Kevin Scarbinsky

1 day ago | al.com | Kevin Scarbinsky

They’re going to do it, aren’t they? History, tradition and public sentiment be damned. They’re going to mess with success, fix what isn’t broken, add Botox and fillers to the Mona Lisa. It’s what they do, isn’t it? Not because they should. Because they can. They’re going to expand the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament from 68 teams to 76 teams, and they’re going to do it for the upcoming 2025-26 season. That’s the prevailing sentiment in college basketball circles.

4 days ago | al.com | Kevin Scarbinsky

I can hear the haters now. There was no way the NCAA and ESPN were going to let Coastal Carolina win Sunday. There was no way they were going to let the Chanticleers even the College World Series finals at 1-1 with baseball blueblood LSU. There was no way the powers that be were going to jeopardize the SEC’s chances of winning a sixth straight national championship in baseball, which no conference had ever done.

1 week ago | al.com | Kevin Scarbinsky

This is an opinion column. Does anyone remember what happened the last time Auburn opened a football season with a true road game? Not one of those made-for-TV deals at an antiseptic neutral site, but an old-school, “Whoa, Nellie!” road game in another school’s sandbox. I do. It was 2002. A memorable trip indeed. The opponent: No. 20 USC. The venue: The historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The unranked Tigers stayed in a swanky hotel overlooking a movie studio.

1 week ago | al.com | Kevin Scarbinsky

This is an opinion column. Unless he hires the next Nick Saban, if such a unicorn exists, there’s not much Dr. Peter Mohler can do to endear himself to the sidewalk alumni that love the University of Alabama, as the joke goes, because they went to Walmart. I kid. They don’t. Not the hardcore fans that belt out Rammer Jammer with their chest. Alabama’s 30th president, introduced Monday, no doubt understands the magnitude of his new employer’s expansive front porch.

2 weeks ago | al.com | Kevin Scarbinsky

There’s nothing like a dog. To greet you when you walk in the door. To curl up in your lap on the couch. To make you feel good about yourself when the blues got you feeling down. Do you have a dog? I have a dog. You know who else has a dog? Georgia football. The Bulldogs have their very own lapdog, and we don’t mean Uga with a Roman numeral. Georgia has Auburn. Nothing makes Georgia feel better than seeing Auburn at the door. Nothing makes Georgia look better than standing next to Auburn.