THE BIGGEST LOSER

At THE Ohio State University, we have 2 world class discgraces. Art Schlichter will embarass us shortly after he gets out of prison again.

Eric Ramsey, I suppose.

Stupid answer: Aaron Taylor

Actual answer: Kim Dunbar.

The stupid bitch paid $25 to be a member of a club that happened to rent space on campus for events and she gets considered as a ‘booster’.

In her defense, she did marry a former player once she got out of prison.

it pains me to say this..but there are quite a few from Uf..crowder comes to mind..as well as charles, and now atkins..seems every year or two a new one comes along that embarrasses us.

It’s a toss-up between Quincy Carter and Jasper Sanks.

I’d have to give the nod to Quincy, if only because getting Jasper meant we were spared the embarrassment of Jamal Lewis.

Chris Henry would be the obvious choice, but I have a sneaking suspicion that Todd Sauerbrun has enough fight in him to make a run.

Florida’s all-time champeen?

Clint Mitchell—nothing like sexual assault to perk the ears.

Taurean Charles—would have thrown a beer keg onto a student’s head had he not been held back by bystanders.

Doug Johnson—just because he was an ass.

“It’s a toss-up between Quincy Carter and Jasper Sanks.

I’d have to give the nod to Quincy, if only because getting Jasper meant we were spared the embarrassment of Jamal Lewis. "

Gotta disagree with that one. Tony Coles trumps both of them lumped together. Following closely behind Coles is Jim Harrick and then Michael Adams (heh heh).

If we’re limiting it to football, then perhaps one of them, but I’m not that hard on either one. QC was pretty much set up by Donnan to either win every game or fail spectacularly. Sanks was just a bust, though he did have his share of run-ins. QC also was the recipient of some Cowboys stupidity. Hey, if they want to pay me a gazillion dollars to play quarterback, I’d line up too!

Russ

Do I have to pick just one?

For Notre Dame, Kim Dunbar is a good answer. I might have said “Bob Davie and Tyrone Willingham in a toss-up.” Also, don’t forget about Ricky Watters.

Are we only picking one from our school or from others? That could be a shitstorm.
NewAZ picked the unanimous choice for disgraced alum from Auburn, “keep it down home, cuz.” Anytime you end up on 60 Minutes, and then have your wife cursing the audience on graduation day, you are definitely public enemy number one.

Some will say it’s Curtis Enis (free suit from an agent). I will say it’s Maurice Humphrey. Coulda been a star. Ended up in jail.

Is this football only? Spreewell went to Bama.

I’m going to second Orson’s pick for Clint Mitchell and ask that Taurean Charles be removed from consideration, mainly because I knew the kid that he was throwing the keg at, and let’s just say that the kid could have used a keg upside the head.

If we’re going outside of football, we could add Dwayne Schintzius to the list. I got to UF and had my ID made (first generation digital-photo badge), and my roommate said, “Hey you look like Dwayne Schintzius!” I immediately had the mullet cut. (Hey, it was the 80s.)

Sherman Williams

UNL: Lawrence Phillips…and now, but not to the infamous degree, Harrison Beck (f’n whiny lil b*tch)

I agree with #3, absolutely.

Cecil “The Diesel” Collins of course

Logan Young

Two words. O. J.

Oh, for LSU I’d have to go for Cecil “the Diesel” Collins.

NIT, we’d nominate A.J. Nicholson for the new school award, but we’ve got to be forgetting someone in the epic criminal past of FSU’s history.

What about Deandre (DeeDee) Green, who fired soume rounds in the air right besie the Haley Center?

Terry Bowden recruit, no doubt.

I’m breaking out of the “rat on your own school” method just to throw out a Deadspin link- Deion Sanders

http://www.deadspin.com/sports/nfl/deion-sanders-says-no-snitching-193147.php

Ignore my spelling.

Hands Down – Jon Beutjer

Bill, Dont blame it on Kim, blame it on Lou Holtz. Also, with ND, might wanna think of Hornig, who on live national TV said ND won’t be good until they can recruit the black athlete, which they can’t cuz their standards are too high. Not really, bad, but all in all embarrassing.

For PSU I would have to agree with Mo Humphrey. Enis made a mistake with the agent but he didnt commit a crime. Bobby Engram got arrested for robbery his Freshman year but cleaned himself up after that.

The funniest one had to be Najah Davenport who got arrest at Miami (Fla) for taking a dump in a girls dirty laundry hamper.

Colgate University’s Eugene Robinson was arrested for soliciting a prostitute before the Superbowl. Also, the Colgate football program is godawful without any other scandal.

hmmm…if we’re including basketball, maybe chris webber? ed martin?

football…i can’t think of too many – ty law and charles woodson are kinda world-class jerks. david terrell was a colossal flop. i’m sure i’m missing someone hiding behind my lloyd-carr-sized blind spot…

Vernon f-ing Maxwell??? How can we forget him?

