Don’t you just love the offseason and its delightful little Twitter spats? Yeah, me neither.
Appearing on the Paul Finebaum radio show Tuesday, former Auburn kicker Daniel Carlson created a mini-stir by proclaiming that, while rival Alabama may be the national champions, AU is the reigning champion of the state of Alabama.
"They might be National champs but we're State champs" - @DanielCarlson38 pic.twitter.com/guLoGWzOdK
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) April 10, 2018
Technically, Carlson is correct as the Tigers downed the Crimson Tide in the Iron Bowl to claim the mythical state championship... before getting drilled by Georgia in the SEC championship game, opening the door for their in-state rivals to claim a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Alabama, of course, took advantage of the opportunity by beating top-ranked Clemson in one of the semifinals and then topping Georgia in an epic title game for the football program’s 17th national championship (Auburn claims two, incidentally).
Tuesday, while Carlson was staking his claim on the airwaves, Alabama was at the White House being feted by President Donald Trump. Wednesday, Alabama’s Twitter account responded to the kicker’s pronouncement.
Just saw this. Little busy yesterday. pic.twitter.com/aBip6bP6QA
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) April 11, 2018
On a completely unrelated note, the 2018 college football season kicks off in exactly 136 days.