College football's offseason is wonderful. It's a time when fans fret for upwards of eight months about how a team full of 18-21 year-olds will perform in a pressure-packed, abbreviated season while simultaneously taking classes* In the downtime, said players tend to get into trouble. Lots of it. The best of them entertain and/or frighten us.Today's amusement comes from Oregon receiver Derrick Jones, last seen flying down the Michigan sidelines
Jones was arrested last weekend for the unusual charge of "maintaining a drug house".
Less than an ounce of marijuana was found at the residence at the time of Jones' Jan. 25 arrest, Eugene police Sgt. Rich Stronach said.Jones was taken to jail on a contempt of court charge for failing to appear for a Eugene Municipal Court hearing, Stronach said.
Jones, a sophomore from Gardena, Calif., also was arrested in October for driving with a suspended license and missed one game when coaches suspended him for the arrest.
How one gets cited for that when seemingly half the population of Eugene may in fact operate drug houses is beyond us. A swift booting off the Oregon team is likely since coaches tend to cut bait with guys whose legal troubles escalate instead of dissipate.
*One assumes
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-03-2008 @ 1:28AM
Michael said...
at :35, that's brian paysinger. go ducks!
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2-03-2008 @ 1:55AM
Brian said...
Corrected, thanks.
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2-03-2008 @ 11:49AM
robert said...
did i read this wrong, or does it say he was busted with less than an ounce of grass?
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2-03-2008 @ 2:22PM
Rusty said...
"A swift booting off the Oregon team is likely since coaches tend to cut bait with guys whose legal troubles escalate instead of dissipate."
Jeramy Stevens disagrees.
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2-03-2008 @ 3:21PM
Huh said...
Jeremy Steven's went to Washington not Oregon dude. Big Difference! Plus Rick Neuheisel was the coach for most of UW's player's problems that were tolerated. Now guy have to go to UCLA if they want to commit crimes duriung the week.
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2-04-2008 @ 12:21PM
RJBob1 said...
Since when does possessing less than an ounce constitute 'maintaining a drug house'? In Eugene, I thought it was less than a ton.
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2-03-2008 @ 11:48PM
Ron said...
Mention on another site:
http://footballrumormill.com/scoop.php
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2-06-2008 @ 1:34PM
wrightnorth5 said...
I believe that is just maintaining normalcy in Eugene
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2-07-2008 @ 11:46AM
sellington7 said...
how does simple poss. end up being maint. a drug house u people r dumb as hell...... idiots
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2-07-2008 @ 11:49AM
Jacqueline said...
Less than a ounce?! You gotta be kidding! So you telling me if i get caught with a whole ounce i would be considered as a major drug dealer in Eugene?! Damn i'm glad i'm a TEXAN!!!
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2-07-2008 @ 12:19PM
DQ said...
Just legalize it already! If you're against it, you've never tried it. It's much less harmful than alcohol in all aspects.
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2-07-2008 @ 12:20PM
jim said...
Come one a drug house. This guy is doing what paxil does. The media is out of control with this bs.!!! Who cares. The president Bush did coke and form president Clinton did not exale! Everyone has done drugs, RX drug abuse is rampant. Get a life.
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2-08-2008 @ 9:39AM
RF said...
Come one a drug house. This guy is doing what paxil does. The media is out of control with this bs.!!! Who cares. The president Bush did coke and form president Clinton did not exale! Everyone has done drugs, RX drug abuse is rampant. Get a life.
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