10 things I'm absolutely overreacting to after Week 9 in the SEC
It’s Sunday and I promise not to swear, but …
The restraint is real.
We’ll get to what happened Saturday in a minute. Yes, JT Daniels was fantastic, Tennessee was not, and college football Twitter was more entertaining and chippy than usual. But nothing is more important than where we’re starting.
10. LSU has a serious culture problem
That’s not a light accusation, and it’s certainly not something to haphazardly toss around.
But after reading the USA Today report about the measures LSU took to protect certain athletes accused of sexual violence at the expense of the possible victims, how can you logically come to any other conclusion?
I’d add “calmly” to “logically,” but I wasn’t too calm after reading the report.
I was angry. Again, the restraint is real because that’s not even close to what I really want to say.
There’s no way one of those accusations should have been dismissed, delayed, ignored. But the orchestrated teamwork involved to shove all of it into the corner? That’s culture. And that’s a much scarier problem than even a few morally bankrupt athletes who don’t know wrong from right.
If we aren’t protecting and advocating for those most at risk, what in the literal … are we doing?
And then, after the report is released, LSU women’s tennis coach Julia Sell said she didn’t know about any of it? What?
— Jade (@jade_lewis98) November 19, 2020
We all love Ed Orgeron’s redemption story, homegrown hero fulfills promise, the People’s King of Louisiana. Last year was historic. And I had to remind myself: Orgeron didn’t do any of this; some of his players are the accused. But Orgeron damn sure could have done a lot more to end it. It’s his program. It’s his culture. It’s his opportunity.
Come on, O. What in the literal … are you teaching these men?
Thank goodness the Governor gets it.
9. That press conference was weak. All of it
Orgeron’s opening statement in regards to the USA Today investigation was weak.
The lack of follow-up from reporters on the Zoom call was weak.
I’ve been doing this for a long time. I understand how the game works. Reporters probably were told Orgeron wasn’t going to discuss the damning USA Today story beyond his opening statement. We’re often told certain subjects are off-limits and we typically play ball because the topic is so tame it isn’t worth the fight.
This is different. It does not matter what reporters might have been told. LSU doesn’t get to set these rules.
You have to ask the questions. And the question of the day was not whether LSU had 2 quarterbacks ready to play Saturday.
What did you know? When did you know? Who did you tell? Why did you choose to play the accused players? Why did this guy get suspended but Derrius Guice did not? Those are just some of the questions that should have been asked.
Orgeron could have sidestepped each query and used an “active investigation” as a shield. Fine. But the questions had to be asked.
After about 15 minutes of nonsensical football questions, reporter Glenn Guilbeau finally returned to the most important topic.
Orgeron didn’t directly answer Guilbeau’s question but made sure to remind us sexual violence is an important issue.
Weak. Every single second of it.
8. I dare Gregg Marshall to put his hands on one of his ex-players now
Coaches wield power. Life-altering power.
Little known fact: Coaches control whose scholarships get renewed and whose don’t. Revoking scholarships is a bad look (and Power 5 conferences have moved toward guaranteed rides out of pure peer pressure, i.e.: recruiting), but making life a living hell to prompt a transfer is an effective and frequent alternative. Heck, in some cases they can still control where the player transfers. Unreal.
Mind games of the worst kind.
Putting your hands on a player? Punching a player? Choking an assistant coach? That’s a whole other, criminal level. And it’s a flat-out punk move, too, because the coach knows the victim can’t react for fear of losing everything.
Paid-to-go-away Wichita State basketball coach Gregg Marshall was accused of all of that and more. An internal investigation revealed the details. The fallout: He resigned this week after negotiating a $7.75 million buyout.
Buyouts in general have no place in college sports, but they most certainly should not be handed out as a reward for bad behavior. (And, no, I could not care any less that Marshall led Wichita State to a Final Four. Congratulations. And good riddance.)
