Proof That Football Is Too Important In Alabama #24,567

Alabama head football coach Nick Saban makes $4 million per year and the Crimson Tide was a four-touchdown favorite to win last Saturday over an inferior opponent. They lost. It happens. To every team.

Two days later, the Alabama head football coach compared Saturday's 21-14 loss to Louisiana-Monroe to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor during his weekly press conference.

You can listen to influential radio host & news columnist Paul Finebaum's radio show about it here.

Thankfully, there was a lot of negative reaction in the press.

You can check out this morning's thoughts from Kevin Scarbinksy, and Mark McCarter.

I think Nick needs to re-examine his priorities.