pillsburysoldier posted:

To be in the same conversation as Alabama and Texas

pillsburysoldier posted:

To be in the same conversation as Alabama and Texas

Raku posted:

He only did it because he doesn't want you

Sash! posted:

And that includes that sheep theft that one time.

Groucho Marxist posted:

kittenmittons posted:

Don't leave me hanging, dude.

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There's more ba-a-a-d news for Oregon State University's football team.

Beavers player Ben Michael Siegert was apparently caught driving the getaway vehicle that whisked a ram away from the university's Sheep Center, according to police.

A Benton County Sheriff's deputy found the animal in the bed of a pickup after pulling Siegert over for speeding on Southwest Whiteside Drive about 1:34 a.m. last Friday morning.

Also in the pickup was former OSU football player Brent Charles Bridges, 22, and Whitney Susan Rodgers, 19, of Glendale, Ariz.

Contacted Tuesday afternoon, Siegert said he recalled being pulled over, but denied any involvement with the ram.

"I don't know anything about that," he said. "I'm from a city. I don't know anything about sheep."

However, Benton County Undersheriff Diana Simpson confirmed the sheep tale.

"Either Mr. Siegert's not being truthful with you, or maybe he was too intoxicated to remember," Simpson said.

The ram lives at the research facility on 35th Street near Campus Way and is part of a study on homosexuality in sheep, said Sheep Center manager Tom Nichols.

It probably weighs about 200 pounds, he said, and it likely took both men to get the ram into the bed of the pickup.

"I'm sure it wasn't an easy job," Nichols said.

Sheep rustling, it seems, is not uncommon at OSU.

"We have at least one prank a year where we have to go to a dormitory or a sorority house and pick up a ram or a lamb or a ewe," Nichols said. "It's one of those springtime pranks."

Fun and games aside, Siegert, 20, was arrested on an accusation of driving under the influence of intoxicants after failing field sobriety tests. Almost an hour and a half after being pulled over, he registered .14 percent blood-alcohol content on a breath analyzer at the county jail.

A worker from the Sheep Center retrieved the animal, and the deputy chose not to arrest anybody for taking the ram.

Coach Mike Riley is still considering Siegert's situation and what consequences the player might face, said OSU sports information director Steve Fenk.

"At this point they're just going to deal with it internally," Fenk said. "I don't know if it's going to affect spring practice."

A redshirt sophomore from Glendale, Siegert is a two-year starter at defensive tackle and is ranked first on the depth chart heading into spring practice, which begins March 30. He made the Pac-10 all-freshman team in 2003 and was 10th on the team in defensive points in 2004.

Bridges lettered as a backup offensive lineman in 2003 and 2004 after transferring to OSU from Glendale Community College. He has completed his eligibility.

In recent months, the OSU football team has been stung with a string of players' brushes with the law.

Joe Rudulph was suspended in November after he was arrested for allegedly punching a National Guard soldier during what police initially called a racially charged bar fight at the Headline Cafe. Anthony Wheat-Brown, Whitfield Usher and Ryan Rainwater also were suspended for their involvement after it became apparent that the underage men had been inside the bar.

Bridges was suspended in November after police arrested him for his alleged involvement in an assault at the Headline Cafe during a Civil War victory celebration. In addition, Bridges and former player Seth Lacey were issued citations for disorderly conduct in December following an investigation into a March 2004 bar fight at Senior Sam's Cantina.

Reserve freshman Bryan Payton was sent home from the Insight Bowl in Phoenix after coach Riley found out about a Dec. 21 altercation in which the player was involved; and Star Paddock and Jim Tavis Walker were arrested Feb. 11 for allegedly assaulting and robbing a taxi cab driver after they offered to pay their fare with marijuana.

Siegert was cited to appear March 31 in Benton County Circuit Court on the DUII charge.

kittenmittons posted:

Don't leave me hanging, dude.

Ghost of Reagan Past posted:

Isn't Advocare some MLM bullshit?

Good job Braxton.

kittenmittons posted:

This is the way the career ends
Not with a bang but a twitter

Neil Armbong posted:

that's instagram

Detroit_Dogg posted:

Michigan should schedule the Ohio Bobcats

vyst posted:

http://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu/michigan-sends-handwritten-letter-to-recruits-girlfriend-telling-her-how-special-she-is/

What it means to be a "Michigan Man" is to write handwritten recruitment letters to a recruit's girlfriend to get her to convince him to go to Michigan.

quote:

It was the best thing that could have happened. It got a lot of attention and just put me in a place where I was out there publicly and people knew who I was. I really didn’t get a lot of grief from it. A lot of people were really more focused on how well I did in the game than anything. I feel like it was that way because I embraced it. That’s actually the first time something like that has ever happened. … I embraced it. Even running off the field after it happened, I waved at the crowd after I ran off to go change. And I waved when I came back.”

