LBS- A new report says the man who punched ailing LSU staffer Steve Kragthorpe following Texas A&M’s 7-overtime win over LSU on Saturday night was Cole Fisher, the nephew of Aggies head coach Jimbo Fisher.
The Advocate’s Brooks Kubena reported the news on Sunday and says that a scuffle was started when A&M receivers coach Dameyune Craig came over and started talking trash after the Aggies’ 74-72 win. Craig had been a coach on Les Miles’ staff but was not retained by Ed Orgeron. During the scuffle, Cole is said to have punched LSU analyst Steve Kragthorpe in the chest, hitting him where his pacemaker is located. Kragthorpe, 53, has Parkinson’s disease and has had a pacemaker in his chest since 2017 to help stimulate his brain. “I didn’t appreciate getting punched in my pacemaker,” Kragthorpe told the Daily Advertiser. “I’m not feeling good right now. I have no idea who the guy is. But he was wearing an A&M shirt, and I think I saw him signalling during the game. He was credentialed, so A&M should know who he is.” A photo shared after the game made it seem like LSU staffer Kevin Faulk was getting physical with Cole Fisher, but he says he was responding in protection of Kragthorpe. The Advocate says Cole Fisher is an undergraduate football student manager at Texas A&M. -----
It's the most wonderful time of the yeaaaar. With kids jingle-belling and everyone telling you "be of good cheer!", it's the most wonderful time of the year! No, but seriously, is there a better way to ring in the holiday season than with a reminder that family is as much a curse as it is a gift? Usually that annual testing of patriarchal patience comes when the passing of mashed potatoes turns into the mashing of political ideologies. However, a college kid who got his job as an "undergraduate student manager" (aka glorified water boy) through nepotism finding himself involved in a fight with both someone suffering from a degenerative disorder and a former NFLer while his uncle was trying to take a second to inhale after coming out on the right side of seven breathtaking overtimes works too. This particular relationship might not be of the father/son variety, but that look that Jimbo Fisher gave his nephew certainly was. The turn of face that was made as one side of the fight was subjectively described by the person who escalated it despite having no business being in it is one that we've all seen before. It's one that parents have grown accustomed to making as they've been hardened by the extensive ripening process of the fruits of their loins. It's one that silently screams "you're so lucky I'm biologically bound to love you", because nothing tests the sturdiness of the connection of kin quite like being forced onto the defensive by the stupidity of your own family after an unbelievable offensive performance. Cole (because of course his name is Cole) Fisher did us all a "favor" in reminding us that the only line that can repeatedly be crossed without increasing consequence is a bloodline. After all, 'tis the season in which the burden of unconditional love is at its most expensive.
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