I thought Dan Wetzel made a great point when he questioned why Wichita State agreed to the buyout, rather than pursue a fired-with-cause case in court, where all of the dirty little details would be revealed under penalty of perjury.
Wetzel noted that NC State stopped buyout payments to Mark Gottfried and “dared him to come get it. So far, he hasn’t.”
As I noted on Twitter, I’m not a “let’s sue ’em!” guy. But if I were one of the players Marshall allegedly hit/choked/abused, I’d make an exception. I’d come after that cash.
7. Changing gears before I throw my laptop through a wall …
Sports are supposed to be fun, not depressing.
If you’re a Purdue fan, you didn’t find the controversial ending of Friday night’s game at Minnesota fun, but I thought the Boilers’ social media response was quite funny.
ⓘ This claim is disputed. https://t.co/dLW9OoGvCb
— Purdue Athletics (@PurdueSports) November 21, 2020
Clever astronauts in West Lafayette.
In case you missed it, refs flagged Purdue tight end Payne Durham for pushing off before hauling in this potential game-winning TD in the final minute at Minnesota.
You got some 'splainin' to do. pic.twitter.com/FZWmnGxsi6
— Andrew Pogar (@AndrewPogar) November 21, 2020
As terrible pass interference calls go, it’s nowhere near Miami-Ohio State in the BCS national title game, but paraphrasing what Charlie famously told Maverick, the post-play analysis clearly shows an example of what not to call.
6. Not to be outdone …
Perhaps Purdue inspired Arkansas’ social media team. Or maybe the Hogs are tired of being jobbed.
Whatever the case, I applaud this response after Arkansas forced “another” turnover against LSU. This one actually counted. (Officials blew the call on the earlier one, even after a review.)
The 1̶8̶t̶h̶ 17th forced turnover this season. pic.twitter.com/6rMHBThRbX
— Arkansas Razorback Football (@RazorbackFB) November 21, 2020
I was genuinely concerned that the Arkansas’ social media department might get fined after refs ejected star safety Jalen Catalon.
That targeting call was even more questionable than the one given to Devin White in 2018. Both announcers and most of America could clearly see that Catalon twisted to avoid laying the hammer and that LSU’s receiver actually dipped a bit, which resulted in high contact. It was, by every rational measure, a football play.
Seven plays later, LSU scored the game-winning touchdown.
5. Top 5 of Power 5
Bottom 5 of Power 5 has been retired. We’re staying positive, just like John Schlarman would have wanted …
1. ACC leaders postponing FSU-Clemson: There’s never a bad time to make the right decision, even if it’s a few hours before kickoff.
2. Purdue WR Rondale Moore: The All-American best known for torching Ohio State 2 years ago made his long-awaited season debut Friday night. Rust? Try bronze: 15 catches for 116 yards with a TD run for good measure.
3. Indiana QB Michael Penix: I can think of several teams in Florida and Georgia that would love to have the Tampa product. There’s no other way to describe it other than he outplayed Heisman contender Justin Fields. Penix set career-highs with 491 yards passing and 5 TD passes. He needed 6 more yards to set an IU record and another TD would have tied the mark.
4. Vanderbilt QB Ken Seals: Sure, Kyle Trask ended up having a better day, but Kyle Trask is surrounded by far superior talent, too. Seals, whose recruiting profile reads a little bit like Trask’s registered his 3rd 300-yard passing game of his freshman season. Seals set Vandy’s freshman passing yards record in the process. Frankly, that’s amazing.
5. Alabama WR DeVonta Smith: He’ll always be remembered for the walkoff TD catch to win the 2017 national championship, but on Saturday, Smith became the SEC’s career leader with 32 touchdown receptions. (And counting …)
Career TD catch No. 3️⃣2️⃣ for DeVonta Smith.
This one was for the record books. pic.twitter.com/GM5pfHGxmh
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) November 21, 2020
4. The 4 Playoff teams are …
1. Alabama … do I have to keep going?
OK, T4. Ohio State, T4. Notre Dame, T4. Clemson, T4 Florida.
