After reading about Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs’ report on Republican candidate for Montana’s congressional seat Greg Gianforte body slamming him after asking a question, it got me thinking: which college football coach would be most likely to body slam a reporter?
Obviously, the coach would have to be hot-headed as well as strong enough to pull off the feat.
Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema is certainly big enough and has never shied away from honesty in press conferences.
Jim Harbaugh? He seems tenacious enough to pull off something like this. Harbaugh told Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take” podcast this week that he couldn’t “live without football” and has been in love with it since his “third day of practice.