Ruh-Roh: Montana's son among 11 Irish athletes arrested

[FirstTimer]

30 days in jail for underage drinking? Wut?

It pisses me off that cops around here have to arrest them. It doesn't surprise me, though. South Bend cops are always bitch ass niggas. So are the state cops. If this was Florida or some shit and their top recruits and second leading basketball scorer was underage drinking the cops would probably ask for their autographs and just tell them to leave. Fuck South Bend. Real niggas reside in Naptown just down the road.

Cops aren't going to arrest underage drinkers unless something more happened, like the fighting.

You've never had to deal with South Bend excise police.

This really isn't at all surprising.

The excise police, State Troopers, and to some extent the South Bend local PD have the reputation for being dickheads.

Now these kids have to deal with ResLife at Notre Dame, AND the court system. The code of Du Lac is a pain in the ass to a lot of students there.

[FirstTimer]

Wrong. South Bend cops all want to be recognized throughout the country. This is their chance. Remember when Jimmy Clausen was arrested? He had his dad in the car, but also had a case of beer that his dad had just bought. Do you honestly think that if I am driving my father to go get beer, and I get pulled over for whatever reason, I would get arrested for having the alcohol in my car? No, probably not even in South Bend. Because I'm not some five star athlete for the University of Notre Dame.

Clausen was never arrested. He was simply ticketed.

Also it wasn't with his dad. It was with a recent graduate who was 23 years old.

They were caught during an Excise Police sting.

By JOSHUA STOWE and ERIC HANSEN
South Bend Tribune Staff Writers

SOUTH BEND — Maybe someday Jimmy Clausen will make headlines for something he actually does on the football field — not for ornate announcements with stretch Hummers, not for clandestine elbow conditions, and, most recently, not for a minor scrape with the law.

It has recently come to light that the University of Notre Dame freshman quarterback was cited for transporting alcohol as a minor in connection with a June 23 incident at a local liquor store.

Indiana State Excise Police cited the 19-year-old Clausen and a 23-year-old outside the Belmont Beverage store at 1621 South Bend Ave., near the Notre Dame campus, police said.

Excise police were in an unmarked car outside the store to catch minors attempting to get alcohol, said Lt. Tim Cleveland, a police spokesman.

Clausen, the nation’s No. 1 recruit in the last recruiting cycle and currently battling for the starting quarterback job at Notre Dame, received a misdemeanor citation, police said. The 23-year-old, a recent Notre Dame graduate, was cited for inducing a minor to possess alcohol, an infraction.

Clausen, through the university, declined comment Friday. Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis also declined comment.

The 23-year-old entered the store and bought two 1.75-liter bottles of Smirnoff vodka and a 200-milliliter bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey, police said, as well as a case containing 30 cans of Natural Light beer.

Clausen remained outside the store in a Chevrolet Tahoe along with another Notre Dame freshman, who was not cited. Because the older man bought the alcohol, police said, the store was not cited.
The 23-year-old did not return a phone message Friday left with his father.

Clausen entered a pretrial diversion program with the St. Joseph County prosecutor’s office, said Linda Scopelitis, who directs the program.

Under the terms of the agreement, signed on July 11, Clausen agreed to pay a $170 fee and to not commit a similar offense for a year, Scopelitis said.

If Clausen meets those terms, he will not face a misdemeanor charge for the June incident, she said. But if he is cited for the same offense within a year, he will face two misdemeanor charges.

Such diversion agreements generally require people to perform community service or attend alcohol education programs as well, Scopelitis said, adding that the prosecutor’s office relies on the university to provide alcohol education for its students who enter the diversion program.

Clausen must also likely deal with the university’s layer of justice, as well as that of Weis. The Office of Residence Life and Housing is responsible for serving as hearing officers for student disciplinary issues, and issues such as this typically end up in that arena.

Clausen’s splash of a recruiting announcement in April of 2006 at the College Football Hall of Fame, orchestrated by a public relations firm, slammed the Californian into college football’s consciousness.

