The Alabama basketball team opened the season on a sour note Sunday night, falling to Mercer University, 72-69. Apparently, Mark Gottfried wanted to throw a stone into the “Fire Mark Gottfried” Bear‘s cave extra early this year, awaking the beast from his off-season hibernation.
The game did provide a couple good signs for the future, as Ronald Steele proved he is still a complete badass, and freshman JaMychal Green played well…
…Just kidding…nobody cares about that crap right now, not even Mark Gottfried. Alabama’s football team is 11-0, with arch-rival Auburn on the horizon.

Coach Gottfried states his case to a ref during Sunday night's loss to Mercer. "Dude, if you think Saban's not gonna have those guys ready to beat Auburn, you're crazy!!!"