Have seen lots of reaction to the ESPN series on Nick Saban. A lot of history, reported then and subsequently (wrote a book on this, in fact), has been forgotten: Saban left MSU in 1999 for two reasons, both tied to then-President Peter McPherson. McPherson had welched on a $150,000 (not $100,000) raise committed to Saban. The stock market in the late '90s boomed and McPherson did not believe he could sell that raise to the MSU Board of Trustees. Saban then was making less than Tom Izzo. That violation of pure financial principle set the stage for Saban at least listening to another offer, even though he and Terry through their coaching stops had always most loved East Lansing, had wanted to return there, and most definitely wanted to stay in November, 1999. Another factor was McPherson's indifference to Saban's coaching. Even though the president had not been to a college football game between his college days and his arrival as MSU president, he "didn't believe Saban was a good second-half coach." True appraisal. What might have been considered by the president, even if he had been on firm ground -- and he certainly wasn't -- is that in 1998 the Spartans had only 71 players on scholarship within a roster's 85-man limit. That was due to attrition inherited from George Perles' NCAA probation sentence. Small wonder some second-half leads in 1998 had washed away. By 1999, Saban had a full scholarship roster, and a 10-2 record. But the tensions and intolerances had grown too severe, and Saban was at least open to LSU's offer. Even after Terry visited Baton Rouge and told him it was a "diamond in the rough" they were going to stick in East Lansing. A long night of talking and not sleeping preceded a 5:30 a.m. phone call from McPherson who, in Saban's view, was "belligerent" and insisted Saban wasn't going to put MSU over a barrel. The Sabans decided at that moment to leave for Baton Rouge.

Kalen DeBoer on injuries: "Ryan Coleman-Williams has a couple things going on to work through, an injury with his knee, we'll deal with that. Has the head issue as well. We'll address that this week. ... There's a good chance we won't have him this weekend. With Delgatty, we'll continue to evaluate in the days ahead. He'll be pretty sore, limited for sure early in the week. ... Terrance (Green), that's an injury that's been going on a couple weeks now that has been limiting him in practice."

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Insanely blatant missed pass interference there! Are you kidding me?!

Insanely blatant missed pass interference there! Are you kidding me?!

As we discussed on Monday’s postgame show on YES, I’d start Caballero at 3B tonight. He can be a catalyst. Maybe the ex-Ray will make a “Rays-like” play vs TB. The Yankees’ offense needs a boost. I could also see Volpe getting the start over Jazz at 2B.

Soph. INF Brodie Jones (@GovBaseball) Top of the order bat for the Govs, continues to hit at the highest levels. Matches plan on an elevated FB, sending a liner thru the pull side. Gamer w/innate feel to hit. Savvy instincts, high baseball IQ. #ALJUCO || @PB_JUCO