Texas lineman Burnette booted for racist Obama Facebook rant

[Blue_Tires]

Offensive lineman Buck Burnette is no longer on Texas' roster, and his Facebook page no longer exists. He was booted from the team Wednesday, and this is why:

Buck Burnette's dismissal is the result of him posting to his Facebook page an extremely immature, intolerant, and hateful remark about President-Elect Barack Obama. Upon learning of what he posted, Mack Brown dismissed him from the team.

I have a tip and an alleged quote on the vile remark -- involving hunters and racial epithets that I can't reprint -- but nothing that absolutely confirms the exact wording. There's no question about the sentiment, though. Burnette wasn't booted from the team based on idle speculation, and the latest status update before his profile went down (above) includes an apology that leaves no doubt about the nature of Buck's initial reaction to the thought of President Obama:

Clearly I have made a mistake and apologized for it and will pay for it. I received it as a text message from an acquaintance and immaturely put it up on facebook in the light of the election. Im not racist and apologize for offending you. I grew up on a ranch in a small town where that was a real thing and I need to grow up. I sincerely am sorry for being ignorant in thinking that it would be ok to write that publicly and apologize to you in particular. I have to be more mature than to put the reputation of my team at stake and to spread that kind of hate which I dont even believe in. Once again, I sincerely apologize.

He has indeed paid, with his position and possibly his scholarship. And the Longhorns will pay, too: The depth chart on the offensive line is looking pretty precarious. But they had no choice. Thanks to Buck, schools are one giant step closer to banning athletes from Facebook altogether, at least until they stop flashing cash, making homicidal threats and calling the future president horrible names.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Texas-lineman-Burnette-booted-for-racist-Obama-F?urn=ncaaf,120197

[SoxFan]

1. Should've worried more about Texas Tech's defensive front

Dochenozzle

[TTUBatfan2008]

2. BWHAHAHAHA!

As a Tech grad and fan, I appreciate that you watched the game last week. :) We have another huge game this week against yet another top 10 team, Oklahoma State.

[SoxFan]

3. I love to watch Texas Tech

They're an exciting team that puts on an offensive show every week. usually, those of us in the Boston market have to watch a dreary Big Ten matchup that ends up with a score of 13-6. It was fun to actually watch a team that can, you know, throw the damn ball!

[opihimoimoi]

4. The Miricle Reception Touchdow will go down in college History

Ya never give up...good shit happens too/// and it did...whad a win...congrats

[opihimoimoi]

5. dupe

[TTUBatfan2008]

7. Yeah, the Big 10 is pretty boring...

I will say that we actually managed to screw up in that game against UT. It should have been a blowout. We had several crucial mistakes that kept points off the board, as well as a couple of awful calls (refs picked up a flag on a blatant block in the back when UT scored on a punt return, and then the refs called an offensive pass interference on Crabtree even though the guy fell down on his own accord when we were on the UT 8 yard line...cost us a TD). Nevertheless, we found a way to win! Now hopefully we can do it again this week against a great OSU team and, with help from LSU against Bama, we will be #1 in the country for the first time ever. :)

[PBS Poll-435]

6. If he was looking for attention, he should have pulled a "Chris Cooley."

[JeffR]

8. Putting the "offensive" in "offensive lineman"

:think:

[Teaser]

9. Good. fuck him.

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