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17 February 2010
Last night the nation witnessed one of the worst displays in sports, and it's a real shame. The game was hard fought on the court and the stage was set for a great college basketball atmosphere... until the Mississippi State crowd got involved.
I suggest MSU Athletic Director Greg Byrne writes a letter of apology to the University of Kentucky basketball team, each individual player, every UK fans and anyone who subscribes to ESPN apologizing for being unable to keep his crowd under control.
Why? Basic human decency!
There's a certain expectation when an opposing team walks into an arena as visitors that they will be kept safe and not subjected to angry mobs wielding airborne projectiles.
The MSU fans should be ashamed of themselves. It's one thing to taunt players, yelling at them from the stands, but to throw full water bottles onto the playing surface is disgraceful and should never be tolerated. Blame the loss on whatever you want, but no MSU fan should get angry before taking a long, hard look in the mirror today.