Ehud posted:

Something about the quote "That’s actually the first time something like that has ever happened. … I embraced it" makes me laugh and laugh.




*shits pants*

...this is my moment

Neil Armbong posted:

Again, you bring your weird, Michigan maize tinted view to the sport in general, and I bring the polar opposite Texas view. We're already through the NFL experience looking glass and no one is really complaining for things to go back to how they were.

vyst posted:

Where will you be when nature calls you?

Thermos H Christ posted:

Well I am. The Texas gameday experience blows hard, and I think Det has a point in there somewhere. I could see myself putting up with whatever inconvenience to make it to the games and dropping some cash in the collection plate if I was feeling the love, but as it is at DKR you are unmistakably the customer. And if they're gonna treat me like a customer I will treat them like a business and stay the gently caress away until they give me an experience that's worth the price they charge for it. I sure as gently caress don't donate to my local businesses, even the ones I really like.

I'm told they're considering bringing DJ Mel in as a stadium DJ, which would make us a ringer for best music selection in the country if they would give him a free hand but I basically guarantee they are going to have him playing the same tired old jock jams. I'm already mourning this massive missed opportunity to do something genuinely cool and reflective of the amazing city that Austin is.

pillsburysoldier posted:

How's your QB battle shaping up? Is Grier actually not-bad?

Ehud posted:

They're still getting equal snaps right now and no one has written anything to indicate one guy is in the lead or anything. Plus, McElwain is really guarded about this kind of stuff, so he's not giving the media anything.

I have a feeling we'll know more in a couple of weeks after the Orange and Blue game.

Thermos H Christ posted:

Well I am. The Texas gameday experience blows hard, and I think Det has a point in there somewhere. I could see myself putting up with whatever inconvenience to make it to the games and dropping some cash in the collection plate if I was feeling the love, but as it is at DKR you are unmistakably the customer. And if they're gonna treat me like a customer I will treat them like a business and stay the gently caress away until they give me an experience that's worth the price they charge for it. I sure as gently caress don't donate to my local businesses, even the ones I really like.

LeeMajors posted:

Ah, drat it. I missed this.

Dabo's the worst poo poo-talker I've ever seen.

HEY YOU loving HAYSEED---YOU CAN'T TALK poo poo ABOUT A TEAM WHEN YOU'RE A FROSTY 2-5 AGAINST THEM.

Raku posted:

McElwain is being so tight lipped about it that the reporter that was tactless enough to ask Adam Lane about making GBS threads himself is really mad at him: http://www.sportsdaynow.com/reporter-blasts-jim-mcelwain-as-used-car-salesman/

(he's also mad because McElwain ignored his request for an interview as his plane landed in Florida)

The best part is how he acts like anyone was supposed to take McElwain's joke about Grier running onto the field really quickly seriously.

RumbleFish posted:

It's also kind of weird to basically admit to and brag about throwing an injured player out there. Don't get me wrong -- it's certainly embarrassing that we lost to a one-legged quarterback, but it shows the depths of Dabo's desperation as well. In any case, I'll let him and Clemson have their poo poo-talking; they're pent up after five years, and bragging rights are part of the deal.

In other news, the Duck Dynasty folks will no longer sponsor the Independence Bowl. We are the first and the last Duck Commanders.

Raku posted:

McElwain is being so tight lipped about it that the reporter that was tactless enough to ask Adam Lane about making GBS threads himself is really mad at him: http://www.sportsdaynow.com/reporter-blasts-jim-mcelwain-as-used-car-salesman/

(he's also mad because McElwain ignored his request for an interview as his plane landed in Florida)

The best part is how he acts like anyone was supposed to take McElwain's joke about Grier running onto the field really quickly seriously.

Scarf posted:

Imagine that if, instead of Dylan Thompson sitting as an injured Connor Shaw's backup, you had Dondrial Pinkins... Pretty sure Spurdog would try to squeeze every ounce out of Shaw that he could.

RumbleFish posted:

We're still not really sure that Shaw is fully human and not some kind of football automaton, though, so he's probably not the best example.