It’s all about football
by Jesse J. Lewis, Sr.
In the Southeastern Conference the topic of conversation is the Iron Bowl. The game that Auburn won and the game that Alabama won makes it more interesting. When Auburn/Alabama play at Auburn on November 30th, those tickets will be the most sought after tickets in the Southeastern Conference in the last 10 years.
This game will decide whether or not Alabama will have a chance to compete for the National Championship. Even if Auburn wins, they will not be playing for the National Championship. In plain and simple terms, this game will affect Alabama more than it will Auburn.
When you play 11 games, in one of those games you’re not going to have your best day. Alabama played their worst game last Saturday – or you could make the case that Mississippi State played their best game, when you consider that Alabama had three costly fumbles and A.J. McCarron threw two interceptions. Even though Alabama won Saturday, A. J. McCarron was removed from the Heisman Trophy conversation. They had just begun to make him part of the discussion in the last week.Today, he is no longer part of that discussion.
Auburn won in the last few seconds of the game on a fluke pass-catch. The truth of the matter is Auburn outplayed Georgia all day long and should have won the game. I’ve been an Auburn fan since day one. I will always be an Auburn fan until they play Alabama.
In my opinion, Auburn is a better match for Alabama than Missouri. Alabama’s road to a national championship would be better going through Auburn than Missouri. It is obvious that Missouri has more weapons than Auburn. Speaking of Auburn football, I am predicting that Head Coach Gus Malzahn will be named Coach of the Year. There’s no other coach in America who can even come close when you consider all the accomplishments he has made this year.
If and when Alabama gets the opportunity to play for a national championship they’d better pray they get Ohio State instead of Baylor. Their chances of beating Baylor would be 50-50 while their chances of beating Ohio St. is 75-25.
Florida State Quarterback Jameis Winston’s controversy
Winston’s attorney, Tim Janson, was originally contacted about the case in February. Since then, no charges have been filed and Winston has not been interviewed. On Wednesday, the case was turned over to the state attorney, who has asked the Tallahassee police to further investigate the allegations.
Florida State freshman quarterback Jameis Winston has exercised his right not to speak with Tallahassee police or provide a statement in the ongoing investigation of a sexual assault complaint filed nearly a year ago, the school said in the statement. “Because the investigation has not been closed by TPD, we cannot comment further at this time. We look forward to a speedy resolution of the issue. There is no change in Jameis Winston’s status.”
The school was responding to multiple reports connecting Winston to an incident on Dec. 7. In response to those reports, police issued the following statement: “The Tallahassee Police Department has received several requests from local and national media for a case TPD received on December 7th, 2012, of an alleged sexual battery. The case was assigned to the Special Victims Unit. TPD is discontinuing its investigation and has consulted with the state attorney as to the direction of the case.
There are two things wrong with this picture. The first one is in favor of Jameis Winston: (1) Why would the local police department wait almost a year before they sent the document to the District Attorney. (2) The second is why would Jameis Winston not speak to the police. It would seem to me if you had not done anything wrong you would be glad to speak to the police.
e-mail: jjlewis@birminghamtimes.com
