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Former Utah Utes wide receiver Steve Smith Sr. was the guest picker on College GameDay and Smith is known to give his opinion about things, whether he is asked or not, USA TODAY Sports' Scooby Axson writes for this week's college football grades.

It was pretty tame until the picks got to Clemson’s contest with North Carolina State and Smith chimed in with this ditty about the game.

"Clemson has been struggling and they are not the Clemson we’ve loved over the years. But NC State, unfortunately, they’re waiting for basketball to start," he said, which of course brought chuckles from the esteemed GameDay panelists.

NC State coach Dave Doeren apparently heard this quip and was all in his feelings on Saturday morning.

So, after the Wolfpack dispatched Clemson 24-17, Doeren was interviewed on the field and was asked about his team.

"Heart, spirit, love, perseverance, grit. All the stuff our world needs," Doeren said. "And tell Steve Smith in the studio this ain't a basketball school. He can kiss my ass."

Doeren should have known he was going to get roasted for those ignorant comments,. But then again, the man was asked about his team, not what Smith had to say about his team. 

Doeren does make $5 million a year, so it seems that entitles him to whine when he sees fit and to point any criticisms to his rich derrière. 

Nevermind, that Kirk Herbstreit and Pat McAfee also picked the Tigers to roll to victory, is Doeren going to point them in the direction of his rear end, too?

Cry me a river: Grade = F-

View all the grades for this week by going to the 🔗 in our bio

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