You may have heard that former star Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett was wanted by Ohio police earlier this week for his alleged participation in a robbery.
Well, according to this NY Times article, Clarett had a particularly compelling reason to delay turning himself in to police for a couple of days:
Clarett declined to answer most questions from reporters, but he did reveal that he watched Ohio State beat Notre Dame on Monday night before turning himself in to the police. Clarett, who had been wanted for almost two days, apparently wanted to see his former teammates play in the Fiesta Bowl, the same game in which he achieved stardom and helped capture the 2002 national championship for the Buckeyes. Asked about Ohio State’s 34-20 victory over the Irish, Clarett cracked a half-smile and said:
“Glad we won.”
Trust me UT, this guy is, and always will be, a troubled kid surrounded by the worst “advisors” a kid could have with no intentions on his well-being giving him every chance to fail.
He did have the support structure one time in his life at OSU but made ridiculous claims that burnt one of his many bridges that Iím sure he was advised to do by agents and/or Jim Brown-like people promoting themselves and ideas over a kid that really doesnít know what or how to handle himself.
Iím not saying I support Clarett ñ heís ticked off OSU nation enough ñ but I have a truly hard time blaming the kid too.
Oh, and Iím glad we won too. 😉