Refresh my memory please...what did he do to Kyle Trask?
I remember him twisting on a foot but I thought that was to FF.
After Trask replaced FF in the UK game, there was a pile up near the goal line and the camera caught Daniel actively trying to twist Trask's ankle in order to intentionally injure him (ala Darnell Dockett on Earnest Graham). Thankfully a ref was standing right there (didn't call anything though, of course) so Daniel quit twisting before he could inflict any serious damage. When Tate Casey reported the incident after the game, Daniel vehemently denied it saying his hand was just trapped under a lineman's foot. Then new footage came out showing that was total BS as evidenced by
this article from a UK writer.
Eventually, Mark Stoops somewhat intervened and suspended him for a quarter against Mississippi State which was pretty lame. It was much more lame by far that the SEC did nothing to intervene despite clear evidence of an intentional attempt to injure another player well after the play was over.
Ultimately the classless act coupled with the bold faced lies denying it must have been eating at Daniel ever since prompting him to this apology. Unfortunately, most people in this day and age never have the guts to stand up and take ownership of a mistake like this especially when they've already more or less gotten away with it. For that reason I give the guy props for using the opportunity on a national TV forum to try and make it right especially when he didn't really have to.
