Comrade, It seems to me what is happening with all of these (let's call them "Taggart stories") is the ugly/silly side of college football is now being revealed. Chip Kelly et al. were really good at keeping this kind of stuff out of the public eye. And, as you point out, if one is wining, apparently most folks won't pay much attention in good ol' Oregon or Palo Alto (Stanford). Taggart came from a different part of the country where nobody pays any attention or thinks twice about this kind of stuff.  He learned how and built programs in that "culture". My guess is that Taggart is currently experiencing culture shock and doesn't quite get what all the "controversy" is about.  He brings "new" ways of doing things and sometimes they just don't mesh with many of the homegrown fans and citizens of Oregon. It will be interesting to see if the "Klingon cloaking device" will once again cover the Oregon football program.  Darth Vader headquarters is powerful but the "Force" is good and bad.