SEC a haven for Criminals? Check out Wazzu!

[fromthetop2]

A common refrain among the non-SEC BCS members is that the SEC is a haven for lawless football players.

 

Well, we don't get much news from the rest of the country, but check out the situation at Washington State (particularly the last quote!)

 

TOUGH TIMES FOR NEW WSU COACH

 

Six months ago, the mood was festive in Pullman when Paul Wulff returned to his alma mater to resuscitate the Washington State football program. But bubbling beneath the surface were off-the-field problems that would combine to make a tough job even tougher. Before coaching his first game, Wulff must deal with players arrested and scholarships lost. Wulff is paying for the past -- for academic casualties under previous coach Bill Doba and for Doba's failure to hold players accountable for problems off the field. In the past 18 months, at least 25 players have been arrested or charged with offenses that carry possible jail time, court records show. Most were charged with misdemeanors such as underage drinking or possession of marijuana. Thirteen had been arrested or charged before. This year, one player faced felony charges after hitting a man on the head with a frying pan. Another tried to hurt a teammate by soaking his contact lenses in rubbing alcohol. A third was accused of punching a student, knocking him unconscious and fracturing his cheekbone. Wulff has two problems, and fixing one could compound the other. If he kicks a wayward player off the team, that could hurt WSU under the NCAA's academic guidelines -- and possibly cost the Cougars another scholarship. Wulff's challenges hardly end there. Like all WSU coaches before, he must sell recruits on the merits of isolated Pullman -- population 27,030. He must counter the take of Courtney Williams, an ex-defensive back from Los Angeles who left with academic problems. "WSU is a hard school to go to, man," Williams says. "You ain't got nothin' to do but get drunk and smoke weed, and not go to class because you're too tired from doing what you're doing."

[muffin]

Bama lost 2 or 3 playes that were kicked off the team this week.

[wingman10]

Saban needs to get control of the team.

[noonesfool]

Don't forget Colorado, terrible situation that busted 2 head coaches couple of decades apart.

[rappy]

It looks like SEC is a haven for lawyers and subpoenas.

[fromthetop2]

I watched the "Outside the Lines" piece this past weekend on Penn State.

They have an absolutley incredible number of football players arrested and convicted of crimes sine 2002.

 

Of course, Joe Pa was oblivious, clueless, and defensive. He claimed there was a media "witch hunt" going on.

There were no problems, no patterns of bad behavior, no basis for the story. Talk about being out of touch!

 

Penn State apparently is earning their nickname as "State Penn."

 

Questions, will Georgia have enough players to play the first few games of the season? Does the QB position at KY fall to the person with the shortest rap sheet?

[bellgo]

I may not like UGA and don't think they deserve to be preseason #1, but I don't what's going on there. I thought that Mark Richt would have better control of his players. Also, don't forget about Florida State (aka Free Scores University).