LSU coach hits pacemaker after frantic defeat

This one is a real broken heart.

An offensive analyst for LSU is about to be reevaluated after losing his pacemaker following the terrible loss of 74-72 of the Texas Tigers A & M, number 22, after seven strenuous overtime on Saturday. 53-year-old Steve Kragthorpe said he was wearing a gibbering credo from the Aggies sideline after the seven-run marathon that helped the NCAA break records.

"Out of nowhere, I got myself," Kragthorpe told the Lafayette Daily Advertiser. "I did not go down, but I clutched. I thought, "Damn it, he put me in my pacemaker." Then he started flapping his wings as he jostled her. "

Images of the scrum published on social media showed a wild scene after the match. We see members of both teams jostling each other frantically as a photographer tries to capture the scrum, which has quickly dissipated – but not until Kragthorpe is hit with a shot in the chest, did he declare.

This prompted LSU's Director of Player Development, Kevin Faulk, to take on the man who had adorned Kragthorpe, whose identity was not confirmed by the officials Texas A & M, according to the newspaper.

"I feel good, but not as good as me," said Kragthorpe. "I had the impression that he had torn something inside. I'm going to see my neurologist in Baton Rouge on Monday. "

Kragthorpe, who was assessed by the Texas A & M team doctor and emergency responders at the match, said he did not want to press charges against the man who assaulted him.

"I do not want to continue," he told the newspaper. "It's one of those things that's happening in the heat of the moment."

Messages from the Texas A & M Sports Department, including Sports Director Scott Woodward, soliciting The Post's comments, were not immediately sent back early Monday. Kragthorpe said that the university could be held responsible if his pacemaker – which had been placed in the chest last year to stimulate brain activity following the diagnosis of his Parkinson's disease in 2011 – had been damaged during the aggression.

"I did not appreciate receiving a stimulator," he said. "I do not feel good right now. I have no idea who this guy is. But he was wearing an A & M shirt and I think I saw him making signals during the game. He was accredited, so A & M should know who he is. "

Cole Fisher, a nephew of Jimbo Fisher, coach at Aggies, was identified by many sources as being the man who had hit Kragthorpe, reports the Times-Picayune. Jimbo Fisher, meanwhile, said he was unaware of the incident at a press conference after the match, but the school's director of sports information confirmed that team had an undergraduate student leader named Cole Fisher.

Faulk confirmed that he went into action after seeing Kragthorpe, a former head coach in Tulsa and Louisville, get hit in the chest as things "cleared" after the epic confrontation at College Station.

"But I behaved as if my parents had brought me up," the NFL's previous running back told the newspaper. "That guy hit Coach Kragthorpe in the chest. I just intervene. It's just happened. I prefer to talk about the game. It's one of the best games I play. "

Kragthorpe said the skirmish had begun when Texas A & M coach-receiver, Dameyune Craig, had begun to "speak insultingly and scream and shout heaps of bullshit" after the victory. Aggies.

"I went to Dameyune and I said," Hey, Dameyune, get out of here. You won. You do not need to do that. Come on, 'Kragthorpe remembered. "And that's when I was hit. I mean, I'm nailed. He was a young man. I am 53 years old. I will not fight him. I have Parkinson's disease, but even if it was not, I have not fought since high school.

LSU contacted the Southeast Conference officials about the incident, confirmed Deputy Director Robert Munson, deputy director of sports.

Kragthorpe, meanwhile, said he was upset by the fact that the record of 146 points had been broken by the fight.

"What happened will put an asterisk on what was one of the biggest football matches in the history of football," Kragthorpe told the Lafayette Daily Advertiser. "A game we will talk about in the next 10 years. It was like a Roman gladiator thing. It was a fight to the death.