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College Football

Joe Tessitore receives strong backlash after comments about Matt Corral

Keith Farner

By Keith Farner

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Joe Tessitore made comments on the ESPN broadcast during the Sugar Bowl matchup between Ole Miss and Baylor that drew the ire of fans. Tessitore weighed in on Matt Corral’s decision to play in the New Year’s Day bowl game even though he’s projected to be an early-round draft pick in this spring’s NFL Draft.

“I know there’s been a lot of people railing on college football this year,” Tessitore said. “The transfer portal, and NILs, and the changing landscape, and are these postseason games really meaningful outside of the Playoff. Matt Corral is all you need to know. He’s doing it the right way, he cares about it the right way.”

That ignited a serious debate on social media between fans in favor of the opt out decision, and other fans and media like Tessitore, who believe that players should opt in to playing the bowl game.

Here’s a sampling of the reaction:

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.

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