Bobby Petrino Doesn't Like 'Saban Rule'

Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino doesn’t like the “Saban Rule” banning the head coach from visiting schools during the spring evaluation period. If you are keeping score, that makes Saban, Les Miles, Urban Meyer and Petrino who have publically repudiated the rule.

Houston Nutt is quoted in the same story talking about the rule. He said he “could live with the rule,” but enjoyed being out traveling. Is that a political way of saying he supported it?

The story also reveals Bobby Johnson of Vanderbilt as a proponent of the “Saban Rule.”

Four NFL washouts hit SEC
Four SEC coaches came crawling back to college after horrible stints in the NFL. Darren Epps of the Times Free Press makes this simple point: Here’s the point: Coaching in the NFL stinks. The season never really ends, the rosters are small, many coaches possess little control over free-agent signings and the draft, and winning consistently is extremely difficult. If you hold a particularly demanding practice, players can complain to the NFLPA. And now the coaching salaries in college are approaching NFL-type money.

Where to eat in Tuscaloosa
Alabama Gameday provides a breakdown of the best in eating establishments in T-town.

NCAA stands for?
The NCAA stands for the National Communists Against Athletes—and that’s the nicest thing The Hog Tale has to say in a polemic on the NCAA.

Roll Bama Roll to get site upgrade
Roll Bama Roll announced Monday morning that it would get a new look as its parent SB Nation rolls out a new blogging platform. The looks is a nice upgrade to the definitive Alabama sports blog.

Perrilloux could end up in Alabama
Ryan Perrilloux could find his way to the state of Alabama, as Jax State has contacted the former LSU quarterback.