Tangled Webb

Breaking news: Miss Alabama, Katherine Webb, is going to be in the swimsuit issue.

I’m barely aware of this whole controversy, but I guess Brent Musburger leered at her during the BCS Championship, and suddenly she’s in the spotlight.

Fair enough.

I don’t know if she was going to be in the issue anyway, or if she’s being brought on board specifically in the wake of this teapot-tempest. The language of the article makes it sounds like possibly the latter (e.g., she’s “now slated to appear in this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue”). Also, she may have accidentally tweeted the news yesterday and hastily deleted it.

We have official word on the release date as well: “the week of Feb. 11,” which I assume means it will hit the stands Tuesday, February 12. Barely a month away!