The NFL season comes to an end on Sunday with the annual Super Bowl game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.
A media blitz, incidental comments and accusations, and a few lies along the way are nothing out of the ordinary; but Chief quarterback Patrick Mahomes was not pleased with one of those lies; especially since it pertained to him.
Never one to let the facts get in the way of one of his speeches. Earlier this week during a speech the President said, “Tommy Tuberville, a great coach. You know, his quarterback was named Mahomes. He was a great college coach. And I said, ‘How good was he? ‘You don’t want to know how good. He made me into a great coach. He’s a pretty good quarterback, right?”
Alabama Senator (former collegiate coach) Tommy Tuberville was present at the event but said nothing; however, later Tuberville said, “I never coached him. What happened is I recruited him and then I left and went to another school. But I got to be very good friends with him. He’s not just a good athlete, he’s a very good example for a lot of our young youth across this country.”
When asked about the remarks during a media even Mahomes set the record straight…”He did not recruit me at the time. I don’t remember if I ever got to meet him or not.”
While Tuberville did coach at Texas Tech, it was from 2010 to 2012; Mahomes played for Kliff Kingsbury from 2014 to 2016. When Mahomes was at Texas Tech, Tuberville was coaching in Cincinnati.
In fact, Tuberville was at a dinner with potential recruits when he learned that he had been hired to coach in Cincinnati. Reportedly, he walked out of that dinner; leaving the recruits at the table.
Before entering politics, Tuberville also coached at Ole Miss and Auburn.
Patrick Mahomes, the son of former MLB pitcher Pat Mahomes, was recruited during his junior year in high school by Texas Tech, TCU, and SMU.