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Former Alabama golfer and die-hard Crimson Tide football fan Justin Thomas came from seven strokes back to win the PGA Championship via a three-hole playoff on Sunday. He wasted no time chiming in on what has become one of the top college football stories of the year during his post-tournament interview with SiriusXM.
Asked if he follows the same “24-hour” celebration rule that Alabama coach Nick Saban utilizes following his team’s big wins, Thomas made sure to take a shot at Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher, who is now very publicly at odds with Saban.
“Yeah, I got a 24-hour rule,” Thomas said. “I’m not sure what Jimbo Fisher’s rule is, but I guess he’s gotta win something first before he figures out his rules.”
This, of course, is in reference to last week’s dust-up between Saban and Fisher, which began when Saban told Birmingham business leaders at a conference that Texas A&M “bought every player on their team” through the NCAA’s new name, image and likeness rules. In response, Fisher called an impromptu press conference the next morning and went off on his former boss.
“It’s despicable that we have to sit here at this level of ball and say these things to defend the people of this organization, the kids, 17-year-old kids and their families,” Fisher said. “It’s amazing. Some people think they’re God. Go dig into how ‘God’ did his deal. You may find out about a lot of things you don’t want to know. We build him up to be the czar of football. Go dig into his past or anybody that’s ever coached with him. You can find out anything you want to find out, what he does and how he does it. It’s despicable; it really is.”
Saban later apologized for singling out Texas A&M, but reiterated his desire for NIL reform that would make schools in every state abide by the same rules.
Thomas clearly isn’t impressed with Fisher’s résumé as the coach at Texas A&M. Fisher is 34-14 in four seasons leading…
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