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

[Scott Stewart]

Wow, I like that idea. I am moving to Ohio. In GA all you get for a DUI is
a seat in the legislature (I am totally kidding).


On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:56 PM, George Rapp <george.rapp at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> >> > one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their
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> 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
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