Sometimes it pays to lose.
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 19: Tennessee Volunteers fans tear down the goal post after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide 24-17 at Nissan Stadium on October 19, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. using this link
At this rate, Byrne could pay most of former coach Nick Saban’s yearly “consulting fee” with a couple more losses. In retirement, Saban is getting paid $500,000 a year from Alabama for simply being the GOAT. It’s good to be the king. I blame Alabama for that, too. The Tide started a national trend. These days, kids will go over the walls for bags of popcorn. It’s all just different variations of the Bama Rush., the fan bases for opponents have stormed the field after the last nine home victories against Alabama.
“They’re not going to keep them off the field tonight,” said Auburn’s late, great play-by-play announcer Rod Bramblett.I’ve been swallowed whole by a couple of those celebrations. The SEC contends that storming the field is a danger to society. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey clearly doesn’t know ball. Storming the field against Alabama is a cultural rite of passage for thousands and thousands of lucky idiots across the South.
At this point, I’m convinced that high school students in the South pick their colleges in the hopes of one day storming the field after a victory against Alabama. In that sense, schools across the SEC should be paying Alabama even more money after rare home victories against the Tide.But there were signs up on Rocky Top that the shine of beating Alabama might be beginning to fade. Most field invasions are instantaneous expressions of ecstasy. Take for example Tennessee 52, Alabama 49 in 2022.
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