{"id":3333,"date":"2016-10-07T15:59:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T20:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2016-10-07T16:09:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T21:09:00","slug":"talentless-hack-clay-travis-is-at-it-again-brain-not-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/talentless-hack-clay-travis-is-at-it-again-brain-not-included\/","title":{"rendered":"Talentless Hack Clay Travis Is At It Again. Brain Not Included"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By: Chad Wilson – Editor – GridironStuds Blog<\/strong>
\nTwitter: @GridironStuds<\/strong><\/p>\n

There have been a boatload of opinions, accusations and insults hurled in the SEC this week regarding the LSU vs. Florida game that has been postponed. \u00a0Rising to the forefront of the brainless is none other that fake Rush Limbaugh blogger Clay Travis, who, by the way, is a Tennessee native.<\/p>\n

On his radio show (yes they gave him a radio show), \u00a0Travis takes aim at the University of Florida for the game not being rescheduled between \u00a0the two clubs and saw it fit to put it out there publicly because controversy is his only talent. \u00a0Travis suggests that Florida had a meeting of the minds and said that we can be inflexible about this game and give our QB a chance to get healthier. Mind you LSU’s Heisman Trophy candidate Leonard Fournette was ruled out for this game but what’s facts amongst geniuses. \u00a0Basically, Mr. Travis suggests that Florida is scared to play LSU and used Hurricane Matthew to dodge LSU and use the rulebook to advance to the SEC Championship Game. \u00a0Travis, a Tennessee native who was once a Virgin Island’s attorney (lol) has much skin in the game as a Volunteer fan. \u00a0Tennessee stands to lose if they fall twice in SEC play and Florida wins out. Such an occurrence would send Florida to Atlanta for the SEC championship game instead of Travis’ beloved Tennessee Volunteers. \u00a0There’s no doubt that the LSU game is one that Florida could lose as they were listed as a 3 point underdog going into the contest. \u00a0However, \u00a0it was LSU who cried foul when Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley stated on Wednesday that the game would be played at it’s scheduled time of 12 noon Saturday in Gainesville. \u00a0It was LSU who had their state senate representative David Ritter, \u00a0who is no stranger to controversy (Google him) write a letter, devoid of professional tact and send it to the University of Florida.<\/p>\n

In his letter, Ritter made a number of wholesome suggestions and was kind of enough to make one of those, \u00a0moving the game to Baton Rouge. \u00a0How nice of him. \u00a0After carefully considering moving a home game against an arch rival from their home stadium to the rivals home stadium, \u00a0Florida declined. \u00a0I am sure that deliberation lasted all of 2.5 seconds. \u00a0Thanks LSU for the offer but no. \u00a0Considerations for moving the game to a later time on Saturday were made. However, \u00a0hurricane tracks can be unpredictable. \u00a0Late Thursday, \u00a0Hurricane Matthew’s track took it on a course of impact higher up on the coast of Florida with a more direct impact on the city of Gainesville. \u00a0Moving the game to Sunday under those circumstances became eliminated as an option. \u00a0Anyone with small portions of a brain and or common sense could realize this. \u00a0However, \u00a0fandom can delete the previous installed version of wisdom. \u00a0I have witnessed this phenomenon time and again. \u00a0When super fans like Travis, who are masquerading as journalist grab their rifle and run into battle, \u00a0I must take umbrage.<\/p>\n

Travis is the pitchfork wielding leader of a Volunteer social media fan base that has been cranky ever since their 38-28 win over Florida two weeks ago. \u00a0It is as though the Volunteer fans speaking out have little faith in their team’s continued success. \u00a0The suggestion was made that Florida and LSU buy out their FCS opponents during SEC bully week November 19th and play the game in Gainesville then. \u00a0LSU is scheduled to play South Alabama at home on that date and Florida has a home date with Presbyterian. \u00a0This idea was quickly shot down by LSU. \u00a0I have a brain, \u00a0unlike many others I have witnessed on Twitter over the last 24 hours. \u00a0I don’t blame LSU for declining such an arrangement. \u00a0For one, \u00a0they would be losing the revenue of a home game. \u00a0Secondly, \u00a0LSU would be faced with a four game stretch that features, Alabama at home, Arkansas on the road, FLORIDA on the road and then Texas A&M on the road five days later on November 24th. \u00a0I can’t blame them for saying no to that set-up. \u00a0You see how having a brain works Knoxville?<\/p>\n

The bottom line here is that Travis, foolishly believes that he can use some old school yard tactics of calling out Florida to make them act. \u00a0Sorry Clay, \u00a0your momma named you Clay, \u00a0you’re not that guy. \u00a0For now, \u00a0focus your efforts on first,\u00a0acquiring some talent and second,\u00a0putting your collective energy behind the Vols to spur them onto victory in at least one of the two next games vs. SEC opponents Texas A&M and Alabama.<\/p>\n

Travis’ blog is entitled Outkick the Coverage. \u00a0In view of his journalistic career, \u00a0it seems the most worthy thing he has come up with is his appropriately named blog. \u00a0Get clicks, likes and retweets are nice but at some point integrity has to matter. \u00a0Oh my bad, \u00a0it’s 2016.<\/p>\n

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