Somebody's thrown drunk girls through Josh McNeil's window
Don't you hate it when this happens:
I actually thought they were going somewhere else with this sentence, but no:
. . . quizzed by police about a broken window at his apartment and the three intoxicated women in his bed.
Hmm. Police arrived after someone reported hearing breaking glass to find that a potted plant had been thrown through the window. People were arguing inside, they said, and after getting no response to banging on the front door, police entered through the broken window. Inside? Shotguns, rifles, and a handgun.
At this point, the GVX article says that "no one greeted them." Well, that's an interesting phrase. Salutations, police officer entering through my broken window! Would you like to come in and see my guns, ammunition, and drunk girls in my bed? Can I get you a donut or something? We get discounts. Please note that I am being "cooperative."
Police knocked on the bedroom door, but nobody responded until UT Director of High School Relations Gerald Harrison arrived and intoned some apparently magic words. Inside, they found McNeil, arm bleeding, one 18-year old and two 19-year old girls intoxicated. Everybody was "uncooperative," surprise, and all of them said they knew nothing of the broken window, surprise. They said they'd been sleeping. Uh-huh.
No charges for McNeil, but he was apparently handcuffed at some point -- "uncooperative" will get you that -- and his three "female visitors" were charged with underage consumption. Orson's amusing take is already up.
Me, I'm looking into homeschooling options for college.
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That's how you give 'em the business!!
by XRayVol on
Nov 6, 2007 2:31 PM EST
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Isn't great
Illegal Firearms: $500
Alcohol: $95
Broken Window: $300
Night of racous 3 on 1 action with 18 year olds: Priceless
There are some things money can't buy!
by Volorado on
Nov 6, 2007 2:52 PM EST
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Not snarky, but just curious:
by hooper on
Nov 6, 2007 9:41 PM EST
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Don't really know
by Joel on
Nov 6, 2007 10:13 PM EST
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That was my hunch, too.
by hooper on
Nov 6, 2007 10:39 PM EST
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Sounds like
by Volorado on
Nov 7, 2007 9:30 AM EST
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just another day
by OneNationUnderVols on
Nov 6, 2007 3:20 PM EST
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SMOKEY SEZ
Sorry MOM Sorry Dad the DEVIL made me do it.Thanks from all the TENNESSEE FANS for showing us how " YOU WILL GIVE YOUR ALL FOR TENNESSEE TODAY" . Good Greef Charlie Brown give me a break. Whats Next ?
by old smokey on
Nov 6, 2007 3:21 PM EST
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Sounds like
by gramsey712 on
Nov 6, 2007 3:40 PM EST
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Ghost of Neyland
We've got a contest of readers guessing what REALLY happened over at 3rdsaturdayinblogtober. LOL
Pretty good stuff.
Nice remarks on the "nobody greeted the cops" comment. I thought that was a nice little add-in. Laughed out loud pretty hard.
by ghostofneyland on
Nov 6, 2007 3:43 PM EST
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One good thing
by XRayVol on
Nov 6, 2007 3:49 PM EST
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Hut 1 Hut 2 Hut 3
by bulldurham on
Nov 6, 2007 4:08 PM EST
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Wow.
Not a reply so much, but -
Seriously, though, this won't help the program's image much, even if he is as innocuous as he claims in the matter. It's not so much that this kind of incident is unusual for a football program, but that it's much better reported now than ever before. I grew up in the Rockies, and we'd get occasional stories about the Colorado program during their early '90s heydays that would make you pause. Over time, we eventually found out that the stories we heard were just the tip of the iceberg.
Generically:
I love football, but it really is a convergence of a lot of elements that don't mix: very aggressive personalities, high prestige, the hope of making millions of dollars someday, publicity, national media, and very old boys / very young men with some maturing left to do. It's a recipe for problems, and problems happen. I honestly think most schools do a pretty good job at keeping these kinds of incidents to a minimum, but they'll never eradicate them. It also helps to remember that there are a lot of these players who will have tremendous lives, in part because of the discipline and willingness to face a challenge that they learned in their football tenure. UT seems to have had an uptick in problems this year, but we'll have to see if it continues in future years or if this is more of a bump. (Full confession: I first became a UT fan back in the '90s because the program was a lot cleaner and had a much better public image than the Florida schools and Nebraska - the then-current perennial championship contenders. That, and seeing 100,000 people singing at a football game - and singing rather well - was impressive. I grew up in Wyoming, and Neyland holds 20% of Wyoming's population.)
by hooper on
Nov 6, 2007 4:22 PM EST
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