DISQUS

elguapo543 · 7 months ago

Wow, your characterization of the events borders on lying. The cops demanded Davis' ID when, according to the police report, he gave them a "shunning face." They grabbed his arm and he twisted away, which prompted his arrest.

Was Powe joking or not? I don't know, but considering the police report then states that, after being informed he would be ticketed regardless of his signing the citation, he then read and signed the statement.

You're really grasping for straws. I was expecting some creativity with the Powe side of the story, but Davis was fleeing the police? Really? Grow up, man, grow up...

TigerEducated · 7 months ago

So when he attempted to resist the officer and walk away, was he not attempting to flee?

I'm no police officer or lawyer, but it sounded as if it did...at least to me...

As for the rest of it...Forget the fact that Jerrell can probably read (by now, hopefully, anyway)...A guy like that whose had a history like his who tells the cops something like that deserves to be rightfully excoriated.

...and lets be honest...since when do I have to have a reason to excoriate anyone around here, rightfully or otherwise?

El Feo...Thanks for sharing...and while you're at it...Can you hand me another straw? I'm in a grasping mood...

elguapo543 · 7 months ago

Props for understanding my screenname, but you'd really get bonus points if you can guess the movie that made me choose it.

Maybe its the fact that I am a (graduating and unemployed) lawyer, but as I've been taught, attempting to flee police/resisting arrest and disorderly conduct are very, very different charges. Then again, criminal law isn't my forte.

As for Powe, I see that one of two ways. A) Either he's joking, in which case I'm proud of my boy for using self-deprecating humor in an attempt to get out of the ticket, or B) he was for real. If thats the case, then thats just embarrassing.

Still, football players fail out all the time; I have a hard time rationalizing that, even with a mountain of special treatment, he could be a junior without knowing how to read. This isn't Auburn, you know.

Really, my only point was characterizing a charge that stemmed from making "shunning" and "crazy faces" (really, thats the police report - I'm not making this up) at the officer into an attempt to escape the police on foot or in a vehicular chase is a grasp at a straw that not even I can try to reach for...

Porcine · 7 months ago

The Three Amigos

elguapo543 · 7 months ago

You, sir, have excellent taste in movies. You are correct.

NMLSooner · 7 months ago

"Would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?"

Clemson_Joe · 7 months ago

Honestly, I am surprised that Powe hadn't received a "nose ordinance violation" before now...

OxfordAndrew · 7 months ago

The EDSBS take was better.

But, hey, it's an LSU homer writing about Ole Miss.

Hotty_Toddy · 7 months ago

Imagine that. lol

TigerEducated · 7 months ago

Sorry we don't have any functional illiterates throwing house party's and then telling cops that they're literally illiterate when questioned about the party...

We'll try to set our standards lower for you...

Skip1 · 7 months ago

You're making fun of someone's education level while using "party's" as a plural for party? Wow.

gatorhippy · 7 months ago

LMAO...

TigerEducated · 7 months ago

I misspelled noise above as well, Willie...

OxfordAndrew · 7 months ago

I'm sorry, did you perceive an attack on LSU there?

I was simply pointing out the biased, sensationalist nature of your entry. I'm sure all of LSU's NCAA athletes merit Rhodes Scholarships and have never met a law enforcement officer outside of a charity fundraiser for the local precinct.

TigerEducated · 7 months ago

Umm...actually, no. What I perceived was an Ole Miss stupid athlete...

I noticed you mentioned LSU, so I kindly interjected that I'm quite apologetic that we don't have that sort of stupid athlete on campus here.

We run those jokers off...Whether they're starters or backups.

We'll all get to laugh as we see just what Houston Nutt makes you guys put up with over in Oxford in the way of player behavior and the examples they set.

In the meantime, best of luck signing 37 more functional retards in this year's class. Maybe Houston can lobby the NCAA to allow "e-Signatures" on Letters of Intent for the class of 2010?

