Baker's Dozen
Okay so he didn't actually have a dozen charges against him, I just like clever titles. Baker Mayfield, the rising Oklahoma quarterback who made quite a name for himself last season, was arrested in Arkansas back in February. He was arrested on charges of public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and fleeing and resisting arrest. So yeah not a dozen charges but still a little more than he should be getting. He entered his plea bargain in recently of not guilty. Yeah okay sure Baker keep telling yourself that. Whatever the case this is one of my favorite stories so far because Baker Mayfield has so much going for him, and yet he does something so stupid. I mean watch the video below of the amazing tackle that the police officer laid on him, even if Baker Mayfield wasn't doing any of the things he was arrested for, fat chance, that video will still live on.
Jock Itch?
So this one was just hilarious to me. I mean at first reading the charges against Texas A&M sophomore wide receiver Kirk Merritt you just kinda shake your head. Two charges of indecent exposure. According to the report, basically he exposed himself to two female tutors a day or so apart. They both reported him and charges were filed. He entered a not guilty plea, that seems to be a recurring theme here, but his lawyer gave an interesting response when asked why his client exposed himself to these two women.
"Kirk Merrit has been charged with Indecent Exposure under Section 21.08 of the Texas Penal Code because of two incidents during tutoring sessions that happened on two consecutive days... While Kirk is very embarrassed about the situation, and has apologized to the two tutors that he offended, he did not intend to gratify anyone by exposing himself. The fact is that Kirk had a bad case of jock itch."
Okay first of all, it is embarrassing that he exposed his nether regions out in front of strange women, and it is embarrassing that he now is going to have indecent exposure on his record, but it's even more embarrassing that his lawyer admitted in open court on record the reasoning for this is because he had jock itch.
Second of all, even if he did have jock itch why on earth did he not go to a bathroom and take care of it there?? Why did he feel the need to do that in front of people, and fully exposed? Stick a hand down there or something don't full on flash people. Good Lord. He didn't deny the charges, he's just not guilty. Yeah okay Kirk, keep telling yourself that.
Honorable Mention
The honorable mention for this goes to Mississippi State's Jonathan Abram, who didn't get arrested or anything like that, instead he shut down his team's spring game because he knocked the lights out of his OWN TEAMMATE ILLEGALLY. No, yeah, he targeted his own player and knocked his block off, injuring him, and making Dan Mullen seriously peeved off. You can see the hit from this tweet below.
This brutal hit by Jonathan Abram on Bennie Braswell ended Mississippi State's spring game early. pic.twitter.com/Yvlq3sJPIu— William McFadden (@willmcfadden) April 8, 2017
Lord have mercy. The game was called after this because it is an illegal hit that is blatantly against targeting rules, and normally there's no reason to hit this hard because you're playing against your OWN TEAM!! I mean I'm not sure if Jonathan Abram just forgot where he was or didn't care where he was or really hated the guy he smacked, but either way how stupid. He hasn't released a statement on it, but I'm pretty sure he'd say he wasn't guilty either. Yeah okay Jonathan, keep telling yourself that.
So that's it for today college football fans. I'm going to wrap up this semester soon, but hopefully I'll keep up with this thing. I have missed it. Until next time, probably tomorrow, bye!
