....another Pinocchio story

Ole Miss dropped a bombshell a few weeks ago when Rebel coach Houston Nutt invited former Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli to Oxford in hopes of luring him into attending graduate school--and while he's there playing a little football--at Ole Miss.

This is the quarterback who pled guilty to stealing a laptop computer and guitar from a fraternity house at Oregon. He also was caught driving a car with marijuana in the glove box.

Oregon coach Chip Kelly kicked Masoli off the Ducks team, and remember….this was a player who was touted as a Heisman Trophy candidate.

Masoli has earned the reputation as the bad boy of college football much like Lane Kiffin has earned the reputation as the bad boy of college football coaches. But Masoli now tells a very different version of the events that led to his downfall at Oregon. He claims he did not take anything, and in actuality not one witness ever saw him with any of the stolen merchandise. The problem came from the fact that Masoli lied to the police and to Kelly about being at the fraternity house that night, which he was.

Now he writes that it was a ‘misunderstanding.’ It makes for interesting reading. If his version is correct, then Ole Miss would be getting a terrific quarterback just at a time the Rebels need one. If the national perception is right, then Ole Miss could be getting a headache waiting to happen...

My guess? He won’t be able to compete with the real athletes in the SEC Conference. Big diff from running the option against Washington State or UCLA….then it is against Florida, Bama, LSU….and the rest…..we will see soon.

Hey, since he has lied a few times in the past…if it does not go well at Ole Miss…he can just say he was “never there”…right?

Another Pinocchio story…