This should blow Junior’s street cred through the roof.
Those are some of the crown jewels from his last recruiting class, too.
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UPDATE: I guess this FanPost at Rocky Top Talk is due a new entry or two. Nice header, though.
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UPDATE #2: Nice catch by Matt Hinton – “As of roughly 2 a.m. today, though — just hours after boasting about the Vols’ perfectly clean arrest record since his arrival…”
Orgeron deals a lot with team discipline. “We’ve had zero arrests in now 11 months here.”
If Junior’s not responsible, is it still part of the plan?
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UPDATE: #3: Now that I think about it, this joke was inevitable. (h/t Groo)
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UPDATE #4: Leave it to Bruce Feldman to tie the perfect bow on the box.
… It’s bad all around for UT. The fact that this all happened as a gas station, and involved Nuke Richardson is surreal considering it ties together two of Kiffin’s biggest off-season rants (South Carolina/Alshon Jeffrey and Florida.} It’s like Curb Your Enthusism meets Cops.
43 Comments
November 12, 2009 at 8:58 am
this season, i confess to a greater enthusiasm for schadenfreude.
November 12, 2009 at 9:39 am
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again … ain’t no freude like schadenfreude.
November 12, 2009 at 9:02 am
Looks like possible transfers to FSU.
November 12, 2009 at 9:06 am
I have a cousin who is a Gator fan and had two e-mails alerting me to this already. The Gators are giddy about it because they wanted Nu’Keese, didn’t get him, and now feel like they dodged a pellet (pun intended). It would have been better if the hoodies were creamsicle orange. Although, maybe the hoodies were part of the Halloween black uniforms…
Seriously, I saw the headline and thought maybe the story is going to be that the ‘victims’ were friends who had taken something from the players, and they were just trying to get it back. But, the article just makes it sound like random thuggery. I don’t see how they can avoid jail/remain with the program, and that is even allowing for the fact that this is the UT program we are talking about.
At least they had the good sense not to be riding scooters in the process.
November 12, 2009 at 9:28 am
“At least they had the good sense not to be riding scooters in the process.”
They were in a Prius. Really any difference?
November 12, 2009 at 9:29 am
If the Prius don’t fit, you got to acquit.
Prius – the vehicle preferred by three out of three Vol players for its silent getaway capabilities.
Does the false imprisonment of Nu’Keese constitute a breach of the Pahokee Peace Treaty?
And the identity of Knoxville’s version of Johnny Hog Johnson is…?
November 12, 2009 at 9:32 am
The answer is on Fulmer’s Rolodex. You wonder if UT kept it in the divorce.
November 12, 2009 at 9:41 am
What do you expect from an ass-backward place like Pahokee, where they barely have fax machines?
November 12, 2009 at 9:51 am
Looks like a half game suspension for these three.
November 12, 2009 at 10:46 am
No. They’ll go to Jr. and voluntarily increase it to a full game.
November 12, 2009 at 9:50 am
My early prediction is that Lame will
(1) state that they are suspended pending further investigation
(2) offer some dull platitudes about “innocent til proven guilty” and that we must “let the justice system do their job”
(3) Eventually soft pedal the crime by pointing out that it was a pellet gun and they never intended to harm anyone.
Make no mistake this is a serious crime. My wife had her purse snatched a few years back and I can say that from her perspective, when a stranger crosses that line and is in your space with bad intentions, your animal instincts assumes worst case scenario. Pellet gun or not, the victim in this incident might well have thought death was imminent. That is why these guys should be prosecuted and thrown in the clink. Mopeds or not.
November 12, 2009 at 9:53 am
ESPN reporting that one player failed a drug test earlier in the season and there was WEED (hard to believe) in the car, but it was found, of course, on their designated driver, Bonnie.
November 12, 2009 at 9:59 am
Corch Myers wants to know if it’s against NCAA regulations to text a player while he’s incarcerated?
November 12, 2009 at 10:17 am
Only during the quiet period…
November 12, 2009 at 10:17 am
Wild Boys?
November 12, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Wild Boyz!
November 12, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Wylde Boyz?
November 12, 2009 at 10:17 am
I recognize Nu’Keese, but not the other players.
Might be good to have a quick Scout, Inc recap on the recruits out of HS
November 12, 2009 at 10:18 am
Jackson’s the best of the three. He’s the five-star safety they took from LSU who’s been touted as “the next Berry”.
November 12, 2009 at 10:19 am
Come on ya’ll. We all know this is just part of Lane’s plan to keep UT in the news.
November 12, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Is any publicity still good publicity?
On another note, can we expect an entertaining volley from Corch Meyers? I hope so.
November 12, 2009 at 10:37 am
When WKU played Tennessee the opening week, Tennessee was flagged for 12 men in the huddle early in the game. The camera’s then showed Junior yelling at the refs, “hey! how bout a warning!”
