This is an opinion column.

Not sure exactly when it happened, but it was somewhere between the capital murder charge against a now-former basketball player, the marijuana possession with intent to sell and/or deliver charge against a now-suspended football player, the second-degree marijuana possession charge against a now-former basketball commit, the third-degree domestic violence arrest of a current senior staff member and the alleged links between an individual who reportedly placed a suspicious wager and the now-fired head baseball coach.

During that months-long mouthful of proven or presumed criminal behavior, the University of Alabama’s athletics department has earned an updated motto that’s not quite as catchy as the traditional Parole Tide but is equally as damning.

Wrong place, wrong time.

It’s not completely accurate or totally fair — more on those counts in a moment, especially as they relate to Athletics Director Greg Byrne’s stewardship — but here we are.

That phrase mimics and mocks Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats, who described the presence of All-American Brandon Miller at the fatal January shooting of Jamea Harris as “wrong spot, wrong time.” Never mind the likelihood that time and the judicial system eventually may corroborate Oats’ assessment.