Let all the Bulldog faithful rally behind the men who now wear the red and black with two words, two simple words which express the sentiments of the entire Bulldog Nation: Auburn Sucks.
At some point, one has to wonder how one program keeps getting away with so much. It’s almost, like, there’s a bias or something.
The NCAA on Wednesday, Sept. 16 acknowledged that the controversial ending of Michigan football’s narrow victory vs Western Michigan should never have happened.
In a statement summarizing a review of the end-of-game processes, the NCAA said that instant replay protocol was not properly followed after the conclusion of what appeared to be a game-ending incompletion by Bryce Underwood.
That outcome would have resulted in a 12-7 victory for Lance Taylor’s Broncos over the then-16th-ranked Wolverines. As it stood, Big Ten officials put one second back on the clock, with Underwood completing a Hail Mary to JJ Buchanan in the end zone for a 13-12 victory on the final play of the game.
The NCAA’s acknowledgment that Western Michigan should have won the game — which comes after the Mid-American Conference sought to have the result overturned — also states that it has no power to overturn the result of a game.
The NCAA cited two rules on the subject:
Rule 1-1-3-b: When the referee declares that the game is ended, the score is final.
Rule 5-2-9: No rule decision may be changed after the ball is next legally snapped, legally free-kicked or the second or fourth periods have ended.
Why, though, do I continue to be shocked. And in true NCAA fashion, we end with “and there’s nothing anybody can do about it”.
Funny, I seem to recall from the previous year that you can sue, sue, sue your way to a desired outcome.
In pending lawsuits. I don’t think that’s good. That’s not good right?
Note: includes 42 million pending? What do we not know?
As it pertains to Michigan, though:
On Wednesday, the Detroit Free Press reported that 16 former University of Michigan hockey players had filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit alleging years of sexualized hazing inside the program between 1984 and 2001. The plaintiffs, identified only as John Does, allege that coaches knew of the conduct and in some cases required it.
The suit is the latest chapter in Michigan’s six-year run of scandal.
Court filings, NCAA decisions, news reports and university records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act put the bill at $1.15 billion in 2026 dollars, and counting.
The staggering sum dwarfs the scandal bills of the next 19 public universities combined.
Oh, since a lot of us didn’t know what SASE meant (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope) please know that when you see FOIA in articles, they are referencing the Freedom of Information Act. Just saying.
But, hey, they’ve got the donors to cover it, so why not be dirty and keep winning, right, Michigan?
The SEC has scheduled a meeting Thursday to "decide whether to terminate Louisiana State University (“LSU”) as an SEC member institution pursuant to Section 3.1.5 of the SEC Constitution and Bylaw." https://t.co/50wSMQ25Pgpic.twitter.com/mpp5aGES3H
This entire thing has gotten ugly and has turned into a 15 vs. 1 game of chicken.
The B1G is the only conference that can match SEC money, and there’s no way they admit them due to academic reputation. LSU cannot survive as an independent.
LSU fans, is all of this worth Lane Kiffin? The Kancer seems to have metastasized.
The court has ruled in favor of the athletes! Again, they are not professional football players circling back after years in the NFL. They are college players who were told, by the NCAA, that they were done. So they took the only door that was open, only to watch the NCAA change…
Yep, to literally no one’s surprise, another Kangaroo Court makes 2026 the year of bizarro in college sports.
Don’t get me wrong, the crosshairs are aimed squarely at Lane Kiffin and LSU, compelling some of us to head to church on Sunday to repent for ever pulling for Orange, but that’s where we are at. I’m pulling hard for Dabo now, and I never thought I’d say that in a million years.
What’s worse is that the foolishness of litigation around college sports has become so pronounced, that you have moments like this from the court drama on Thursday:
Louisiana attorney Tony Clayton yelling at Greg Sankey’s attorney “Ain’t no fun when the rabbit got the gun!” in open court, with Sankey on the stand, is the stuff legends are made of https://t.co/n8cjGsvPkZ
It’s becoming not only a farce for the sport, but for the courts, too. Maybe we take it more seriously as passionate fans, or maybe we’re missing some greater point.
