Our society is horrible about assassinating the character of victims. The fact that Brock Turner even attempted his "outercourse" argument despite getting lucky (most likely after his dad paid the judge) in court the first time around indicates just how low on the totem pole women are, especially compared to athletics - whether it is Ohio State football or a Stanford swimmer.
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Sean mentioned that the scrawny white dude calling him out referred to Sean's lips as "D*ck Sucking Lips. That is some unholy action there: a mayo sandwich eating frat bro talking crap to a very fit and very large athletic black man...and that black man keeping his cool.
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Anyone who doesn't love Maverick and the homoerotic lovefest between him and Ice-Man was apparently born after the mid-1980s.
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In case anyone wants to reference Ketch's thoughts I discussed, they are asterisked below.
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... And we wonder why victims of abuse don't step forward on timelines that make everyone else most comfortable ...
Since Smith came forward to speak of the abuse that seems to have been confirmed in multiple capacities, the following has occurred:
a. The predictable character assassinations.
b. Her alleged abuser was given national platforms to spew obvious lies and misrepresentations of the truth.
c. Anyone that has supported her is under attack.
d. Her mother betrayed her.
Folks, if you don't have an appreciation for the stakes involved in these stories, you need to be asking yourself why.
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It's hard not to see the story that is unfolding in Columbus in the last few weeks and not recall that the last time I was in Columbus, my traveling companion was featured on the front page of the daily newspaper for the racial abuse he suffered following the game.
I'll never forget being in the Texas travelling section in the end zone as the final seconds ticked off the clock when a female Ohio State fan turned towards the late Sean Adams and myself, apologetically offering up, "I want to apologize in advance for how you're going to be treated.”
We kind of chuckled at her words, which were followed by a stern reaction.
"I'm very serious," she said. "You're going to need to be careful."
Moments later, we weren't even out of the stadium when women wearing burnt orange were being called the c-word. Furniture would burn in the streets before the night was over.
While we were stuck in the worst post-game traffic you've ever seen, our cab driver turned into an alley, which was clear of traffic for a few blocks. At some point, we got stopped in this alley, which was near an Ohio State fraternity (I believe I have that right). About a half-dozen Ohio State students approached Sean, who was sitting in the front seat of the car, while I was in the back seat with two female friends. The n-word was used and that probably wasn't the most disrespectful thing that was used in the way of verbal communication.
Honestly, I didn't think there was any way that Sean wasn't going to get out of the card and in the moment I was prepared to do whatever needed to be done. If we had been 21 or 23 or 25, we probably would have engaged in a brawl that night, but since we were both hovering around 30, cooler heads prevailed. Sean didn't let pride get him into a 7 on 2 physical confrontation and the damn cab eventually got out of the area.
The stories of what happened that night were so bad that it was being discussed locally in Columbus for days the following week. Our story made the news.
This is what I know of Columbus. I've never had any desire to go back, football games or not. It's the most low-rent town I've visited in nearly a quarter-century of covering college football. Not even Fayetteville comes within a 100-foot pole of it.
Therefore, when a scandal breaks out in Columbus, you're just going to forgive me if my level of expectations for anyone living there to be incredibly low. That place has more than earned its reputation.
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Tom Cruise's Best Performances:
1. Maverick (Top Gun)
but feel I’m getting paid back for what I did as a twin! 