Is the gap between Alabama and everybody else as large as it looked Saturday?
Clemson and Notre Dame didn’t play.
Ohio State and Florida didn’t play well. There’s no need to discuss Texas A&M because no team with a 28-point loss in a condensed season is going to the Playoff, a’ight?
Ohio State looked like a team that hadn’t played in 2 weeks and hadn’t played a good team all year. Florida slept through most of its 11 a.m. kickoff at Vanderbilt.
The first Playoff poll will be revealed Tuesday night. There’s no need to overreact to it. The Clemson-Notre Dame debate will settle itself. So will Alabama-Florida.
My guess as to how it will look Tuesday?
No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Clemson, just like last week’s AP poll. I still don’t believe Notre Dame can stop a Playoff offense. I really hope Cincinnati is at No. 6.
If Alabama, Ohio State and Clemson win their title games, no league will get or deserve 2 Playoff teams. The Big 12 is done and the Pac-12 started too late. If Cincy can run the table, let’s see what the Bearcats can do.
3. OK, I laughed at this tweet …
Then I remembered Illinois hasn’t been relevant since Jeff George … and I wept for what used to be Nebraska football. ‘Sker Nation: Y’all deserve better.
(Illinois deleted the tweet, but Twitter never forgets.)
2. Oh, what could have been …
JT Daniels’ first touchdown as a Bulldog goes to George Pickens pic.twitter.com/1KZ36SWM68
— SEC Mike (@MichaelWBratton) November 22, 2020
In his long-overdue debut, Daniels threw for 401 yards and 4 TDs in a tight victory over Mississippi State. He’s the first Bulldogs QB to reach those totals in the same game since Aaron Murray.
I feel your pain, Georgia fans. You’re wondering, like everybody, else, why Kirby Smart waited so long to unleash the best quarterback he has. Was he saving Daniels for the 2nd half of the SEC Championship Game against Alabama?
I don’t know if Georgia would have beaten Florida with Daniels, but I know a lot of Dawgs fans who would have given back their 34 jersey to find out.
If Daniels returns next fall — he looked like a 1st-rounder Saturday — Georgia is going to have the most explosive passing game in the SEC.
1. Waiting on you, Tennessee
I’m not surprised South Carolina fired Will Muschamp. In May, I predicted it when we discussed whether any SEC coach would be fired during a global pandemic. My colleagues, citing reason and logic, thought coaches would be safe.
I wrote this:
“You would like to think that the bad optics of firing and buying out a coach would dissuade a school president from doing so, but let’s be honest.
“In this league, it always means more.
“In this league, bad optics are a losing record, thinning crowds, losing to your rival or continuously falling short of expectations.
“In the real world, there’s no way you’d fire a coach in 2020 and pay him millions not to coach. But in the real world, there’s no way you’d guarantee somebody $75 million to coach a college football team, either.
“I’d like to believe that this pandemic has reset priorities, changed views and eliminated greed or the notion that money is ever-flowing, but that’s naive.
“If South Carolina goes 5-7, Will Muschamp is getting fired.”
Turns out, Muschamp didn’t get anywhere close to 5-7.
Now, while everybody is compiling lists about who the Gamecocks should hire, I’m wondering what Tennessee’s move is.
I’ve seen enough to know that Jeremy Pruitt is a good, solid coach, which is fine if that’s your program’s ceiling. There are 30+ Power 5 jobs for coaches like that. But he’s not the guy who’s going to hang another banner at Tennessee. There’s no way, especially now, that the Vols could lament paying Pruitt’s buyout. It’s less than what South Carolina is paying Muschamp.
So do the Vols do to South Carolina what Georgia did to South Carolina? Do they swoop in and steal Hugh Freeze like Georgia grabbed Kirby Smart?
