Brewster’s Tweets Too Loud

Word has it that Gophers football coach Tim Brewster was ordered to delete a Twitter.com entry that took a large shot at Strib sports columnist Patrick Reusse. By the time I heard about this, the alleged tweet from Brew was gone from “Play4brew.” But an e-mailer name Ron claims that Brew posted this: How would you like to wake up in the morning and look in the mirror…… if your [sic] Fat Pat. At 12:41 p.m. Thursday I posted this on Twitter: “Trying to find that alleged ‘Fat Pat’ post from Coach Brewster.” Not a tweet. Friday afternoon I tracked down Reusse, who had heard all about this, and he said, “Coach Brew has detected that I’m overweight and that makes him an astute observer. And this situation could in no way lessen my opinion of him.” – Minneapolis Star Tribune

West, Memphis Give Troubled Players Fresh Start

Lance Smith finds holes, then — zing! — rockets his way upfield. A junior running back, he has the sort of high-end acceleration that has long impressed coaches and scouts, a unique talent who could make an enormous difference for the University of Memphis this fall. But as smooth as he can look on a football field, few players traveled a bumpier road to Saturday’s Blue-Gray Game at Christian Brothers High. A promising career at Wisconsin was derailed when he found himself spending 10 days inside a jail cell last August. But now he has a fresh start — and he is not alone. Two other high-profile transfers, junior linebacker Jamon Hughes and sophomore linebacker Derrick Odom, made their debuts for the Tigers on Saturday. Hughes had been arrested twice at Mississippi State, Odom three times at LSU. But at Memphis, there is new hope and a clean slate. And if his program is gaining a reputation as a halfway house for reclamation projects, coach Tommy West said these players understand the stakes. “These guys know there’s no margin for error,” West said. “But nobody’s perfect. We get another chance and make the most of it.” – Memphis Commercial Appeal