As for Clint, he was only accused of sexual assault. In reality I think he was just stalking that hot volleyball player.

If we are only talking about football, there are oh-so-many to choose from. Remember Tony “My Pimp Hand is Strong” Davis, Fred “Oh, Is that Your Backpack I’m Carrying?” Taylor, or Jabbar “I’ll Steal your Bling and Drown your Sorry Ass in a Pond” Gaffney.

The immediate knee-jerk reaction is to say Marcus Vick, but you can’t neglect Jim “Who wants to fuck the” Druckenmiller.

How hard up do you have to be to be an NFL player, yet come back to your college and rape a freshman?

Brent Moss.

Stupid crack head.

I’d say Hornung’s gambling was far more embarassing than his race comments.

Besides, if you’re going to talk specifically about ND players, you’d have to talk about the Gipper himself. He was the superstar wild college athlete before there where superstar wild college athletes. Excessive gambling, moonlighting professionally, pool sharking…

AU, what about this ex-basketball player who recently raped an eight year-old girl? Or is this only football? Could go with James Brooks, who told a judge he was illiterate either a) because it was true, or b) to avoid paying child support.

As for Bama, Sherman Williams has to be up there. I’ll also nominate Jay Barker, for his horrendous “Roll Chevy Roll” sacrilege, pathetic radio personality, and association with pyramid schemes.

Hornung’s a good pick for ND not just because of the “black athlete” comment, but also because back when he was in the pros in the 60s he got suspended for a year for betting on games.

Everyone also seems to forget that George Gipp went like 2 years without ever actually passing a class.

Come on, NewAZ and AUAlum—Eric Ramsey? How about [drug lord] Robert Baker? James Brooks (on account of his illiteracy)? Outside of football, how about your boy Eddie Johnson?

Cecil Collins is a good choice for Tiger fans, but he only played in a few games. How about Heisman trophy winner Billy Cannon? LSU legend turned white collar criminal, he now resides in jail.

As for Bama, I dont know if Mike Price counts. But who can for get, “Its rolling baby!” What did Sherman Williams do to embarass UA?

First name: A delicious deli sandwich involving the clever combination of corned beef, sauerkraut, thousand island dressing, and swiss cheese. (Okay it’s also a biblical name, but I bet a VERY small percentage of the population knows that.)

Last name: An oft flooded city in Texas.

And yet Tech fans on the Hive will still giggle with glee, because some UGA player passed out drunk on the john while struggling with a grumpy.

Drug dealer — in jail now.

Reuben El Paso?

Hey you Bama fans remember James “Hollywood” Robinson? Man, that guy made me cringe!

Definatley would have to be Sherman Williams….the guy’s playing for the Cowboys then the feds bust him for starting his own business….hey, they guys just being entrepreneurial …too bad his business was trafficking drugs…what an idiot! I wonder if he does his shake for all the boys in the prison shower? “Shake it for me bitch…now line up in the split end and drive it to the hole!”

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/2000/04/24/cowboys_williams_ap/

For Michigan, has to be He Who Shall Not Be Named, for taking huge amounts of $$$ and contributing to the destruction of our basketball program.

For football, there haven’t been too many embarassments, thankfully. The two that come to mind are Tony Boles for what seems to be a life of petty robbery following his career-ending knee injury and Larry Harrison for being too willing to show the ladies what they could be gettin’…

Mike, what did Hollywood do, other than shoot the rock every time he touched it?

For Purdue, we had Kyle “Bonecrusher” Williams. He decided (after he had been tossed off the team, thankfully) to try to live up to his nickname. With a coed.

Penn State’s is still a work in progress.
Lavon Chisley was ruled academically ineligible before the 2005 season, but now is sitting in a Maryland jail on marijuana possession charges. Not that bad, but that charge is preventing him from being extradicted to Pa. where he is a person of interest in a murder investigation of a PSU student who was stabbed to death in June. All of this after he pleaded his way out of charges for making “terroristic threats” to a relative of his girlfriend in Nov. of ‘05.
Thank God he’s off the team – imagine the Fulmer Cup implications.

Mike Dubose hands (and pants) down.

Runner up would be Mike Price. At least he could say he was drunk.

Chris Henry.
Although PacMan Jones had some moments.
And Jerry Porter is just an ass hole.

Dion Rayford…the guy who went after a Taco Bell employee through the drive-through window after they forgot to give him his chalupa.