He enrolled early at Notre Dame, in January, in order to better compete for the vacant starter’s job at QB with sophomores Demetrius Jones and Zach Frazer and junior Evan Sharpley. Frazer, the odd man out after spring practice, has since transferred to Connecticut.

The condition of Clausen’s right (throwing) elbow in spring practice was the source of much speculation, particularly after his father, Jim Clausen, publicly acknowledged a chronic elbow condition. Clausen then underwent surgery in May but has been practicing with the team since Aug. 6. The extent to which he has recovered is uncertain.

The Irish open the season at home Sept. 1 against Georgia Tech.

[FirstTimer]

The funniest thing about all this is that Notre Dame is one of the few schools to allow underage drinking in the dorms. No kegs allowed though. Just cases.

[FirstTimer]

South Bend police said they were dispatched to the neighborhood at 1:41 a.m. on the report of about a dozen people fighting, throwing punches near the corner of Washington and Eddy streets, one block north of Jefferson Boulevard.
Upon arrival, officers heard glass breaking from the back of the residence and immediately called for more units. South Bend police said pandemonium began to occur, with numerous men and women jumping out of windows and off the roof of the residence.

Excise Police officers arrived at 1:53 a.m., according to a news release, and 15 or more South Bend police officers left their patrol beats from across the city to assist and catch people who were fleeing, police said.

After about an hour, when the chaos was under control, police said they began gathering, arresting and transporting underage people to the county jail.

South Bend police said the residence is a frequent destination for police dispatches. Several arrests were previously made at the address for underage drinking, narcotics, resisting law enforcement, and attempt to disarm a police officer.

South Bend fire and medics also were called to the house for a woman who cut her arm while breaking a window, trying to get out of the house. She was taken to Memorial Hospital, the news release from Excise Police said. Several other people fled the scene and were not caught, police said.
Redman said bond was set at $150 for each person arrested.

All 44 people arrested had bonded out of the county jail by Saturday afternoon. They are due in court July 30, Redman said.

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If they can run, put them in the spread.

[Atlas]

They wouldn't of gotten arrested if they wouldn't of went 6-6

a scUM fan is gonna poke fun about W-L records??? this isnt 1997 bro, Michigan blows now...

[strahanfan92]

The nigga was driving. Sorry ND athletes are smarter than to drink and drive. They're only dumb enough to drink.

Drinking in college is dumb?

[Senser81]

Drinking in college is dumb?

Getting caught drinking in college when you are underage is dumb. You basically have to spill beer on an officer or urinate on his car to get caught.

[Woy]

Also I found out Jimmy Clausen was a complete fucking douchebag (which I kind of figured).

I thought this was obvious to everyone?

[NAHSTE]

I have some advice for Mr. Montana: The key is to kick someone's ass the first day, or become someone's bitch.

[dave]

The legal drinking age in the U.S. (21) and most of Canada (19) is a joke.

If you're old enough to die for your country, you're old enough to drink.

At 18, you're an adult. That doesn't always mean you'll make the right decisions, but they're your decisions to make.

IMO, the 21 drinking age only encourages American kids to binge drink.

[NAHSTE]

The legal drinking age in the U.S. (21) and most of Canada (19) is a joke.

If you're old enough to die for your country, you're old enough to drink.

At 18, you're an adult. That doesn't always mean you'll make the right decisions, but they're your decisions to make.

IMO, the 21 drinking age only encourages American kids to binge drink.

True. I don't drink nearly as much now that I've graduated school. Once I turned 21, going to bars and buying beer at the gas station on the way home was so anti climactic. Before I felt like I was getting one over on the system when my fake ID worked, now I just feel like another schmuck alcoholic.

[Fox1994]

Yeah but the motherfucker can throw a football. I always thought he was a douche. He walked around basketball games like he was the shit and had a posse of black guys around him at all times.

You always see him yelling on the field when the team fucks up... This whole time I thought he was a ruthless leader type... (ie Phil Sims?) Guess he's just a punkass. Oh well.

I have some advice for Mr. Montana: The key is to kick someone's ass the first day, or become someone's bitch.

That's the true moral to Shawshank Redemption. True story.

