Wiedmer: UTC should have told the truth

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Every University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football fan would likely agree that a lot went wrong from opening whistle to final horn in the Mocs’ 31-21 loss to UT-Martin 12 days ago.

But the biggest wrong may have been committed in the minutes immediately after that defeat, when UTC coach Russ Huesman was asked why an expected starter never saw the field against the Skyhawks.

“[He] had a hamstring [injury],” Huesman replied. “They told us, ‘Only in an emergency.’ So, I hope he’s better. We dressed a couple of guys today for emergency purposes and, really, he couldn’t run. He would have been an emergency [position player] if we needed him.”

Later, when John Frierson — who covers the Mocs for this newspaper — told the coach that he’d heard the player in question had been suspended, Huesman said, “Where would you hear that?”