Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Carlos Hyde Suspended

Urban Meyer suspended RB Carlos Hyde for at least the first three games of the season (Buffalo, San Diego State and Cal) for his actions at a Columbus bar.  Whether or not you believe Hyde hit the young woman at the bar and whatever your feelings toward Meyer, some strong punishment had to be leveled.  Men should not be striking women and a football player representing a university cannot be seen as a threat to the local populace.  So Hyde should consider himself lucky that charges were not pursued by the woman and that he has a chance to play ball.  As for Meyer, he is rightfully getting heat for running too loose of a ship and this moves smells of a poor attempt to get said heat off of his back.  He is already under pressure to deliver another undefeated team this season. Now he'll have to do so while keeping his players out of trouble.  He was unable to do that at Florida and in his first year at OSU.  Can an old dog learn new tricks?

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