Just an excuse, or a legit concern? After all, towels can be difficult to cinch after breaking a sweat pounding Temple. From the Palm Beach Post:

… some unnamed players “voiced to me that they have a problem that some young ladies are over in the locker room that they go to school with, that are, what you call reporters…” Apparently, those players are not familiar with the use of a towel. What this about, of course, is control. Shannon, who would rather undergo daily colonoscopies than deal with the media …

So we can expect Shannon to be ornery with the media all season? Sweet. That’s always pleasant to watch, kind of like Just the Ten of Us reruns. What really stinks is that the next time a player sounds off, the cameras might not be around.

In other college football news, an old colleague of ours breaks some news: WVU QB Pat White, an accomplished baseball player, hasn’t played the sport in college because of the lack of African American players on the team. And the coach, apparently, is a prick.

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