Around the beginning of June, Nick Saban took a bunch of Alabama players out on a boat. That boat had a fuel issue, stranding everyone on a lake for a little while.

Nick Saban and his players are out of gas on the lake



(Via Tua Tagovailoa's Snap) pic.twitter.com/4syiseinNc — SB Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) June 1, 2018

Saban blames a fuel pump issue, not a lack of gas in the tank.

Five or so weeks later, South Carolina coach Will Muschamp — Saban’s former defensive coordinator at LSU — took some Gamecocks out on a boat.

Looks fun! And Muschamp wants to point out one more thing, too:

And, folks, the Gamecocks’ head man isn’t talking about a fart.

Muschamp’s undergone a bit of a journey over the years in his relationship with hashtags. He now wields them effectively as a tool against fellow SEC head coaches. But merely a half-decade ago, he seemed confused by all the rage about this mode of communicating.

I don’t know why they call it a hash tag I call it a number sign #makesnosense — Will Muschamp (@CoachWMuschamp) May 9, 2013

This is progress.

Here, score one for Muschamp, who appears more prepared for a day on the water than his old boss was a few weeks earlier.

Saban’s 12-0 record against former assistants who have become head coaches includes a combined 80-31 rout in two games against Muschamp’s old Florida teams. Maybe you think that disqualifies Muschamp from this harmless bit of lake fun, but I disagree with you.

Former Tide offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin remains the undisputed Saban Twitter Troll King, but this is a valiant effort on Muschamp’s part.