Travis' piece would be more convincing if he didn't believe (despite the target's affidavit otherwise) that the mooning wasn't directed at another player, but at the trainer.

The mooning of another player narrative came up when the trainer tried to get it to blow over. Manning repeated a version of it in his book.

As to the question of to whom Manning wanted to show his ass, Malcolm Saxon, a track and field athlete who was in the room during the incident, wrote a letter to Manning to say that no, he was not the intended moon-ee (as Manning had written in his book), imploring him to “maintain some dignity and admit to what happened… Your celebrity doesn’t mean you can treat folks that way… Do the right thing here.”
It would also be more believable if Travis could explain why a simple mooning incident cost the University $300,000 to settle (from the Daily Beast article linked), why Maning sought to trash her reputation and why he had to pay her again in 2003 and might have had to pay her again in 2005 (don't have any details other than another lawsuit was filed due to an appearance on ESPN).

I have seen a LOT of mooning in my life (probably more than is responsibly admitted). It cost no one dining privileges and north of $300,000. And two lawsuits.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...x-scandal.html