The legal drinking age in the U.S. (21) and most of Canada (19) is a joke.

If you're old enough to die for your country, you're old enough to drink.

At 18, you're an adult. That doesn't always mean you'll make the right decisions, but they're your decisions to make.

IMO, the 21 drinking age only encourages American kids to binge drink.

I agree... Granted, I'm 15, so of course I agree that they should lower the drinking age.

[Sportsbuck]

Fox is 15? Holy damn... I thought he was like 25 or something.

[FirstTimer]

Apparently, the whole thing started when Michael Floyd was dancing on some hot white chick. His girlfriend (who is apparently fat and black), walked into the party and saw them. At the same time, the white girl's boyfriend saw. Floyd got decked in the eye socket twice. Once by his girlfriend (lol) and once by this girls boyfriend. He, being drunk out of his mind, started to fight back. He was restrained by many Notre Dame football players, knowing how valuable he is to the team. But fights between people began to break out for one reason or another, usually because they were trying to hold somebody back and ended up getting hit, and hit back. Thats what caused the cops to come. Abromaitis said a bunch of people ran away, but he didn't. Floyd apparently got away. The two baseball players showed up to the party with nobody there, luckily for them. I ended up getting Nash and Abromaitis' autographs and left them alone as they just got done practicing and were headed for class.

Floyd needs to stay the hell out of trouble....

Also I found out Jimmy Clausen was a complete fucking douchebag (which I kind of figured). Apparently he thought he was the hit of every party, but everyone pretty much hated him. Even his receivers (Tate, Floyd, and Rudolph) all hated him. So thats the story and I'm sticking to it.

Yeah I always heard he was kind of a prick from people I knew on the team. Crist was much better liked and even Demetrius Jones was as well. The WR thing I was never too surprised about as if you think back you never really saw Clausen or Tate celebrate with eachother, high five or anything. Clausen always seemd to celebrate with the linemen.

If you're old enough to die for your country, you're old enough to drink.

Maybe it's reveresed..maybe 18 is too young to die for your country and the drinking age is fine?
:acid:

At 18, you're an adult.

You do realize you've posted at MM and VSN right? I mean.....look at some of the 18 year olds here...

IMO, the 21 drinking age only encourages American kids to binge drink.

Disagree, kids are going to binge drink in college, high school or whatever regardless. The drinking age was 18 here in the states in certain states as little as 30 years ago and my parents were binge drinking etc no different than I did. They could just legally go buy it.

IMO Kids don't binge drink because the drinking age is 21..the binge drink because they are 17, 18, 19 etc. If when I was in college and the drinking age was 18 it wouldn't have made me drink any less...if anything I would have/could have drank more because it was more accessible.

True. I don't drink nearly as much now that I've graduated school. Once I turned 21, going to bars and buying beer at the gas station on the way home was so anti climactic. Before I felt like I was getting one over on the system when my fake ID worked, now I just feel like another schmuck alcoholic.

Well yeah but that's because you had been binge drinking for 3-4 years. I mean at some point everything runs it's course(at least with most people) plus when you graduate parties become different, you don't binge drink at house parties you go to the bars to do it, parties aren't as crazy because people are getting older, working etc. The dynamic changes around that time. I would argue that drinking for people like you and I doesn't slow down at 21 because it's "anti-climatic" but because life situations don't really allow it to happen or faciliate it happening like theydid when you are even 2-3 years younger.

You always see him yelling on the field when the team fucks up... This whole time I thought he was a ruthless leader type... (ie Phil Sims?) Guess he's just a punkass. Oh well.

Not saying Clausen is a prick but you see a lot of QB's yell at their teammates and it's because they are "fiery and leaders"..unless people don't like them..then they are "cocky and pricks"

[Fox1994]

Fox is 15? Holy damn... I thought he was like 25 or something.

Really? Uhh... thanks. :2thumbs:

Not saying Clausen is a prick but you see a lot of QB's yell at their teammates and it's because they are "fiery and leaders"..unless people don't like them..then they are "cocky and pricks"

Well, perhaps people don't like them because they're cocky pricks.