Blog: Latest Bama News 8/10/2015

kyallie · Aug 10, 2015

1]Smart tries to solve college football’s trendy offenses[/h]

kyallie · Aug 10, 2015

Alabama football: For Matias-Smith, life after latest DUI involves additional name, team-centered outlook - The Anniston Star: Sports-via rbr

"I really had to learn from this experience," he said Sunday at Alabama’s media day. "I really had to change my priorities and what I wanted to do in life. I wanted to graduate. I just had to change the way I think. I apologized to my teammates and told them it was a mistake that I can learn from and grow from. And from now on, I’m 100 percent committed to the team." Matais-Smith, who recently added the hyphen to his name to honor his mother, Gina Matais, said it was paramount that he grow and mature from the latest incident to avoid any more in the future.

I wasn't aware that Geno had changed his name, but this is a nice story that offers some insight into why Saban didn't simply toss him off the team after his second DUI.

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