UGA fans should curb their enthusiasm over Rogers’ arrest

You’re right MB, “No school holds the patent on good behavior” but at least UGA is trying. I think the GA coaching staff maybe predicted something like this from him. That’s why they didn’t stay on top of him like they did the other recruits. I don’t think it really mattered to MR if he left or not. The public gives these kids the “big head” and they feel invincible. But I guess that kind of applies to older folks too doesn’t it… like 40-year-old ADs.

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there is something badly wrong when 7-10 young men jump one guy that are supose to be college students which seems to say they would be above this sort of behavior. i must say that i was taken aback on signing day to see rogers making a sign with his hands and fingers which i wondered then denoted trouble. We had a terrible tragedy in our town when this sort of thing happened. this type of thing must be purged much like the NBA is trying to do.

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Never been into labels. My feeling is you can call me whatever you want. I judge the intent more so than the words.

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Boys…..just settle down here. I live in Knoxville and the whole story is far from being told. A friend of mine works for the Knox County Sheriff’s Dept. and gave me some inside info. Rogers was caught up in the middle of trying to break-up a fight. The off-duty cop, who had been drinking, got involved and thats when things got out of hand. Word is Miles will be gone before Monday but Rogers will get a 1-2 game suspension.

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@Braves Fan
I am not trying to one up you, The point of the argmument was that every one does every thing. No race has the market cornered on stupidity.

The fact you took the time to look that up is kinda scary. I surrender you win. Please don’t hurt me.

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Oh no 2 GT players had to leave the Team. Not because they were in trouble but because they couldn’t get in a Graduate Program to finish their ELIGIBILITY! When was the last time you heard that about UGA or the VOLS?

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Mark,

As unfortunate as it is, people are caught for DUI’s nightly, daily, weekly, all the time. There are even more people that don’t get caught.

Rarely does it happen that a school’s #1 flip flop and #1 recruit beats the hell out of a cop. That’s the difference here.

In my mind, both are despicable offenses and would warrant jail time and getting thrown out of school. Luckily Da’Rick has Nance Nash as a teammate for his dad’s bail money. If he were at UGA he’d still be in jail.

Ridiculous…..

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BravesFan79, do you know if black guys only eat the ears? It seems I remember a black guy named Tyson who liked to nibble on ears too.

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Pi$$onaDawg
July 9th, 2010
6:48 pm

You mean like the ineligible players O’Liary used for three years, or the two bball players Hewitt kept who had such poor grades that GT was the only school in the ACC that failed the minimum scores so they lost two scholarships? Examples like those?

Oh yeah, when did you graduate from tech?

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You have a good point Mark. I hope this young men get it together!

Ramlbin Wreck!

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I had to work, take out student loans, and even work part time in the old Memorial Hall cafeteria to get through school. Take these idiot’s scholarships away and see how long they stay in school. Ha!

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Myles was released this afternoon now they had time to get a new story straight since this is how it goes in Knoxville.

KNOXVILLE – A brawl that led to the arrests of two University of Tennessee football players began when “an unknown patron” of a Cumberland Avenue bar attacked freshman defensive tackle Montori Hughes “without provocation,” Hughes’ attorney said this afternoon.

Gregory P. Isaacs, who was retained today to represent Hughes, said that his client hasn’t been interviewed or charged by law enforcement in connection with the fight that sent two people to a hospital, including an off-duty Knoxville police officer.

“Our investigation has revealed that the UT football players did not start the altercation at the establishment,” Isaacs said. “Importantly, Montori Hughes was assaulted by an unknown patron for no apparent reason, which was the catalyst of the altercation.”

Isaacs said he didn’t believe that any criminal charges will be filed against Hughes, 19. He also said that his firm’s investigation “revealed there is no surveillance video existing of the events that transpired.”

Tonight, coach Derek Dooley announced he was dismissing sophomore safety Darren Myles from the program. Dooley also indefinitely suspended sophomore defensive tackle Marlon Walls and sophomore linebacker Greg King.

