Out of all the headlines I’d never thought I’d ever have to type, this would have to be at or near the very top of the list.
Over the weekend, Deadspin.com posted a tweet which featured a photo of a decidedly naked man humping a dead shark on a boat. Unfortunately for Jim McElwain, the nude dude, at least facially, looked very much like the Florida head football coach.
That post forced the university to reach out to its coach, with McElwain, through a spokesperson, confirming to the website that “it’s not him.”
Tuesday, at a Gator Club meeting, a slightly agitated McElwain addressed, for the first time, in a public forum the 800-pound violated shark sitting in the living room. From the Gainesville Sun:Well, first and foremost, I don’t know who it is, but it isn’t me. ...
“In the world that we live, what is a story. I just know this: it isn’t me.And, with that, naked-man-on-a-sharkgate has officially run its course.