Hotty_Toddy · 7 months ago

I'm not trying to throw a hippy type of twist on this when I say this -- but why don't you lay off the personal insults toward the guy? Obviously school isn't his thing. He's been trying to qualify forever and now has a chance of making something out of his life by playing college football, and obviously planning on going pro and making some money. Chill.

Or would you rather him not qualify and end up on the streets, being a meaningless nothing and a probable nuisance to society? Okay then.

OxfordAndrew · 7 months ago

I think the Powe situation is an interesting one, where you have a guy who obviously did all the right things and jumped through all the hoops until the NCAA just couldn't think of anything else to throw at him.

Maybe he won't ever be the smartest man in the room (though he'll usually be the biggest) but you can't question his work ethic.

The_Observer · 7 months ago

Dude, it's a major accredited college university! It should have some standards! It's not supposed to be a place for academically challenged athletes to hang out before they try to get a payday in the NFL!

TigerEducated · 7 months ago

If school isn't his thing, then he shouldn't be playing football for a school...

Or maybe I'm just taking crazy pills this morning...I dunno...

OxfordAndrew · 7 months ago

What percentage of starting football players at major programs would be in college if they weren't good at playing ball? Who do all of these schools have such intensive tutoring programs for student athletes?

TigerEducated · 7 months ago

What does this have to do with the price of tea in China?

Jerrell Powe is an idiot. Ole Miss has a coach who will sign a boatload of 'em, which means you need to learn to not even BOTHER defending how dumb things get out there in Oxfart...

Distill, boil, or narrow it down to a fine line...

Capisce?

Hotty_Toddy · 7 months ago

So when we start whipping the Tigers every year like a red headed step child, you'll have an excuse as to why. We sign a bunch of illiterate morons, gotcha.

(Psst.... no one likes you, or cares, you dumb LSU homer.)

Capisce? ;)

TigerEducated · 7 months ago

LOL @ the last sentence...

oldenglish · 6 months ago

And you, T.E., are an ugly, mean-spirited jerk.

TigerEducated · 6 months ago

Another member of my fanclub!

NMLSooner · 7 months ago

I guess school was your thing for a while, huh? Powe will not graduate from college. Just like you. Though it probably won't take him SEVEN YEARS... to not graduate!

TigerEducated · 7 months ago

The difference being, I learned how to read about 13-14 years prior to college, and two years into college, Powe still can't...

OxfordAndrew · 7 months ago

I think the evidence indicates that Powe can, in fact, read. He's probably jumped through far more educational hoops than anyone posting here.

Yes, he has a learning disability - severe dyslexia. So do thousands of other college students who receive special tutoring and oral examinations.

ROLLTIDE_73 · 7 months ago

Hows it been TE its been a while since i logged in good to see your still giving everyone hell

OxfordAndrew · 7 months ago

Everything's a trash-talking contest to you, isn't it?

"We run those jokers off"
Yeah, we got to see how hardcore LSU is about discipline when Ryan Perrilloux was in Baton Rouge. It only took four major incidents (that we knew about) and bam, he was gone, just like that.

TigerEducated · 7 months ago

Actually, the last two "major" ones were issues that he wasn't arrested for. As a matter of fact, the guy got issued all of one citation while he was in Baton Rouge, for trying to get into a casino with his brosef's ID.

(By the way...Go back and check, I'm the guy who e-mailed Kevin that information before most any media outlets knew. I ain't afraid to call BS when my program has someone spewing it, either, Mr. Foxnewsfairandbalanced)

I've talked at LENGTH on this site about Miles' stance. He threw the 2008 season away because of this fool. He could've pulled a Nutt and make him run some gassers after practice-which is Nutt's usual MO after a player commits grand theft auto, or attempted 1st degree murder.

But, no, the guy KNEW he had sh!t behind the kid at QB in terms of experience, and he made the principled decision to chuck him out the door.

Go ask OU about Jarvis Jones, the guy that should've started at Guard for us the past two years. He couldn't stay away from the sticky icky, and now he's a Sooner.

