One of the media driven controversies from the OU - Tennessee contest was the behavior of some OU players on the field following the game. As Gravy Train referenced in his article on Monday, Hatari Byrd was caught on camera flipping off the rabid Tennessee fan base, and Eric Striker went on a rant in the end-zone:
Oh my god. Can you believe it? Eric Striker said the words "Fuck" and "Shit" in the same sentence just seconds after participating in a violent, intense, sporting spectacle where big, fast, strong men spend 60 minutes risking severe injury to chase, cripple and beat the living shit out of each other. How awful of him to use such offensive language!
In all seriousness, who cares. And I'm not just saying that as an OU fan. If Jethro Jones did this for OSU after the Central Arkansas Vo-Tech game on Saturday, I wouldn't care. Granted, I'd make some jokes about it and everything, but honestly, who gives a fuck? I actually like it when players interact and talk trash with the fans. They're called the 12th man for a reason. It makes the games more fun.
Of course, don't tell that to Boomer Tramel. He penned a ridiculously out-of-touch, behind-the-times article about the "controversy" in Tuesday's paper: