Hokies kicker Cody Journell, two others arrested, charged with breaking and entering in alleged home invasion
Virginia Tech place-kicker Cody Journell was arrested last night on a breaking and entering charge after an alleged home invasion. (UPDATE, 3:05 p.m.: Here’s a link to an updated story on Roanoke.com.)
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The early story on Roanoke.com:
Three Blacksburg men, including Virginia Tech kicker Cody Journell, have been arrested and charged with breaking and entering after an alleged home invasion late Wednesday night.
Just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, Blacksburg police responded to a residence on Lee Street, just outside of the downtown area in reference to a physical altercation, according to a morning news release.
An investigation into an alleged home invasion began shortly after and resulted in the arrests of Cody J. Journell, 20; Matthew D. Dunton, 23; and Matthew I. Brady, 21.
Each were charged with breaking and entering, a class 2 felony due to the alleged use of a dangerous weapon, according to police.
Journell is a place kicker for the Virginia Tech football team and an All-ACC 2011 honorable mention winner.
All three men are currently being held without bond at the Montgomery County Jail while the investigation continues.
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Journell, a redshirt sophomore, was an All-ACC honorable mention this season after making 14 of 17 field goals, including 10 straight to finish the season.
From Ripplemead, the former Giles High kicker was the first true place-kicker to be signed to a scholarship by Virginia Tech since Shayne Graham in 1996.
When Journell missed the Duke game Oct. 29 with a quad strain, the Hokies used two seniors to replace him, letting Tyler Weiss handle short kicks and Justin Myer long ones.
Weiss, who started at Murray State as a freshman in 2007 and went 7-for-10, missed his only attempt against the Blue Devils from 29 yards.
Myer, who also handles kickoffs, is 0-for-2 on field goal attempts this season, missing from 57 against North Carolina and 53 yards against Virginia.
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UPDATE, 10:31 a.m.: No comment from Tech yet (not a lot of folks around), but this was passed on to me: Per University Policy, any student-athlete charged with felony is suspended from playing or practicing until charges are dropped, dismissed or resolved.
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UPDATE, 10:41 a.m.: Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver makes it official with statement: “Virginia Tech redshirt sophomore place-kicker Cody Journell is immediately suspended indefinitely from the football team in conjunction with University Policy 1035.”
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UPDATE, 12:35 p.m.: Journell is scheduled for a 1:30 p.m. appearance in Montgomery County General District court.
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UPDATE, 1:14 p.m.: This was just filed by Lerone Graham, our crime and courts reporter for the New River Valley bureau:
According to warrants filed in Montgmery County General District court, the incident revolved around some sort of drug transaction, and a weapon was involved.
The three are accused of entering the house of Dorenzo Hudson and Sean Allen with a weapon, with the intent to commit larceny, assault and battery, or another felony, according to warrants. Dunton and Brady are listed as roomates in an apartment on the 600 block of Lee Street.
Hudson is a senior on the Hokies basketball team.
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UPDATE, 2:50 p.m.: More from Lerone, who was at the court hearing:
The three defendants appeared in court momentarily before Judge Randall Duncan declared recess to allow the commonwealth time to reach a witness.
A prosecutor said the commonwealth has sufficient factual information, but said the witness “on which the gun was drawn” has not responded to phone messages.
Brady’s attorney voiced his desire to proceed with the hearing today since Christmas is around the corner. At this point, Brady broke down into tears, to which Duncan responded that “crying is not going to help you” and told him to allow his attorney to speak for him.
Court is in recess until 3 p.m. while the Commonwealth’s Attorney attempts to reach a witness. It was not stated whether Hudson or Allen was the witness yet to be reached.
December 22, 2011 - 10:18 AM
Greaaat! Good thinking Journell, way to put the team first. Just the distraction VT needs right before a game of this magnitude!!
“No bowl game for you!” Ha, ha. I guess now the bowl game ticket sales will probably come to a screeching crawl, and secondary-market ticket prices go even lower.
Ah, there’s the Virginia Tech pride and behavior we all know and love….
Disappointment would be an understatement, but I’m sure that’s exactly what Beamer and Jorunell’s parents must be feeling right now. First, last spring Xavier Boyce was arrested and charged for child abuse, and now this. It’s not the kind of distraction Tech needed for its preparation for Michigan. It does raise some questions. Question like is Tyler Weiss ready? How will Beamer prepare Weiss for the big one? How will the team not be distracted by this?
I have the feeling the Wahoos are gloating over this because it never happens at their almighty Virginia university.
Awesome. Wish this would’ve happened BEFORE I dropped over a grand to fly to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl.
Stupid, stupid, stupid! The lack of reasoning by some athletes is amazing to me…
Unbelievable that Journell would put himself in this horrible situation right before the biggest game of his collegiate career thus far! He may never play for Tech again if he’s found to be involved. What a shame. Hope we don’t need a field goal to win the Sugarbowl.
Suspension? Really? He should be kicked out of VT immediately if not sooner!
Don’t know the circumstances surrounding this incident but I know his family and that’s not the way he was raised. Don’t gloat anti-Tech fans, just put yourself in his family’s position and be thankful it’s not your child. Odd’s are that at least one person reading this blog will have a simular experience with a child in the future. Never say, not my child. Looking at the pictures of the three, one got his a** kicked and the three buddies were looking for some payback and made a big mistake.
Wow, I am so glad I decided to watch the Sugar Bowl instead of paying big bucks to see another fiasco. Our Hokies are slowly but surely replacing Miami as the King of Thugs.
Nothing really surprising about this type of behavior from Virginia Tech athletes. At least Beamer will not have to send him home on the bus. (like he would have done it anyway)
Deb, Has no one from your school ever been arrested? If it’s UVa, you have some major cajones making a statement like you made.
Big lack of judgement on Journell’s part. If he is involved in anyway, take the scholorship and let him kick somewhere else.
Justa, you’re going to be pretty busy if you plan on scolding everyone that makes a negative comment about this fiasco….
Deb, Harvey B., What school do you support? Not many can boast their athletes do not get in trouble. If you’re UVA fans, 3 words – Walcott, Wallace and Price. Maybe you live under a rock or wear blinders until it happens at a school you don’t like?
To KM – no school immediately kicks a player or student out of school until the school has reviewed the case or a conviction has been handed down. Suspension is standard across the U.S.
Deb, Harvey B. I’m not a Hokie but you two are obviously shallow minded haters. Remember a little verse about “Judge not lest ye be judged”? Your reactions are childish and ignorant at best. Hatefull at worst. Very sad.
What’s sad here through these comments is that they have become about football and UVA vs. VT and OMG the Sugar Bowl, etc… when they should be about this kid and how he has now screwed up his own future. They should be about how his parents and family are now going to have to face Christmas knowing what their son has done all because of a drug deal gone bad. It’s time to put the priorities straight and in order with football being further down the list instead of the top. My heart goes out to this kid’s family.
wait for the facts and the police investigation. im sure there are alot of people upset over this. i know that jim journell as a father is feeling bad today. but before u roast this 20 year old- remember that life throws many curve balls. football is just a game. i feel pity for a young kid sitting in jail who probably just made a bad decision. as for the guy who bellyached that he had dropped a grand for trip to new orleans and now this- gotta be in the running for the stupidest blog of 2011. get real should be your new years resolution. peace out.
Like all situations, we need to know the true facts before making determinations. If this does indeed turn out to be true, his career at VT should be over. This would be a tragedy for himself and his family, however the choices that these young men make are made by fully capable people, and they do have consequenses.
We, on the other hand, need to allow the law and the judicial system to take control of the process, and withold judgement until fair and accurate conclusions are determined.
I am a HOKIE all the way. I believe that the young men who play the game should be held to the same accountability that we do. We pay large sums to watch you play, and in return you get the opportunity to get a wonderful, top notch education, and possibly professional career.
Our thoughts on winning a game should not be oversold by the fact that a young man’s future is changed forever. In this season of Good Will toward all men,the player,parents, and university need our support. If Cody is indeed guilty, we do not need to sugarcoat it. If he is innocent, we need to stand behind him.
Andy, I didn’t realize that today was Friday.
KM, I guess any VT connected person charged with anything should be convicted before their trial?
To the rest of the rock throwers out there, be careful with them:
http://blogs.roanoke.com/insiders/2011/02/three-uva-football-players-suspended/
What a pity for this young man and his family. If he is indeed found guilty (and no one really knows the facts of the situation yet) he has a mark against him for the rest of his life.
What goes around comes around so don’t be so quick to point a finger unless you are perfect yourself.
Who really cares what Virginia fans say and who would expect anything different from them.
Glad to see that the “Hokies Respect” thing that Weaver & Co. shove down our throats at every opportunity is understood and practiced within the program. Just another black eye for a program that has had it’s fair share over the past few years. (disclaimer: I’m an alum, donor, and season ticket holder)
Incredibly stupid decision by some stupid kids.
What’s sad, though, are some comments here that seem to relish in the downfall.
Idiots! Kick the Kicker out of School AND out of town.
ZERO TOLERANCE. As for the other two – run them out as well.
Anyone defending these brutes is no better than the crime itself.
ZERO TOLERANCE. We’ve had enough krap around here.
Inexcusable.
whatever happened to ‘innocent until proven guilty’; we all know the police throw the book to cover all and any charges that MIGHT be evenually placed; the investigation is “on-going”; what has happened to the human race that gloats over someone in a situation like this?; look in the mirror before hurling bolders
#1 – Let the facts come out, then let the punishment begin
#2 – Pray for him and his family.
#3 – Remember Josh Hamilton’s (Texas Rangers) story. We now cheer for him.
It is very sad that a young man with such a promising future would make such a terrible decision to be involved in anything like this. But, as we read the article, drugs were involved and I think that says it all. Maybe Journell can get the help he needs and one day help prevent someone else from making a similar bad decision.
IN DANNY, WE TRUST.
With the latest breaking news (it was Dorenzo’s Hudson’s house) and apparently a drug deal…what does this mean for Hudson? That would really hurt the basketball team if he gets suspended.
‘Stupid is as stupid does…’ Since Journell couldn’t wait to get to New Orleans before getting in trouble, does this mean that Frank Beamer will make him ride a Greyhound bus doing laps around the football field?
At the very least, this was incredibly poor judgement by Journell. The probability is that it was worse than just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I expect that when the facts are revealed, he & his buddies were buying some drugs and got stiffed in some manner, thus they decided to ‘get their money’s worth’ by tearing up an apartment. Who knows, it could be any number of scenarios.
One thing is certain – Cody Journell did an incredibly stupid thing. if justice is served, he’ll be treated like a typical VT student, and not coddled like a Hokie football player.
My family has known the Journell family for years. Cody was not raised this way. Who’s to say that Cody showed up at some party where he wasn’t invited and this is just revenge. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty!!! Don’t you people realize that this goes on at EVERY single school in the country??? Don’t go saying kick him out of school until all the facts are out there!!! Like another poster said, it could happen to you!!!! Neutral is right — too many people are enjoying this!!! This country is screwed up!!!
Tech fans are a defensive lot….why yall so defensive? Do you not expect anybody at all to comment on the effect this might have on “Hokie Pride?” Geesh….wah wah wah. Yep, athletes from other schools have messed up…we ain’t talking about them now though.
No Problem! These boys will get off with a slap on the wrist. They didn’t kill anybody like the Radford Seven (fraternity)who got 24 months suspended sentence and a $1,000 fine. YOU CAll that JUSTICE! They should’ve gotten two years in JAIL!!!!
Rand — another Hokie hater!!! If it were your son wouldn’t you want him to be Innocent til proven guilty??? Oh, I forgot, your son would be perfect!!!
I want more of the story. How many players (both football and basketball) might be involved in drug trafficking at VT?? The fact that this was a drug-related break-in at a star basketball player’s home demands more answers…
I am hurt to think we have these kids who get a FREE road for a education,and play a sport you love at the same time.What kind of drug could be worth what lays ahead for this kid,and his family.it doesn’t matter if it’s the Sugar Bowl or a game at home.I am sick to death of people ””well i spend all this money do you really think one guy is going to win the game?I believe it take’s a WHOLE team to win.I will be praying for this young man and his family.You might want to do the same,if you are such a BIG Hokie FAN show it thr prayer.It works
Guns should be banned from the Tech campus.
Pat — AMEN!!!
Wow why don’t we just send him to death row? Seems like some people are just assuming that he is definitely guilty. What happens if he ends up being innocent yet he’s already missed the game? What a waste.
Let’s do the math: Journell arrested + Journell suspended until charges are resolved. Big Bowl game = no difference in how he is treated.
You know, I think VT has done the right thing. I have no idea if the kid is guilty or not. Time will tell about that and whtehr or not Hudson or Allen have a problem as well.
What I do know is that VT has not gone off its rules to accomodate the footbll team. How many other schools react so strongly and quickly in similar situations? Not many. We have sen a number of star athletes in trouble who get to play pending the outcome of the charges. Not VT.
I applaud.
36 – “Guns should be banned from the Tech campus.”
Sure, because since the house broken into was not on the Tech campus it would have made a big difference.
Drug deal gone bad ?? , they had a gun and someone could have been shot ?? and we are reading statements that are calling this bad judgement?? Some are insulting UVA fans and I’m not sure what UVA has to do with this? Ask yourself, how many of you at 20 yrs old would have found yourself at a drug deal with a gun? Betting zero. This rises to much more than bad judgement. This is dangerous, garbage behavior by punks. This has nothing to do with football and rivalries.
Andy — was Journell on a scholarship? I didn’t think most kickers got them, but I wasn’t sure.
Good post 89 Hoo! Only I think th eposter of #36 has their mind made up and doesn’t want to be confused with the FACTS….
Even if the kicker is ultimately not guilty, the thing is he should have never put himself in that situation.
If Hudson is found to be involved with drugs, he needs to be suspended as well.
RP: Journell was on scholarship. A rarity at Tech. First time since 1996 for a true kicker.
Guns should be banned from the Tech community (includes the campus and areas surrounding the campus). Too much violence there. Would not want my kids to go school there for that reason. That’s not to say guns aren’t in Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, or other college communities, but there has been too much gun action in Blacksburg.
I am glad to know that the biggest thug on VT’s football team is a white place kicker from the ‘hood known as Ripplemead VA.
Bob H – For the UVa football players, one (Walcott) had all charges dropped. The other two had the charges dropped from felonies to misdemeanors (not sure if they were convicted or not). The later two were kicked off the team though.
Let’s hope the Tech students don’t get felony convictions.
Pretty myopic there Danny.
Agree with all who say let the legal system handle this and feel for the families of these guys who have made a major mistake in their lives that could result in the loss of their freedom and could have resulted in someone’s death. If you’re one of the petty gloaters, here’s hoping something like this never happens to someone you care about.
So they’re denied bond- now what’s going to happen? All this over ‘he stole my pot!’
Blah, blah, blah – zero tolerance. Isn’t it a shame that no one was there to catch some shameful thing that you did and rake you over the coals. This is a 20 year old kid that wasn’t even the ring leader. This belongs in the hi jinks department. Air gun? I do not know where some of you are from, but sometimes things get rough in youth. What is being overlooked is the Pot angle. So is the VT basketball player and/or his roommate dealing Pot? I am all for decriminalizing one of God’s own creations. I think cigarettes and alcohol are far more harmful. This is from a person that has never partaken of any but the alcohol. The home invasion part is pretty rough, but I am wondering what has gone before that they did not think it serious. Has Hudson or his roommate done the same to one of these three? I say put the 5 of them in a cage and let them out once they have settled things. I think the two ‘victems’ here are as dirty as the three behind bars. So, let’s wait and see.
Danny,
What other guaranteed rights specified in the constitution should be denied legal adults (18 and over) who attend colleges. I see you are in favor od denying their 2nd amendment rights, do you think free speach, wtc, shoudl also be denied college students as well?
I mean, what the heck, it is only a constitutional guarantee, right?
Sheesh!
Danny, take your liberal ideology and stuff it where the sun doesn’t shine. The 2nd amendment states what it does. If you don’t like it, change that. A gun on campus in the hands of a law abiding citizen may have limited the scope of the 2007 killings. Just an observation, Cho was able to buy his weapons because things already in place were not followed. The recent shooting was in no way related to Tech at all except by location. That was a Radford student. The beheading was a foreign transfer student with a knife. Any time you get a ton of people together in a small area, there will be dust ups. There are going to be killings occasionally. Nothing to advocate, but be real.
Jim
I could have metioned Peter LaLich, or any number of UVA players who have gotten in trouble way back to Barry Word and Kenny Stadlin.
UVA people act “holier than thou” like it doesn’t happen there. Yet they had a full schollie Lacrosse player murder another one, and where was Morgan Harrington last seen alive?
This is just more UVA rationalization for losing to VT for 8 straight years- that VT is a “thug school” and UVA is not. Spare me, they are often recruiting the same kids. UVA even recruited Marcus Vick.
The question I have is this; What are the chances that Seth Greenberg will have Hudson take a drug test? I know, I know…the chances are even worse than their ACC record will be this season.
I’m with RP @ post #34. I have to wonder how deep this goes. I know from a family member, who is involved in law enforcement, that drugs in this area is really, really bad. The family member also says it’s so easy to deal and the money that comes in is really hard to turn down. As I stated on Aaron’s blog, it doesn’t matter if a child was raised in a spiritual home, with upstanding parents, it doesn’t take much to get a child to fall by the wayward.
