Auburn fans, especially those on talk radio, have sanctimonoiously rebuked Alabama and Nick Saban for the minor violations the University reported. Thanks to the Mobile Press-Register we now know Auburn reported 13 minor violations in the last year, with three of these being from the football program.

The big laugh from the story was Auburn’s repeated plea that the academic scandal involving its sociology department was “unrelated to athletics.”

Of course, it is just coincidental 99.9-percent of your football players are sociology majors.

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Mr. College Football, Tony Barnhart of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, gives us another ranking. This time Mr. Barnhart ranks the newly hired SEC assistant coaches. Ranking the SEC’s Best New Assistants:

1.Major Applewhite, offensive coordinator, Alabama
2. Gary Crowton, offensive coordinator, LSU
3. Stacy Searels, offensive line coach, Georgia
4. David Lee, offensive coordinator, Arkansas
5. John Thompson, defensive coordinator, Ole Miss