Incredibly, Jim McElwain said Wednesday he has not closed the door on the return of any of the Credit Card Nine, which would, of course, include Antonio Callaway.
I wonder if the wheels of justice can spin swiftly enough to get Callaway back in time for the Cocktail Party. Actually, I don’t wonder all that much.
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Geez. It’s one thing, Jim, to be a nice guy and to peeps a second chance, but have a little integrity. I guess maybe if they are acquitted, but….
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I may be proven wrong, but CJM’s comments struck me as a guy saying that he wasn’t going to put his thumb on the scale for these guys. The reporter then gives him a possible out referring to the poor backgrounds of the players, and CJM doesn’t bite. I wouldn’t be appalled if CKS had said the same in his situation.
CJM could have gone the Jimbo Fisher/Jamies Winston route and fawned over his player in the middle of a s$%t-storm, but he didn’t.
(Now watch them all play in Jax…)
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He did fawn all over them earlier this week, saying repeatedly how much he loves these kids and will be there for them. His future may be tied to these punks and he knows it.
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If true, then that’s not cool and I take your point. Is there a link?
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Is Huntley on the case?
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If A.J. Green and Todd Gurley had to sit out for what they did and these bozos get to play… Maybe apples and oranges, but the apples were rules and the oranges were laws, and I know which carries precedence in my book.
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Apples and felony credit card fraud.
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ummm these guys are sitting out?
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Gators are 2-0 in East.
So what does that say without the felons.
But those dudes could join the national felons league kneel brotherhood without playing another down for the gators. They now have the experience.
They can transfer to Auburn or Louisville.
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I like how people like you refer to NFL players as felons but you will defend to your dying breath the felons wearing badges and wearing blue.
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well this escalated quickly
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I don’t know any felons wearing badges and blue. I respect the law nad those that enforce it. You on the other side condemn the law but when your car is stolen or house broken into who are you going to call? Hipocrite.
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Damn, Chili, you take too much adderall? Calm down, brother.
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“National Felons League Kneel Brotherhood”
Yeesh.
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It’s Will Trane. That makes about as much sense as the rest of the things he posts.
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I’ll bet you a soda pop that Callaway and the rest play in the cocktail party. Unless he gets too high and misses the bus.
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I still maintain there’s no way Calloway plays another down for Florida, but it is very strange that UF hasn’t booted the kid off of the team yet. I’m sure there are reasons for why that I don’t know about (legal reasons, perhaps) but it seems very strange to me.
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If McElwain is a decent guy, maybe he’s just holding open the possibility that Calloway’s acquitted. That’s not a given. But I think it’s a possibility.
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I am suspicious, like you are, that they will play against us. I cannot think of a better time and a better year than this one to blow them off the field. Can you imagine? Getting pasted by UGA while playing Calloway? That is a narrative that would get some play for a long time.
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I’d just as soon let em all play. Kick their butts up and down the field all game long! Make em wish they never returned! Make jail look like the better alternative than being in a stadium against UGA! That is all.
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Trying to get some perspective on this from–Is it just me, or does the fact that playing football at UF is still on the table for these guys seem extremely odd. Coordinated and planned felony scheme for stealing thousands of dollars? In a rational world, seems like the question for some of these guys should be how long their fail sentence will be, rather than when they they’ll be returning to the football field.
Like most of Mac’s suspensions in the past, maybe they can defer the jail time until the off-season.
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or “jail sentence”….if you like.
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Maybe we should send their home addresses to Jimmy Williamson.
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Suspensions for arrests have always seemed problematic to me. I firmly believe in due process and don’t want the school to assume guilt before it’s been proven. However, a savvy lawyer (like Johnson) can delay trial forever. So the school can’t simply ignore the arrest while the player delays a trial until the verdict no longer matters for football purposes.
I suppose the compromise is something like Florida (and most other schools) are already doing. They suspend players after arrest (for significant crimes) and hope for a speedy trial.
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I understand what you’re saying, but respectfully disagree. A suspension from a football team is the same as a criminal conviction and as a consequence, I don’t think that the same “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard should necessarily apply from a due process perspective.
More to the point, I think that any coach that really wants to know the truth re player wrong-doing merely needs to talk to that player for half-an-hour or less, along with some minimal fact-finding. If the player is evasive or contradictory or, frankly unbelievable, given the circumstances or simply is unwilling to tell his side of the story (as is his LEGAL right against self-incrimination), then the coach may act according to the ethics of his school and team without respect to legal machinations.
Coaches that simply bind themselves only to the legal process are frequently, IMO, looking to evade those difficult decisions–and frankly, are often taking advantage of those logistics of the legal system that (1) are the result of overloaded prosecutors, (2) timing, and (3) constitutional protections re individual freedom that shouldn’t be assigned to benefit a football team or coach.
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Thought they hadn’t even been allowed at practice so , you bet, put their unpracticed asses in the game.
Day before yesterday (?) I posted this : State Attorney Bill Cerrone told the Orlando Sentinel’s Edgar Thompson that none of the players are expected to be arrested and that as many as seven are able to qualify for a diversion program that would expunge charges from their records. At that time I thought that Callaway(because of his record off the field), Scarlett( because he hid money in his girlfriend’s account without her permission) and another player who stole over $5000 in their little fiasco could all be the most susceptible to prosecution and/or not play for the team.
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They Will Play In Jacksonville.
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I used to think Beaver was okay, but he plays the “martyr” card a lot. Every TV interview I see with him, he seems to be fighting back tears and comparing a last-second gift from UT or UK to “life” and how they come together to overcome all the hardship they’re facing. Starting to wear a little thin.
I say Oct 28 we give them lots of hardships.
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I remember seeing this on Saturday and thinking to myself, “The only reason you should be fighting back tears is if you are thinking about how god awful your offense is.”
What a piece of work he is.
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Whaaat? You fellas have never seen a sensitive coach?
I thought his eyes were red because he had just shared a spleef with Callaway.
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With that sensitivity meter set so tight and edgy, hope he can keep that sphincter in check until after the 4th qtr. in J’ville.
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Is State Attorney Bill Cerrone the same guy that was Hutley’s frat brother at UF. I think the States Attorney has stalled on kicking them all lose because he wants to see if the Feds are interested. It would have been bad for his political career if he kicked them and then the Fed indicted them.
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They will be found innocent of credit card fraud and guilty of not getting any Adidas money.
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Are you kidding? Of course all 9 will be back for the Cocktail Party. They are working on a secret offense to spring on us as we speak.
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Forget it Jake. It’s Gator-town.
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