Given the choice, I’d take the Tennessee job over the South Carolina job. Dabo’s shadow is huge, but that alone won’t deter a confident head coach. Freeze took down Nick Saban twice — and nearly a 3rd consecutive time. Tennessee still is a national brand in football. You say “Carolina,” and just about everybody outside of Columbia thinks you’re talking about the Tar Heels.
So what’s it going to be, Tennessee? Are you a football program? Or are you OK losing to Vanderbilt 3 times in 4 years and struggling to finish 4th in the SEC?
The next 6 weeks are going to tell us more about Tennessee than South Carolina.
So losing to AU means the gig is up ala Les Miles?
I’d say losing 5 straight by double digits considering the talent level is what’s being looked at more than losing to Auburn.
I have been saying there is no way they fire Pruitt this year unless maybe if they lose out. Lose to vandy and it’s quite possible. It even sounds more plausible if they beat vandy and get blown out twice to end the season. What is the worse optic. Keeping a guy who is clearly in over his head or firing him in a pandemic just as we are getting over a host of other buyouts. Surely buyouts are now a substantial part of the AD budget. Fire Pruitt and start bailey. It’s past time for both.
When the lawyers get their teeth into Big Mike LSU is going to be where Arkansas was a couple of years ago-at the bottom of the SEC West. The basketball coach refused to admit his actions and it’s now spread through every sport except ping-pong. Wait. LSU doesn’t participate in ping-pong.
I do not understand the obsession with Jimbo Fisher’s contract. He is the fifth highest paid college football coach. You constantly snark that Jimbo Fisher is paid an outrageous amount, not generally because of his performance, but simply because “in the real world, there’s no way you’d guarantee somebody $75 million to coach a college football team.” But in the real world, Nick Saban is being paid $1.5 million per year more to coach a college football team. Jimbo Fisher’s salary is not outrageous and is barely unusual among top Power 5 programs, and it seems to be paying off for A&M in every way that can be measured.
Is top tier contract is an issue because until this year his team’s haven’t been competitive with the other top tier teams.
His top tier….
Jimbo’s “top tier contract” isn’t an issue. It’s only an issue for the people who have no role in paying it. The people are responsible for paying it seem to think it’s not an issue, so it’s not an issue.
This LSU deal appears to be snowballing. I’m not making any accusations because I don’t have the facts but the perception is not good at all.
Sad thing is that this is probably more common than we know.
I knew there’d be overreactions to Daniels play yesterday but “Georgia is going to have the most explosive passing game in the SEC”? Sorry. I don’t see it. Let’s see how he and his underdeveloped WRs do against a team with more than 50 scholarship players. Considering how poorly the defense played (no one gave Bama a pass when they were missing players all over the defense last season) and has played, they might need to be that explosive. All those 5* almost got beat by a team fielding guys with no experience and with little depth at any position. Congrats?
Receivers sure didn’t appear underdeveloped at all. And of course UGA won’t have the most explosive offense next year. But heaven forbid someone dare suggest that Bama isn’t the best at something.
Chris making outlandish predictions and inferences from single-game performances or cloudy team situations is sort of a tradition around here.
The article is “10 things I’m absolutely overreacting to” and you’re criticizing an overreaction…
Woo, we don’t know. Georgia might have the most explosive offense next year. Can’t predict the future anymore than the author can.
I didn’t see any /under-developed/ receivers last night. I saw a proven receiver who’s been hurt, I saw a developing RS Sophomore who has been good this season despite qb play, and I saw a true freshman who finally got a qb who could get him the ball.
There wasn’t any underdeveloped receivers, underutilized yes, underdeveloped no. If anything, they’re ahead of schedule.
Bama doesn’t get a pass when they’re missing players because they already have more talent then everyone else. Reference all the #1 recruiting classes the last 10 years. Missing players just brings Bama back down to the talent level of the other elite programs.
lol how much does SDS hate A&M being in the SEC? A lot apparently
I remember when that former LSU player was throwing 100 bills around and without hesitation LSU leaders lied about it, claiming it was fake money. This is a sign of people with low moral character. They lie about everything all the time, which makes them feel free to do anything all the time.
