If you remember a few weeks ago, statprof posted a fanshot regarding South Florida coach, Jim Leavitt, firing up his team at halftime against Louisville by beating himself up.  According to a recent ESPN article, Jim Leavitt might not be the only person Jim Leavitt beat up (I personally like to picture a Fight Club-esque scene, but I digress...)

Citing the player's father, high school coach and five USF players who were not identified, AOL FanHouse reported Monday that Leavitt grabbed Joel Miller by the throat and hit him in the face twice because he was upset about a mistake the sophomore walk-on made on special teams.

Yikes.  Is Jim Leavitt, South Florida's first-ever football coach, the Mark Mangino of the Big East?  They did coach together at Kansas State apparently...

Turns out Miller's father backtracked on the accusations after Joel and Leavitt met, saying that the alleged slap/choke/spinning-backfist-of-despair was nothing more than a friendly pad grab (no homo).

The school still intends on looking into the matter, but given that the player and his father are retracting their statements, I can't see how anything will really come of the investigation.  Nonetheless, an important question must be raised...