define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); philip pearson – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:01:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court The Mark Gottfried Effect: The SEC Is Wising Up On Its Coaches http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/27/the-mark-gottfried-effect-the-sec-is-wising-up-on-its-coaches/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/27/the-mark-gottfried-effect-the-sec-is-wising-up-on-its-coaches/#respond Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:26:44 +0000 http://rushthecourt.wordpress.com/?p=4172

There’s news coming out of Tuscaloosa tonight that doesn’t involve Nick Saban (although Utah’s demolition of the Tide a month ago may have led to this unrelated breaking news).  No, the crimsontided stepchild of Alabama’s athletics program is the one driving the needle tonight – Mark Gottfried’s Philip Pearson’s basketball program.  Er, formerly Mark Gottfried’s basketball program.

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