You do about as much research on a topic as this poor excuse for a writer. While there was real money passed out. Almost all of it was fake. It had Odell Beckham’s picture on it.
So you’re calling Joe Burrow a liar? He’s the one who said it was real while LSU admin lied.
Did I say that? Don’t think so. While there was about $2000 of 100 dollar bills, there were thousands of fake bills.
You still don’t know what happened.
Sounds like a bunch of democrats!!
Lol!
Husker Nation deserves every bit of their demise.
I definitely agree with that.
This is one of the worst whiny articles I’ve ever read on this site. Chris White’s a snowflake crybaby SJW disguised as a sports writer.
Granted there are social problems everywhere but these things White is overreacting to have already been written about extensively. LSU is being investigated and Marshall has been fired.
White, maybe you’re writing for the wrong publication and the wrong audience.
Amen.
The optics on the LSU are admittedly bad. Like the rest of you, LSU fans want to know the details about what happened. None of the suggested incidents are excusable. LSU knows this is important, and they have hired an out of state legal team with experience in these matters to investigate. The firm has no ties with LSU. The entire truth will be revealed.
Chris Wright is so wrong. Mentality, SDS needs to “buy out his contract” so he can fulfill his dream of becoming a mailboy at CNN. SDS do your fans a favor and put this bias buzzard down the “yellow brick road”. If he was a coach he wouldn’t have made it thru October first year. Fire the bum!
Lose to Vandy, Pruitt possibly canned. Unless big donors pay it (total for whole staff about $20million) won’t happen. UT cash reserve 10.8 million.
All UT needs to do is sell a few Pilot gas stations out in the midwest and they have all the money they need for a buyout. Now do they have the cash on hand to hire someone that is an IMPROVEMENT?
After giving Pruitt only 3 years and canning him, you’re basically telling everyone that they need to come in and turn the ship around and win big and EARLY or they are getting canned. And the last coaching search didn’t go over so well either.
My big question is, since Pruitt was the great save hire by Phil Fulmer, would having to fire him diminish Fulmer’s power base as AD? You live and die by the hires you make at that job and the success they bring your institution.
Dude you need to get another job. Something you enjoy watching or doing.
You are showing a severe dislike for LSU based on a USAToday report. Are you serious?!?!? Have you looked at a Usatoday lately? Or Guilbeau? He has been run off from every paper he ever worked for.
There is a lot more to this story than PooSAToday chose to print. You seem to think people trust journalists in our society. Once upon a time they represented truth and fairness. Not so much anymore. You prove my point
Its that recording of Wade whining about how much he had to pay to get a recruit to sign. It doesnt seem like you can negotiate that audio away. Football? I dont like trial by the media. Let’s see where it goes.
You might want to listen to the recording before making any more comments.
Ironic that an Alabama fan criticizes any other fanbase considering it was Bear Bryant who was responsible for over 75% of the current NCAA rules. Do you Bama fans remember the year that the NCAA showed up in Tuscaloosa to watch your men’s gymnastics teams only to have to sit there and watch Bryant’s entire starting offensive line try to perform gymnast routines for the first time in their lives because they were on scholarship at the school for gymnastics, not football?
Yeah, I think you and your kind are the very LAST people to throw stones at anyone.
50 years ago??
Was that the same year that the bear made the NCAA prez Walter Byars a partner in his Volkswagen dealership???? Things that make you go HMMMMMMM!
You can have all the audio you want. There is still no proof of any money changing hands.
Why don’t you explain how Tua’s whole family can move to AL. These weren’t rich people. And they didn’t have jobs.
I agree. The media has no credibility. There are ongoing investigations that will reveal the whole story. Then we can roast all the guilty parties. Making predictions or then treating them as facts are the fault of the media and liberal politicians. Lets not give them any encouragement.
Tennessee definitely doesn’t have the stones to fire Pruitt and chase Freeze. That’s why they’re mediocre at best in this era.