The injured officer, Robert Capouellez, has been moved to a private room at the University of Tennessee Medical Center and is listed in stable condition, according to DeBusk.

DeBusk also identified a man who was assaulted inside the bar as Gary Russell, 20. Russell was treated and released from UT Medical Center, according to a spokesman.

It’s unclear if Russell is the “unknown patron” that Hughes’ attorney said started the fight.

The two arrested players were released from jail this morning after posting bonds.

According to UT Police Department reports, players John Brown, 22; Matthew Milton, 18; Denarious Moore, 21; Darren Myles Jr., 19; and Da’Rick Rogers, 19, were identified as those involved in beating the off-duty Knoxville Police Department officer.

A UTPD report filed shortly after the incident said that assault charges were pending against Milton, but DeBusk said this afternoon that it appears Milton won’t be charged.

Moore is a senior wide receiver out of Tatum, Texas. Hughes is a sophomore defensive tackle out of Murfreesboro.

Brown is a junior-college transfer who was expected to provide some depth for the defensive line. The 6-2, 285-pounder out of Northeast Mississippi Community College originally signed with Florida but had various health concerns that helped prompt his transfer away from the Gators.

Rogers is a 6-foot-3, 205 pound receiver out of Georgia. He is a five-star wide receiver from Calhoun (Ga.) High School. He was widely considered the crown jewel of football coach Derek Dooley’s first recruiting class with the Vols last spring after Dooley pried him away from Georgia.

Rogers was ranked the top recruit in the talent-rich state and among the top 100 prospects in the country. He wasn’t an early-enrollee and missed spring practice, but after showing up last month for summer school he was expected to contribute right away in the UT passing game thanks to his blend of size and speed.

Like Rogers, Milton is another true freshman UT could use immediately at wide receiver to bolster the passing attack. The tall, 6-5 target had an impressive spring after enrolling in school early and showed an ability to make plays through the air despite some raw talent out of Mascoutah (Ill.) High School.

None of the players has been charged in connection with beating officer Robert Capouellez, who was found unconscious about 1:50 a.m. with a head wound in the street outside the Bar Knoxville, 1820 Cumberland Ave.

Another man, identified in records as Jerran Talley, 19, of Athens, allegedly was with the group involved in the beating. Talley is not a UT student and has not been charged.

Capouellez was a customer in the bar who apparently tried to help quell the disturbance as bouncers led the disruptive crowd from the bar.

“It appears he was a patron, not in uniform and off duty,” DeBusk said.

Capouellez was undergoing treatment at the University of Tennessee for a head wound, DeBusk said. The 24-year-old officer has been with KPD since August 2008.

A UT Medical Center spokesman said Capouellez was in stable condition in the emergency room.

Police have charged UT freshman Rogers with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, DeBusk said.

Myles, a sophomore, was charged with assault, resisting arrest and evading arrest, records show. He was released after posing a $2,000 bond.

Myles is accused of assaulting UT Police Department Officer Brian Greenlee after the officer arrived at 2:04 a.m. to help Capouellez.

Greenlee’s affidavit states he was directed by bar bouncers to a group of people “involved in a fight with the officer.” Greenlee said after he identified himself as an officer to the group, Myles “fled from me on foot southbound towards Lake Avenue,” the records state.

Greenlee caught up with Myles on Lake Avenue and tried to arrest him, records show.

“The defendant (Myles) slipped out of my grip and struck me in the face on my left side,” Greenlee wrote. Myles continued to resist, the officer noted, and ran toward Cumberland Avenue.

According to UTPD records, Greenlee was trying to put Myles in a restraint hold for handcuffing when Myles’ continued resistance led him to smash his elbow into the officer’s face just below his left eye. Greenlee did not require medical treatment.

UTPD Officer Christopher McCann stated in a report that he joined the hunt for the running Myles, who was found hiding under a parked BMW behind the old Days Inn building. When ordered to come out, Myles did but ran toward Lake Avenue.

