"you do know that Georgia players, as much as we would love to deride them as a Florida fan, did little more than stumble around drunk and do dumb things drunk college students do, right? This isn't a nest of criminal vipers ready to spring from Athens and ensnare the state of Georgia in a web of criminality and vice. Georgia's already well on its way towards that state anyway, and a bunch of tipsy dudes with enormous hang cleans and good 40 times aren't going to make it any worse."
Very true, Orson. Very true. He also said this last week:
"Barring open rioting at Minnesota or East Carolina, the number one party school in the nation will reflect their vivacious nightlife in the Fulmer Cup standings, too. The Dawgs have done this the old-fashioned way: by stumbling tipsily into the arms of a willing and overly officious local police force. "
Which I think also rings true. It's the paradigm of law enforcement in a college town: crackdown on the college-aged problems. Its why the ACCPD racked up almost 30 underage-drinking tickets the first weekend of the school year...while supposedly only focusing on the youthful revelers who became "disorderly." There's 30,000 students wondering around a 12-block area that's home to almost 100 bars - do the math. Right or wrong, that's how it is. Its insane to think that college athletes won't fall into the trap every now and then, too. And before you label me an apologist or a soft-on-discipline fan, remember that I wanted Mettenberger and Robinson gone off this team before their sentences were handed down and was ready to toss all the players in bratwurst-gate. But, when it comes to the types of things that most college kids do, I am a little more sympathetic. Also, I've seen some of the big-ass trucks that douchey morons from the suburbs bring on this campus and cram into the parking decks; I'm glad one got hit. Who the fuck needs a full-size, off-road, 4x4 in Alpharetta? Nobody. But that's an issue for another time.
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