Saturday was the unofficial Rivalry Day in college football.
With each road team victory, chaos ensued. Players from the losing side were upset, and the winning team performed a symbolic flag-planting at midfield.
The following games led highlight packages: Michigan-Ohio State, North Carolina State-North Carolina, and Arizona State-Arizona.
Each incident featured players out of control and coaches doing little to nothing about it.
Texas A&M had the police “protecting” the Aggies logo from Texas players celebrating on it.
How did we get here?
The fragility of football coaches was on full display.
The self-proclaimed “makers of men” can’t help but be childish at the first sign of the opponent having some outward joy. It’s embarrassing to see teams show more fight after the game than during it.
But hyper-sensitive coaches can’t help but avoid blame for losses while invoking the “class” card if their opponent doesn’t apologize for winning.
I fully expect the NCAA to put in some rule that fines schools for celebration, and that’s sad because the reason we got here is because the “makers of men” are acting like children.