The year before that, Miles threw his entire two deep depth chart at Right Tackle off the team. Both 1st & 2nd team RT's off the team, prior to the 2007 season, in which we STILL rolled to a national title. Knowing a position of need like that in this conference, and he still did that?

If you knew our attrition/injury issues on the OL, knowing this guy kicked off 3 players on our right side in two years is unbelievable.

On the other hand, we have guys like Nutt, who will not punish either of these players a single iota, and will probably find some way to plead the case of that 5-star-Florida Safety you guys accepted a transfer from.

You know the one...He's the guy who used a dead girl's credit card-SEVENTY TIMES-after she passed away.

I could get into what he allowed to happen out in Fayettnam (Remember McFadden breaking his big toe in a brawl? Or the fact that he had 4 kids prior to being selected in the NFL Draft? Or...and lets be honest now...Do yo REALLY think Matt Jones developed a taste for the blowcaine while in J-Ville, of all places?)

Do yourself a favor...Push away from the keyboard the next time you want to talk about discipline and principle as it pertains to a comparison and contrasting of our two schools and their respective head coaches.

Yours is lacking severely in that department, has for years, and is completely and unabashadley unrepentant about it, as well...

OxfordAndrew · 7 months ago

Blah blah blah LSU rules your school drools.

I'm not worried about some guys getting caught doing donuts at a house party. There was no DUI issued, no drugs, no assault. The guy talked back to a cop and got taken in for being a smartass. Young people doing stupid things is nothing new.

I think Powe's comment is pretty funny considering all the stuff that's gone on around him in the past few years. I happen to think the big guy was making a funny. Neither of us have met him or administered a written comprehension test, so I guess that's just a matter of interpretation.

TigerEducated · 7 months ago

So in other words, you have no response to the comparison of Les Miles & Houston Nutt...

[Psst...None of us thought you did, anyway]

OxfordAndrew · 7 months ago

It's not interesting to me, and I haven't engaged in a debate with you about LSU-Ole Miss even once. You must enjoy arguing this point with yourself.

It's funny that you haven't defended your article even once. Makes sense, though, as it's pretty much indefensible.

TigerEducated · 7 months ago

Did you not take a shot about Ryan Perrilloux as a comparison/contrast statement? I mean, how much more clear cut & plain can you get?

As a revisionist historian, you make a great Fanblogs poster.

Or maybe you can't read that well, either?

Hugs & Kisses,

-TE-

OxfordAndrew · 7 months ago

Thanks for the ad hominem, TE. I may think your article is an example of petty hyperbole typically found on the worst examples of sportsblogs, but I don't think you're uneducated or illiterate.

I'm sorry I made the Perilloux comment. Obviously coaches and schools deal with situations differently, and we'll likely never know exactly what happens behind the scenes. This latest incident doesn't seem like much of a situation to me at all, just some college kids acting dumb at a party. If not for the "shunning face" I'm sure we'd never have heard of it.

War_Eagle_Atlanta · 7 months ago

Don't take it personally (pun intended). TE is our little ad hominem sapiens (or Sabaniens)...

Getting him on your six is like being pursued by a Morman missionary with an Amway franchise...

ROLLTIDE_73 · 7 months ago

that was hilarious

Ramblin' Gator · 7 months ago

Houston Nutt is building America's best scout team (I'm assuming non-qualifiers are permitted to play on the scout team, but I could be wrong).

Kevin @ Fanblogs · 7 months ago

I may me misunderstanding the use of the term non-qualifier, however, students generally have to be enrolled to participate on the scout team. 90% sure of that.

Ramblin' Gator · 7 months ago

This was my weakest attempt at humor in a long time. I should know better than to write a joke that requires an immediate explanation. I'm so ashamed - better stick to my day job.

War_Eagle_Atlanta · 7 months ago

That was pretty weak. Wait a few hours, then come back for some more. Bring your A-game!

TigerEducated · 7 months ago

Powe played last year.

Zac · 7 months ago

"Powe was issued a *nose* ordinance violation."