Robert Baker, the Touchdown Maker, had such a cool name he was forgiven for his misfortunes. Eddie Johnson is basketball, and this is strictly football. James Brooks would probably be number two because he could read but told a judge he was barely literate to avoid child support payments.
For Bama: Albert Means, he did put on the Crimson jersey before transferring to Memphis.
For UGA: Musa Smith, since his dad was a terrorist.
For Tennessee: the 2001-2005 football teams.

Yes, Logan Young RIP, if we’re going ALL sports, Eddie Johnson wins easily. As for James Brooks, the illiteracy thing WAS true, as I understand it. Even his NFL coaches didn’t know he was illiterate for a few weeks. There was recently an article in either the Birmingham or Huntsville paper about it.

For Texas…depending on how you look at it….you either think you’d like to toke with them, or you are very disgusted with them….Heisman winner Ricky Williams and Ramonce “it ain’t mine even though it is in a Big XII backpack” Taylor.

MSU has Dontae Walker as their “running back turned drug dealer”. In basketball, there’s Marcus Bullard, and the baseball program gave us Rafael Palmeiro. If anyone asks, I never knowingly participated in this poll.

PeteJayHawk, I distinctly remember that happening, because my brother pulled a copycat crime about a week later at a Taco Bell in Memphis at 4 AM, when we pulled up to the drive-through and they snickered and said “we’re out of food.”

Gotta be Hornung for ND because of the NFL suspension for gambling and the public “we have to recruit the black athlete” comment.

Hornung does however redeem himself with this priceless quote:
Reporter: “what did you do with all the money you made playing football?”
Hornung: “well, I’d say that I spent 30% on women, 30% on booze, and 30% gambling. The other 10% I just wasted”

Im switching to Croom. Especially since he dressed out Tuesday.

Notre Dan, I thought former LA governor Huey “Kingfish” Long was credited with saying that.

I don’t see many Oklahoma State fans on the board so I’ll offer up Dexter Manley for them. Gotta love those guys that go to your school for four years yet still can’t read when they get out. Serving 4 years in a texas prison for coke posession is a nice touch too.

Dexter Manley was born on Christmas Day. I remember that from his ‘86 Topps card. Just thought I’d pass that along.

For Bama, what about that stupendiously mediocre Gator Bowl champ Brian Burgdorf? I’m posting the whole story, ‘cause you can’t make this shit up:

Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Former UA quarterback gets probation in fund scheme

A federal judge sentenced former University of Alabama quarterback Brian Burgdorf this afternoon to 30 months of probation, with six of those months to be served under home detention, for his role in an investment scam that caused investors to lose $10 million.

Burgdorf, who backed up Jay Barker on the Crimson Tide’s 1992 national championship team, received the sentence as a result of his guilty plea to a charge of conspiring to sell unregistered securities. Burgdorf admitted that he helped recruit people for the bogus Millennium Fund investment scam that duped 14 people in Alabama, Tennessee and Florida. Victims included Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden.

U.S. District Judge Karon Bowdre gave Burgdorf a sentencing break, finding that he suffered from neurological and psychological problems that led to him being easily manipulated by the main culprits who came up with the scheme. The scam began in 1996 and involved a Panamanian offshore trust firm and a Panamanian brokerage firm.

Burgdorf has been under mental health care and successfully completed a drug screening program. Burgdorf, now a car salesman in Nashville, thanked Bowdre for allowing him to get help for his problems, saying he did not realize how sick he was.

Burgdorf acknowledged that he became involved in the scam in 1997 and earned commission income in 1997 and 1998 when he was promoting the fund.

Bowdre said she believed Burgdorf was targeted because of his name recognition and his sports connections.

The conspiracy included Hoover businessman James Michael Hanks and Stephen Bowden, the football coach’s son. Hanks received three years of probation for his role, while Stephen Bowden received one year of probation. Bobby Bowden lost $1.6 million as a result of the scheme known as the Millennium Fund, the “Tax Free Guaranteed Rapid Capital Fund for the Privileged Few.”

Michigan’s got the embarrassment factor covered in basketball from the years. It was so bad even UNLV laughs at us.

As for football, if I recall correctly Shonte Peoples pulled a gun on someone he thought was messin’ with his jeep, but that’s about it.

I’d probably go with Nicholson and Fred Rouse. They’re like Batman and Robin, only they commit crime and have less homosexual undertones. Well, unless they end up sharing a cell.

Special shout out to Sam Cassell, who is single handidly responsible for FSU not playing FAMU in anything but chick sports. Apparently, a week before a game in the early 90s, he jacked the girlfriend of FAMU’s small forward. That turned into an epic on-court fight, with Cassell going at the guy with a sharpened pencil.

Lead poisoning, it’ll git ya.

Without a doubt Bill Romanowski. BC pretty much does everything within its power to make people forget that he’s a former Eagle. In my 4 years there (while he was winning Super Bowls w/ Denver and was a pretty high-profile NFL player), I never saw one shred of official school-sanctioned evidence of his time there.

