Seems so, but Barrett, curse his luck, apparently ran into a by-the-book lawman who didn’t care that OSU’s season could be compromised if its quarterback were to suffer the consequences of an OVI conviction.
Or maybe the cop was a Michigan fan. Bad luck any way you slice it, I’d say.
But now, on top of it all, comes this video in which Barrett is heard pleading with the police officer and hoping his name and position carry some weight.
“I’m the quarterback at Ohio State,” Barrett is heard saying. “There’s nothing you can do?”
Embarrassing.
Not surprising, though, that he would play the "Do you know who I am?" card. I'm sure if often works. Of course, that's what actress Reese Witherspoon probably thought when she told a cop "You're about to find out who I am" as she was handcuffed and stuffed into his cruiser a few years ago.
Didn’t work her her, either, and she supposedly wasn’t even drunk.
Barrett ended up pleading guilty Tuesday to a count of driving while impaired and was sentenced to a three-day driver-intervention program, fined $400 and stripped of his license for six months.
The quarterback’s absence from last week’s Minnesota game (he served a one-game suspension) easily could have proved fatal for the Buckeyes, but they skated past the Gophers, 28-14, with Cardale Jones at the controls.
With Barrett back at the helm, they play Illinois, their last cupcake, on Saturday before true tests against Michigan State and Michigan.
Peter Gammons tweeted it, so it must be true
He's been around seemingly forever. He invented the Sunday baseball notes column while covering the Red Sox for the Boston Globe. Players and front-office personnel learn things from him.
If Peter Gammons of MLB Network says the Cincinnati Reds will trade closer Aroldis Chapman by the end of the weekend, which he did Thursday via Twitter, count on it happening.
That’s the big rumor as the Reds do their best Florida Marlins impersonation, continuing their firesale.
The only difference is the Reds haven’t won anything. At least when the Marlins dismantled their team, they were usually coming off a World Series championship as opposed to flirting with 100 losses.
Chapman, the most dominant relief pitcher in baseball with 546 strikeouts in 319 career innings, is rumored to be headed to the Red Sox, although any number of teams could be in the running, including the Astros, Yankees and Diamondbacks.
Who knows? Somebody might even come up with the idea of seeing what the 27-year-old flame-thrower would look like as a starter.
Also reportedly on the block is second baseman Brandon Phillips. He would have to waive his no-trade clause for a deal to occur, and let’s hope it’s not that one with the Diamondbacks where the Reds acquire aging part-time second baseman Aaron Hill straight-up. Yuck.
A few predictions as the Flyers open season
Should be another compelling season for the Dayton Flyers as they try to make the NCAA Tournament for the third year in a row, a feat last seen here in the 1960s.
Yes, it's time for the dawn of another college basketball season, so check out the fearless forecast from Flyers beat writer David Jablonski, who tells you what's going to happen.
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