Rivals Suspends Writer For Offensive Ole Miss/Oxford Tweet

by Larry Leo

November 3, 201413 Comments

Orangebloods.com owner and writer Geoff Ketchum didn't think before he tweeted Saturday night. After Ole Miss’ loss to Auburn he posted a highly questionably remark about Oxford and the tweet went viral...

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On Sunday, Rivals.com, released this statement via AL.com...

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“Rivals.com maintains strict editorial guidelines, and the Tweet by Geoff Ketchum violated not only our standards, but also the standards of our industry,” said Rivals.com PR manager Sean Hamel. “He has apologized and the Tweet has been removed. In addition, Geoff has been suspended from writing for Rivals.com and OrangeBloods.com and a full editorial review is underway.”

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mylsuhat•114 months

again, people getting butthurt over someone making a joke. so many people must live miserable lives not being able to laugh once and a while.

SwayzeBalla•114 months

A kid snapped his leg. He botched a shitty joke. He looks like a fricking douche.

lsu480•114 months

"The funniest thing about this is it makes no sense. He definitely mean integrated."- He should have used his lack of vocabulary to his advantage and said that people in Oxford were sad when little black and white kids couldn't go to school together.

Hester Carries•114 months

The funniest thing about this is it makes no sense. He definitely mean integrated.

GloverDanny•114 months

@mylsuhat maybe he should say something funny then we all could laugh.

BigGiantCrabAttack•114 months

gay

HailFreezusOver•114 months

He owns orangebloods. .. Anyone else would have already been fired. Just a PR move

Grit-Eating Shin•114 months

That is awesome.

WhiskerBiscuitSlayer•114 months

ketch gonna ketch

genuineLSUtiger•114 months

Eh, truth hurts. Go to hell Ole Miss.

High C•114 months

Truth hurt, downvoters?

denvertiger•114 months

Desegregated would have made more sense than integrated, given the context.

Semantics aside, I though it was kind of funny. And not too far off from the truth.

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