Where’s Orson and Stranko on this?

How about Ja-burglar?

For San Jose State Ellis T. Jones has the award on permanent lockdown.

“Victims included Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden”

That’s one of the best lines I’ve read all day!

Short of Jack Kemp losing money investing in a machine that would “make gold from sand,” Bobby Bowden losing money for the “Tax Free Guaranteed Rapid Capital Fund for the Privileged Few" is the best public swindle we’ve heard yet.

Jeez. Colorado’s got rapists on top of rapists. We’ve got Eric Bienemy, who was banned from campus for a long time. We’ve got Michael Westbrook, who beat the hell out of a teammate. We’ve got a quarterback who fathered a kid with the head coach’s daughter. And none of them can hold a candle to Carruth. For this kind of thuggery, shouldn’t we have more than one illegitimate, shared national championship and a bunch of crappy Big XII North titles?

Yeah, I remember that. That’s why Jeff isn’t the most Bowden prodigy in the family.

For FSU, no one can top Michael Gibson:

(from USAToday.com)
Michael Gibson

Former Florida State football

He received six life sentences in 1994 — four for rape, one for armed burglary and one for attempted felony murder — for his conviction in an attack on a student who was raped, robbed, shot and left for dead in her apartment in 1993 in Tallahassee, Fla. The Florida Supreme Court recently ruled in an unrelated case that there is no crime of attempted felony murder. Gibson was resentenced Oct. 7 and received five life sentences. An appeal was filed on his behalf on Nov. 7.

I’m late to the party..I was at the 1st-Annual Maruice Clarett Gun and Vodka Auction… got me a nice pair of popguns, and I’m ready to get my Goose on… but Purdue (this year) still has to go with the almightly Garrett Bushong.

I’d write more, but I have an appointment at Locker #3.

USC = Orenthal James Simpson

No other school can boast of a Heisman winning double murderer.

OJ Simpson, bitches.

As was said earlier.

It’s OJ. The list starts with him because he got away with it.

Shocking as it may be, as a Canes fan, there is no shortage of candidates for me to choose from. As my google search shows:

1 – 10 of about 376,000 for university of Miami football arrest

I’ll be honest I was pulling for Willie Williams to do something spectacular…what a letdown!

But I will go with Michael “huggybear” Irivin…or should I say “his friend” who always seems to be getting him in trouble

That should be reviled Bowden prodigy, BTW.

Brent Schaeffer (in his Knoxville days of punchin’ out fools who mess with his bitch), Leonard Little (for pleading 2nd deg. Manslaughter after killing a lady while DWI), Jamal Lewis (crack dealing and generall assholeness), and Justin Gatlin (ALLEGED ’roid doping) are all probably equally tied.

I’m kind of suprised Tennessee doesn’t have an Uber-disgrace. Am I overlooking somebody? Please help!

As for ASU, take your pick. I’d pick Loren Wade solely based on the fact that Mitchell “fright night Freidman” was a f’ing badass on the field. Wade murdered former teammate Brandon Faulkner. All Fright Night did was get found guilty of 15 counts, including five counts of sexual assault, four counts of sexual abuse, kidnapping, aggravated assault and armed robbery. Take that, Fulmer Cup.

Former hoops coach Bill Freder and player Stevin “Headache” Smith garner honorable mention honors for the point shaving scandal that tanked our b’ball program and that espn never seems to forget about.

http://houseofheat.blogspot.com

How about Gary Moeller from UM? That’s always a good example for your team!

NoleinTexas, I figured you were just using “Bowden” as an adjective meaning “sordid and foolish”. It works without the correction

Aerobab,

At Tennessee we have Dewayne Goodrich who ran over two people and is in prision. Jamal Lewis was in the pen for a short time. Reggie Cobb was kicked off the team for drugs. Lenard Little killed a woman while drinking and driving.

Four good picks, but I think we have to go with Goodrich.

I think Leonard Little takes second to OJ, overall. Where was Rae Carruth from though?

Seriously. You kill someone while DUI. Then you have the nuts (stupidity? UT degree?) to go and get another DUI. Which, I’m sure we all can agree, wasn’t the only other time he got on the road while impaired.

Little’s a world-class asshole in my book.

For UT, I have to put up Kelly Washington. “The Future” didn’t really commit any crimes, just general malaise and discontent within the program. Little, Goodrich, and Lewis didn’t really get in trouble until after UT.

Are we going to let Mo Clo get the tOSU bid without a fight? Art Schlichter has been staying in the news for decades now. And what about Alonzo Spellman going out in a Bipolar blaze of glory?

Goodrich has Little beat by a mile. The man ran over two people on the Interstate at like 110 mph and was drunk.

