Um, I doubt he chewed them out, he probably told them good job. He's an idiot. Read this article.
MSU goes on offensive to refute Weis
Dave Dye / The Detroit News
EAST LANSING -- Michigan State coach John L. Smith's news conference Monday began with a video presentation to dispute Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis' claim that he was slapped in the face by a MSU player during a sideline altercation in Saturday's game.
Weis went on the field and pleaded with game officials who were trying to sort out the penalties at the time.
A replay clearly showed Weis telling the officials that he had gotten hit in the face.
"I'm not going to contend that anybody is lying, but you take a look at the film," Smith said.
During a post-game news conference, Weis reiterated that he had gotten hit, but then clarified it Sunday by saying he wasn't certain whether it was someone from Michigan State or Notre Dame who made contact.
The incident occurred after MSU quarterback Drew Stanton was hit while going out of bounds along the Notre Dame sideline. The replays showed two Notre Dame assistant coaches then grabbed MSU players Matt Trannon, Kerry Reed, Javon Ringer and Daniel Zynn, who went over to protect their teammate. Trannon's helmet was ripped off in the process.
The video presented by Michigan State showed the incident from various angles.
"That's a very serious allegation," MSU associate athletic director John Lewandowski said of Weis' claim. "Coach Smith demanded a full investigation. That type of behavior by one of our players won't be tolerated.
"… If you look at the complete video from every angle possible, below and above, at no time does he (Weis) come in contact with any player from Michigan State."
Smith said the video has been sent to the Big Ten. He indicated he thinks it's up to Notre Dame to punish the assistant coaches involved.
"If it were our situation, the league would probably step in and do something, suspend (them) … but I don't know, they don't have a league," Smith said. "Who knows what's going to happen."
Weis' weekly news conference is scheduled for today. Brian Hardin, Notre Dame's sports information director for football, said Weis wasn't accusing MSU players of hitting him and even joked that it might have actually been "friendly fire" from one of the Irish players.
Hardin added that he hadn't seen the video, but he believes the Notre Dame assistants were trying to separate the MSU players from the Irish players so the incident wouldn't escalate.
The incident actually did escalate after Trannon was pulled from behind by one of the Notre Dame assistants.
As for his players' role, Smith said: "They didn't throw a punch in the whole deal. Their quarterback's head is under the bench. They're over there to help protect him and get him out of there."
Smith said he was angry with the officials, who were from the Big Ten, for calling a personal foul against Trannon that wiped out the 15-yard penalty against Notre Dame for the original late hit.
"I thought the call (by the officials) was wrong," Smith said. "You listen to a cockin' bull story (from Weis) and you change it and now you make it a no-call after a kid gets hit like that out of bounds, it's wrong. In my view, our officials made the call wrong."
Notre Dame rallied from a 16-point deficit in the final nine minutes for a 40-37 victory at Spartan Stadium.
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Is someone a little bit of a sore loser or what? I like how he calls them "our" officials though. And I still don't think it was a late hit.
