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College football is fantastic. College football also has the propensity to get very weird and, on Tuesday, news broke that would qualify as unparalleled.
In mid-November, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons were throttled by the Louisville Cardinals by a final score of 44-12 and, in the aftermath of that game, Wake head coach Dave Clawson wasn’t terribly happy. In addition to probably being disappointed in his team, Clawson posited that there was a possibility that Louisville gained access to his team’s game plan at some point prior to the game and that, of course, would not be an ideal situation.
Since that point, the controversy (or what was left of it) largely vanished from the popular consciousness, but Tuesday’s revelation from the Wake Forest athletic department placed it firmly in the minds of football fans across the country. In short, a former Wake Forest assistant coach named Tommy Elrod, who also happens to be the team’s current (now former) radio color analyst, apparently leaked information for years, with the inclusion of the 2016 game against Louisville.
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Weird.
That’s not weird or crazy at all. He played for the team. He then went on to work for the team. He spent years of his life, some might argue the best years of his life, dedicated to the team. Then he was essentially fired from the team (not retained = fired, in this case). Then he got pissed and decided to eff with the team by giving away their secrets and potentially costing them wins. This type of thing happens all the time in the business world!