In what can hopefully become a running feature of the site, we’re bringing you your daily/weekly player arrest report. For this day, let’s talk about South Carolina recruit Scott Stapp Stephen Garcia. Mr. Garcia, the 5th ranked QB in the nation, was arrested at Five Points last night, Columbia’s noted student drinking area. If you’ve ever been there, its pretty much set up like bar-hotdog stand-bar-bar-bar.
Garcia was arrested for underage drinking and public drunkeness. As the police called out his name, he ran. Garcia is 19 years old, benches 300 pounds and runs a 4.7 40. He’s known as a gunslinger on the field, so perhaps he thinks he’s Brett Favre. Either way, there is nothing about the accompanying picture that says “I intend to get smashed and go to Denny’s at 3 a.m.”
This marks the second consecutive Gamecock QB to be arrested for drunkeness in the past year, with Barbaro Blake Mitchell being arrested last year for punching a bouncer. Also, the previous year, former QB Syvelle Newton was arrested for stealing a poster from the stadium.
So to the children of South Carolina, we implore you, never play quarterback.
by Chris Mason
by Johnny Danner, on February 27 2007 @ 12:02 am
Ok, and he is the first NCAA football player ever arrested for underage drinking? Howmany non-players get arrested each year? What a joke that you single him out and fail to mention that a trial is pending..You Sirm are a joke!
by Brian Sakowski, on February 28 2007 @ 12:01 am
Part of being a high recruit or even a college athlete is acting with class. They love the limelight when it is good but want to ignore it when they do something bad. He isn’t the first and he won’t be the last, but if he or anyone else doesn’t want things like this said about him then they should think before they act.
Of course what will happen is that the charges will get lessened and he will do community service.