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LSU could be an SEC champion without a coach

As of Thursday, the fight for the SEC men’s regular season champion has been officially overshadowed by an FBI wiretap.

Yahoo Sports reported that the FBI intercepted a phone call between LSU coach Will Wade and middleman Christian Dawkins in which Wade discusses a recruiting “offer” he had made to then Louisiana high school star Javonte Smart.

“I was thinking last night on this Smart thing,” Wade tells Dawkins, according to Yahoo. “I’ll be honest with you, I’m (expletive) tired of dealing with the thing. Like I’m just (expletive) sick of dealing with the (expletive).