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re: Rich Rodriguez turned Alabama down on this day 17 years ago…
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:52 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:52 pm to RollTide1987
The one good thing Finebaum has ever done on his show is roast Rita Rodriguez so hard that she refused to let Rich take the job.
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:55 pm to RollTide1987
And 17 years later he's now an FBS head coach in the state of Alabama. 
Posted on 12/6/23 at 2:03 pm to WaterLink
Mike "pappy" Price to Rich... Wanderingin the wilderness that was Alabama football at that time
Posted on 12/6/23 at 2:20 pm to RollTide1987
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December 6, 2006, just might be one of the darkest days in the history of Alabama’s rivals. At the time they were as giddy as hell, but since that day it has been nothing but bad news for the vast majority of SEC football fans.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 2:23 pm to coachcrisp
He did and his biggest professional regret was leaving. Kind of a slap in the face to Bama.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 3:01 pm to topcat88
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He did and his biggest professional regret was leaving. Kind of a slap in the face to Bama.
He wasn't regretful enough to go back.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 3:43 pm to mbogo
I remember everyone making fun of us after his first year. “You paid 5 million dollars for this?”
LOL…..good times
LOL…..good times
Posted on 12/6/23 at 3:49 pm to topcat88
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Can’t blame him. Smart man. Who would want to live there?
But he’s living in Alabama now and coaching at JSU.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 4:00 pm to RollTide1987
Thank you Paul Finebaum.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 4:00 pm to RollTide1987
quote:I was boarding a plane in ATL on the way to Cabo for a week when I picked up the fricking newspaper and walked on the plane. I literally thought Bama was fricking doomed if a schmo like Rich Rod turned down the job. Little did I know Mal was boarding a plane to MIAMI.
December 6, 2006
Posted on 12/6/23 at 4:00 pm to Lg
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Thank you Paul Finebaum.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 4:07 pm to topcat88
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Who would want to live there?
Posted on 12/6/23 at 4:29 pm to RollTide1987
Bring back Mike Shula. He was a perfect fit for Bama and the Gumpland fans.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 4:32 pm to topcat88
I like boring. I hate watching beautiful rural areas get developed into a concrete hell.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 4:58 pm to Weagle25
How about what really could have been. Alabama hires Rich Rod.
Is Saban still going back to college football that year or the next? What school might he end up at. The SEC seemed pretty happy with most of their coaches at the time.
How long does Meyer, Miles, Tuberville, Fulmer, Spurrier, or Richt last or possibly win championships with Saban still in the NFL or at least in another conference.
Is Saban still going back to college football that year or the next? What school might he end up at. The SEC seemed pretty happy with most of their coaches at the time.
How long does Meyer, Miles, Tuberville, Fulmer, Spurrier, or Richt last or possibly win championships with Saban still in the NFL or at least in another conference.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:18 pm to Enoch
Paul road Rich Rods’ wife into the ditch and she was the reason they backed out of the job.
Mal wanted Saban all along. The board and upper fat cats wanted a coach hired yesterday. Mal went to pick up RR and bring him to Tuscaloosa. They met and RR wanted to go home and tell his team he was leaving for Bama. Mal felt like if he went back to West Virginia he would stay. And that school talked him into staying.
The rest is history.
And Mal M. Is the main reason Nick is at Alabama.
Mal wanted Saban all along. The board and upper fat cats wanted a coach hired yesterday. Mal went to pick up RR and bring him to Tuscaloosa. They met and RR wanted to go home and tell his team he was leaving for Bama. Mal felt like if he went back to West Virginia he would stay. And that school talked him into staying.
The rest is history.
And Mal M. Is the main reason Nick is at Alabama.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:26 pm to RollTide1987
Might have been the death blow for cfb as a national sport too. They don’t care in the NE and other regions, not because they don’t care about football, it’s because they can’t compete.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 9:09 pm to coachcrisp
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Does anyone know Mrs. Rodriguez's address?
We should send her flowers for nixing RichRod's decision to come to Tuscaloosa.
what? His wife stopped him from taking the Bama job?
Posted on 12/7/23 at 9:40 am to Mizzouligan
Yep…. They found a pic of her on the internets and finebaum and his audience roasted her for days……
Posted on 12/7/23 at 9:43 am to topcat88
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