McCann and KPD Sgt. Jason Keck continued the foot chase as Myles ran behind the Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy building and then by Greve Hall and Henson Hall. The officers found Myles hiding in bushes at Henson Hall, McCann wrote.

Myles had an encounter in April with Knoxville police just hours after the Orange and White game. He was charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after a 2:29 a.m. incident at Sobu, 6213 Kingston Pike. Club bouncers had removed Myles from the business, but he continued causing problems in the parking lot.

Myles was riding on the hood of a car when officers arrived, police said. Officers said he fought them when he was arrested, but no officers were injured. Myles is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 12 on those charges.

Knoxville police spokesman DeBusk said the brawl began when the beaten patron was involved in an altercation with another customer “when several additional patrons jumped into the fight.”

“Employees of the bar intervened and pushed the fight outside onto the sidewalk. Officer Capouellez intervened in an attempt to stop the fight when he was attacked.

“According to witnesses, the officer was hit in the head and knocked to the ground. Once on the ground the suspect kicked the officer several times before fleeing the scene. Six individuals were identified as potential suspects. These individuals were located and detained for questioning.”

DeBusk said “there could be additional charges as the investigation continues.”

DeBusk said police alerted Dooley, who is out of town, of the incident this morning.

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College? They wouldn’t have gotten out of High School if not for football. Be mowing the side of the road now.

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I am guessing that indoor plumbing makes you go “hmmmmmmmm” too.

Did a Tennessee fan actually just say that? Ive never seen a toilet in the whole state of Tennessee.

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http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2010/jul/09/vols-football-players-brawl-bar/

Now that they had a little bit of time to mull it over the new story comes out. I mean it has honestly changed about two times since 2am this morning when 18 yr old UT players were treated like celebrities and allowed VIP access into a bar witnesses claimed they looked drunk when they got there and now some cop is in ICU unconcious. Regardless of who started it which before by the owner the cop stepped into to stop the fight but was off duty now a different story emerges. But the lawyer Dooley will get him off I am sure and made Myles the sacrificial lamb his crap was cleared out at 5pm today.

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Two thousand years after Jesus! Thirty years after Martin Luther King! The age of Montel! Sweet lord a-mercy, izzat where we at?

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You mean like the ineligible players O’Liary used for three years, or the two bball players Hewitt kept who had such poor grades that GT was the only school in the ACC that failed the minimum scores so they lost two scholarships? Examples like those?

The techies have a very selective memory. See every UGA player is a thug and every GT player has never had so much as a parking ticket and is a straight A student.

Its actually pretty comical.

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Miles dismissed from UT team.

And the idiot that said he knows what went on is sooo wrong…

1 guy was jumped by perhaps 10 Vols football player.

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@ Shane…………..the reason you have never seen a toilet in Tennessee is that you have never been out of your mommy’s trailer park in Winder. You all probably just whizz off the back deck. I am sure you get all your UGAg stuff down at the WalMart when it goes on clearance….right?

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Large Orange
July 9th, 2010
7:00 pm

Now that was much better. Your comments about indoor plumbing were just not fitting for a UT fan. But inbred comments about cousin marrying suits you to a tee. Or is that “suits you to a UT”?

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TOOTRUE: Bradley shouldn’t write.

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Just another Punk A$$ trying to be somebody…SOOOOO glad he is not a Dawg !!!

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Large Orange = Lane Kiffin

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I’m sure UT loves having the orange “T” on that car for the photos as much as I did when Evans held a press conference with Georgia’s logo all over the room. This is a slam dunk – Dooley should kick both of these kids so far off the team they will land in New Jersey. Underage drinking is bad. Shooting off fireworks is nothing. Beating a cop until he passes out deserves jail time, not a one-game suspension.

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Da’Rick why the Georgia Tech Shirt? Do you really think that any person would believe you were smart enough to get in Tech? Does anybody think you would actually chose a school that will make you take REAL Classes?

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