June 01, 2006
The Seminole Way
Florida State crime stories - they never grow tired, do they? And this one may be the best yet.
According to Tallahassee police, two former Noles - guys who played this year - linebacker A.J. Nicholson and receiver Fred Rouse broke into current player Lorenzo Booker's home and stole $1,700 worth of stereo equipment. At first, I thought that maybe this was just an altercation gone wrong, but nope, they broke in a back window like common thieves.
Now, if breaking into homes to steal stereos doesn't sound stupid enough and if doing it to your own teammate doesn't up the ante enough, how about this - Nicholson was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals just a few weeks ago! The man is a professional athlete!
Oh, but wait, it gets better. You know how the police knew to look for Rouse? Evidently he was clever enough to think to wear gloves during the break-in, you know to avoid leaving fingerprints. But instead of using some generic plastic gloves, he wore his FSU receiver gloves - ones with his number sewn into them ... and he left one in the home!
Now I'm wondering if maybe they weren't wearing their jerseys with their names on the back too.
Of course now that I've written all of this, I'm feeling a bit apprehensive. Maybe I'm being a bit hard on these guys. Maybe I should wait a bit and see if there's a perfectly acceptable explanation. Maybe they both have Lyme disease.
(I'm not gonna get banned for that, am I?)
| jerloma wrote: |
| Has anyone noticed that the Bengals are slowly turning into the Ravens? Granted, this guy's a 4th round pick and may not make the team, but for all the supposed character refprmations that Marv Lewis has brought to that team, they seem to be willing to take on any thugs who can play football.
(I'm not gonna get banned for that, am I?) |
You can rag on the Bengals and Ravens all you want. Just leave your Cowher bashing elsewhere!
Actually, I guess you've retired that line of thinking, right?
Like I said before, being dead wrong never felt so good.
| Lyme Survivor wrote: |
| It is too bad the public is so unaware of Lyme. If you research more you will find it is caused by the same family or type of bacteria as syphillis a spirokete. It can infect the central nervous system and does produce some wild symptoms. I hope you never get it, or maybe if you did you might not think it's so funny. |
Oh, I knew this would happen. Back before my comments were all lost, there was a long discussion of Lyme in general and in specific relation to Wyatt Sexton. In that discussion, I conceded that Sexton apparently did actually have Lyme (which was not necessarily apparent at the time) and that there is some evidence that it can cause psychological incidents.
That said, it's not exactly clear that that's the reason why he was almost naked in the street calling himself God. Especially since he was just returning from a Bonaroo concert. And the way that FSU handled the situation just after it happened was asking for mockery.
BrightCar Car Maintenance Software - Software To Manage Your Car Maintenance Schedule
