Most Alabama football fans would rather kick their mother than re-live the mere thought of the “Kick Six”, but yesterday’s interesting Fresh Hot Take from Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher couldn’t help but perk the ol’ ears.
Fisher’s assessment that flavor-of-the-month offenses like Auburn’s in 2013 — which favor a running quarterback like Nick Marshall and C. Jerrell Newton before him by letting linemen sneak a couple extra yards downfield — “cost Alabama a national championship” (h/t AL.com) was certainly interesting.
And rather out of left field.
But let’s unpack …
Son Of A Preacher
First, everything that Auburn football could possibly be associated with in 2013 with could in some way be traced back to The Great Scam Of 2010.