FULMER CUPDATE: ROOOOOOOOOOOOLL TAAAAAHDE.
The most stunning event in the history of the Fulmer Cup places Alabama at the pinnacle of offseason feloniousness. Update brought to you by Brian, who is hung like Reggie F’n Nelson and as tenacious as a Jimmy Johns pit bull.

Jimmy Johns’ monumental arrest for powdered cocaine distribution nets Alabama a mountain of points as powdery as Breckenridge in February and just as immovable. Before any points are awarded, bear this in mind: while Johns may be eligible for the Ellis T. Jones III for individual achievement, the points may not be discarded as “just one guy” thanks to Alabama already having several offenses on the board. The judgment is that Alabama keeps the points, and there will be no debate, because this is not democracy. (Those who object will not be waterboarded, but rather “aqua-cuddled.” It’s not torture if you have a good word for it!)
The tally, as assembled from Johns’ weighty entry at the Tuscaloosa County Jail:
Five counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance times three points each= Fifteen points
One count possession of powdered cocaine: three points
Two unreported traffic citations= two points
The final tally: TWENTY POINTS, a score deserving of all-caps hyperbole, except that it isn’t hyperbole if you even come close to halving Ellis T. Jones 13 felony charges (somewhere around a forty point score by itself without any bonus points. Quantifying his achievement almost demeans its greatness.)
Alabama now sits proudly with an oxygen bottle on an Everest of points: 28. The prayer flags flapping in the breeze, the Himalaya all around you…it would be beautiful if we were talking about mountain climbing, and not a college linebacker caught selling blow in an undercover sting operation.
One point not to be forgotten is that if you sell to one person five times, the actual number of transactions Johns made with customers was likely larger. No one sells coke experimentally or on a lark, especially when you’re diligent enough to make five sales in a row. Johns seemed to be pretty serious about this, and to imagine some of his teammates did not know he sold yayo from his apartment is insanity.
There’s a fine line between dumping off a few grams for a friend for extra cash and being a responsible, diligent, and responsive coca dealer. And yes, that’s an abominable pun we shouldn’t have even sniffed at. Sniff! Cocaine is funny! Except when it destroys your family and eats your house, car, and septum!
In addition to this, a website suggests Jimmy Johns may have been selling pit bulls using his name, something Will points out is a possible violation of NCAA rules. For all we know the site may be a mockup for a class, since there’s only an email address and no phone contact. Further digging required, but further proof all football fans in the state of Alabama sleep with a bible on one nightstand and a copy of the NCAA rules and regs on the other.
One final note on this: Johns allegedly had tabs of Ecstasy on him, too, but it pops up nowhere on the charges, meaning so many charges are in play here that adding the E onto the tally is considered overkill even by the prosecutors here. We follow their guidance and stick to the arrest record for points, and award no style points because, really, some things speak well enough for themselves on their own.
In what would be big news any other week, Washington State picks up a three point adjustment for this unreported (or totally missed, perhaps) incident from February, which eventually resulted in a series of misdemeanor pleas:
Andy Mattingly, a linebacker coming off an outstanding sophomore season, was in Spokane in late January when a friend called for help. His front teeth had just been punched out in an argument with some soccer players from North Idaho College, he said.
The friend joined up with Mattingly and Trevor Mooney, a WSU tight end. The three went to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where two of the soccer players, a goalie and a midfielder, shared an apartment.
First, they knocked. Then, Mattingly kicked in the door. The midfielder grabbed a steak knife, the goalie a butter knife. Mattingly picked up a frying pan off the stove.
The midfielder jumped out a window. This left the goalie — Cesar Lira, 5 feet 10, armed with a butter knife — to contend with Mattingly, a 6-4 linebacker swinging heavy kitchenware.
Mattingly hit Lira’s head so hard the pan’s handle broke, court records say. Lira got back up, jumped out a window and called police. He had a 2-inch gash and was “bleeding profusely,” a police report says.
