SEC Heisman Hopefuls (Post Week 6)
After an unbelievable start, we all found out it was just too good to be true. Can Will Grier return to SEC Heisman form without using illegal supplements? Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Call me crazy. But if I was the quarterback of one of the most prestigious programs in college football and I wanted to put on weight and gain strength, I’d check with my team’s athletic training program to make sure every supplement I was taking was completely legal. I mean, it sounds good doesn’t it? That’s a thing we call common sense in the south. Either Will Grier knew that what he was taking was illegal under NCAA regulations, or he is a complete idiot. I’m leaning towards he knew it was illegal. I’m also leaning towards he is a complete idiot. I’m riding a short fence because my feet are firmly planted on both sides of it.
Wait, Ben, don’t be so harsh. He came into the University of Florida with huge expectations and he was locked into a fierce competition with the incumbent starter Treon Harris. You shouldn’t be so hard on him, Ben. I mean, put yourself in his shoes. What would you do?
I’D CHECK WITH THE TRAINING TEAM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HAS PROVIDED ME TO MAKE SURE I REMAIN ELIGIBLE AND I’D DO NOTHING TO TARNISH MY REPUTATION.
I half understand when professional athletes have literally hundreds of millions of dollars on the line and they pop a pill or inject a needle they know they shouldn’t. I have even more sympathy for the guys playing small time ball trying to make it to the big leagues that have to pick up second jobs while they try and make their dreams a reality. I have no sympathy for a kid who came in to the program to compete for a starting job with his teammate in his freshman season. This season wasn’t Will Grier’s last chance to start for the University of Florida. This wasn’t his last chance to make a dream a reality. But he still chose the route of an illegal substance to gain an edge. This was just a kid being mind-numbingly dumb, selfishly trying to be the big man on campus at all costs.
The best explanation you can give us is that you “took an over-the-counter supplement that had something in it“? Let me guess, you’re truly sorry, you didn’t know and you hope people learn from this mistake?
“I’m really sorry,” he said.
“I really hope that people can learn from this, learn from my mistake,” he said.
What are you truly sorry for? Are you truly sorry for taking the supplement or are you truly sorry for getting caught? Oh, but you didn’t know. You didn’t know what? You didn’t know the substance was banned, or you didn’t know you had a medical staff that could answer every question you had about supplements? YOU GO TO THE SCHOOL THAT CAME UP WITH GATORADE, BRO! I think that they can help you with your supplement questions. And what in the world do you hope people can learn from this? The only thing people can learn from this is that you’re an idiot.
People are writing articles as if this kid is a hero for standing up and owning his mistake. The same people writing these articles support participation trophies. I’m not saying Will Grier should be incapable of making mistakes and that when I was his age I didn’t do stupid things. I’m not saying that I think Grier should be Pete Rose’d from college athletics. Don’t get it twisted. I’m just saying every article written about this situation is borderline sympathetic and has been painting him as a victim. He’s a victim of his own moronic behavior. Now let him serve his time and we will see him again in a year. You can’t be a murder victim if you tied the noose from which you hung.
Now, let’s see if I can get by this week without jinxing the player that ends up in my number 4 spot.