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/cda/article_print/0,1983,KNS_18660_4375628_GVX-ARTICLE-DTL-PRNT,00.html

I would agree with Goodrich for the Vols, but also have to mention Heath Shuler (top 5 pick, bottom 5 brain) and 80’s era basketball player Doug Roth, who basically ruined the market for white one eyed seven foot basketball players in the SEC.

Greatest line ever at a UT hoops game at Stokely—Roth misses two passes from the wing and someone screams in the timeout “C’mon, Roth, open your eye!”.

Ryan Leaf for Wash St.

Absolutely has to be Larry “Shoot and Scoot” Harrison at Michigan.

And not that I’m a BC fan, but Mark Chmura has to get some love for his hot tub party.

biggest loser…billy curry

Florida St.= Sebastion Janikowski

Demetrius Summers.

Isn’t Heath Shuler about to be elected to Congress?

Did no one mention the coach from Baylor who tried to convince his players to tell the media the kid who was murdered, whom I’m sure he had some part in recruiting, was a drug dealer? How does it get lower than putting a dead kid and his family through that to protect his program?

Good one Rob

Or for Ohio State, anyone remember Greg Simpson? Two time Mr. Ohio came to OSU under Randy Ayers as the next big thing, made 4 kids w/ 3 women in a year, got a DUI and got in a shooting match with his teammate, Mr. Indiana, George Mason (who was then caught pumpin and peddling away with out paying for gas). Oh, they literally shot at each other…at practice. Come to think of it, the whole Randy Ayers time at OSU was pretty much embarrassing (minus Jimmy Jackson & Chris Jent).

onterrio smith – wizzonator, alleged sexual assault, being from sacramento.

oregon picked up dexter manley’s kid in spring. potential to add some spice.

Actually Onterrio Smith could be a dual threat cause he got kicked out of UT for weed before Oregon picked him up.

What about Ricky Williams? Weed + Master P = winner

Dontay Walker, Pig Prather and Richard Burch. All former MSU football players. All now staying with the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/InmateDetails.asp?PassedId=109800

http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/InmateDetails.asp?PassedId=116864

http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/InmateDetails.asp?PassedId=117690

I love USC football, but I gotta admit that the BIGGEST LOSER of ALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL is:

OJ @#$% Simpson.

None of the other jokers listed in this thread has killed people, made as many bad movies, or continues to make an A-HOLE of himself on such a consistent basis.

Cecil Collins, Leesville Louisiana HS “Wampus Cats”

We had him for 4 years… Oh, and I knew LSU had him when the story went around that his mother “won the lottery” twice his senior year-so THAT’s where she got the bitchin’ set of wheels…

I think Bama has to be Sherman Williams, followed by Burgdorf (I’ll leave Mike Price to WSU). But I’ll also nominate David Palmer, Joe Namath, and Kenny Stabler.

I was working with an officer who was in the footchase with Sherman Williams the night he was arrested. I asked him who hawked down Sherm and all he would say was,“I was the closest to him.” He said he had a whole new respect for NFL speed.

re: SeaBass

Not being a Nole, I’ve often looked at SeaBass as a mildly retarded but beloved foreign exchange student. We both moved to the Bay Area at the same time. And being no stranger to the world of recreational drug use (but not recreational date rape), I often wanted to call him up and see if he’d want to hang out.

Sorta like a latter day Jim Morrison, but without the crappy poetry, and with a boomin’ leg.

Damn, I didn’t know Ohio State had that much thug-cestry.
When you add in Cincinnati basketball under Huggins and the recent exploits of the Bengals and at least two former members of Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony (Krayzie and Bizzie Bone), you have the most dangerous state in the union.
Watch your back, Indiana!

For ND I think Kevin Pendergast has to at least be in the running. Did a good job kicking, just decided to screw with basketball scores after football was done.

As far as ND football goes, the list begins and ends with f’in Rudy. Okay, it ends with Davie and Willingham, but Rudy makes me want to vomit every time I see/hear/smell that idiot. He’s an embarrassment.

For my TCU Horned Frogs, i’ll go with Barrett Robbins…for a pre-game Super Bowl meal i also like to have alcohol, hookers, blow, and a side of attempted murder

We know he transferred, but can we claim Jimtavis Walker, the running back who tried to pay a cabbie in pot and then beat and robbed him?

Well, the 90s were rough all around, but I have to bring up the gambling and point-shaving ring at Northwestern — yes, there was a Domer in on the action, too.

So, here are the names of Northwestern’s biggest scumbags, with liberal borrowing from the Intertubes…

From the football side:
Michael Senters
Gregory Gill
Dwight Brown
Christopher Gamble (how Dickensian)

and, drumroll, please… Dennis Lundy, who fumbled a touchdown to cover his bet in the 1994 Iowa game.

