The Lexington Herald-Leader's Mark Story has written an excellent column on Morehead State football coach Matt Ballard's intent to take the field barefoot Saturday afternoon.
The following is an excerpt from the story. Please click the link at the bottom to read then entire column:
"One need not possess the imaginative powers of J.K. Rowling to see why coaching a college football game in late October in Kentucky in one's bare feet seems a bad idea.
Who knows what kind of object that one wouldn't want to step on might be dropped along a sideline?
College football players wear cleats; having one's toes crushed by them sounds remarkably unpleasant.
What if it snows?"
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