The peace is over. Satellite camp season has arrived.
Things had been relatively quiet in the Cold War brewing over satellite camps. Before the first whistle blew, however, Nick Saban ended the cease-fire.
"It's bad for college football," the Alabama coach said at SEC spring meetings Tuesday.
"This is the wild, wild West at its best. There have been no specific guidelines relative to how we're managing control of this stuff."
Later that day, the chief evangelist of satellite camps, Michigan's Jim Harbaugh, returned fire, referring to the resignation of Alabama assistant Bo Davis over allegations of recruiting violations.
"Amazing" to me- Alabama broke NCAA rules & now their HC is lecturing us on the possibility of rules being broken at camps. Truly "amazing."
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) June 1, 2016
How did we get here? Well, nothing has caused more angst in college football in recent years than satellite camps.
They were on. Then they weren't. Schools from the SEC and ACC led the charge to ban coaches from leaving their home campus to conduct camps for high school prospects.
Then there was a whole lot of outrage. There were a few voting discrepancies. And three weeks after its initial ban, the NCAA overturned the decision.
And now we can rejoice, because the satellite camp frenzy has finally begun.
Riding at the center of this whirlwind, with seemingly endless joy and a reserve of snark, is Harbaugh. The Wolverines coach, going into just his second year in Ann Arbor, ignited the debate with his "summer swarm" a year ago. Last summer saw him hold camps in nine states, including an epic, shirtless performance in Prattville, Alabama.
Coach Harbaugh is still Ripped. . http://pic.twitter.com/kPYozwh6ou
— Coach Davis (@lcddavis_King) June 5, 2015
This year, Harbaugh has turned the swarm into a barnstorming, 39-camp world tour with stops in 22 states, American Samoa and Australia. Australia!
Harbaugh isn't the only one in on the fun. Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy, for example, called his series of mega-camps the Wal-Mart of satellite camps. Those camps will take place in five different Texas cities and have coaches from Oregon State, Arizona State, Colorado, Kansas State, Northwestern and others.
But come on, this month is mostly about the maize-and-blue road trip -- and asking, Where in the world will Harbaugh turn up next?
On Wednesday in Indianapolis, Harbaugh was throwing dimes to prospects at Bishop Chatard.
#Michigan coach & former #Colts QB Jim Harbaugh wearing Andrew Luck shirt here at satellite camp at Bishop Chatard http://pic.twitter.com/CwYRaH2FK8
— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong247) June 1, 2016
#Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh throwing passes here at satellite camp at Bishop Chatard http://pic.twitter.com/fM8329HMwH
— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong247) June 1, 2016
So while it feels like it never left, satellite camp season is finally here. Enjoy the ride.
Where in the world is Jim Harbaugh?
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