From the roundball crowd:

Dewey Williams
and Dennis Lee, as the guy who drove the car.

Special props go to athletic director Rick Taylor and former football coach Gary Barnett, who shied away from blame. “The stain is on the individuals,” Barnett said. “It’s not on us or on the school.”

The president of the university, Henry Bienen, begged to differ and expressed “dismay that the university’s good name is besmirched.”

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But I agree that OJ retires the damn trophy. I mean, come on… stealing DirecTV is a crime, people!

Heath Shuler also owns a share of a hunting plantation in Albany, GA.

wait, so what did channing crowder do? it was only a couple of years ago, but i don’t remember anything.

“Rueben El Paso?”

Just priceless!! I’m still laughing

Jimtavis Walker — on his recruiting trip to Bama, while out on the Strip, he put an acquaintance of mine in the hospital — white dude, 5’7" 155. From what I’m told, basically just sucker-punched him b/c his drunk friend said bumped against him accidentally or something.

Classy guy, Jimtavis.

Brian, re: your typo at 1:05, I can’t help but hear Master Shake saying, “Sebas-tee-OWN!”

I don’t have a nomination for my school, because I can’t think of any former players that are in jail off the top of my head, though I’m sure they are there somewhere.

Anyway, this discussion has got me thinking, shouldn’t there be a Maurice Clarett / Marcus Vick Award given for the best individual off the field performance by a college football player each off-season? It could be sort of an MVP of the Fulmer Cup chase type of award. Obviously, this year’s award will go to the player from SJSU in a landslide barring a drug ring/rape/double murder charge by another player, but it could be fun to have an award for the best individual contribution to the Fulmer Cup standings. Just my thoughts. Orson, feel free to run with the idea if you like.

Smitty, not to mention the fact that, if I remember correctly, Goodrich ran over a good samaritan attempting to help someone who was stranded on I-110 (either a wreck or car had broken down). Terrible.

the deisel, not shaq, but cecil collins.

Actually Robbie, he ran over a 23 and 21 year old who were pulling another driver from a burning car. Goodrich claimed he thought it was “debris”.

For Texas, Ricky Williams and Ramonce Taylor are small-time. You want some really disgraceful shit? Just take a look at Russell Erxleben. The guy kicked the longest field goal in NCAA history and then went on to commit securities fraud to the tune of nearly $30 million. Of course, it figures that Texas’ worst athlete/felon would be as white collar as they come…

Another scumbag from AU is none other than Aundrey Bruce. He and Robert Baker may be a tie. I don’t include Eric Ramsey because being stupid is not a crime.

What did Bruce do besides flop in the NFL? Are you a disgruntled Falcons fans?

I went to high school with the girls that Cecil “the Diesel” Collins sexually assualted…what a lunatic. He broke into one of the girls apartments, and while she was sleeping, he started rubbing her leg while simultaneously “rubbing one out.” She woke up, screamed, and he freaked out and ran. Later, he tried to break in and rape the neighbor…

And don’t forget, when he got drafted by the Dolphins, he was arrested for breaking into his neighbor’s house, supposedly to steal the stereo or something. More than likely, he was sniffing panties and spreading DNA. What a freak.

True story:

I was working on a story on Janikowski when he was at FSU. I see him out at a bar the night before I’m supposed to interview him, so I go up and introduce myself.

He’s pretty cool and all, but after running through his $50 on vodka shots, busts out “Buy me vodka or no talk to you” in his commie accent. Of course, I comply.

He ended up being remarkably lucid the next day….I guess he didn’t date rape himself that night.

I can’t believe I forgot NAJEH DAVENPORT! Broke into his ex-girlfriend’s place and took a shit in her laundry basket. Disgraceful, but hilarious. Score another for Miami

Ray Lewis: A ’Cane and a Raven. OJ was not the only one who got away with murder. Um, Buckhead. What a great place.

#35, every big time player in that period falls into that catagory. read a little college football history before you make fun of Reagan, i mean the Dutch, i mean the Gipper.

Well, Lawrence Phillips is an easy answer, but the cops and life pretty much got even with LP…

So I’m going to go with Erik Piatkowski, the single ugliest walking stereotype ever to put on the chuck taylor’s and ball. They wonder why we can’t build a program, he’s our #2 ALL TIME LEADING SCORER!! Who would go play hoops there after that?

got another Horned Frog, Frank Montgomery…he killed a baby…take that Trojans

Thanks, Smitty. How could I forget about Goodrich!? It looks like he’s the disgrace of the Vols!

Some of the names in this thread are priceless, with my personal favorite being Jimtavis, along with the never before (and never again) used sentence, “Classy guy, Jimtavis.”

I also always wondered if Sherman Williams’ mom just screwed up the paint store name.

