A Kentucky fan says Georgia athletic director forced security to confiscate his sign during last night’s basketball game in Athens.
The sign was in support of UK offensive coordinator Eddie Gran.
The fan called into Kentucky Sports Radio to share the story:
“When we came in, they checked our sign, security did. They okayed it coming through. We were very front row underneath the basket where the players come out. A security guy came over, we’d been there about 30 minutes, and said, ‘I’ve gotta confiscate your sign.’ We thought he was joking. We kind of laughed it off. He said, ‘No, I’m sorry.’ I said, ‘Is it offensive?’ He said, ‘I don’t know.’ I said, ‘Do you even know who Eddie Gran is?’ He said, ‘No.’ He said the athletic director told his boss to come get that sign.”
The fan claims the AD sat in his seat and watched as the sign was being taken.
You likely recall last week when Matt Jones of KSR reported that Georgia had offered its offensive coordinator position to Kentucky’s Gran.
Gran supposedly turned down the job offer and decided to stay in Lexington.
Several Georgia folks then claimed that there was no job offer and the report was false.
KSR’s Drew Franklin posted a picture of the sign on Twitter:
The Georgia AD confiscated this “Eddie Gran ❤️s UK” sign from the front row. #HeMad pic.twitter.com/pZqkcX8drt
— Drew Franklin (@DrewFranklinKSR) January 15, 2019
According to Georgia site Dawg Nation; the picture is photo-shopped, no such sign existed and actually zero UK fans attended last night’s game.
