DALLAS — A major problem of realignment is the loss of old rivalries and the time it takes to build new ones, as Texas A&M has found since bolting the Big 12, though its tradition with Texas presumably resumes once the Longhorns join the SEC in a year or three.
Until then, it looks like Alabama will do.
Nick Saban ramped up the rivalry to red alert when he told a group of Birmingham business leaders that the Aggies “bought every player on their team” under the guise of name, image and likeness. Jimbo Fisher, who worked for Saban at LSU, responded Thursday morning by calling his old boss a “narcissist,” which might have been the nicest thing he said.