When police arrested Mattingly and Mooney, Mooney was so drunk he vomited while being booked.
Frying pans are the new kettlebells!
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isn’t it a shame when the boosters and athletic departments don’ t pay their players enough and they have to resort to selling drugs to make ends meet?
sad…
Comment by Excuse me Stewardess, but I speak jive — June 26, 2025 @ 4:07 pm
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I give, I just hope we have team to field this fall.
Comment by slammer — June 26, 2025 @ 12:08 pm
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#138 There’s the spirit!
Do you know why Jimmy Johns was switched to Defense this year?
Because Nick Saban knew he could deliver the Blow.
Comment by NewAZTiger — June 26, 2025 @ 11:28 am
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I just mentioned this to a Bammer daywalker in my office, quote “saban don’t put up with that shit he’s gone and all he did was play special tems last year”
Standard response
Comment by willet — June 26, 2025 @ 9:57 am
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Everyone knows Jimmy Johns was heavily involved with Avon, Amway, and SMC products, somewhere, he took a wrong turn whilst going car door to car door…..
Comment by Mr Pelican Pants — June 26, 2025 @ 8:57 am
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Thoughts on the Pitbull ring…
http://www.tigersx.net/
Comment by Chizad — June 26, 2025 @ 7:56 am
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“hell its no secret half the team was stoned off their asses before the ULM game, DJ Hall included….Well now, the whole team will have HELL to pay, especially the guys who are still on the team that either knew about it or participated in it, and heads will roll and slots will come open……according to plan”
Laugh out loud funny, there Mr. P.P. You skillfully managed to turn your “everyone else does it too” argument into an even better excuse for getting War Hawked. And now the same coach who lifted Hall’s HC game suspension when the chips were down (vs. ULM of all teams) is going to flex his disciplinarian muscles on those punks?
Bravo on such a very Shane-worthy performance, my friend! RTR indeed!
Comment by TIGERinATL — June 26, 2025 @ 7:41 am
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OU has the possibility of being on the Big Board soon?
http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8557113&nav=menu151_4
Comment by blon57 — June 26, 2025 @ 7:18 am
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Well…..at least Jax State will have another ex-con to add to the roster, or is that South Florida?
Honestly kids, your blind if you think your program is clean….seriously, if the NCAA called every team from the SEC/ Big 10/ Big 12 back in to piss test/blood test RIGHT NOW, TODAY and check for narcotics, pain pills, steroids or any other controlled/banned substance, what do you think would happen?To the starters? Hell the 3rd stringers would be more than guilty…… Weed has always been the drug of choice for most of the D-1 football players I know whether it be Alabama or Auburn….Hell I’ve been at Leon Letts parties years before he got popped, hung out with Ralph Staten/ Sherman Williams in T-town and trust me, they never got tested til they pushed the envelope too far….getting too brave… Jimmy Johns is the only one to blame-his ego and in his mind, his status as an Alabama ball player made him think he was untouchable……hell most players I knew only sobered up or “cleaned” up right before August …..
A famous all time winniest high school coach told me
“if your gonna win State Titles on the 6A level, your gonna have to have your fair share of ’straight out of the hood bone thugs’ to even get close. Most of the states highly recruited talent comes out of the slums of Prichard or cross the tracks in downtown Mobile/Birmingham…….you give em a little and they always are gonna want more…….hell its no secret half the team was stoned off their asses before the ULM game, DJ Hall included….Well now, the whole team will have HELL to pay, especially the guys who are still on the team that either knew about it or participated in it, and heads will roll and slots will come open……according to plan.
Comment by Mr Pelican Pants — June 26, 2025 @ 12:42 am
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You messed up, the two traffic tickets are from a couple years ago and were not part of these charges. They were just listed as the only other offenses on his record. That will however not help him much. Do you add all the charges of all the other players or is Alabama just special. Thanks for the ranking but hopefully the next time we end up Number 1 will be 13 not a 20 or 28….
Comment by James Turner — June 25, 2025 @ 11:42 pm