The Southeastern Conference listed LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt as doubtful on Wednesday evening's initial availability report. Then nothing happened — because nobody believes a Lane Kiffin injury report. Six predictions published that same day, four of them for LSU. The A to Z Sports panel wrote it into their own copy: there have been reports Leavitt is doubtful, “but there seems to be the belief that he will play.” Pete Fiutak at College Football News named the doubtful listing and still landed LSU 31-26. ESPN's Pete Thamel reported no one on the Ole Miss staff is convinced it is sincere. CBS Sports' Richard Johnson wrote that it is doubtful anyone in Oxford believes it until kickoff. Stephen A. Smith went further on television. The entire market of opinion priced that report at zero. To be fair, Leavitt sat out Wednesday's practice and took part in a walkthrough Thursday, per CBS — there may be something real here. Segment two is the receipt nobody looked up. Per Bud Elliott of CBS Sports, across Kiffin's last two seasons at Ole Miss he listed a player doubtful 14 times — and exactly one of those players played. The designation meant what it said 13 times out of 14. The reputation is real, but it attaches to “questionable,” which he is renowned for overusing. Doubtful is the one he has not played games with. And the conference put a price on getting it wrong: CBS Sports' Brandon Marcello published the policy — $25,000 for a first offense of inaccurate availability reporting, $50,000 for a second, $100,000 for a third and beyond. Fourteen is a small sample and nobody has been fined under that policy yet. But if you are Ole Miss you prepare for the backup and hope you wasted the week. Do you believe the report? Comments. Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy. #OleMiss #HottyToddy #LSU #LaneKiffin #SEC #CollegeFootball #CFB
The Southeastern Conference listed LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt as doubtful on Wednesday evening's initial availability report. Then nothing happened — because nobody believes a Lane Kiffin injury report.
Six predictions published that same day, four of them for LSU. The A to Z Sports panel wrote it into their own copy: there have been reports Leavitt is doubtful, “but there seems to be the belief that he will play.” Pete Fiutak at College Football News named the doubtful listing and still landed LSU 31-26. ESPN's Pete Thamel reported no one on the Ole Miss staff is convinced it is sincere. CBS Sports' Richard Johnson wrote that it is doubtful anyone in Oxford believes it until kickoff. Stephen A. Smith went further on television.
The entire market of opinion priced that report at zero. To be fair, Leavitt sat out Wednesday's practice and took part in a walkthrough Thursday, per CBS — there may be something real here.
Segment two is the receipt nobody looked up. Per Bud Elliott of CBS Sports, across Kiffin's last two seasons at Ole Miss he listed a player doubtful 14 times — and exactly one of those players played. The designation meant what it said 13 times out of 14. The reputation is real, but it attaches to “questionable,” which he is renowned for overusing. Doubtful is the one he has not played games with.
And the conference put a price on getting it wrong: CBS Sports' Brandon Marcello published the policy — $25,000 for a first offense of inaccurate availability reporting, $50,000 for a second, $100,000 for a third and beyond.
Fourteen is a small sample and nobody has been fined under that policy yet. But if you are Ole Miss you prepare for the backup and hope you wasted the week. Do you believe the report? Comments.
Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy.
#OleMiss #HottyToddy #LSU #LaneKiffin #SEC #CollegeFootball #CFB