The wheels of justice turn slowly, very slowly in Lancaster (insert Amish buggy joke here).
In December, Lamar Patterson got caught in a dine-and-dash debacle. He and his cohorts master scheme, undone by leaving behind his brother’s ID.
In February, he was actually charged. That was when Pitt suspended him for a game.
Now, the end of August, and we have this complex legal matter mostly resolved.
Patterson pleaded guilty to providing false ID to police, a misdemeanor, and a pair of summary violations — theft of services and carrying a false ID.
Patterson is responsible for paying the restaurant tab — $35. Not to mention $650 in court costs. When you add in the cost of his attorney, that dinner was really, really expensive. Patterson has also been given a year of probation. If he can avoid any more trouble in the coming year, he gets his record expunged.
“This knucklehead moment could have come at a cost,” [Lancaster County Court Judge Margaret] Miller said. “This is an opportunity for you so the knucklehead moment doesn’t define you.”
It is an opportunity for Patterson. I’m going to assume he won’t blow it.
He is going to be an important part of what we all hope is going to be a team that contends for a big east title. (more on Patterson’s role later, I have been thinking about it a lot, probably more than is healthy)
As far as the off the court stuff (good or bad) goes, I frankly couldn’t care any less, as long as it doesn’t impact their ability to play basketball for Pitt.
“Considering Texas’s embarassing justice system (largest number of executions among all states)”
Is it embarrassing to execute someone who murders some poor kid’s father or rapes and then kills a wife and mother???? Your solution: give the guy free room, board, and perhaps entertainment? Please explain the embarrassment to me, because I don’t understand.
“there may not of been many of us left to contribute to this blog if we had grown up in Texas”
What are you saying about those of us who blog on this site?
“As for model citizens’ in my opinion a governor who stated that the President and Chairman of the Federal Reserve have comitted treason (a capital offense)is not a person I would want my children to model”
That was a stupid statement by the Texan governor. But then again, someone on this blog made a suggestion that most of the bloggers on this blog committed acts that would be a capital offense in Texas. I think that this blogger’s statement is dumber that the governor’s. Making a dumb statement like that makes all of the other opinions of that blogger suspect.
Although the Pitt D was pretty good, the best D in the BE was WVU the past 2 years … but this year, Pitt returns more starters and has more depth than before … plus it looks like Todd Thomas and E Price are newcomers that will contribute.
Texas is different. I experienced some culture shock over ten years ago when I moved down from New York. Texas is not one of those 57 states. It is a Republic and Lone Star.
Coach Graham knows this all too well. Don’t mess with Graham or Texas for that matter.
Peace.
For a non-Texas native, you seem to have really bought into ‘Texas is bigger and better’ mentality.
For your sake, I really hope Graham is a success
TX Panther, I moved to Dallas in 2009, Texas is a great state and I wish I would have moved here many, many years ago!
I still freak when the terrain is mostly flat and there are no hills to climb … but would freak even more if I would have to endure 30+ days of triple digit temperatures.
Big rivalry between Fort Worth and Dallas in the metroplex. TCU markets itself as Fort Worth’s team. Heck, Dallas doesn’t even have the Cowboys anymore…Arlington does.
When Pitt plays TCU, I hope the game isn’t scheduled for early September since the 100 degree days typically don’t break until mid-September. It’s 70 days and counting of 100+ temps in Austin this year.
You haven’t experienced Hell until you’ve spent a summer in Texas. At least the women wear very little this time of year.
Can’t wait for Pitt to play in Texas. Until you mentioned it, TX Panther, it never really sunk in that Pitt could play TCU in late October or November. That would be great!
No one has really discussed it that I have seen, but will adding TCU help the Big East broaden our bowl games line up? OR are we still a couple more (god) teams away? THE BE really need to upgrade our bowl chances… What good is 11-1 record if that loss costs you the league title & automatic BCS if you could still get stuck in the COmpass Bowl? (Yeah, I know the odds are slim of that Bowl with that record but it could happen.)