Who else’s initial thought after hearing the news was that the scumbag did yet another new, scummy thing that was about to come to light? And he was high-tailing it out of auburn to flee the consequences ala Jim Harbaugh?
Exactly. He must have just realized he has to LIVE in the state of Illinois for the next 2 years. The apology is just damage control to TRY to limit the number of times he’s going to be called a punk (or worse) to his face in the next 2 years of his day-to-day life for his own foolishness.
He can’t even stand by his own words. Backpedaling faster than a doped-up Lance Armstrong video on rewind. Last I checked, Illinois went to the Elite Eight once Epps left, while Cooley & Epps went 9-23.
Cooley has been a head coach for a while, but an incendiary comment like this screams...