College Football wouldn't be in the air without those pre-season polls, media guides, sports talk shows and of course, arrests.
What? Arrests? You guessed it. At both Tennessee and Georgia, the police blotters are in full swing.
This past week up in Knoxville, several Tennessee football players were involved in a bar fight in which a police officer was knocked unconcious. Freshman Wr Da'Rick Rogers, one of the top HS Wide Receivers in the country from Calhoun, GA, was arrested for Disorderly Conduct. His teammate, fellow Georgia native and Sophomore Darren Miles Jr., a Safety from Atlanta, was charged with assault, resisting arrest and evading arrest. Rogers chose Tennessee over Georgia at the last minute during signing day last February.
The arrest bug has visited Athens as well. A week after former UGa athletic Director Damen Evans was arrested for Drunk Driving, which led to his subsequent resignation, UGA Sophomore Tailback Dontavius Jackson and starting Split End Tavarres King were both arrested. Jackson was arested for DUI, leaving the scene of an accident and other motor vehicle charges. King was arrested for under age possesion of alcohol. This all happened at around 3 a.m. Saturday morning.
I heard some sports talk pundit say that if your football program has players geting in trouble with the law, your program, as far as winning on the field, is in good shape. Does this mean that breaking the law translates to making plays on the field? Of course not! Why weren't these guys on curfew? As the old saying goes: Nothing good happens after midnight. As for Darren Miles Jr., this was his second offense and he has been kicked off the team. It's a shame. I've actually met Darren Miles Jr. along with his father. I waited on them at my job at a Men's clothing store in Atlanta. They seemed like nice people.
I guess this is just the norm. Boys will be boys , so they say. Well, Darren, Da"Rick, Dontavius and Tavarres, welcome to Idiot University.
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