TE, is this what police issue to Italians & Lebanese, most of whom have shnozolaz big enough to qualify for military ordinance? (Present company included, I must admit.)

fosterkeats · 7 months ago

I grew up in Alabama & have lived in Atlanta for the last 11yrs, so I don't know much about Mississippi law...

Is "shunning" a lot like "dissing"???

OU_Ron · 7 months ago

Maybe shunning is the slow version of running.....didn't sound like he was too fast..

War_Eagle_Atlanta · 7 months ago

He shan a 5.4 in the 40...

OU_Ron · 7 months ago

Kinda like smishing and smashing........smish a little...smash a lot

Wardboy3 · 7 months ago

Something the post above left lout...."The officer informed Powe that he did not need to sign and he would issue the citation regardless. Powe finally read the citation information and signed and was released afterwards."

benchipkevich · 7 months ago

"with a stop in Utah for some BYU online correspondence courses ensued"...

There was no "stop in Utah" you moron. The online courses were taken online...remotely. Would it make sense to stop in Utah to take online courses?

I don't think Powe is the only one lacking education...

Clemson_Joe · 7 months ago

Hmmm...

A sordid tale of NCAA Clearinghouse intrigue, stretching from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Oxford, Mississippi, with a stop in Utah for some BYU online correspondence courses ensued

I read this to mean that the subject of the sentence, "tale", made a figurative stop in Utah. I'm not seeing where he said that Powe himself made a stop in Utah.

I do, however, find it interesting that you called him a moron. Should I now make a degrading comment about you? Nah, I think I'll pass.

War_Eagle_Atlanta · 7 months ago

Ever heard of the word figuratively? Don't go through life always being so literal...

The_Observer · 7 months ago

Yeah, settle down ben"chip-on-your-shoulder"kevich!

TigerEducated · 7 months ago

I know the story and I know the courses weren't taken in Utah. My apologies for the improper wording.

I also know that BYU was so concerned about issues surrounding his taking of the courses that they had to FLY their own proctor out to watch him take his tests.

...and oh, for the thousandth time, that cut about 'education' as it pertains to my username? REAL FRESH...I'll bet you think NO ONE has EVER used that one, before, eh?

benchipkevich · 7 months ago

I hate Tennessee football and 1998 was the worst year in the history of America.

OU_Ron · 7 months ago

Hmmmm....ok

War_Eagle_Atlanta · 7 months ago

At least he admits to being a hater. You gotta give him some credit...

The_Observer · 7 months ago

Is this the new h?

NMLSooner · 7 months ago

I liked the '85 team.

fosterkeats · 7 months ago

When are these dip sh*t kids gonna realize that rural small town university police are the biggest d*cks of them all??? It's all they do, they deal with college kids all the time... An Atlanta police officer would have either let him go or driven him home...

War_Eagle_Atlanta · 7 months ago

Who's editing Foster?

fosterkeats · 7 months ago

My bad, I meant to use "*" when going on my usual profanity tirade...

Zac · 7 months ago

Guess I'm the only one on tonight...bummer.

Oh well, this be Winter Hawk - in flight & outta sight.

displacedbrett · 1 month ago

Geez, some of you guys are really quick to jump all over a kid. Personally, I think Powe should be commended for all the adversity he has fought through. As for his comments about not being able to read the citation, I think it's safe to say you can chalk that up to him being a kid and just trying to avoid trouble...come on, who didn't get a noise violation for a party in college and then try to sidestep it? This isn't Oklahoma State circa 1970, I'm positive Powe has learned how to read by now...

Anyway, I've been following Powe in this great documentary series that focuses on the rivalry between his high school (West Jones) and another team. In the last episode, they also profiled a few former players from each school, and there was a great piece on Powe. You can watch it at : http://displacedbrett.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/...

If you haven't seen Head To Head, I'd highly recommend...very Friday Night Lights-esque, complete with the player's real stories, two charismatic head coaches, and some great music (The Album Leaf's song "Enchanted Hill" is used multiple times in this series, and it's a lot like Explosion in the Sky were used in Friday Night Lights).