TENN Star Freshm3n (yes 3) accused of armed robery

by Wrangler86 on Nov 12, 2009 8:50 PM CST

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4647094

"Safety Janzen Jackson and receiver Nu'Keese Richardson, two of coach Lane Kiffin's most prized signees from his first recruiting class, were among three Tennessee football players arrested early Thursday morning in Knoxville on charges of attempted armed robbery."

The third player arrested is also a freshman, defensive back Mike Edwards. It was not immediately clear if the players have attorneys.

Kiffin's recruits appear to be living up to his standards. He is going to make Stoops look like he recruits kids of character when he is done. This is another example of not knowing, properly assessing, or caring about the character of the kids you recruit. Of course, these guys are innocent until proven guilty. But, sounds bad.

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Do I really have to remind everyone?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Texas_Longhorns_football_suspensions

by Kwix on Nov 13, 2009 6:07 AM CST reply actions

I think we're all well aware

But one thing you notice a lot of in that wikipedia entry is the phrase “suspended indefinitely.” In addition, most of those guys didn’t suit up for the Horns after their incidents. And, obviously, Mack changed his recruiting philosophy after that summer to go after less players of lower moral character.

We’ll have to see what Kiffin does to these guys, especially considering 2 of them were top notch recruits. Hopefully they never put on a Tennessee jersey, but we’ll see.

by BigTexBD on Nov 13, 2009 8:42 AM CST up reply actions

Oh, please. Yes, that was a bad year. Consider the number of Brown problem players vs. TN, or other SEC schools… I’ll take Brown’s record and his handling of the problems over Kiffin (and Fulmer before), Meyer, Bowden… any day.

by dimecoverage on Nov 13, 2009 9:21 AM CST up reply actions

The Fulmer Cup lives on in Phil's absence. nt

Get off your knees Greg, you're blowin' the game.

by kriess on Nov 13, 2009 6:13 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

Nothing gets better than this

I dont know how to copy and paste the actual video(gif?) on this website, but this is truly amazing.

http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2009/11/12/tennessee-volunteers-display-real-firepower/

h/t to LSUFreak from EDSBS.com

Get off your knees Greg, you're blowin' the game.

by kriess on Nov 13, 2009 6:15 AM CST reply actions

whoops...

LSUfreek, not freak

Get off your knees Greg, you're blowin' the game.

by kriess on Nov 13, 2009 6:16 AM CST up reply actions

dude, that is awesome

by longhorn_dan on Nov 13, 2009 5:00 PM CST up reply actions

Victim that was being held-up by the 3 TU players...

wants them to still be able to play.

http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/128013-victim-arrested-vols-should-play?eref=fromSI

ATX

by Atownatx on Nov 13, 2009 9:50 AM CST reply actions

now thats a fan. nt

Get off your knees Greg, you're blowin' the game.

by kriess on Nov 13, 2009 9:57 AM CST up reply actions

It's good it wasn't at Florida

Urban Meyer would have to suspend them for half a game.

by billb on Nov 13, 2009 10:10 AM CST reply actions

Now, give Meyer some credit...

For armed robbery I’m sure he would make them sit out an entire game.

by dimecoverage on Nov 13, 2009 10:28 AM CST up reply actions

Only if its Vandy or FIU...if it were LSU or Bama they might just not start the game. nt

by Rickyspub on Nov 13, 2009 12:18 PM CST up reply actions

in both cases

1) Florida guy tries to blind Georgia guy – the Georgia guy thinks the Florida guy should not have been suspended.
2) The dude that the Vols held up doesn’t think they should have to miss any time on the field.

Shouldn’t the victims have some say in how these morons are punished? I know it’s crazy, but maybe these guys don’t need to be punished. They were able to choose victims of equal moronitude.

by longhorn_dan on Nov 13, 2009 5:08 PM CST reply actions

"Y'know, I'd rather be mugged than watch Tennessee have minimal contributions that might lead to yet another loss."

In all seriousness, though, victims shouldn’t have any say in how state or district attorneys prosecute criminal cases. The prosecution should aim to stop repeats of future crimes, and they can’t do that if the criminals walk because the victim was an idiotic fan.

But I do think victims in some of these athlete cases might fear retribution if they push to throw the book at the offending parties.

by burntorangehorn on Nov 13, 2009 6:37 PM CST up reply actions