[Husker] Pelini is not better than both of the last 2 coaches,

Thu Sep 13 14:56:46 CDT 2012

Aaron is correct. The laws here in Ohio are pretty harsh, especially after
the latest updates in 2010, which added breathalyzer refusal sanctions over
and above the base OVI penalties.  I don't know what the laws were at the
time of Solich's arrest -- it may have been better for him to refuse the
test (or maybe Solich thought he was back in Lincoln, where the football
program outranks the legal system ... I keed, I keed.  8^)

Also, here in Ohio, if you meet certain criteria (high BAC level or
multiple offenses), you get these ugly license plates:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OhioDUIplate.jpg -- that's how we
separate the professional drinkers, against whom you would not want to
compete in beer pong for money, from the amateurs.  (For a long time,
seeing those plates confused me -- I just thought there was a large Iowa
State [http://www.iowadot.gov/mvd/ovs/plates/collegiate.htm] fan base here
... 8^)

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Aaron Wolfson <awolfson0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If he had three margaritas on an empty stomach, he wasn't passing that
> test. You don't really have many options as soon as you get in your car in
> that state, and I certainly have no sympathy for him in this instance.
>
> Aaron
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 9:57 AM, David Strong <gobigredlist at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I had always wondered what his blood alcolhol level was reported to have
>> been.  What did he blow on the breathalyzer?  But now I read that he
>> refused to take the breath test.  That kind of settles it right there.  It
>> used to be that in many states, refusal to take the test was the same as
>> failing the test.  Regardless, he would have had a stronger case if he had
>> taken and passed the test.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 10:36 AM, George Rapp <george.rapp at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > It was a local restaurant and bar in Athens, Casa Cantina:
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.athensnews.com/ohio/article-9433-judge-tequila-not-ghb-did-solich-in.html
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Lawson, Scott R <slawson at albany.edu>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Where was he when this happened? At a college bar or somewhere like
>> > > Applebees?
>> > >
>> > > Scott in NY
>> > >
>> > > Sent from my iPhone
>> > >
>> > > On Sep 12, 2012, at 5:51 PM, "Aaron Wolfson" <awolfson0 at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > The source is an email from Solich's son-in-law:
>> > > > http://deadspin.com/166848/the-frank-solich-conspiracy-theory
>> > > >
>> > > > In Ohio, there is no such thing as "involuntary DUI." So he was
>> liable
>> > > > regardless. That is the "some reason" the case was not re-opened.
>> Also,
>> > > the
>> > > > alleged drug is GHB, commonly called the "date-rape" drug.
>> > > >
>> > > > Probably, if this is true, it was a stupid prank by some college
>> kids,
>> > as
>> > > > kids are wont to do.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Aaron
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Don Rietsch <drr at livgenmi.com>
>> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >> It was reported in the Detroit News that an analysis of Solich's
>> blood
>> > > >> showed he had been drugged.  They stated what the drug was but I
>> don't
>> > > >> remember.  I think it was Ecstasy (sp).  Frank made attempts to
>> have
>> > his
>> > > >> record cleared but for some reason the DA refused to re-open the
>> case.
>> > > >> It's
>> > > >> been a few years and my memory isn't quite as good as it was 50
>> years
>> > > ago
>> > > >> but that's how I remember the article.
>> > > >> Drietsch
>> > > >>
>> > > >> -----Original Message-----
>> > > >> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On
>> > > Behalf
>> > > >> Of
>> > > >> Scott Stewart
>> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 4:21 PM
>> > > >> To: Andy Knipp
>> > > >> Cc: husker at tssi.com
>> > > >> Subject: Re: [Husker] Pelini is not better than both of the last 2
>> > > coaches,
>> > > >>
>> > > >> My memory may be incorrect on this, but wasn't he found
>> > > unconscious/asleep
>> > > >> parked in the car on the side of the road?
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Unless he was on the above named medication, or my wife, one
>> Margarita
>> > > >> doesn't usually render someone unconscious. That would generally
>> > suggest
>> > > >> more than drink, a drug, or a really friendly bartender.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> I always found this incident odd. The pleading guilty, then the
>> > > attempted
>> > > >> retraction. The conspiracy surrounding drugging his drink. All
>> seemed
>> > > >> "cloak
>> > > >> and dagger."
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Scott
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com>
>> wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >>> He had consumed a single Margarita, he claims (and evidence seems
>> to
>> > > >>> support) that it was spiked with something else. Still many places
>> > > >>> have zero tolerance, so it is not 0.08% blood alcohol, it is if
>> the
>> > > >>> opinion of the police you did not pass the field sobriety test.
>>  Thus
>> > > >>> he may still have been DUI.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> -----Original Message-----
>> > > >>> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On
>> > > >>> Behalf Of Mike Nolan
>> > > >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 8:05 AM
>> > > >>> To: Lawson, Scott R
>> > > >>> Cc: husker at tssi.com
>> > > >>> Subject: Re: [Husker] Pelini is not better than both of the last 2
>> > > >>> coaches,
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> I was never sure what to make of that drinking incident, Frank did
>> > NOT
>> > > >>> have the reputation of being a drinker.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Oddly enough, on another list I'm on (non-sports), there was
>> recently
>> > > >>> a thread started by a member whose wife CANNOT have any alcohol
>> due
>> > to
>> > > >>> medications she's on.  (It could kill her!)
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> At a recent party, the host spiked one of her drinks as a joke.
>> > > >>> Fortunately
>> > > >>> she smelled it.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> At least two other members reported similar incidents at parties,
>> > > >>> though not ones with as much potential for dire medical
>> consequences.
>> > > >>> --
>> > > >>> Mike Nolan
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A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring
one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their
own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the
mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of
good government... - Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address