For those of you who are unaware, Texas A&M officials leveled some very public accusations Saturday afternoon that the buses they had taken to Lubbock for their game against Texas Tech had been vandalized.
Specifically, A&M athletic director Bill Byrne took to Twitter to detail very graphically what he said happened to the buses that created such a stink. So to speak.
“Someone vandalized our buses in Lubbock. Excrement inside and outside of buses plus spray painted vulgarities on outside. Classy,” Byrne wrote on his Twitter account.
Tech officials conducted their own investigation into the situation, and came to a slightly different conclusion than Byrne. And, suffice to say, Tech is pleased with neither what they perceive to be ill-informed accusations made by Byrne nor the fact that the athletic director aired the dirty laundry on a social media site.
Here’s Tech’s press release on the situation:
- The buses were not spray painted. Instead, washable shoe polish was used on the windows of one of the buses.
- No feces were found either in or on the buses. Fish bait was dropped onto the floor of one of the buses.
- The alleged “vandalism” was cleaned by the bus drivers and Holiday Inn staff before it was seen by the A&M official who tweeted the information.
A&M officials have yet to issue a response to Tech’s response, although sources tell CFT that should happen at some point during recess tomorrow. Or, possibly, right before gym class.