Bob Stoops suspended wide receiver Jaz Reynolds “indefinitely” today for a couple of posts on Twitter that were not nearly as funny as the young man probably thought they were before he hit the send button.

A computer engineering major from Houston, Reynolds posted this on his Twitter accounts:

“Hey everyone in Austin, tx… kill yourself #evillaugh.”

He dug his hole a little deeper a bit later with this one:

“Everyone in austin, tx disregard that last tweet… y’all will mess around n do it lmao.”

I think we are too sensitive to things and not every little joke warrants disciplinary reaction, but I understand the Sooners’ move on this.

This one is still a tough one though, because I think Reynolds is being suspended more for being on Twitter and not being an important player than for what he said.

You think if Reynolds had said that in the locker room Stoops would have dropped the hammer on him? If Reynolds, who hasn’t played yet this season, were a starter and leading the team in receptions would the same discipline have been handed down?

I doubt it.

But that’s as much his fault as anyone else’s.

Reynolds was suspended for a game earlier this season for academic reasons. He didn’t have much room for error and he was silly enough to test the system with his childish comment.

Applaud OU for taking swift, definitive action, even if it is perhaps a reaction to the offense only because it was made publicly.

Stoops says the tweets were insensitive.

“Our rivalry with Texas will not come at the expense of dignity and respect,” Stoops said in a statement.

Dignity and respect? Where has Stoops been? Those buses left town years ago in this rivalry.

My guess is OU coaches have said far worse things about people at Texas than what Reynolds tweeted.

The lesson here, is be careful what you say when the whole world might be listening.

I guess you have to learn sometime.