Second thoughts

himself into all issues, often in inflammatory ways, and whose togo retort when things don’t look so good for him is #fakenews.

“Sports used to be a great unifying force for our country. Now, not so much. Maybe Trump can add that to his list of accomplishments.

“By the way, didn’t Trump take a knee too when he received his draft notice?

“Happy Sunday Funday everybody.”

Helmet, please

Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times says it might be time for football to do like baseball and put its coaches in uniforms, too — helmets, pads and all.

In the case of Hawaii linebackers coach Sean Duggan, it might have kept him out of the hospital.

Duggan suffered a dislocated elbow and broken wrist after an ill-fated celebratory leap into O-lineman Viane Moala, who was returning to the sideline after a blocked kick vs. Western Carolina on Sept. 2 in Honolulu.

“You advise against chest-bumping a 6-foot-7, 300-pound Tongan,” Hawaii coach Nick Rolovich told Hawaii News

Now. “That’s just, as a new haole guy to the island, that’s just not something you should make a habit of. It’s a hard lesson to learn, but he’ll get through it.”

Missouri’s misery

The Missouri Tigers have been outscored 117-30 in three home games since an unimpressive 7243 victory over middling FCS foe Missouri State in the opener.

The Tigers are last in the SEC defense, are minus-8 in turnover margin in their past three games and lead the nation in fans heading to the exits before halftime.

“It’s unfortunate that we again get into a situation where we were minus four in the turnover margin, gave up explosive plays on defense and didn’t sustain drives offensively,” Coach Barry Odom said after Saturday night’s 51-14 loss to Auburn. “For us, right now that’s who we are.”

And that’s not good.

AP/CHRIS CARLSON Members of the Kansas City Chiefs sit in protest during the national anthem before Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers. Protests against comments made by President Donald Trump spread throughout the league.