2013 College Football Thread (Realer than Real Deal Holyfield -->S/O Craftsy)

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Jameis Winston stopped by police at gunpoint in 2012 incident

About five hours before Jameis Winston was involved in a BB gun "battle" that damaged the apartment complex where he lived in 2012, the Florida State quarterback was stopped by campus police at gunpoint and handcuffed for carrying a pellet gun on campus that he said he was using to shoot at squirrels.

Winston and teammate Chris Casher were briefly detained by FSU police on Nov. 25, 2012, after an unidentified person reported two men carrying a "long barreled handgun" on campus, according to a police report obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

Shortly after 5 p.m. that day, FSU police were dispatched to a bike trail on campus where they found Winston, then a redshirt freshmen, and Casher.

"I believe the suspects may have had a firearm so for my safety and the safety of the other individuals in the area, I drew my firearm from its holster and pointed it at the suspects with my finger outside the trigger guard," wrote Officer Anthony Gioannetti in the police report.

The officer "stated several times in a loud voice" for the men to get on the ground. They dropped a pistol, which the officer did not initially see, before lying on the ground. Officer Garrett Williams handcuffed Winston and Casher, and Gioannetti then holstered his firearm.

Winston and Casher told police they were shooting at squirrels on the trail and that they had told other people on the trail the pistol was a pellet gun, according to the report.

Corporal John Wainwright arrived and took possession of the gun and pellets. The players were released and not charged.

Winston and Casher were investigated for $4,200 in damage at their apartment complex caused by a BB gun fight just hours after they were stopped on campus.

After initially telling TPD that he wanted to evict Winston, Casher and two other players involved for breaking 13 windows, apartment manager Dave Sudekum said he did not want to pursue charges.

Monk Bonasorte, senior associate athletics director, arranged for players to split the cost of the damages.
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Yes it is. And we are just finding out that five hours before his BB gun fight back then he was also in cuffs on the ground because of a pellet gun.
 
The writer is a Gainesville hack who has been trying to get dirt on Winston all summer, even reached out to people in his High school class for dirt and all she got was this. It was also squirrel season so everything he was doing could be explained as legal actions if you want to get really deep with it.

By the way go to Tomahawknation.com to see the new FSU facilities
 
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Key to Syracuse football's future likely lies with beating Rutgers for New Jersey recruits

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer has made a mission out of improving the Orange's recruiting presence in the Northeast, hiring an assistant coach with New Jersey ties and increasing the number of local recruits this season.

Despite the fact the fact that realignment money has been counted, Rutgers coach Kyle Flood continues to beat the drum that the Scarlet Knights "move the needle" in New York and New Jersey.

The reasons for their public posturing are clear. New Jersey is likely the most critical state to the potential improvement of both programs.

"(Syracuse isn't) going to get a lot of 5-stars or 4-stars," ESPN national recruiting analyst Craig Haubert said. "But when they have, it's usually guys that are close to home."

Of Syracuse's 22 verbal commitments from the Class of 2015, eight come from Northeastern states. Last year, only six did

Both of Syracuse's four-star commitments, Daiquan Kelly and Dontae Strickland are from New Jersey.

Shafer said the increase is intentional.

"We wanted to go to the areas we're familiar with and we wanted to attack New York, New Jersey and New England better," Shafer said of SU's recruiting plan.

While canvassing three analysts for opinions on Syracuse's current recruiting class each noted that the Orange's approach, which heavily targets Florida, Illinois and the Northeast, is sound.

JC Shurburtt, a national analyst for 247 Sports, said Florida produces so much talent that players are always overshadowed and analysts are reluctant to give them all high ratings for fear of overloading on one state.

For that reason, Haubert said conference realignment will help Syracuse's football program more than any in the country.

"Some kids probably don't even know Syracuse is in the ACC yet," Haubert said. "It's going to take time. But they're going to come through and the recruits that Florida and Miami don't offer, they'll be able to tell those kids they can come back and play in front of their families."

Syracuse has excelled in Illinois, making the most of its coaches' connections and beating the Illini on a handful of recruits. New York's lower-ranked players have a history of out-producing their rankings, Shurburtt said.

None of those states, though, offer Syracuse the opportunity for a significant number of elite prospects over the long-haul.

Shurburtt said New York tends to produce around four elite recruits per year, limiting its value. Top players from Big Ten country will naturally gravitate toward the schools they watched growing up.

"You're not going to beat the Florida schools for a Florida kid or Clemson on a South Carolina kid," Scout analyst Brian Dohn said. "But can you get kids from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New England and New Jersey? That will help."

New Jersey, due to its proximity and lack of a state powerhouse, provides the most promise.

New Jersey has 10 four or five-star prospects in the Class of 2015 according to 247 Sports, more than three times the number that New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts produced combined. Even Pennsylvania, noted for its high school football, has just eight.

Dohn traced Syracuse's fall from regional relevance to the Scarlet Knights' improvement in the New Jersey recruiting market under Greg Schiano. Even Shafer noted the connection when hiring assistant coach Bobby Acosta this offseason.

The pipeline appears to have reversed again this recruiting cycle after Shafer's staff delivered a solid first year in the ACC and the Scarlet Knights' fired an assortment of assistant coaches just before moving into the Big Ten.

"I credit (Syracuse's improvement) more to uncertainty at Rutgers than anything else," Dohn said.

Despite Flood's tough talk, the Scarlet Knights don't own verbal commitments from any of New Jersey's top ten players. The Orange has plucked their two potential cornerstones directly from their New Jersey rival.

It's a shift that Shafer and the Orange must make permanent. Syracuse's ultimate potential depends on it.
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Already have that underway with the Daiquan Kelly commitment.

Top 10 Jersey recruits:
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Granted Syracuse is trying to rebuild their program from a almost 15 year funk but Rutgers is standard for recruiting in that region?

Cuse is striving to become what Rutgers is today?
 
Texas senior safety Josh Turner has been reinstated to the program after meeting with coach Charlie Strong, according to a source. Three other players dismissed last week -- running backs Joe Bergeron and Jalen Overstreet and defensive back Chevoski Collins -- are not expected to return to the program. Bergeron, a senior, is reportedly interested in playing this season at the Division II level.
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Joe Mixon suspended from team pending investigation.

Don't blame Stoops as this is university policy, I just hope the police work a little faster -- this is a simple assault and battery case shouldn't take 3 weeks.

Mixon put himself in a bad situation and could have prevented this.

I do expect him to be back on the team this year.
 
seminoles secondary is nasty didnt realize how stacked they are back there till i looked at the roster
 
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