J.T. Barrett arrested early this morning

[TheDeuce]

Suspended for their next game.

[PurplePride92]

Cardale is the one who gave JT a ride home from the police station.

 

Seriously? If true this is pretty cool.

[PurplePride92]

And here is where the punishment shaming usually begins.....

[TheFauxTiger]

Just curious as to what folks think the punishment should be. Already out for 1 game. Is that enough? I think that's been the precedent in other teams when it happened. Personally I have zero tolerance for it, he would be done

[TheDeuce]

AD says he will be back for Nov. 14th game against Illinois. So it will only be a one game suspension.

[uk#1fan]

Where is the Ohio State guy? :laugh:

[TheFauxTiger]

I was surprised I had to start the thread. I figured one of the many OSU haters would have beaten me to it. Good timing I guess.

 

I knew none of the OSU fans were going to start the thread. They are still searching OSU websites for as much info as possible before they comment publicly. We'll start to see them around noon. :lol2:

 

What is there to wait on? He was pulled over and blew over the .08 limit. Not much, but illegal. It's not like some child endangering money grubbing hoe made accusations. There's no reason to reserve judgement

[TheFauxTiger]

Where is the Ohio State guy? :laugh:

 

Noles fan should probably abstain from this coversation.

[cathbird]

Should have taken Cris Carter's advice and found himself a fall guy.

[hidinout]

He misses scrimmage # 8 and will be back for scrimmage # 9 ? WOW tough punishment -- hopefully they can survive that tough schedule of theirs and remain undefeated . Minny and Illinois up next . 1 game for drunk driving ? Thats just Urban being Urban . #unrankedparadise

[Clyde]

I don't know any details but I've read cynical tweets saying the OSU police dropped this to a misdemeanor which prevents the university's alcohol policy/punishment from kicking in.

 

No clue what that means as far as one-game suspension vs what he could have received.

 

Regardless, a black eye on a kid who has a strong reputation.

[TheFauxTiger]

This is an older article, but I had remembered it after Fitz Toussants issues. Shows a good cross section of how it's been handled. Pretty wide range of penalties, does not clarify if suspension was based on first, second, third offenses.

 

For Your Perspective: DUI Suspensions | mgoblog

[Clyde]

Here is a link to OSU's alcohol policy.

 

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/compliance/pdf/current-drug-alcohol-policy.pdf

 

If you are underage you automatically are considered "2nd offense." Unless I missed it I don't see any caveat about it being a misdemeanor.

[TheFauxTiger]

Here is a link to OSU's alcohol policy.

 

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/compliance/pdf/current-drug-alcohol-policy.pdf

 

If you are underage you automatically are considered "2nd offense." Unless I missed it I don't see any caveat about it being a misdemeanor.

 

In Ohio if you are underage you have much lower limits, .02 vs .08. That's pretty harsh, that's pretty much 1 beer. Zero tolerance. I've not heard-and it doesn't matter-what Barett blew. It looks like is has been declared a misdemeanor. No idea how that happens. ESPN is reporting this does not fall into OSU drug and alcohol policy.

[GrantNKY]

I guess Ill be the first Ohio St. fan to post on this. This situation sucks, there is no denying that, but the team will be just fine. If anything the team will rally behind JT because he is their guy. He is the unquestioned leader of that team and will remain so. Urban will use this as just another chip on the teams shoulder. Urban looks for things to rally his team behind i.e. last year no one believes in you, granted an OVI from his star QB would not be his first choice, its still something to rally behind. By the time the Mich. St. game comes around, this will be a non story.