LSU dumps "Honeybadger"...
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MegaMagick
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You have everything in the world going your way, everything is leading to you going to the NFL and making millions of dollars..
How stupid do you have to be to screw all of that up, jeez. That's just crazy.
How stupid do you have to be to screw all of that up, jeez. That's just crazy.
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Aikbach;4657590 said:
If it's the THIRD test, it's probably more like the 100th time they have told him about it. He took 3 official tests, but you know they must have been telling him over and over again after the 2nd test that he has to pass the next one.
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Hoofbite;4657496 said:
Where's that located again?
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Heisman Trophy finalist Tyrann Mathieu was kicked off LSU's football team Friday for breaking an athletic department rule, a blow to the Tigers' national championship hopes three weeks before their season opener.
The junior defensive back - nicknamed Honey Badger for his tenacious style, small stature (5-foor-9, 175 pounds) and blonde streak of hair - rose from obscurity to become one of college football's biggest stars last season.
He was a sleeper Heisman candidate as the Tigers won the Southeastern Conference championship and reached the BCS title game. But almost as quickly as Mathieu rose to fame and became the face of LSU football, the Honey Badger phenomenon ended in Death Valley.
''We'll miss the guy,'' coach Les Miles said at a news conference. ''The football team's got to go on. We'll have to fill the void.''
Miles would not specify the reason Mathieu was dismissed. His Tigers are still among the favorites to win the national title this year, even without Mathieu.
Athletic Director Joe Alleva said Mathieu, who was suspended for a game in 2011 after failing a drug test, violated an athletic department rule and had his scholarship revoked.
The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, citing an unidentified person close to the player, reported that Mathieu failed another drug test. Several high-ranking LSU administrators said they either did not know which rule Mathieu had violated or refused to discuss the matter. School policy allows for a player to lose his scholarship even without another positive test if he does not fulfill all the terms of university probation
''Being an athlete is a privilege,'' Alleva said. ''It's a privilege and you have to follow the rules to take advantage of that privilege. And unfortunately, he doesn't have that privilege here anymore.
''He really is a good kid. It's a shame. But I told him this morning that he has the rest of his life and his life is still ahead of him. He still has a tremendous opportunity to do good things and I encouraged him to do those good things, and I think he will.''
For rest ---> http://sports.yahoo.com/news/lsus-mathieu-kicked-off-team-171927675--ncaaf.html
The junior defensive back - nicknamed Honey Badger for his tenacious style, small stature (5-foor-9, 175 pounds) and blonde streak of hair - rose from obscurity to become one of college football's biggest stars last season.
He was a sleeper Heisman candidate as the Tigers won the Southeastern Conference championship and reached the BCS title game. But almost as quickly as Mathieu rose to fame and became the face of LSU football, the Honey Badger phenomenon ended in Death Valley.
''We'll miss the guy,'' coach Les Miles said at a news conference. ''The football team's got to go on. We'll have to fill the void.''
Miles would not specify the reason Mathieu was dismissed. His Tigers are still among the favorites to win the national title this year, even without Mathieu.
Athletic Director Joe Alleva said Mathieu, who was suspended for a game in 2011 after failing a drug test, violated an athletic department rule and had his scholarship revoked.
The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, citing an unidentified person close to the player, reported that Mathieu failed another drug test. Several high-ranking LSU administrators said they either did not know which rule Mathieu had violated or refused to discuss the matter. School policy allows for a player to lose his scholarship even without another positive test if he does not fulfill all the terms of university probation
''Being an athlete is a privilege,'' Alleva said. ''It's a privilege and you have to follow the rules to take advantage of that privilege. And unfortunately, he doesn't have that privilege here anymore.
''He really is a good kid. It's a shame. But I told him this morning that he has the rest of his life and his life is still ahead of him. He still has a tremendous opportunity to do good things and I encouraged him to do those good things, and I think he will.''
For rest ---> http://sports.yahoo.com/news/lsus-mathieu-kicked-off-team-171927675--ncaaf.html
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RS12;4657460 said:
I don't. If you are dumb enough to get kicked off a Les Miles LSU team, you are too dumb to play in the NFL.
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RS12;4657460 said:
Not likely.
If the kid isn't smart enough to stay off stuff to stay in college what do you think the chances are he's suddenly going to stop in the NFL when he's got more money, and oppurtunity, to get the stuff?
He'll wind up getting suspended a bunch cause he'll be too stupid to stay away from it then.
I hope I'm wrong cause I'd like to see the guy turn it around and do well for himself but at this point, given his history, I just don't have any faith that the kid gets it or ever will.
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This sucks for Matthews. I was a big fan of his on the football field. Like others have said, why can't these players put down the weed for a few years until after you get your big payday? I've never smoke it, but I know it can't be worth missing out on millions of dollars. Maybe somehow between now and next years draft, he will have a revelation and turn himself around.