COLLEGE STATION – The Houston Chronicle has obtained video that appears to dispute LSU assistant Steve Kragthorpe’s version of a post-game fight with A&M undergraduate student manager Cole Fisher, nephew of A&M coach Jimbo Fisher.

Cole Fisher appears to simply shove Kragthorpe and not punch him, as Kragthorpe has asserted. Also, video shows LSU safety John Battle punching Cole Fisher in the postgame melee.

A&M had just defeated LSU 74-72 in seven overtimes late Saturday night at Kyle Field.

A&M receivers coach Dameyune Craig, who had been fired by LSU coach Ed Orgeron following the 2016 season, was hollering at the LSU coaching staff on the field afterward when Kragthorpe told Craig, whom he knows, to cut it out and move along, according to the Lafayette Daily Advertiser.

Zwerneman sounds a little like Zapruder, right? I’ve acquired video disputing Steve Kragthorpe’s version of postgame fight — he was shoved by Cole Fisher, not punched. More to come, including LSU safety John Battle punching Cole Fisher while Fisher & Kevin Faulk trade blows: pic.twitter.com/pzzjJ3P2P1 — Brent Zwerneman (@BrentZwerneman) November 27, 2018

Here is LSU safety John Battle punching Cole Fisher, while Fisher and LSU staffer Kevin Faulk trade blows following Cole Fisher shoving Steve Kragthorpe: pic.twitter.com/LmJirD7POY — Brent Zwerneman (@BrentZwerneman) November 27, 2018

“Out of nowhere, I got nailed,” Kragthorpe told the Advertiser of what he said was a sucker punch from an assailant wearing an A&M shirt and sporting a sideline credential. “I didn’t go down, but I clutched over. I was like, ‘Damn, he got me right in my pacemaker.’ Then it started fluttering like he jostled it.”

Kragthorpe, 53, is a former A&M offensive coordinator who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2011 and has stayed on with the LSU program as an offensive analyst while fighting the ailment.

Jimbo Fisher issued a statement Monday evening.

"We have continued to look into an unfortunate postgame incident following a hard-fought, emotional game against LSU at Kyle Field on Saturday," the statement said. "As a part of that review, I, along with Texas A&M administration, LSU and the SEC office, have been examining video of the incident as well as statements from relevant parties. I want to assure everyone that the matter has been addressed internally with my staff members, and we will continue to demand that our program conduct itself in a manner that meets the values and expectations of this great university. We look forward to continuing our season at a bowl destination."

In addition, A&M police issued a report concerning Kragthorpe.

" ... The victim ... initially said he was hit but later retracted the statement," the report read. "He said he was not struck and did not want to press charges, nor would he offer any details about the incident. The officer asked the man if he needed to call a paramedic and be examined; the man declined medical attention."



The incident also involved LSU director of player development Kevin Faulk. He told the Advertiser he was coming to Kragthorpe’s defense in briefly trading blows with Cole Fisher on the field in a large group, including some A&M fans who had rushed the field in celebration afterward.

Kragthorpe told Glenn Guilbeau of the Advertiser on Sunday, “I feel OK, but not as good as I was. I felt like he tore something in there. I will be seeing my neurologist in Baton Rouge on Monday.”