Maybe He Had Friends Watching at Buffalo Wild Wings

SEC official Wilbur Hackett is an internet sensation for this hit on South Carolina's Stephen Garcia.



I refuse to believe that Hackett was involved in something nefarious (South Carolina scored a few plays later) because he's been involved with SEC football for 40 years, there's no reason to believe he would choose now, this way to throw a game.

So what did happen? I don't believe that Hackett was just bracing himself for a hit. He clearly moved up and into the contact. Perhaps he just had a flashback to his playing days and saw a quarterback and instinctively tried to take him down.

Or some buddies of his were having a good time watching the game at Buffalo Wild Wings and asked Wilbur to keep it going. Or LSU offered him a Bud Light.