Two weeks ago when I noted that Washington Husky corner Jordan Murchinson had been charged with a felony and faced a suspension or worse, I assumed it was an isolated incident. Things happen, people make mistakes, it's all coincidental. Or is it? The evidence is starting to get a little too much to ignore. College football players seem to be falling over themselves to commit crimes so that they'll be locked away safely in jail, rather than come face-to-face with the brute force that is Syracuse Orange football.
Look at the evidence:
- Andre Dixon and Corey Stringer from the UConn Huskies have both been suspended indefinitely for an unspecified violation of team rules. (i.e. - They begged off the team rather than take their chances Nov. 17th)
- James Thomas and Ellis Lankster, two West Virginia University football players were arrested over the weekend and charged with transferring and receiving stolen property. Coach Rodriguez is determining their punishment (as in whether or not he'll sit them the entire SU game or just most of it.)
- Iowa's sophomore wide receivers Dominique Douglas and Anthony Bowman have been suspended indefinitely by the team following an arrest on Sunday for unauthorized use of a credit card (to purchase one-way tickets to the farthest point on the globe away from Syracuse, NY)