Antoine Wright Not Really Trying To Learn About Chickens

"To be honest with you, I think I got more of an education in high school."
-Antoine Wright

Please enjoy your three-seed, Texas A&M, because if the NCAA is awake even a little bit you're about to get the hammer. On HBO's Costas Now last night, former A&M basketball star Antoine Wright dropped a bomb on his "alma mater" -- scare quotes very much warranted -- in an interview with Bob Costas. You can see the video for yourself at Bevo Sports.

Wright detailed an academic career spent in classes like "Floral Design" and "Poultry Science" featuring "a quarterback, me, a running back, and a farmer." Bevo Sports points out that the two players from A&M on this year's Academic All-Big 12 team earned that distinction by getting a great GPA in "Agricultural Leadership And Development," a major Wright has called out as mostly fictional. A&M football stars and scrubs alike -- like Reggie McNeal, Kellen Heard, and Courtney Lewis -- seem to develop a robust interest in raising livestock once they matriculate at A&M.

Or maybe not: in the interview, Wright repeatedly states that he "just had to get a grade now" and that "we're not really trying to learn about chickens." Most damningly, he describes organized cheating from old exams. Maybe we should focus less on how many recruits fail out and more on how many recruits miraculously don't.