CBS Sports Piece on Hendon Hooker

Article: Hendon Hooker's perseverance leading revival of Tennessee football as family proudly watches on

Really Happy for HH, but reading this piece makes you sick as a VT fan:

Then there was the heart issue before the season. A procedure ultimately revealed there was nothing wrong, but Hooker and his father blame medication from the procedure staying in the quarterback's system creating an embarrassing episode three months later.

Hooker was shown shaking and almost convulsing on the sideline during a December game against Clemson. When asked about his player after the game, Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente said his quarterback was "cold." The game time temperature was 37 degrees. Hooker said the medicine they'd used during the scope of his heart had "reactivated."

"You're sitting on the sidelines so long with no movement," Hooker recalled. "You're on the top of the mountain [at Virginia Tech]. There's no heat on the sidelines. You try to do some jumping jacks. All the sudden, my body just starts to shake.

"My teeth are chattering. I see my fingernails turning blue. What in the world? This is crazy! To come back in the next day [and see] my coach told the media I was just cold was hurtful. I didn't know what to say."

In that game, Hooker completed one pass, fumbled a snap and never play another down at Virginia Tech. The Hokies went with Braxton Burmeister to finish the season. It became clear there was no future for him there.

"I grew up in Blacksburg," Hooker said figuratively. "A lot of my friends from home came because I was there already. I tried to handle it professionally. ... I jumped in the [transfer] portal a couple of days later. I remember coming in to tell Coach Fuente about it. It brought tears to my eyes because I really enjoyed being there."

Sooo many questions here - how do we not have heaters on the sideline?! How do we let someone who WANTED to be here so badly go?

I guess this part made it a little bit better?

[Hooker's Father] Alan told CBS Sports his son ended up texting his old coach last year to wish him Merry Christmas.

"There are no hard feelings there. Coach Fuente responded back, 'Hey Hendon, you had a great year. I enjoyed watching you,'" Alan shared.

Anyways, I try to avoid shitting on Fuente since we've moved on, but seeing this... fuckin a man