Ohio State football players have been disappointing this season. They just aren’t doing their job to even crack the Fulmer Cup rankings.
Not that there isn’t any shortage of idiots and perverts doing things in tOSU gear continually being caught on film. But it’s not the same. I mean, this is Ohio. There is so much tOSU crap gear being overproduced, that everyone seems to end up with at least one item whether they want to or not. Any T.J. Maxx, Gabriel’s, Wal-Mart, Big Lots and whatever is loaded with highly discounted clearance gear people can buy in bulk. It’s hard for many to resist picking up that $60 Nike hoodie for $10.
Have faith, though, Buckeye basketball seems poised to do what it can. Sure he is only a commit, but we are talking about the future.
City prosecutors will seek felony charges against Ohio State basketball recruit David Lighty, who was arrested Wednesday with two friends after a jogger was shot with a BB-type gun.
Lighty, an 18-year-old All- Ohio guard who graduated from Villa Angela-St. Joseph on Sunday, was held overnight on suspicion of assault, criminal trespassing and criminal activity on school property. Two other 18-year-old teammates — Jimmy McLeod and Darryl Rushton — were held on the same grounds.
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The incident happened about 9 p.m. Wednesday at VASJ. James Nugent, 55, was jogging on the track when he was hit in the back by a plastic BB. He said Thursday that he heard three men in the south bleachers laughing and one said, “Oh, I hit him.”
“We were goofing around with each other and this man said he got hit,” Lighty said Thursday just after he was released. “And he called the police.
“But everything is going to be all right.”
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Two patrolmen arrived and saw three men with guns in the bleachers. It was dusk and the officers were unsure if the weapons were BB guns or real guns.
Officers pointed their guns at the three men and told them to drop the weapons.
Lighty and Rushton complied, but McLeod said he didn’t have to drop his, police said. Officers said they shouted at him at least five times before he dropped the gun, which police then saw was a BB-type gun.
Now, understand that in Cleveland, BB guns are considered firearms. Kids “goofing around with each other” with BB guns. Brilliant.
Now think about how stupid these kids are. They not only take potshots at some guy in his 50s with the BB gun, they stay in the bleachers while the guy calls the police, then when the cops show up — and draw their guns — one of them is dumb enough to not drop his gun. The idiots are lucky not to have been shot by an overreacting/nervous cop.
Even if you think the plastic BBs are harmless, how dumb do you have to be just to hang around and wait for the cops to show? You hit the guy. Run, dummies!
“We are aware of the incident,” OSU coach Thad Matta said in a statement released through the school. “In situations like this, we always defer to the law. David is in our family and the university and I will work together on dealing with this matter.”
Everyone was going to be watching Buckeye basketball closely for the talent on the court. Now we know they will be worth watching, period.
