I have mixed feelings about this...
Should he have done it? No. But once you do it, fuck it, just make sure you back it up...
Yeah, I can go with that. I didn't necessarily ever have a problem with him saying it. It was just going to be one of those things like when one of yall's players mentioned in an article that AU should beat Alabama by a good number of points in the 08 Iron Bowl, things like that. Its all part of the rivalry, just back it up by whipping some ass on the field.
I think that he realized that this may hurt him along the recruiting process or something, and decided to apologize and clear the air. Not that big of a deal to begin with, if you ask me. I wouldn't have wanted one of our recruits calling out Chizik or anything, but I don't think its anything to drag their names through the mud for either.