No other place than in the shadow of Ohio Stadium to get handcuffed and hauled off if you're a Buckeye, right? Well done, Mr. Worthington.The basics: Ohio State defensive tackle Doug Worthington was nabbed at 3:13 a.m. Saturday morning, and blew between a .08 and .17 on his breath test, over Ohio's legal limit of .08. Usually that's about all the information we get out of these stories, but wait there's more!
According to the incident report from OSU police, Worthington was cited for driving his white Cadillac Escalade 41 miles per hour in a 25 mile per hour zone. He was stopped just outside Ohio Stadium, at the intersection of Woody Hayes Drive and Cannon Drive.Here's the Google Map of the intersection for the bored and/or obsessed. What does this mean for Ohio State? Probably very little if you read between the lines as the article speculates about his future.
If Worthington's case follows past precedence, he may have to face a hearing before a faculty and student panel. That could determine whether he faces a potential suspension from school. He will at least feel the wrath of the coaching staff during preseason practice and face a demotion on the depth chart.The USC game is September 13th after two layups against Youngstown State and Ohio. Count on him being on the field by then at the latest as the play of the interior defensive line is the Buckeyes' only notable defensive question mark.
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7-28-2008 @ 7:10PM
paul said...
Hey,
He is a college kid who had a couple of beers. If he wasn't a football player, it would never had made any kind of news at all.
Give him a break, ruin his career over this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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7-28-2008 @ 10:32PM
Onas said...
Yeah, just a regular college kid... driving his Cadillac Escalade. In my day we all drove Range Rovers, but that was then.
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7-29-2008 @ 3:07AM
Dan said...
I live in Columbus and I have driven well over 40 in that area before (not at 3am and I wasn't drunk), and between a .08 and a .17 is still pretty much just a buzz for a person his size. But that doesn't excuse his dumb ass getting into a car and driving after he had been drinking... Stooooopid.
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7-29-2008 @ 10:00AM
unidled said...
I wonder if Coach Tress helped Worthington get as good a car deal as he did for Clarett? I certainly could have used help with my first Escalade in college.
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7-31-2008 @ 1:30PM
mark said...
who cares
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7-30-2008 @ 12:31AM
George B Vieto said...
Doug Worthington just made a name for himself for the wrong reasons and giving himself a bad reputation for himself that it will take a while to erase.
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