SEC football news roundup: LSU's Kiffin called an NFL team before signing a TE, Mizzou's Hardy not ready

Browns head coach Todd Monken broke his silence about TE Dae’Quan Wright going back to college. His response is probably the same one that you and most likely a lot of other fans would have about the current landscape of college football.

“I mean, ain’t this **** crazy?” Monken boldly stated as he chuckled.

“I wondered why Lane Kiffin reached out a week ago. Now, I know. I didn’t call him back. Now, I guess I should have.”

It’s amazing how far ahead of the game Kiffin seems to be compared to other coaches. They figured out how to give players who probably wouldn’t make an NFL roster an opportunity to play college football again. If and only if they had any eligibility left after the NCAA brought out the 5-for-5 rules earlier this year.

That is exactly what Kiffin is exploiting against the NCAA now that the Louisiana courts ruled in favor of the players and their TROs.

The NCAA did win one battle; the Circuit Court of Appeals did favor the side of the NCAA’s stay request on the Wisne v. NCAA ruling from Colorado. Even though that is a federal ruling, it still doesn’t stop the dozens of TROs that will be filed in each state. Just like there was in Kentucky, not even an hour after the news broke about the NCAA’s court win.

Just before the season, this isn’t what fans want to see going on. The NCAA is becoming the old man sitting on his porch, yelling at the kids to get off his lawn but can’t get off the porch. It is time for another entity to come in with a proper rulebook that will be able to have the backbone to say, "We run this, you don't."

Speaking of running the ball...

Missouri RB Ahmad Hardy not ready for the season yet

Pete Thamel announced on his X account that Mizzou RB Ahmad Hardy, who was shot in the leg back in May of this year, will not be ready to start the season. Admitting in the post that Hardy hasn’t even practiced with the team yet and that his target return day was sometime mid-September.

Hardy was shot in the leg at a rap concert at the Kamakazy Biker Club in Laurel, Mississippi. He was found to be an innocent bystander by investigators who were only trying to leave the show when gunfire broke out. Hardy did have to have surgery on his leg and is still recovering from the wound.

Pushing to try to get Hardy back too soon could hurt him even more if he isn’t truly ready. Although he is a major focal point for their offense, I firmly believe in the health of players over wins and losses. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz may understand that, which is why Hardy’s prospective return is sometime in mid-September, but it still remains to be seen if Hardy has lost a step due to this.

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