Punter A.J. Trapasso (official thread)

[CleveBucks]

I do want him off because he doesn't have a good learning curve. Anybody that can get caught for the same crime twice in four weeks is stupid. Do we need stupid players on the team? I must admit that I don't know how long it should have been between offenses, lol. Maybe he should be off the team simply because it was the same offense twice in less than a year. If he can't learn something as simple (and instintive?) as not getting caught by police, how will he learn what to do when there is real pressure.

So if he got caught for speeding twice in 4 weeks should he still be kicked off? [If he can't learn something as simple (and instintive?) as not getting caught by police, how will he learn what to do when there is real pressure.]

I'm glad nobody called for OSU to take away my scholarship a couple years back.

[slickman]

This is nowhere near the same league as LI and IG. When they tally OSU criminal offenses this should be in its own category. I compare it, almost, to Ricky Williams getting busted for ganja. Williams shouldn't get any fines or anything for that. If he tested positive for crack, then get him help, fine him, etc.

Same for Trapassedout. He's going to have to go do something like AA for this so people get off his back If he's the starter he'll end up answering questions like the coke Smoker from MSU about his "sickness" and how he overcame that obvious hurdle. I guess when can rule out the AJ standing for "Always Judicious". :boohoo:

[MightbeaBuck]

Uh-oh, a celebrity in our midst!

Originally Posted by CleveBucks

I'm glad nobody called for OSU to take away my scholarship a couple years back.

Didn't it suck to have several websites devoted to talking about how what you did would or wouldn't hurt OSU's image? I've been following the Buckeyes for about 35 years, and following the boards since '96. Yet I don't remember reading anything about one of our players (Clevebucks, a couple years back) being in trouble twice in four weeks. I guess what I'm saying is that your mistakes didn't bring us even local attention, while our (probable) starting punter brings us national attention.

I guess I do come off as being over the top , but better some punishment (NOT a slap on the wrist) than none.

[CleveBucks]

Just to clarify, it WASN'T a football scholarship. Didn't mean to imply it was. In general the point is the same though.

How would a coach even recruit under that policy? "Sure Mr. Johnson, we care about Junior getting an education. Two underage drinking tickets, though, and he's gone. You can't get an education or function as a normal human being when you drink before you hit 21. Here at The Ohio State University, our students pack the Main Library on Friday night."

"But Coach Tressel, I had plenty of fun in college, and I turned out fine. We got drunk 3 nights a week on South Campus in the 70's."

"Sorry Sir, but we cant have 18-20 year olds drinking beer. The press will hammer me."

It'd be like recruiting for BYU or West Point.

[gbearbuck]

If you think for a min. the other players aren't drinking (sure a few prob. don't drink... but most do), you're kidding yourself...

Maybe I was an A-holic, while in school... I just don't see getting ripped that big of a deal for a kid in college... I don't know how may times I had to get friends out of Athens drunk tank in the middle of the night (and later on, at the county jail for doing stupid stuff...)... but then again there wasn't anything to do in that town, except drink, party, and chase the ladies...

[WoodyWorshiper]

This is a bull[censored] situation. This kid is only guilty of getting caught for what 99% of us did at his age.

Give the kid a break and let him be a kid. Sadly, now Courts are involved. The next time any of you "Holier-Than-Thou" asses are cruising down the hoghway and see your speedometer hit "70" why don't you turn your ass into the local PD. Be'atches!!!

[tmporter]

I actually feel bad for him. He has been caught for something that most kids his age do. I know many students that I work with that are underage that drink. I just wish he would choose his times and places better. But as far as removing him from the team is just silly. There have been a host of more serious "crimes" comitted by players in the last 2 years that would warrant such treatment, but I don't thik AJ's are that serious. Hopefully someone on the team will step up and help him be more careful.

[FKAGobucks877]

Originally Posted by WoodyWorshiper

This is a bull[censored] situation. This kid is only guilty of getting caught for what 99% of us did at his age.

Give the kid a break and let him be a kid. Sadly, now Courts are involved. The next time any of you "Holier-Than-Thou" asses are cruising down the hoghway and see your speedometer hit "70" why don't you turn your ass into the local PD. Be'atches!!!

Well said, Dubs. I don't need to add anything.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

First of all, I highly doubt OSU is getting any publicity out of this outside of Ohio. Do we ever hear when somebody from Miami, or USC, or Oklahoma, is ticketed for underage consumption? Hell no we don't. It's not even a newsworthy event unless you care about OSU football.

at least one major website had it up, so we are being looked at, it might be a small charge, the majority of the people on this board probally had a beer before they were legal, but the point is that he just had the same offense not to long ago and add that to the list of bad pub OSU is receiving on a daily basis and I can see Coach T starting to reach the breaking point on ANY misconduct by anyone on the team, the times are changing at OSU, 1 recent national championship and you are looked at even more than usual.

These kids have to use their heads!

[kippy1040]

Lets be real about all of this. More than likely 75% of all college F/B players
take a drink once in a while but alot of them do not get caught. Out in public and drinking is going to get someones attention. We are all under some sort of looking glass by anybody even the law. And law enforcement personel are sending out messages that alot of young people are really not heeding. "Oh that will never happen to me" is what they say. But guess what. [censored] happens or I should say Do-do occurs. So because Trespasso is an Ohio State Football player - it makes quick headlines because anybody in uniform who represents an institution is suppose to sent an example. Its a no win situation that is going to repeat itself over and over again. Thats just whe way our society is today. Sad but True.

[BuckeyeInTheBoro]

Trespasso

Was that intentional?

Tressel's prayer:

"... and forgive us each day our Trespassos even as we forgive those who Trespasso against us..."

[ohiobuck94]

Some of you are great at minimizing breaking the underage drinking law twice in one month.
If this kid has a drinking problem you aren't helping him by defending his actions. Trappaso's defense: " Judge, the posters on the web sites said that underage drinking is no big deal".
Trapasso has to decide if drinking underage is more important than playing football for Ohio State.

[buckeyebri]

This is one place where I see that the NCAA could step in and take the burden off of the coaches and the schools. They could establish standard protocols for dealing with legal situations that all schools would have to follow across the board.

I'm not big on the NCAA having great authority over things based on their history, but I think that if we had established guidelines then we could eliminate some of the other issues that go along with this. In other words Lloyd, Bobby or the others couldn't give preferential treatment to star players that got out of line. They would have follow the same protocols as any other school.

[kippy1040]

Bucintheboro : You caught that one Huh ? Yeah it was intentional but your Tressel prayer is really a capper. I liked that one even better.

[Hubbard]

Originally Posted by ohiobuck94

Some of you are great at minimizing breaking the underage drinking law twice in one month.
If this kid has a drinking problem you aren't helping him by defending his actions. Trappaso's defense: " Judge, the posters on the web sites said that underage drinking is no big deal".
Trapasso has to decide if drinking underage is more important than playing football for Ohio State.

He has had a rash of bad luck. When I was underage I know I drank more than twice in 10 days, hell I drank more than twice in 2 days. I didn't consider myself having a problem, I may have been stupid, but I didn't have an alcohol problem. After a while of doing this I calmed down and only drank occassionally