SEC football: 15 instances where it just meant more
By John Buhler
4. Bobby Petrino sports a neck brace at a press conference after wrecking his Arkansas hog in most scandalous fashion
I am just going to be as straightforward as I possibly can with you. I am an Atlanta Falcons fan, so I despise the man who quit on my NFL team towards the tail-end of his first season at the helm to go coach the Arkansas Razorbacks. While I will admit Bobby Petrino is a savvy offensive mind, he is too busy doing whatever he wants to have any sliver of character. Karma did catch up with him.
It is a little risqué, but you know what? Bobby Petrino in a neck brace has become a great meme.
Should Bobby Petrino ride in on a motorcycle or wear the neck brace to the post game presser, if Missouri State wins? pic.twitter.com/ZsCMLWlWoS
— Gary Sharp (@GarySharp1620) September 18, 2022
After wrecking his hog in the midst of an affair, Petrino showed up to a press conference with obvious facial scars in a fricking neck brace. I mean, what is shame really? Then again, he does not feel a thing. All the while, the entire college football world had a laugh, or seven, at Petrino’s expense. This led to him being ousted at Arkansas before they went on a decade of irrelevancy.
There have been other scandals in the SEC, and there will be plenty more in the years to come. However, I don’t think the one of Petrino committing adultery and then crashing his motorcycle will ever be topped from a hilarity standpoint. It is okay, though. Lamar Jackson did win a Heisman Trophy for him at Louisville. He is still coaching, now as an offensive coordinator for Jimbo Fisher.
I cannot begin to even tell you how great of a Halloween custom this was to see way back in 2012.