Mark Richt claims letter bragging to Clemson fan is a fake
On Thursday a letter from Georgia Bulldogs’ head coach Mark Richt to a trash-talking Clemson Tigers fan surfaced on Deadspin. Richt allegedly was bragging about routing Clemson 45-21, this after an entire offseason of trash-talking directed at him by Clemson fans.
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There’s just one large problem with Deadspin’s accounting of what happened following the game last Saturday — it’s a fake letter.
At least according to Richt, who took to Twitter on Thursday to deny anything of that nature was sent by him.
The deadspin article with a letter from me is bogus!!
— Mark Richt (@MarkRicht) September 4, 2014
Richt’s alleged letter to “Travis,” who had sent him a letter trash-talking Todd Gurley and the famed hedges at Sanford Stadium, was apparently sent from Augusta, GA and went like this:
“There was a reason Georgia was ranked ahead of Clemson in the Pre-Season polls; and I’m sure we showed that last night. P.S. – Todd told me he didn’t have a good game last night.”
You know, because head football coaches have nothing better to do after a big win than sit down, pen a letter to an opposing fan, drive 95 miles to Augusta and have the letter mailed from there.
At least Richt nipped a ridiculous story in the bud as soon as possible. It’s truly amazing the depths some fans will sink to in order to get their 15 minutes of fame.