Is it that the NCAA has been too fickle throughout the years, and this is the pendulum swing to counter balance that? Or is it that outsiders are seeing it for what it is, a money-making machine that is still raking in the dough while still trying to rally around some bullshit concept like amateurism?
At least we have college football tomorrow…or what’s left of it.
How is the LSU vs the SEC going to go down? Don’t ask your Vegas odds maker (note: I couldn’t find odds on any betting site for this), just ask college sports attorney extraordinaire Tom Mars:
Former NFL Players v. SEC: You only need to get to page 2 of the SEC’s brief to realize this lawsuit against the SEC and Greg Sankey is going to be tossed in the trash pretty quickly – maybe as soon as tomorrow.
Former NFL Players v. SEC: You only need to get to page 2 of the SEC’s brief to realize this lawsuit against the SEC and Greg Sankey is going to be tossed in the trash pretty quickly – maybe as soon as tomorrow.
Page 2 includes citations to a 1996 Louisiana Supreme Court decision and two Louisiana Court of Appeals decisions going back to 1973 – all three of which clearly stand for the proposition that the SEC may enforce its own rules based on the undisputed facts of this case. Therefore, unless the courts in Louisiana are willing to ignore or overrule 30 years of Louisiana Supreme Court precedent, and more than 50 years of precedent from the Court of Appeals, this entire case against the SEC and the Commissioner is going to be thrown out as a matter of law. The SEC’s brief makes other compelling arguments, but the very first one is enough to end what’s become the most momentous legal battle in college sports history. So much for the lawyers’ fifteen minutes of fame.
I don’t see how the players’ lawyers could possibly respond to the SEC’s legal arguments with a straight face. In all seriousness, I won’t be surprised if they withdraw their claims against the SEC and the Commissioner before tomorrow’s hearing. But I suspect that pride will cause them to choose a public ass-whipping instead.
Pride? Will pride goeth before the fall camp is over? Also, this is the same program doing this:
What if it was all just a distraction, just like the Jayden Daniels situation with the squabbling over the number 5? What could they be covering up? Has there been an appearance of a romantic Cajun named Jeaux Eau Douce?
Meanwhile, even Georgia’s Attorney General Chris Carr is getting in on the action:
Meanwhile, Tulane is eyeing a return to the SEC. At this point, it may be a fair trade and LSU could take their changes as a G6 team if they plan on standing firm on their NFL to College transfer portal pipeline.
I mean, not really, but it keeps the regionalism and Tulane is less of a headache and a half than LSU and Joey Freshwater. Speaking of…what’s Lane up to right now?
NEWS: #LSU signees, Dae’Quan Wright, Zxavian Harris, and Junior Tuihalamaka (alongside former Tiger, Jack Pyburn and others) will have a Preliminary Injunction hearing on Monday, August 31 at 1:30pm CT.
Say, now that’s interesting! The NCAA could slap a ban on LSU football from play or invalidate wins because Joey Freshwater conspired against the NCAA? Didn’t this really get started in Oxford, anyway?
If that’s the case and they can prove it, would that constitute “cause” in releasing Kiffin from his LSU contract? While hilarious and maybe a backhanded way for Lane to kill one of Alabama’s rivals and then backdooring his way into the Alabama head coaching position would be a level degree of chess that even I never gave him credit for.
of course this is on the heels of USA Today ranking Alabama the number 2 party school in the US, so maybe Lane had this in the works all along.
One thing of note: just because these guys can’t play in the SEC or B1G doesn’t mean they can’t play in other conferences. That means there’s only one way this can go for the ultimate “hilarity ensues” moment…
The decision making that occurred in bringing Lane Kiffin to LSU, and later to bring back Will Wade in one of the ugliest exits from a program to go back to a program, will be the thing of legends and documentaries once the dust settles. More than anything else, it will possibly make history as case law in litigating modern sports roster management.
First in basketball:
#BREAKING: The SEC is seriously considering banning all LSU sports programs from conference play due to today’s RJ Luis eligibility ruling, per sources.