UT would only do that , if they already had a deal made with Freeze before hand.
How ironic that a Texas fan would comment on another program’s mediocrity. When the last time the Longhorn network’s team was relevant? They’ve spent millions on coaches who are mediocre.
When was the last time Mizzou won a natty? I’ll wait.
Imagine insulting another team when you’re just as bad. What you did with Vince Young 15 years ago doesn’t matter anymore
Tennessee hasn’t been relevant since 2001.
Texas hasn’t been relative since they selfishly created their own network and single handedly ruined the Big 12
Hey, ‘lil bro – you guys suck.
Well everyone has an opinion. I believe that Tennessee will fire Pruitt so they dont let Freeze slip away. No matter at this point what is said about his past, he can flat out coach and recruit. And that is what pays the bills. Freeze I just dont think will wait another year if SC calls on the chance that next year is the year Pruitt is gone. No..he’s out this year and they make the call to Liberty.
I don’t know much about what a top coach wants, but if coaching in the SEC is it, there is no hurry. A spot opens up every year. I’d bet the next 2 years sees plenty of turnover
” You’re wondering, like everybody, else, why Kirby Smart waited so long to unleash the best quarterback he has ”
Anybody who doesn’t understand why Daniels didn’t see the field before last night is either a writer looking for clicks, or they’re a fan of a rival team looking for fake news reasons to tear down Kirby Smart, or maybe they’re a fan who wears a tinfoil hat.
Kirby Smart did the right thing by putting JT Daniels health first.
As soon as Kirby felt he was healed up enough, Kirby put Daniels in. It really is that simple.
JT was very impressive last night. I especially liked his ball placement. He had several plays where the receiver was well covered but JT placed the ball in the exact right spot to where only the receiver could get to it.
Looks like Georgia will have the receivers as well as the QB to be explosive on offense next season.
There’s no question with the obvious talent differential that Daniels just wasn’t ready to play yet. But while a lot of it was likely mobility/health, I suspect that he also hasn’t completely learned the offense yet. There was no nuance to any of the deep routes last night; they were just straight go routes that won’t be as effective against better DBs next season (he should look great the rest of this season). And as good as he looked on the long throws last night, Georgia still scored just 31 points against Mississippi State.
I disagree…practically every report about his performance coming out of practices mentioned his football IQ and high performance in the meetings and playbook tests & such. Is he at Jake Fromm’s presnap level? I doubt it, but we have every reason to believe he’s just as competent in the system as Mathis or Bennett. A lot of the galloping charge plays last night were from MSU playing cover zero in a successful effort to continue stymieing the run game.
MSU is probably one of the only teams in the conference that you can eke out a struggle win with 8 yards rushing, though. Truly pathetic.
The kid hadn’t played a game in what…almost 2 years? Yes, the article is idiotic…one game is still one game.
But watching the QB play last year and to this point this season, it was refreshing and certainly gives you pause thinking that he is likely going to get better.
Heck just seeing receivers not have to adjust to deep balls thrown 5 yards short was refreshing.
He looked solid. Looking towards next season at this point, you will take it and hope next spring doesnt involve drama at the QB position.
Your criticism of the routes, annoys me a bit. Those same routes have been there all season, you’re also not giving credit to the play design, because you’re focused on the routes over top. They also weren’t straight go routes, one of the long balls was a skinny post, the other a hard post, a stop and go.. (which is a variation of the go route) etc.
Also, as kirby mentioned above, he seemed pretty competent in sliding protection, and changing the play at the line, and reading his progression, at least as well or better than mathis and bennet who we didn’t see a tonne of that from.
Jay, ya got me. I frankly didn’t pay that much attention. I went back and looked at a couple of the routes, each had hitches/stop-and-gos at 7-10 yards. Look, Daniels played well and yes, Georgia receivers have been open deep all year and yes, Daniels clearly has more arm strength than Bennett.
