The Pants on Fire

In a report by Christopher Wilson at Yahoo! Sports, here's what current Ohio State Coach and former Florida Gators Coach Meyer has to say when asked what troubles Hernandez had at Florida:

"Relatively speaking, he had very minor stuff. He was questioned about being a witness (to a shooting), and he had an argument in a restaurant (in which Hernandez allegedly struck an employee in an argument over an unpaid bill), and he was suspended one game (reportedly for a failed marijuana test). Other than that, he was three years a good player. That was it." 

That's right, Meyer.  A slow clap is due.

Minor stuff, you know.  Like a traffic ticket or an MIP ... or ... being somehow involved in a shooting, doing drugs, stealing from restaurants and assault.

The most interesting part about the article is Meyer skirting the question of the failed drug tests by saying  

“I just received an email from a friend where there is an accusation of multiple failed drug tests covered up by the Univ. of Florida or the coaching staff,” Meyer wrote in a text to The Sun. “This is absolutely not true. Hernandez was held to the same drug testing policy as every other player.

That's kind of a non-answer, no?  Since the Boston Globe, Sports Illustrated, two Florida staff members and Hernandez himself are reporting that he failed "4 to 6" drug tests while at Florida it's weird that Hernandez was only penalized for, and Meyer is only recognizing, one. 

I smell a fire.  Pants! Fire! 

Meyer trying to play that his programs are run so clean is laughable, especially considered the estimated 34% of the 2008 Championship Team were either arrested while in school at Florida or in the 5 years since.  

Clean.  Soapy, soapy clean. 

If Ohio State is looking to clear up their image of cover-ups in the football program, I fear they may have picked the wrong guy...