Jean- Francois's Comment on Tim Tebow

A few people have asked me about Ricky Jean- Francois's comment on Tim Tebow. ESPN (that should a hint right there) reported that the junior defensive lineman said if the LSU defense gets a shot at Tebow that they would take him out of the game. The report came out of Orlando, FL, which raised my eyebrow. Here is his actually quote,

“If we get a good shot on (Tebow), we’re going to try our best to take him out of the game. With his size and his heart, it’s hard to get a clean shot.”

ESPN and others took it as injury the Heisman Winner then later yesterday Jean-Francois released this statement.

“We never go into any football game trying to hurt a player from the other team,”

“My comments in regard to Florida quarterback Tim Tebow were misinterpreted and were intended to reflect the style of football that we play at LSU. We have great respect for Tim as player and a competitor. By taking him out of the game, I meant as a defense we are going to try to make him ineffective. I’m sorry that my initial comments were interpreted another way.”

Hope that cleared some things up.
ESPN's still uncorrected Story
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3630858

2theadvocate's story with the quotes
http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/30610794.html