DeepPurple wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 7:43 am
Did not see much competitiveness with Mercer.
I don't know how serious Alabama even took the game. NC State took the game serious, I think they had heard enough of their losing record to Furman. The stadium was full and they were and are a lot better. UTC and ETSU, yes throw them a bone. Mercer does not get one.
y’know, DP. I was thinking about this & you may be right. I even found this picture of Coach Saban just chillin’ out in the 4th quarter. That vein about to burst in his neck pretty much proves your point.
NCAA MANUAL
20.10.1 ...intercollegiate athletics...competition in amateur athletics…
20.10.1.2 …maintaining a line of demarcation between student-athletes who participate in the Collegiate Model and athletes competing in the professional model