It was big news in college football last winter when Texas Coach Charlie Strong signed five top players from the state of Florida. This week the big news is that those players did not seem to be the type the Lone Star state would have wanted at the Alamo. They have deserted the Longhorns, perhaps more interested in places like San Destin than the fight at San Antonio.
And perhaps that’s the reason Alabama Coach Nick Saban was talking about freshmen following the Crimson Tide’s Wednesday practice. The Tide was out for two hours in temperatures in the high 90s that were matched by the humidity.