our latest arrest

Isn't this Gatewood's second or third run-in with the law?

Dude, get a grip!

busted with A Ross back in 2006.  Dude is just plain stupid & careless.  It continues to amaze me how these guys continually throw away opportunities of a lifetime for the "high" life.

it's a misdemeanor possession charge, not a huge deal.

Longhorn senior safety Tyrell Gatewood was booked into Travis County Jail at 12:36 a.m. Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of possession of a dangerous drug.

He also faces what jail records describe as an “out of county misdemeanor.”

This is the second run-in with the law for the 22-year-old Gatewood in the past year. He was in the car with cornerback Tarell Brown and former linebacker Aaron Harris last year when they were pulled over a before the Ohio State game, resulting in marijuana and gun possession charges.

The charge against Gatewood — a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession — was later dropped when he passed a drug test, but he and Brown were suspended for the Ohio State game.

How about a driver's ed course for football players?  If they are going to do something illegal, you would think they would drive in such a manner as to not draw attention.

I wonder how many times a UT football player has been pulled over and only received a traffic citation or warning.

In Texas, any medication that requires a doctors prescription is considered a "dangerous drug"--so that refers to the xanax and cough syrup with codeine that were found.

I certainly believe in innocent until proven guilty--so we'll have to see what shakes out.  If this is his second offense, he needs to be OFF the team.  Period.  This has gone far beyond ridiculous--all of his teammates deserve better--they deserve to not be distracted and not be refered to as "bong-horns" and "book 'em horns", etc.  These actions epitomize selfishness and lack of regard for others (i.e. teammates) who depend upon him.  I am not talking about depending on him to make plays, etc  but instead from the simple standpoint of not doing things that hurt and bring shame to the team.  This is why it should not matter if he is a "superstar" or not--selfish teammates are only a drag in the end.  Fortunately, from a fan perspective, if he is in fact guilty, him being off the team would not be a huge loss.

So was Wells arrested also.  I've heard here in Dallas no but now the Dallas Morning News is citing Ben Wells was cited for drug paraphernailia and released? Sorry if this was already mentioned I did not see it.

or what?

This nonsense is just going too far. Gatewood is the same knucklehead that got stopped before the tOSU game last year w/ Tarell Brown and Aaron Ross.

This is really getting to the embarrasing point. What in the world can be done if these kids are just going to continue to be stupid? Obviously punishing these other guys (Jones, Melton, etc) with "harsher" penalties is doing nothing.

I won't go so far to accuse any non users on the team with users, but I have a hard time believing these are "isolated incidents". I mean, the cops just don't catch EVERYBODY who uses illegal, drugs y' know. There may possibly be others on the team that just havent gotten caught yet. It's getting to the point where it seems like it is a semi-acceptable part of the team culture, among the players atleast.

The damn team needs to do mandatory drug testing. Loddie Doddie Everybody. And monthly. If you pop hot, you're out for the season. You still have to take part in monthly tests or you lose your scholarship. If you pop hot twice, you're gone for good. Maybe that will deter these idiots. Mack and the staff need to get tougher, this is nonsense.

could these be aggie cops??

I agree if players make repeat offenses no matter how much they contribute then kick them off the team! It's not worth sacrificing the integrity and character of the university and all who associate with it.

But i must say the few times i have been to Austin (i grew up in B/CS yuck, and now im in the Army) the cops are pretty shady.