TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — He’s a California guy who roots for Boston teams and came to the University of Alabama via a transfer from a school more than 2,000 miles away.
Yeah, sometimes Richard Mullaney shakes his head a little about the unusual direction his life has taken, and he’s still not exactly sure how it all came about. One thing that he is certain of, though, is that it’s more than worked out.
“It was just the perfect situation how everything just kind of fit together,” he said.
If there’s been a surprise on the 2015 Crimson Tide, it’s been Mullaney, who this time a year ago was unknowingly wrapping up his career at his first college, Oregon State.