But let’s see how he does next season, assuming he returns, against elite pass rushers and good DBs.
Scoring 31 in his first start and against a defense that absolutely sold out to stop the run, daring Daniels to win the game with his arm… is not necessarily a bad thing at all.
Nice article – well balanced – informative! Only issue is the “Carolina” remark – well at least here in SOUTH Carolina! But then again there’s this college out west that thinks THEY are the real USC!
Oh, good grief. Overtestosteroned “student athletes” routinely have unfettered access to fawning naive virtue-signaling coeds and – WHAT?!?!? Sexually inappropriate events occur? A thug beats a “Thot?” I’m sorry, we are seeing the fruits of many, many years of ridiculous excuses being made for beasts that have NO BUSINESS BEING ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. This is true at Bama just as much as anywhere else. LSU’s sin? Not assigning enough zookeepers to make sure humans are protected from monsters that inhabit the athletic dorms. For reference, go back and listen to Da U football players talking about 7th floor shenanigans…in the 80’s. I’m done with this handwringing.
Come at me, bro.
On the one hand im a huge believer in not jumping to conclusions, some of the comments on here seem ridiculous in the other direction… If LSU is truly found guilty of repeatedly covering up acts of sexual misconduct then every person should be held accountable… I mean id ask anyone on hear to comment if this sort of stuff was happening to your daughter would you still be chalking this up to good ole boys just being silly? Id be raising hell!
I agree. If it was my daughter and I knew the coach covered it up. That coach might need bodyguards
Can we quit with the Hugh Freeze BS? I’d be happy for Tennessee to “steal” him away from us. They can have the recruiting violations and the escorts texted on university phones. I want no part of it.
The only way Arkansas will EVER force the SEC to give them fair and equitable officiating during a game is to actually forfeit one on TV mid game after yet another ridiculous call(s) because we get more of them per season than the rest of the SEC COMBINED. Only nationally scrutiny and pressure may for Greg Stankey to actual address the issue and make changes if the University Presidents/Athletic Directors cannot…to start with the conversations between Stevie Wonder @ replay central and the umpire on the field should be recorded for legal actions later…it is far past time for the replay booth, doing the home office bidding, to pick who they want to win !
Agree, just walk right off the field. Guess what is now needed is instant replay of the instant replay. Unbelievable the amount of bad calls Arkansas receives even after instant replay shows how bad a call it was.
You don’t believe in innocent until proven guilty obviously. You also assume a coach shouldn’t be a players ally, obviously. You seem to feel a tennis coach shouldn’t act like any business, and ask employees ( scholarship players) to not share information they might hear, when a former employee is gunning to sue for millions, obviously. Reality happen to cross your mind much? You would have a coach bench a player, without positive evidence of wrong doing, thus setting himself up for a lawsuit by jepardizing his future earning potential, in this case lots of millions of dollars, not a smart move, at all. I guess you are not aware of any such claims destroying young man’s lives, which a school, and coaches are entrusted to lookout for, and assume USA today has all the facts, and no one is lying to them. How about allowing an investigation to happen, and not rush to judgement, that gets to the bottom of, what might be a he said, she said, and wants to earn a huge paycheck for, playout and happen. You might see nothing to see here, you might see what you have rushed to buy hook line and sinker, but the law of our country is still…Innocent until Proven Guilty. You way of thinking is exactly why it is such.
“LSU has a serious culture problem”. That’s not really an over reaction at all.
Says the expert on culture problems. Are you related to wolf man?
Nothing says desperate just to leave a reply like starting out a reply with “Says the…”
Let’s not wait for the full story to lynch LSU, we have one newspaper story. I mean, these things are always true, except Dan Rather & Jussie & Bubba Wallace, etc. This is like the worst aspects of the Poundmetoo movement – if you’re accused, you’re guilty.
Exactly. I really can’t name a journalist now that we should trust. There is still innocent until proven guilty
Chris could you write more articles with first person pronouns in the title?