Posted on 12/31/2015 6:12:49 AM PST by kjam22
Rest assured, TCU fans will remember the 2015 Alamo Bowl — a game that will see their quarterback mired in controversy.
Trevone Boykin was arrested early Thursday morning in San Antonio, according to News 4 San Antonio. This comes just two days before the Valero Alamo Bowl between No. 11 TCU and No. 15 Oregon kicks off as one of the bowl season's marquee matchups. According to the report, San Antonio police claim Boykin was arrested after hitting a patrol officer following a fight at Pat O'Brien's — a New Orleans-themed night club on Alamo Plaza.
The San Antonio NBC affiliate reports that Boykin's actions began when people at the bar recognized the TCU quarterback. An errant punch from Boykin, reportedly, missed its intended target and struck a bar employee. Police apparently tried to break up the fight, at which point a still-swinging Boykin hit an officer. Officers threatened to tase Boykin before he finally subsided.
The NBC affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth specifically reports that the patrons inside the bar did not just recognized Boykin, but "started talking trash." According to that NBC 5 report, Boykin was taken to the ground by multiple officers.
He has been charged with public intoxication, resisting arrest and assaulting a public official.
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Seems a good coach, as early as High School, should inform these “stars” that their skills don’t make them bullet proof and they can’t succeed if they’re dead or in jail.
...but, then, there is the listening part.....
Yeah.... I didn’t listen so well when I was that age.... but I never tried to beat up the whole bar either...
Cool..... In the 2000 championship game against FS.... if you remember we were a 9 point underdog. I bet $500 on OU to win straight up and got 4 to 1 odds. Now THAT was a good game!
Go Ducks
Your chances just got a lot better!
Any ordinary person would be in jail a couple of days for that.
Cool... I hope you’re betting on today’s game and of course the game next Monday nite also... and win big.
Boykin is a Senior... it will be interesting to see how this effects his future. I'm guessing it cost him quite a bit o money.
Although getting into a drunken brawl and fighting a police officer is stupid and wrong and really stupid, it’s not on the order of murder, rape, multiple felony robberies, etc. He’s still a cut above quite a few college/pro athletes.
True....
Really stinks. He seemed like a decent person.
Boykin has two things going for him in this. One, this is in New Orleans, which is known for corruption and “letting the good times roll”. And, two, he’s black, and the powers that be in NO would not want to in any way appear “racist”.
San Antonio.
Perhaps my redneck roots are showing, but I don’t really think young men’s getting drunk and fighting is that big of a crime.
“Really stinks. He seemed like a decent person.”
He may be. Just young and dumb, been there.
I don’t know.... If you’re an NFL owner.... do you invest more or less after this event? Or maybe it doesn’t change your mind at all?
I’m pretty sure the Alamo is in New Orleans. I’ve been in the basement there...
LOL.... hope you’re kidding... :)
I think I’d make it a point to stay out of a “New Orleans-themed” anything.
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