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Jumbo Package: Rich Rodriguez quips that he should have a statue in front of Bryant-Denny

Happy Monday, everyone. Sorry we are a little late today, power went out for a few hours. We do have a few interesting tidbits for you, starting with Rich Rodriguez’s self-awareness.

Gazing around at Alabama’s grandiose football digs, Rodriguez couldn’t help himself and quipped, “Where’s my statue?”

The Alabama booster looked at him curiously and said, “What do you mean?”

With a sheepish smile, Rodriguez deadpanned, “I’m partly responsible for those five national championships because if I had said yes, you wouldn’t have had the greatest coach of all time, Nick Saban, winning all those championships.