Because They Can, I’ve always wondered the same thing about Siran Stacey and Saran Wrap.

For Texas, I would like to dismiss Ricky Williams from consideration because (a) he is currently employed, (b) never been arrested, © had some great seasons with the Dolphins, and (d) actually a nice guy.

I would add Ced Benson, though – for (a) being arrested, although later acquitted of possesion, (b) breaking into someone’s apartment to steal his own plasma TV, © crying at the draft, and (d) not showing us anything in the NFL. He goes behing Erxleben, though, if he amounts to something in the pros.

Hornung is my choice for ND, but don’t forget about Doug Gottlieb. He was kicked out of school after stealing his roommate’s credit card and racking up a bunch of charges. Now he’s a talking head on the WWL – go figure.

Squishy,

I’m not a Texas fan, so I could care less who y’all put up for your shadiest player, but, doesn’t Ricky get some consideration for general stupidity. I mean, he essentially smoked a 8 million dollar bowl when he initially retired.

Aerobab – Don’t forget an Old School one here for Tennessee – Tony Robinson – Went from the Cover of Sports Illustrated to getting busted for selling coke and forgery back in the mid 80s

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6DF1639F935A25754C0A965958260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fOrganizations%2fU%2fUniversity%20of%20Tennessee

Brian,

That money also went to exotic cars and baby-mommas.

Squishy

We are missing a big one here for Michigan State: Demetrius Underwood, who tried, quite unsuccessfully, to kill himself twice – first by slashing his own neck and then later by running out onto a highway. In between, he was diagnosed as bipolar and escaped from a psych ward. Of course the Cowboys signed him shortly after his escape.

Nice call on the Tony Robinson Voluminous, I can’t believe we forgot him.

Darryl Henley from UCLA. He was cool in school, but with the LA Rams he a) ran a cocaine trafficking ring and then, once he got nabbed, tried to b) bribe a witness and c) murder the judge. The last one really puts him head and shoulders above anyone else I can think of who wore the power blue and gold. Ricky Manning has a lot of catching up to do.

Burgdorf may have swindled Bowden, but it’s not the worst thing he’s been linked to.. a couple of years ago a woman died “under mysterious circumstances” in a Gulf condo in Orange Beach where Burgdorf and a few others were present.

I think it was finally ruled an OD, as it was apparently a several day glass-pipe party, but he’s a serious embarrasment.

teddy dupay
brock berlin
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No nasty sexual pecadillos, but Arkansas’ former defensive tackle Jermaine Brooks deserves an honorable mention for being arrested for 10 1/2 pounds of marijuana, guns, and an assload of $20s. It was the same week ESPN was in town filming a week in the life of the Hogs. Nice.

Jason Berryman:
He and a large friend are drunk as hell leaving a bar (underage).
He for no reason punches a guy in the face.
Tells the guy to give him his money. The guy has $4. Berryman takes it.
The guy’s friend tries to call the cops on the phone.
Berryman takes it and runs into a nearby house.
Cops come and knock on the door. Berryman says they must have the wrong guy.
The guy’s friend calls the cell phone, which is still in Berryman’s pocket. Ouch!

We also had some basketball player commit armed robbery on a fast food place, I think.

On second thought, I’ll take Adam Haluska. God I hate that asshole :)

drag, what about UAB? Would that be the entire football team, which ran the train on that poor 16 year-old prodigy?

Yes, except that was found to be a total fabrication.

Sure thing.

For Ball State, it’s got to be Jason Whitlock.

Fabrication? I remember reading the UAB rape story in ESPN the Magazine and feeling really bad, since my parents both went to UAB and my first sports experience was a UAB-Old Dominion game at the BJCCC. If it is untrue, that would be a good thing to know.

For ND, I’ll go with Hornung, as I’ve talked to several people who’ve dealt with him over the years, and they all say that his “race” comments weren’t anything new. Allegedly he’s fairly racist, and just finally made a comment where people could hear it.

However, I still think Jarvis Edison, the ND safety who shacked up with Kim Dunbar and got her pregnant, could be a nomination as well. The four DB’s who got hit with rape charges a few years ago (though 3 were acquitted totally) could be up for nomination as well.

Mike Dubose. He blamed a loss to UThug on God, instead of the fact he had made off season weight room sessions voluntary.

Don’t forget Wisconsin’s Booker Stanley – disgracing himself (and the Badgers) over and over again.

And while Diesel’s a good choice for LSU, you cannot overlook Billy Cannon. He sold his Heisman trophy for cocaine money and now it resides in a restaurant in Baton Rouge.

BamaCPA, that got me thinking: how about Shaun Bohanon? I remember seeing him line up at TB in the UCLA opener with that pot belly, and getting a sick feeling in my stomach.

