one of the best defenses in the country. of course we would be remiss if we didn t mention how most teams would love a trip to the sugar bowl but the alabama crimson tide not one of them. they lost two games this season by a combined four points both on the last play of the game against texnnessee and lsu, so they miss the playoffs. they ll face kansas state tomorrow, some of the georgia fans in our sports department told me to remind you you can t spell sugar bowl without uga. i apologize for that. i ve been to the sugar bowl more times than i can count on two hands. spent a lot of time in new orleans in college. she was so annoyed we were doing the sugar bowl situation in the show. i ll be watching tomorrow. we kickoff at noon, it s fine. actually love nick saban said yesterday this has been one of the most enjoyable nonplayoff bowl preps they have had. that s one way to see it. yeah. coy wire, we ll be watching. roll tide. thank you so much. all right. cnn
remember pele himself famously said i was born to play football just like beethoven was born to write music and michaelangelo to paint. a public wake will be held monday for him at his first football club santos fx in sao paulo. joining us now is the executive founder of seton hall university center for sports media, bob ley. he was also a broadcaster for seven fifa world cups. thanks so much and good morning to you. good morning. you know, we use the word mourn in tragedy but it is really a celebration of what a life. it really is uniting the globe in appreciating what a life this man led on the pitch and off the pitch more importantly. someone knighted by queen elizabeth. exactly. when president reagan met him