It’s July, which means it’s college football media days season.
For everything that makes us so excited about media days—namely, that it’s something, anything, about football after a long offseason—I’ll let you in on a media days secret as a former media days attendee: They are miserable.
The only thing that happens at media days is that we get a bunch of canned quotes about absolutely nothing from coaches and players.
Unless Bret Bielema is there.
Unlike most coaches, Bielema is comfortable with the media without sounding like a robot. And I’m pretty sure that, unlike many coaches who despise the media, this is one of his favorite days of the year.
Here were Bielema’s topics of choice:
Butt-dials
Bielema thought it was great the commissioner [Greg Sankey] had called him: “This is pretty cool, the commissioner is Face Timing me, that’s pretty unique!”
Sankey’s response: “Why are you calling me?”
Bielema: “Oh, I’m sorry. I must have butt-dialed you.”
LSU coach Ed Orgeron’s accent
Bielema on his younger self meeting Miami DL coach Ed Orgeron: "I didn't know who the hell he was. And I couldn't understand him."
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) July 10, 2017
Intimate details of his wife giving birth
Bret Bielema said his wife didn't want to use any painkillers when she delivered their daughter. "She wanted to do it a la carte."
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) July 10, 2017
Let’s bring Bret Bielema to more media days and make them all more fun.
[ESPN]