Shaun recorded a total number of…zero reps of 225 lbs at the NFL combine. You read that right. Just imagine…the young man takes the bar off the rack, takes a deep breath, and lets it down — nobody’s really watching at first, figuring that he’ll do at least 7 or 8 before he might need a spot — until the silence is shattered by Shaun’s high-pitched scream, “GET IT OFF ME!”

Undergrad (JMU): Scott Norwood

Grad (UVa): George Allen

I actually had to think awhile about Iowa’s, but I’ll go with Ronnie Harmon, who took money to throw the 1986 Rose Bowl, fumbling 4 times in the first half (after fumbling ONCE all year).

Other than that I can’t think of any other than maybe Brian Ferentz who lived in federally subsidized housing for four years despite being the son of Coach Kirk Ferentz, who brings in over a million a year.

ASU takes the cake in the "where there’s smoke there’s fire " category with Barry Bonds.

Oh wait, OJ was found not guilty. He took “fight on” to a whole different level.

http://houseofheat.blogspot.com

Ok ..ok ..ok..

As far as The Juice. Sure, he’s an embarassment – but just for the acting.

Nicole ..well, It’s not like she was doing anything for society except giving Kanye West song inspiration.

Robert “the license plate maker” Baker – priceless
there was a wide receiver at lsu in the 90’s, I cannot remember his name, he snatched a fellow students purse and then took off running. As a finely tuned athlete and a receiver you would think he would have been gone. Not the case, two regular old dudes chase him down in a bathroom and beat the shit out off him. lsu fans- what is the name I am looking for?

Adam,
Anytime a player drops a ball in a crucial situation, I think of good ol’ Ronnie. His act in NFL was even batantly obvious; where he would mysteriously drop passes in key situations. It was like he wasn’t even trying to hide the fact anymore. How the hell that guy isn’t in jail is beyond me.

AUAlum -
Our friend Aundrey attempted to hold up the pizza man with a pellet gun not long after he arrived in Atlanta. If I remember correctly, he had several run-ins with the law in Atlanta during his short career there.

Collins Cooper
I hate you.

Bill Romanowski, no question

#150-It was untrue. The magazine was wrong. Probably like SI was wrong on Price. NO settlement was reached, no one was prosecuted, the University was found to be blameless etc. Now, did this “prodigy” have sex with A footbal player? Probably.

Now back to topic. Our(UAB)biggest embarassment was our 55 year old line coach being stopped in North Alabama and the officer finding reefer in the car with him and a female. The charges were later dropped, but, the damage was done. This was the night before our game in Starkville with MSU. We won that game, but, our defense fell apart after that game. I blame the coach for that and he ought to be ashamed.

For the Sooners off the top of my head: Marcus Dupree, Charles Thompson and gang, Brian Bosworth, Howard Schnellenberger, and Bomar (could stretch to include Kerry Jackson that cost three forfeits in 1972 and Joe Don Looney who butted heads with Bud Wilkinson for one year before moving on).

For you Carolina Gamecock fans…Derek Watson. How about possession, intent to distribute, assualting intramural basketball referees, mutliple failed drug tests, and being a certifiable A+ moron.

Is anyone else bothered by the length of this response chain?

For ASU, oh where do I begin? (And yes, that was rhetorical) We’ve had gamblers, murderers, druggies, blah ,blah, blah. Yet I can’t help but offer up Dirk Koetter for this honor.

What about the majority of the St. John’s basketball team from a couple years ago after that fun night with the stripper and the gangbang?

Siran Stacey: I worked with his parents many years ago, they were good, hardworking people but he’s been a screw-up since Moby was a minnow.

Yes, he was named after the popular plastic wrap and yes, of course he can run with a ball; he had lots of practice in stealing from Mr. Capshaw’s IGA in Geneva, Alabama.

But a local doctor, a Bama grad, saw something in Siran worth, well, I don’t want to say funding, but lets round it off to allegedly worthy of the University of Alabama despite a negative number grade point average.

But still, was it really necessary to knock up 4, 5, 6, or 10 women in two years? Was it really necessary to drive his Mercedes at nearly 100 mph through Geneva, Alabama, with one of his baby’s mamas hanging on to the hood?

His cousin raped my mother, four other women in Alabama, and as many in Georgia and all he had to say for himself was, “I’m Siran’s cousin.” Good for you, want a cookie before I break your neck should you ever, by some fluke of law or nature, enter the world as a free man in my lifetime?

For the vols- don’t foget that guy Locke who palyed at Alabama then transferred to UT- while there he stole his teammates wallet, et.- his dad was “Juicy”- what a winner!!

I would say most of the Florida State players over the past 10 years. That’s why we have had receivers with sticky hands who are lightning fast. I guess when the overwhelming degree of choice is criminology why not learn first-hand?