I’ll be completely honest…these do not clear up my confusion in the least.
Given what I know about the State fan base, I’m inclined to go with serious, but that’s just a hunch.
I think that in this case, it's less about money and more about getting to pretend to be a tough guy taking super macho actions.
it lets him pretend his isn't a wimp who used a fake medical condition to run away from military service during Vietnam.
I don't think anyone here thinks "they know more about football than Bill Belichick". In fact, I think many here would explicitly say the opposite.
But it doesn't take an engineer to know something's wrong when the building collapses.
We've looked terrible in 3 games this year, beaten 3 bad...