Stoops on thin ice with Jarboe

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Is Oklahoma Gun-shy or What?
Published 8/3/2008 by dawizofodds (noreply@blogger.com) at The Wiz of Odds
... On Thursday, Bob Stoops told Berry Tramel of the Oklahoman that he had no plans to boot Jarboe. "Kick a guy off the team for what he says?" ...

Josh Jarboe Got a Raw Deal
Published 8/3/2008 at FanHouse
... to as "violent" and "expletive-filled" showed up on the youtubes. It does indeed have some expletives, so keep it away from children and those constitutionally prone to fainting spells: This would be the most insane player dismissal ever if Jarboe hadn't gotten expelled from his high school and charged with a felony for bringing a gun to school. Still, the Wizard of Odds notes that Bob Stoops was of one mind Thursday... "Kick a guy off the team for what he says?" Stoops said. The ...

The Kids Are Going to Be OK
Published 8/4/2008 by SMQ at Sunday Morning Quarterback
... with one eligibility-threatening incident behind him, for Jarboe to sequester himself in a room, cut his hair, practice knotting ties, and read up about the pre-war Bulgarian tendency to oscillate between strong support for Germany and enthusiastic Slavophilism toward Russia until practice started. Instead, if you haven’t seen it already, he made this: As Brian Cook points out, as of Thursday, Bob Stoops had no inclination to consider a rap video as evidence of relapse: "Kick a guy off the ...