We in the American South are often accused of making college football into a religion. We laugh about it but know there is at least a hint of truth to the charge. It was on display at the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Media Days recently (Friday, 22 July 2011) at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Alaabama.
Each year the SEC football coaches, their staffs, some of their players, and innumerable newspaper, magazine, radio, television, and internet reporters gather to discuss the upcoming football season. They talk about team strengths and weaknesses, up and coming players, and anything football related.
An Alabama fan, Eric Blackerby, of Columbiana, Alabama, was spotted wearing a tee-shirt with the logo "I HATE AUBURN ." Asked about the shirt, NIck Saban , the coach of the University of Alabama football team responded, "I would tell him it's not personal, that it really isn't personal. That is not really the way that we should respect the opponents that we have."
Asked later about Saban's comment, Blackerby responded, "It's like I went to church and God told me that he didn't approve."
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