Saban vents, again, about early signing period

From wire reports the middle of when we’re going to be practicing for a playoff game.

“It was very stressful for a lot of coaches to get out and see as many guys as they could in December and accelerate everything.”

Not making the Southeastern Conference championship game did have a couple of benefits, allowing injured players more time to heal and coaches more time to work on recruiting.

Oklahoma

says she’s dropping her protective order against him. The woman also says authorities’ handling of her case has diminished her faith in the justice system.

The woman’s comments came in a statement released Friday by a group that advocates for victims of sexual abuse by athletes. She says prosecutors projected bias at a Thursday news conference where they announced that Anderson would not face criminal charges.

Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn declined to respond to the woman’s statement. Anderson’s attorney has called the accusation “patently false.”

Tennessee

Former director of football operations Chris Spognardi has pleaded guilty to a charge of official misconduct related to the handling of team travel expenses. Spognardi worked at Tennessee the first three seasons of former coach Butch Jones’ tenure, and his responsibilities included managing cash expenditures for team trips. The charge against Spognardi involved the fabrication of receipts from those trips.