TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The press release was distributed shortly after the players were told, when the University of Alabama football team was holding its first practice in preparation for the College Football Playoff.

"Alabama Hires Steve Sarkisian as Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach," it said at exactly 5 p.m. local time Friday, the hour at which a lot of controversial announcements are made in sports in an effort to be a part of the smallest news cycle possible.

In this case it was exceedingly so. While the college football world was weighing in on the Minnesota scandal, with a teamwide boycott that might keep the...

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