How Hue Jackson tried to defend hiring Art Briles and created more controversy in the process

What the heck happened here? We break it down.

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. You may have heard about Hue Jackson and Art Briles and some very weird tweets and wondered what’s up with that. We’re here to help.

Art Briles is back coaching college football, with Grambling State hiring the former disgraced Baylor coach as an offensive coordinator.

It’s a decision that has rocked the college football world, and rightfully so. But it was made MUCH worse when the foundation for Grambling head coach Hue Jackson tweeted a statement in support of Briles … and that’s just the beginning.

Let’s explain: