JUNIOR COLLEGE COACH LIED ABOUT PETERSON DONATION

The situation at Northern Iowa Area Community College has gone from a heartwarming episode to a possible idea for one of the episodes of Michael Strahan’s new sitcom on FOX.On Thursday, word broke that Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and three other unnamed NFL players were putting together roughly $150,000 to save the football program at NIACC.It was a great story, a welcome respite from the endless talk of drunk driving and marijuana possession.And, of course, it wasn’t true.Assistant coach Kevin Griffin admitted Friday that he never actually spoke to Peterson about the situation.“I made a mistake and anything that comes out of this falls on me,” said Griffin. “Nothing ever came out of Adrian’s mouth."“I should have said I’ll try to get the money from him and other people."Griffin joined NIACC on Monday, a day before the school announced that it was canceling the football program.“Now, I’m scrambling to find a job and obviously this bad press is not helping right now,” Griffin said.Did we mention that Kurt Warner is from Iowa?