The players let down their coach: “It’s a damn shame”

PHOTO: Michigan State coach Mel Tucker. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report *** By TOM SHANAHAN Two highly anticipated player discipline decisions recently confronted Alabama’s Nick Saban and one of his proteges, Michigan State’s Mel Tucker. The cases were similar, but the path chosen forward by the two coaches different. Saban didn’t suspend Alabama’s Jermaine Burton for hitting a Tennessee female fan. She was among partisans storming the field, celebrating a colossal victory. Asked to clarify his decision, Saban…

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Army recruiting benefits from upside of 6-7 Andre Carter II

PHOTO: Andre Carter after one of his three sacks at Georgia State. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Ask college football fans to name the best recruiter in the nation. You’ll hear the same answers -- Alabama’s Nick Saban, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney or Ohio State’s Ryan Day. They annually bring in the top recruiting classes. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Those guys don’t have to work at finding talent. The schools that are regular participants in the College…

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