I'm continually amazed by how hilarious college athletes at big time programs are. It's like they never spent a day in a class in their life. Shocking, I know. And now we have a new awesome genius to celebrate, Oklahoma's Malcolm Kelly.Kelly, who ran a slow time of 4.68 seconds in front of scouts at his pro day, blamed it on unexpected changes in surfaces - which he says was the fault of Oklahoma.
Kelly skipped Oklahoma's original pro timing day last month while recuperating from a tear in his quadriceps, and said he had arranged with Oklahoma strength coach Jerry Schmidt to run on the Astroturf infield at the school's indoor track. He said he was surprised when he arrived and found out he'd instead be running on the artificial turf inside the Sooners' indoor football facility.
So he's mad that he had to run on something that he'll be running on constantly as a player? Seems logical, by which I mean that's not logical at all. But let's allow Kelly to explain his actions:
"This is my life. You know what I'm saying? This ain't no school. This ain't no classroom. This ain't got nothing to do with that. This has to do with me; my family. This is what I do. I play football. And I'm supposed to come out here and run as fast as I can."
Sounds like a guy who clearly valued his time as a student-athlete at Oklahoma, what with his excellent grammar and having left the school after his junior season.And it gets even better. Kelly also criticized Oklahoma's medical staff, which initially diagnosed him with a deep thigh bruise before the Fiesta Bowl instead of a partially torn quadriceps. He played only one series in the Fiesta Bowl because of the injury.
"I was told by the staff I had a thigh bruise," Kelly said. "I told them it felt a lot worse than that."
He's projected to go 19th in the NFL Draft right now, so don't feel too bad for him.By the way, I have a feeling the Oklahoma Alumni organization won't be sending Kelly any literature any time soon. Which is probably for the best, since he can't read anyway.
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