RJ Luis just took a major step forward in spending the 2026-27 season in Baton Rouge. On Monday, a Louisiana judge granted Luis an injunction, On3’s Pete Nakos has confirmed. Luis now has an avenue to play for Will Wade and the LSU Tigers with an additional year of eligibility.
This is another example of a member of the 2022 recruiting class using the legal system to get back into college athletics. Luis spent three seasons at two different schools, initially suiting up for UMass. But after a year there, he opted to play for Rick Pitino at St. John’s.
Luis thought his college basketball career was over, entering the 2025 NBA Draft. He did not get selected but signed a two-way contract with the Utah Jazz. A stint out West did not last too long, as Luis was traded to the Boston Celtics in August. Unfortunately, just over two months later, he got waived.
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey files affidavit against RJ Luis
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey filed an affidavit in an eligibility case involving LSU and former St. John’s star RJ Luis. Sankey called Luis’ attempt to play for the Tigers “a competitive disadvantage and fundamental unfairness,” per ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
“These rules are grounded in the principle that athletics are an integral part of the academic experience,” Sankey wrote. “The rules align the time permitted for college athletics with the pursuit of an undergraduate education and further the important purpose of preserving opportunities for future student-athletes to participate in college sports.”
This is a move we have seen from Sankey before. Back when Alabama was going through the Charles Bediako situation, he opposed Nate Oats getting the big man on his roster. In the end, Bediako was ruled ineligible and his time in Tuscaloosa came to an end.
To date, the rumor has it that Luis would be Wade’s fifth player to join the program.
And he only has five. Like five members on the team, opting to go against the traditional recruiting and transfer route and trying to field a roster of nothing more that former pros to play in the SEC.
It’s certainly a strategy, no? At some point, one has to wonder if LSU is doing nothing more than saying “hey, NCAA, you screwed this up, and we’re going to make a mockery of it until you decide to get a backbone again”. Honestly, I can’t hardly blame them.
Meanwhile, aside from Lane’s decision to bring former pros and Ole Miss players to Baton Rouge, he now is making the news for how the Ole Miss administration had to treat the facilities after his departure.
When Lane Kiffin left Ole Miss for LSU in the middle of a College Football Playoff run, the Rebels did not just change their locks, and erase their white boards and their group texts while the dust settled. They also called the FBI.
Grove Collective executive director Walker Jones laid out the whole thing on the Assorted Crackers podcast, and it is the kind of story that tells you exactly how much trust was left in the building by the time Kiffin was out the door.
“We actually had the FBI come through and walk the building for bugs and for everything,” Jones said. “We knew kind of what was in Baton Rouge, and we knew how they operated.”
Jones said he checked under his own desk for recording devices. The staff ran two separate text threads, held separate meetings, and cut back on hallway conversations to keep information from leaking to the coaches who were either on their way to LSU or considering making the move alongside Kiffin. That certainly is not standard operating procedure for a program getting ready to play in the Playoff.
Kiffin’s antics are having wide-sweeping effects. As of writing this, the B1G and the SEC are meeting to discuss the ramifications of the pros-to-college movement, with the B1G reportedly taking a firm stand of prohibiting this in the conference, with the SEC (naturally) following suite and matching the B1G’s approach and energy with this matter today.
Which is better? The billable hours or the entertainment hours that has come of this?
Somehow, Nick Saban isn’t just looking like a grumpy old man who had his secret sauce stolen in the NIL/Transfer Portal era. Looks like he was right, that this was going to be the outcome of all this in the first place.
Well it’s nice to know that we’re not top five in this latest college football ranking.
Color me surprised, given the recent narrative, that we’re not higher. Also, the Urban Meyer era in Florida has already been the thing of movies and ESPN programs, so that’s possibly not surprising…but considering the amount of ribbing we take from the Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, and Texas fanbases…they don’t have much more room to talk.
Also…what’s happening in South Bend? I thought they were angels! Seriously, when have you EVER heard of an arrest of a Notre Dame football player? Whatever they’re doing in terms of sports information needs to be studied and duplicated for any athletic department.