I bet he will be yelling the same here pretty soon regarding this situation.
We really lost to these clowns 45-19. Sad.
November 12, 2009 at 10:38 am
BUT WERE THEY RIDING SCOOTERS DOWN ALLEYS? THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW!
November 12, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Riding in alleys is entirely permissible. Just don’t expect to emerge from them. That’s the devil’s game.
November 12, 2009 at 10:52 am
Tell me there’s going to be a new episode the Lane Kiffin show.
November 12, 2009 at 11:10 am
Special guest: Li’l Wayne.
November 12, 2009 at 11:05 am
Best chain of comments on this blog ever. Literally laughing out loud here in the office.
The AJC comments are actually REALLY good for once. Some choice ones:
gdawginkalamazoo
November 12th, 2009
10:02 am
Kind of being a hypocrite with the PRIUS then using a CO gun for the robbery? I guess Prius owners think that because they are driving a Prius they can cut corners on other moethods of CO output. That’s the problem with global warming.
AND
boom goes tha dynamite
November 12th, 2009
10:17 am
You can’t spell “stick em up” without UT!
November 12, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Those are excellent.
Some great comments in Knoxville Daily Planet also
http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2009/nov/12/two-football-players-face-armed-robbery-charges-tv/?partner=popular
November 12, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Okay. Look at the alleged victims. Do those guys look like marks that would have more than three-fitty between them? No. Which shows you the level of intellect of these guys. At least pretend-rob somebody that might have some coin.
November 12, 2009 at 4:51 pm
The money shot:
“We ain’t got nothing but a cheeseburger,” Smith added, “but they didn’t take that.”
That’s a quote from one of the alleged victims.
Also, one of the victims was named Zickefoose, and they were riding in a ‘98 Hyundai Elantra. This has the potential to be the funniest armed robbery ever.
That is all.
November 12, 2009 at 11:11 am
How big are the smiles on Urban Meyer’s and Les Miles’ faces this morning?
November 12, 2009 at 11:19 am
The AP is now reporting that the robbery would have been successful had the victims not ripped their shirts off since that move prompted a spontaneuos UT mosh pit which caused the players to forget their alterior motives and join in
November 12, 2009 at 11:28 am
Don’t be too quick to judge these three scholar athletes because of your hatred of Lane. This was all probably all just a simple misunderstanding. The drug paraphernalia was not theirs, the air gun was probably for recreational target shooting, and who doesn’t roll around with a couple black hoodies on chilly Knoxville night?
November 12, 2009 at 11:38 am
The opening soundtrack to the soon-to-be released Global War on Lane (GWOL) Productions urban short film, “Take a Little Street-Cred Trip”
Three Vols and Bonnie decide to take a Prius to the convenience store. Bonnie’s driving and unbeknownst to her, holding too. Not only do they want to pick up some munchies, they also want to meet some new friends…
November 12, 2009 at 12:03 pm
“Orgeron deals a lot with team discipline. “We’ve had zero arrests now 11 months here.”
O hits the trifecta!
Smells like victory or napalm or something to O as he celebrates with coaching staff…
November 12, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Here’s what gets me about it, and where this thing will hinge. These guys didn’t get anything off the victims, right? I admit this could be completely made up.. the wallets were empty. If it is true, then nothing would make me happier than to see Laner squirm over the hipocrisy he’s created. All I’m saying is that I’m open to the fact that this could be some opportunists.
I wonder if those were Tennessee Hoodies.
November 12, 2009 at 12:30 pm
According to this report, “(a)t least one of the suspects was described as wearing a black University of Tennessee T-shirt…” Nothing like a little publicity…
November 12, 2009 at 1:41 pm
And now onto the lightning round of “Who Flips First !?”
Before we start that round by, between and among the three Vols and that lucky girl, Mike has issued the usual statement written by some lawyer. We are still awaiting Lane’s statement from Dollywood but most predict it will have something to do with try to prove intent such as they were in a Prius, no semi-automatic weapons were involved and it was a victimless crime since no money or flair changed hands.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4647094
November 12, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Tim Brando believes if the suspect’s looked like this
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kxc-k-HsuxY/SYiD6MZ1b3I/AAAAAAAAABM/EmtySoBZm3o/s1600-h/calderon.jpg
it wouldn’t even have garnered the attention of the police.
November 12, 2009 at 2:36 pm
So when does “Grand Theft Auto–Knox-Vegas” come out? I hope it’s in time for Christmas.
November 12, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Top Ten List of Reasons to Choose Prius:
#10
November 12, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Top Ten List of Reasons to Choose Prius:
#9
November 12, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Alleged victim pulls an Ealey -
Top Ten List of Reasons to Choose Prius
#8
Victim in Hyundai Pulls Out an Ealey
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=11494158