Even on brink of title, LSU's JJ paints himself as victim. No remorse...

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DanWolken Dan Wolken Column: Even on brink of title, LSU's Jordan Jefferson paints himself as victim. No remorse in his playbook.

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But he’s not sorry. And if you’re wondering who the real victim is here — Jefferson, or the guy he allegedly kicked in the head outside a Baton Rouge bar — you certainly wouldn’t know after hearing him reflect on his senior season.

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Get the picture? Good, because I’m not sure Jefferson does.

Not a single acknowledgement that he made a mistake. Not an ounce of remorse toward either the man he allegedly beat or the team whose season he imperiled. Nothing.

Jefferson clearly looks at himself and sees somebody who has overcome adversity, somebody we should feel sorry for because he missed the first third of his senior year. I see somebody who should feel lucky that he got a very serious charge reduced to a misdemeanor that allowed him to return to the team. Jefferson looks at himself and sees someone who was wronged. I see someone who allegedly tried to rearranged someone’s face and only regrets that it cost him the start against Oregon.

And though he gets full credit for returning as Lee’s backup and taking advantage when opportunity called, this was all Jefferson’s own fault, every bit of it. He broke a team rule to be out late at night during fall camp, at a bar he had no business being inside. And no matter what precipitated the fight that Jefferson got involved in, the senior quarterback at LSU should’ve known to walk away.

“I’m back with my team, back with the coaches I love, playing the game I love, so there’s really no bitterness,” he said. “We’re playing in the national championship game, so it’s all good.” Bitterness? Why would there be bitterness? Jefferson is about to be a living legend at LSU, a football program where entitlement has overtaken reality all the way to the brink of a championship.

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