Roll Tide nation is sobbing themselves to sleep tonight, knowing that 21 wins have been vacated from Alabama between 2005 and 2007, including a Cotton Bowl victory over Texas Tech. They’re watching reruns of this year’s National Championship, all the while shaking their heads and drowning themselves in Bud Heavy.

This, of course, is due to a text book incident on school, which I won’t go into but you can read about it here. Basically, football players and other athletes pimped the Tide’s book stores and learned about the Kreb Cycle for free.

And so, 21 wins…. Gone. (Insert sob sounds here and dramatic “NOOOOOOO!!!!!” scream)

Bama fans need these extra wins like they need an Urban Meyer Fan Club tee shirt. I mean, other than killing Mike Shula’s win total, what exactly does this accomplish? It doesn’t give their opponents wins – sorry Middle Tennessee, Utah State, and Western Carolina.

It doesn’t impact their current recruiting situation or their status as a powerhouse. It doesn’t bother Saban or really anyone on the team next year. So what exactly does it do?

I’m not saying this punishment warrants anything more. In fact, it doesn’t. This blog and my beef is more with the ridiculous method and punishments handed down in the NCAA sanctions. (Insert picture of Seantrel Henderson holding USC jersey, smiling here).

Instead of taking away wins from record books, which you and I undoubtedly look through on a regular basis, the NCAA should look to more intimidating methods. Like waterboarding, random beatings, and perhaps the occasional shakedown. If these methods don’t exactly fit the NC2A mold, I propose the following.

BIG ASS FINES.

Nothing will get a universities attention more than a big bill directed not necessarily at the football team or the coaches, but those who work in a office, unaware of a lot of the activities beyond going undefeated and paying hefty salaries. The suits, big wigs, whatever you want to call them wouldn’t allow this to happen if it’s costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars (maybe millions) in the process.

Alabama was fined around $40,000 for this escapade and while that might sound significant, there is a booster out there who probably cut that check just to play a round of golf with Saban. Imagine if this fine was significantly higher?

Massive fines would bring about long conversations all the away across the board. And by long conversations, I mean mass firings, warnings, and uncomfortable “don’t $%^& this up convos.”

If the fines are large enough, ala the Mark Cuban treatment in the NBA, a message will definitely be sent and people will get in line. Removing scholarships and bowl eligibility are also ideas that get tossed around and will certainly get people’s attention also, but nothing provides a scare across a university more than money. This will have a chain reaction from the top down and will serve as a proper wake up call for all.

But instead, 21 Alabama wins, ties, losses, cool sporting events from a few years back will float off into space like they never happened. A black hole of drunkenness, hard hits, ticket sales, touchdowns, and field goals. Think of it as Men In Black - One not Two because Two sucked.

For the first time in three years, the Gators are replacing their quarterback. And one of their players couldn’t be happier.

Deonte Thompson has plenty of stats, nationwide recognition, accolades, and plenty of NFL scouts drooling over him already. Wait, he actually has none of those but his latest quote on Tim Tebow says otherwise.

The sophomore had this to say on quarterback Jeff Brantley throwing pigskins instead of Tebow. “With Brantley, everything with rhythm, with time. You know, a real quarterback.”

ZINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG.

Okay, I get it. Brantley is a more prototypical NFl quarterback then Tebow. He also was the high school player of the year only a few years back. With that said, I have to ask Deonte Thompson why on earth he would even tackle this subject. While Thompson is spot on with his assessment, there are plenty of other ways to word this without pissing off hundreds of thousands of Gator fans and Tebow enthusiasts.

Thompson then went onto to say that, “I’ll bet you John Brantley can “throw a football over them mountains.”

Thompson and his 343 career receiving yards is in a great position to criticize Tebow. And by great position, I mean he probably wants to stop before Urban Meyer takes out months of relaxation on one of his young players

While I imagine that this quote was taken out of context, this just isn’t a great idea. GET HIM, GATOR NATION.

Earlier today the boys over at Edsbs.com (aka Everydayshouldbesaturday.com) gave us some blogging gold in a response to a Seth Davis Tweet. Before I go any further, I must pass along linkage, and you must read this. WARNING: Swingers and Accord owner beware.

For those of you still too lazy to click the link – one, my god you’re lazy. Two, here’s the rundown. CBS basketball guru Seth Davis Tweeted the following in the midst of an exciting weekend of college basketball.

“To: College football. From College basketball. Do you understand what you are missing?”

Edsbs had some very interesting, and as always entertaining thoughts on the issue. I actually have some thoughts on this as well.

First, it’s very easy to pull self-horn tootage after an exciting weekend of hoops filled with upsets, drama, overtime, and Gus Johnsonisms. Everyone and their cousin gets into the first weekend of March Madness and brackets. The buzz generated from the likes of these smaller, successful seeds goes a long way.

Yes, we get it. Upsets make news and there were a lot of them. Still, I’m not quite sure how a weekend of bad seeding and upsets qualify a college football reference.

I would assume Seth is pointing towards the BCS. Yes, the BCS is awful. With that said, I think comparing the two is absurd. That’d be like me coming on Twitter after Boise State beat TCU in the Fiesta Bowl and posting, “HEY BASEBALL FANS, LOOK WHAT YOU ARE MISSING YOU AHOLES.” As entertaining as that might be, I wouldn’t do it. Plus, I like baseball.

Attacking the BCS is like attack George Bush. When someone does it, all you do is nod and let them finish because you know they’re going to finish anyway and you know they’ve been thinking about it for quite sometime.

Seth Davis saw an opportunityto jag college football and more specifically the BCS and he took it. Good for him. Good work, Seth. Perhaps after a couple of Bud Lights (as in a couple hours after the last game on a Saturday) in the fall, I will return such favors after a riveting SEC game. Wait, no. MUST…NOT…BE…A…HATER…

So yes, we are missing a playoff. We are missing a fitting end to the best sport in the world. We are missing some of the dream matchups we’ve all craved. But we aren’t missing another BCS hater, especially one that thinks a naked bootleg is a prohibitionfaux pas – we have plenty of those.

In the most sophisticated way possible, I say this to Mr. Seth Davis. BUZZ THE $%^ OFF.