Here's a play Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin would like to have back.
Sumlin accidentally tweeted out a joke about a recent booze-fueled outburst by USC coach Steve Sarkisian to his 71,000 followers. The post appeared to be intended as a direct message to someone, but ended up going out for all the world to see despite Sumlin's best efforts to destroy the evidence.
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Sumlin posted the message Saturday morning, then deleted it within minutes. But of course that didn't matter -- it had already been copied for time immemorial.
@celebrityhottub @edsbs I'm sure he didn't mean to tweet this publicly, but it just makes me love the man even more. pic.twitter.com/FB58eQhr0S— Paul Heggen (@PaulHeggenWSMV) August 29, 2015
The "Sark after dark" line refers to Sarkisian's recent profane outburst at a rally for the USC football team. Sarkisian dropped an expletive while addressing a crowd of boosters on-stage, and reportedly behaved erratically in smaller interactions, as well. USC athletic director Pat Haden reportedly had to remove Sarkisian from the stage and was seen lecturing him soon after.
Sarkisian issued a pubic apology blaming a mix of alcohol and prescription medication for his behavior and said he will enter treatment to find out if he has an alcohol problem.
Shortly after Sumlin's Twitter faux pas, Texas A&M landed a commitment from star running back prospect Rakeem Boyd. Sumlin had this to say:
#YESSIR!— Kevin Sumlin (@CoachSumlin) August 29, 2015
Looks like he's not losing any sleep over his misdirected joke.