Dick Rosenthal {l Wrote}:Short answer was he lost the locker room because of this sad, woke joke. Not just that he put being woke above putting the best personnel on the field--just noting that Vandy's punter, Harrison Smith was an All State punter and kicker at Brentwood Academy (a powerhouse team that cranks out D1 athletes in Tennessee--there are three Brentwood guys in the NFL right now--Jalen Ramsey, Derek Barnett and Dawson Knox)--You don't think he can kick off better than what we saw on Saturday? But then, after pulling this bullshit he then lets her give a halftime speech--that halftime speech. Maybe times are different now, but 25 years ago if a kicker says anything in a locker room, even if he is all Pac 10 and on his way to a stint in the NFL, he is getting told to STFU and he might catch a punch in the mouth as well. I can't imagine what the Vandy guys were thinking after being subjected to that, but it was clear on the kick off that they didn't want to be there and I don't doubt that they expressed their displeasure to both the coach and the AD afterwards.
If you're a captain on that football team, how the fuck do you even allow this to happen in your locker room?