Stolen Gun Should Cost Jarboe Scholarship

by ccmachine on Mar 10, 2008 11:10 PM CDT in Football

As the details unfold about Josh Jarboe's arrest it has become apparent that this isn't the kind of kid we'd like to see playing in the Crimson and Cream. Jarboe and his friend James Davis were arrested Thursday night by a school police officer after Jarboe was spotted with a handgun that turned out to be stolen.

While a federal law requires school systems to expel students for at least a year for firearm possession Jarboe has only been suspended indefinitely at this point pending a hearing. If the expulsion holds up it will make Bob Stoops decision easier because Jarboe won't graduate and therefore be ineligible to play for Oklahoma this fall.

However, should Jarboe somehow escape getting expelled and graduate on time Stoops should still make the difficult decision to withdraw his offer to the nation's 10th ranked receiver prospect. The reason is simple and just makes sense. OU doesn't need any bad seeds! Sure we want the Sooners to be edgy, cocky and even nasty when it comes to their play on the field but we have to draw the line when it comes to gun toting thugs. Those are the type of players you'd find in Austin, Texas or Baton Rouge, Louisiana in recent years but not in Norman.

Having a weapon on a high school campus is a serious offense regardless of the time of day and the fact that the gun was stolen only adds to the offense. I hope that Jarboe gets his act cleaned up, is able to graduate high school and gets the opportunity to excel on the football field but just not in Norman this fall. With commitments from Dejuan Miller and Jameel Owens OU will be fine at the receiver position in this class.

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Joshua Jarboe

It is an ignorant, insensitive, rude, and appalling gesture to state that gun toting thugs, are players that are ONLY found in Austin or Baton Rouge but definately not in Norman, Oklahoma. Unless there is more than Joshua Jarboe that was in that situation on Thursday it's only fair to say you can't believe everything you hear or read because NONE of us were there. WE ALL make choices, that after the fact, we realize might have been a stupid one.
So who are we to judge him or anyone else for that fact when none of us are with out mistakes & sin.

I hope that he gets an opportunity to graduate on time and play football because he is one talented young man, despite his faults. And if he gets the opportunity to play college football, & I am hoping he will, Norman Oklahoma and the Sooners will be the last thing on his mind because of all the negativity and ignorant comments that they are dishing out. He deserves the benefit of the doubt and a chance (not necessarily from Norman) like anyone else would have had, had they been in that situation.

by cruzanmalta on Mar 11, 2008 9:59 AM CDT reply actions

I think he's being treated like

anyone else would in that situation. He's looking at possible jail time and expulsion from school. Both of which he would deserve for BREAKING THE LAW!

Maybe I was rough in using the phrase, "gun toting thugs" but he did have a gun, in his pants, on school property. How in the world could anyone justify that?

Jarboe had his chance and he blew it. He is the one who made that decision and now he'll have to live with the consequences.

by ccmachine on Mar 11, 2008 10:12 AM CDT reply actions