OK, Chas and Pat (see his comment under here), should I start to get worried now?

PITTSBURGH — Pitt quarterback Rod Rutherford was charged Friday with kicking out a car window and assaulting a woman outside a nightclub.

Rutherford forced his way into the car early Monday after she refused his advances, police said. Rutherford got out of the car and grabbed the 19-year-old woman through a partially opened window, causing her to strike her head and face, police said Friday. As the woman drove away, Rutherford kicked out a window, police said. Two passengers in the car were not injured.

Rutherford was charged with indecent assault, simple assault and criminal mischief. He has disputed the woman’s account, saying she threw a glass at him in the parking lot.

So, Pat, now that we’ve moved past criminal mischief — the likely limit of this case that you suggested — to indecent assault and simple assault, should I start to worry about Rod Rutherford’s career at Pitt?

Admittedly, criminal charges of assaulting women are nowhere near as serious in the twisted world of college football as NCAA rules violations are. So I would be surprised if Rod Rutherford’s problem goes anywhere near as far as Maurice Clarett’s case has. But you never know. Either way, I wouldn’t get too smug about Ohio State’s troubles, Chas.

All I know is that this is not what Pitt needed on the eve of its most important season in 20 years.