{"id":364678,"date":"2025-11-08T14:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/364678\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T14:15:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:15:15","slug":"baylor-ad-mack-rhoades-investigated-over-alleged-sideline-confrontation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/364678\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor AD Mack Rhoades investigated over alleged sideline confrontation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baylor University athletic director Mack Rhoades is being investigated by the school for his potential role in an alleged confrontation with a player, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6788453\/2025\/11\/07\/baylor-cfp-mack-rhoades-sideline-altercation-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to multiple reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rhoades, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/college-football\/breaking-news\/article\/baylor-ad-mack-rhoades-reportedly-investigated-after-allegedly-confronting-player-during-a-game-over-the-color-of-his-undershirt-013543479.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">also a chairperson for the College Football Playoff committee<\/a>, was allegedly upset about the color of Baylor tight end Michael Trigg\u2019s undershirt during a game against Arizona State on Sept. 20. That game, Trigg wore a gold, long-sleeved shirt under his jersey.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic reported that Rhoades grabbed Trigg \u2014 a senior \u2014 by the shirt on the sideline during the first quarter and questioned why he was wearing it, cursing at him in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone else on the team wore dark-colored undershirts for the game. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37609989\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-496446346.jpg\" alt=\"Mack Rhoades has been Baylor Athletic Director since 2016. \" class=\"wp-image-37609989\"  \/>Mack Rhoades has been Baylor Athletic Director since 2016.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Baylor head coach Dave Aranda and tight ends coach Jarrett Anderson later confronted Rhoades \u2014 who has been Baylor\u2019s AD since 2016 \u2014 about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic reported that the exchange was heated and had a lingering impact on Trigg that day.<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, Trigg wore the long shirt to cover a shoulder brace.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37609988\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236505050.jpg\" alt=\"Tight end Michael Trigg celebrates after a touchdown against the Arizona State Sun Devils at McLane Stadium on September 20, 2025 in Waco, Texas. \" class=\"wp-image-37609988\"  \/>Tight end Michael Trigg celebrates after a touchdown against the Arizona State Sun Devils at McLane Stadium on September 20, 2025 in Waco, Texas.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p> Baylor lost the game 27-24 on a last-second field goal.<\/p>\n<p>Trigg had an outstanding game, hauling in five receptions for 71 yards. He had two of Baylor\u2019s three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Trigg has 40 receptions for 607 yards and six touchdowns this season after a second-team All-Big 12 campaign in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Tampa native attended USC in 2021 and transferred to play for Ole Miss in 2022 and 2023 before finding another home at Baylor.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Rhoades made his first television appearance as CFP committee chair on Tuesday to explain the group\u2019s reasoning for this <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/04\/sports\/ohio-state-takes-top-spot-in-first-college-football-playoff-rankings-reveal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">season\u2019s first set of playoff rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s the face of the 11-person committee, making him responsible for being on every playoff reveal show to discuss the rankings, Yahoo reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baylor University athletic director Mack Rhoades is being investigated by the school for his potential role in an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":364679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3917,1428,1361,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-364678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-baylor-bears","9":"tag-college-football","10":"tag-college-football-playoff","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115514502600973364","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}