Can you see the wrestling match now?

The sleaze bag NFL agent slips into the corner of the ring (he's in black of course similar to the Georgia Bulldogs ... Coach Nick Saban is on the other side of the ring in his crimson & white wrestling trucks, vest, & straw hat. Terry Saban is very much by his side.

His gaze fixes on the opponent... ding.. ding.. ding..

The match begins...

Down CNS comes with a flying elbow... BAMM!

He kicks the guy in the face... WHAMM!

Then for good measure he picks the sleazebag up off the mat... and sets him up for the pile driver!

CRUNCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1-2-3 OUT FOR THE COUNT! Coach Saban WINS!

Of course, this will never happen.. but it is fun to think about. The truth, however, is that Coach Nick Saban is not a happy man. He is mad at NFL agents and the system that allows them contact his star football players

First.. Look at what happened with the Andre Smith fiasco back in Jan 2009 when he had to sit out his last game in the Sugar Bowl due to improper agent contact. You know what happened, and Coach Nick Saban hates to lose because of a key player like Andre Smith being declared ineligible .

Here we are again at the cusp of a new football season, a media day start today with Nick Saban coming to the podium to speak his mind on a new season with expectations for greatness. On the day before, news breaks that possible infractions have occurred with his super star defensive lineman, Marcel Dareus.

Man talk about screwing up the first day of media days!!! The boss man in Tuscaloosa can't be happy!

I'm hoping that the investigation proves that more so Darius did not take any money in transportation, lodging, or any other expense because he is a star player and he can make a difference in a ballgame.

Look what the sleazy agents have done to Reggie Bush and USC and the NCAA is just looking for an excuse to come after Alabama again! Yeah that's right there is no good blood between Alabama and the NCAA!

Hopefully Coach Nick Saban doesn't ever have get into a wrestling match with them! Reggie Bush even has had his Heisman Trophy revoked and games from a national championship year have been vacated! None of that is going to happen in this case, however the NCAA is not anyone you want to tangle with. It is why Nick Saban stays on their good side!

In the South, we take our football (and our wrestling) very seriously!

Keep in mind that here in the South, we take our football (and our wrestling) very seriously!  Heck, you know we take it seriously here in the South when Tennessee fans are mugged by their own football players and they don't want to press charges because "that's just the way it is in Tennessee!" And most likely, you'll see that mugged fan cheering on the UT football team! You'll find it throughout the Southeast that football fans here take her football dead serious.

Going back to what Nick Saban is dealing with right now with football agents, he is requesting that the NCAA looks at how agents can interact with college football players. He is asking if it really makes sense to throw open the doors of the colleges to the NFL if they're not going to help them out about punishing the agents for illegal contact of college players.

But what is the college to do? They already educate athletes and their families about the perils of dealing with agents. There is a possibility that they can lose their eligibility through agent contact. The university and the coaches cannot be in the back pocket of every player on their team. It is ultimately the player's responsibility to do the right thing.

Right now, the NCAA is trying to determine who paid for the trip for Marcel Dareus to Miami. That is to be determined. But one thing is for sure, Nick Saban is not happy!

In a statement by Coach Saban on the Dareus incident, "What the NFL Players Association and the NFL need to do is if any agent breaks a rule and causes ineligibility for a player, they should suspend his (agent's) license for a year or two," Coach Saban said. "I'm about ready for college football to say, 'Let's just throw the NFL out. Don't let them evaluate players. Don't let them talk to players. Let them do it at the combine.' If they are not going to help us, why should we help them?"

Can you feel the love?

I have a feeling if a bad agent was to come around Nick Saban in Hoover, he might be willing to lay him out with a piledriver!

Wow...wouldn't that feel good?

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Ben Tate, starting running back at Auburn, was quoted in the Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald last week as saying,

"I know I'm the best back in the state. I bet, if you went and broke down film and asked teams in the SEC who is the best back in the state, I mean, I feel like it's me."

I wonder if "Big Mouth" Ben knows what he did? Thats right... stuck a foot in his own "Big Mouth". A fire will be lit underneath the already stingy defense of Alabama. I fully expect them to put that quote up in the locker room and stand up for their Heisman trophy candidate, Mark Ingram. Not to mention, as oblivious to outside influences as Ingram is these days, it still could add fuel to his seemingly unstoppable motor on the football field.

It is amazing to me how the Auburn nation is starting to get the chip on their shoulders once again yet was chewed up by the Georgia Bulldogs last week. Georgia is a team that has been beat by a lot of teams all year. Ben has not seen the likes of Alabama this year.

Its one thing for Big Mouth Ben to believe he is the best back in state, but it is another thing to prove it. Something he has never done. Even in the last game Auburn won (2007), he only ran for a measly 77 yards. Fast forward to a year later, he carried the ball four times for 12 yards. It is so true that actions speak louder than words.

The Tide's Defense will be salivating. This defense is one that hasn't given up 100 yards to a single running back since Oct. 13, 2007. That was to Ole Miss tailback, BenJarvus Green-Ellis.

Granted, Tate has retracted a bit in his enthusiam over his own talent being superior to Ingram's when he was asked is he really said that, ""Maybe," Tate said coyly on Wednesday. "Maybe I didn't." Tate went one to put a little sugar on top by saying...

"I've seen a couple of their games," Tate said. "I've watched them and I've said it before and I'll say it again: He's a very good running back. He's having a great year. Their team is undefeated. He's a great running back. I hope he wins the Heisman. Honestly, I'm serious when I say that because he'd be the first running back to win it since Reggie Bush, and I think he's got the opportunity to do that."

He is too late with the platitudes following an obvious slap in Ingram's face.  Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it is hard to put back in.

If he is thinking he is the best in the state of Alabama... the game is on Black Friday. Prove it, "Big Mouth Ben."

The problem lies with the NCAA. With our program already under a microscope by the nit-picky NCAA, these players happened to take a ride on a chartered fishing trip with a 55 year old man from Athens, Alabama who for health reasons needed help from these guys to make the trip.

Meanwhile, teams like USC continues to rock on regardless of Reggie Bush scandal where he received extensive compensation from several sports agents while he still playing for the beloved Trojans. It seems to me to be a double standard, and the only reason is that the NCAA world must be jealous of the Tide for the 12 championships and years of domination.

The NCAA must be afraid that a giant is waking once again and there will be a return to Bear-like domination of the collegiate football world. So here we are, 3 months after we did the right thing and self reported this incident... at a stand-still. No word from the NCAA yet.

In a statement by Nick Saban on this matter:

"We're hoping for a response," Saban said. "We want to do what we need to do to do things the right way from a program standpoint and for the players' best interests. The institution has handled the situation with tremendous integrity. We're hopeful that we will have some sort of resolution in the short term."

This silly little matter should be a open and shut case where at the worst they pay back the money for the cost of the trip and play. Don't get me wrong, I understand the University's stance to maintain the highest integrity in going above and beyond what they need to do, they have no choice. Now it just boils down to the NCAA deciding on this case. Whats the hold up, anyway? It shouldn't be that hard to make a call, send a certified letter, and just let us know what needs to happen to get this behind us. Instead, here we are, days before the first game, with the possibility of being without our tp two weapon's on offense...all because of the slowness of the NCAA to respond.

I still think even if they sit out of the game, Alabama will win. But it sure would be like missing two bullets in our fully loaded gun. Lets hope the gun isn't on an empty chamber when we fire our best shot at the Hokies.