put him up there as my favorite NFL coach of all-time. > Great guy. > > Saban? Not so much. > > He preaches about "integrity" at the college level but defected at the sniff > of a better opportunity. > > So to review, you have a highly-successful, unlikable guy with a shaky moral > compass at the top of the mountain in college football. > > Is everybody else in the SEC supposed to kiss his ring? > > Besides, Saban should embrace this whole devil deal. I have. Check out my > column photo. My friends, colleagues, flag football teammates, and even some > enemies call me "El Diablo." > > "Forget Nick Saban, check out @georgediaz column sig in today's Sentinel if > you want to see the devil ...," my colleague Mike Bianchi tweeted recently. > > Perhaps Mikey is simply jealous because I am cuter and have much more hair. > > But it's all good, my bald buddy. I expect no apologies. > > Neither should Nick Saban. > > Read George Diaz's blog at OrlandoSentinel.com/enfuego or e-mail him at > [email protected] > > Related Content Gators apologize to Nick Saban for 'devil' commentNick Saban > disappointed with Gators assistant who called him "the devil himself"Gators > assistant coach calls Nick Saban `the devil himself'Mark Richt: Gators-Canes > rivalry has lost its allureNine-game SEC schedule a hot topic at conference's > annual meetingsGators 2013 schedule fourth-toughest in SEC > > > Woody (via iPhone) > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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