So what would the requirements be for next years RBR sweetheart?

Humphrey was a truly great running back at Alabama, and I think he was best tailback we’ve ever had at Alabama. And I’m not in an exclusive club with that thinking either. Had he not suffered a season-ending leg injury in 1988, he would have had a great chance at the Heisman and we would have won the SEC. He ended up throwing away a very promising pro career with drugs - he ran for over 1,000 yards in his first two seasons, and was an All-Pro in his second year - but thankfully he has gotten his life back together.

With Langham, I harbor no ill feelings. If you take away his contributions in 1992, there is absolutely no way we even get to the national championship game - remember… the blocked punt against MSU, the interception for a touchdown against Auburn, and the interception for a touchdown against Auburn… all game-changing plays. Anyway, yes he was the center of the first NCAA case, but again, I harbor no ill feelings. By most accounts, he was drunk in a bar on Bourbon Street after winning the national title - and what rational man wouldn’t be?—and signed a contract with an agent for $400 on a bar napkin. He reported things almost immediately to Stallings and the athletic department, and went about his business. If you are going to blame anyone, you should blame the athletic department for letting him play while he was ineligible.