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The Petrino valedictories are already rolling in.
College football is better off this morning than it was the day before. We don’t get to say that very often about the dirtiest sport in the country, do we?
Readers sometimes wonder why University Diaries spends so much time on big-time university sports. It’s the dirtiest sport in the country, kiddies, and it’s happening at America’s universities.
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And as with the beaten-to-a-pulp-by-football-players problem at Colorado State, don’t even bother wondering about the reputational damage (though read this – you’ll enjoy it.) Just think about how much money it’s going to cost the University of Arkansas. Petrino “seems to be leaning in … [the] direction” of a lawsuit; the woman on his motorcycle might want to try her hand at a lawsuit too; there’s the cost associated with a new coach, who will certainly ask for a premium given the shit he’s walking in to. Think of how much money this public university will pay to vet candidates for that job in order to avoid another liar who can’t control his motorcycle.
But hey. The state of Arkansas is doing a great job educating its people. No problem siphoning off that tax money.
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