George Toma, the head groundskeeper for Glendale, Arizona’s State Farm Field, finally addressed questions about the field from Super Bowl Sunday. He essentially blamed it on NFL Field Director Ed Mangan.

“So, what he [NFL field director Magnan] does, he waters the hell out of it and puts it right into the stadium and that’s it,” Toma told ESPN. “Never sees sunlight again. He can’t do that.”

“He sanded it two weeks too late,” Toma continued. “He had only one sanding. He should have had two or three sandings, but he didn’t do sh**. And that was it. And not only that, he didn’t take care of it. He wouldn’t listen to anybody.”

[When you’re 94 years old, you don’t fear much. Toma has been handling playing fields longer than Magnan has been alive, and he’s not at all shy about making sure the NFL and everyone else knows it. According to Toma (click the link and read more), the field had started to rot before game time. And everyone who watched the game saw the results. — Ed]