I will be honest, I am a parent, and I cannot imagine the embarrassment and humiliation Journell’s parents are feeling right now.
For some of you posters who are screaming for Journell to be kicked off, run out of town, etc, you have to remember that Virginia Tech’s student policy have this kind of situation in place. As such, Journell is automatically suspended from the football indefinitely.
Remember last season when Xavier Boyce was arrested and charge with child abuse and neglect? There were some of us who cringed when it happened, and many of us did say he needed to be removed from the team to deal with his alleged crime.
So, yes, we need to let the facts come out, we need to step back and let the criminal justice system work, however long it takes.
Unfortunately, this is just another black mark on the football and basketball program. This kind of crap happens at Florida, Ohio State, North Carolina, Virginia, and whatever else colleges there are.
The great thing about the US is everyone is entitled to their opinion. I have no problem with guns for hunting or sporting purposes. Use of guns in violence is another issue. I do know this. I’m not going to let my kids consider Tech for college. One of my kids has expressed interset in becoming a vet. If so, we will look at NC State first.
Danny, to put it bluntly — you’re an idiot!!!
To my fellow wahoos…ease up. Like all schools, we have had our share of criminal activity (though I take exception to linking the Morgan Harrington case to UVa just because she was in Charlottesville…if we are to do that, we’d have to link any crime that ever happened in Blacksburg to Virginia Tech).
Let’s wait for all the facts to come out, and see how the school and Beamer (and Greenberg, it seems) handle this before we start insulting. Suspension is a standard first step, and a good one, and it shows that there is no favoritism in this case. And for heaven’s sake don’t be so gleeful…it’s not a good situation.
57 – that’s a pretty extreme position, Danny. In all likelihood, any guns involved were obtained illegally anyway, so a ban would not have made a difference (though would it make a difference if they were obtained legally?).
I bleed blue and orange, but if my little girl wants to go to Tech, I will be proud (though I DO hope she goes to UVA!).
Trevor, just when I was beginning to think you made sense with your comments, you lost my support in the last sentence. VT is no better than “Florida, Ohio State, North Carolina, Virginia, and whatever else colleges tehre are.”
Perhaps that condescending statement is the reason many Virginians who don’t have a favorite college team dislike VT sports so much. The truth is, VT keeps its dirt hidden better than a lot of colleges and universities. Their athletes are no better — or no worse — than any other big time programs.
Journell is added to the long list of players under Beamer who have been arrested under his watch. The list below is by no means conclusive but was the result of 15 minutes of researching published news articles
Xavier Boyce
Lyndell Gibson
Marcus Vick
Mike Imoh
Brenden Hill
Chris Ellis
Josh Morgan
Josh Hyman
Brandon Flowers
Theodore Miller
Tony Morrison
James Crawford
Antonio Banks
Brian Edmonds
Walter Ford
Nathaniel Williams
Sean Sullivan
Cornell Brown
Michael Hawkes
Angelo Harrison
Greg Melvin
Tyron Edmond
Brad Baylor
Lorenzo Ferguson
D.J. Walton
Antoine Rutherford
Pedro Edison
The gun was an air-soft gun. It’s use is similar to paint ball. Actually stings less than a paint ball. Regardless, the people being assaulted didn’t know that and this could have been really bad. The irony here is where the real assault occurred there are no charges. Who called the police? The original victims were in fact the ones who physically assaulted someone and have not been charged. This is bizarre. The real question is how many more athletes have personal friendships with drug dealers/users. If I was Weaver I would be hiring a security firm to check at least the football and basketball friends out.
Danny before you send your kids to the Raleigh-Durham area read their papers. I lived in the area and it is far worse. That news just does not make it our way. You should not shelter your kids but teach them the right way to live and have trust in them if you raised them right to make the right choices in life. If they will do that then they should be in a safer enviroment even though you take a chance anywhere now a days.
Really Gary???? Why don’t you do the research for every other college in the US — like Miami??? You’re an idiot too!!!
It’s not the time to start pointing fingers at any university. It is a problem that goes on every day. Young people don’t realize that there will be consiquences for their actions. What I hate it for is the parents of these young men. I could care less if it it tech or va.or Richmond, etc. It is our society in general. The game is nothing but an oppurtunity for all these fickled fans to show their ignorance of what is important. Boy has our priorities gotten mixed up. At the time, I doubt if any of these individuals were thinking about anything. They thought it would be ok to do this. Guess what, they were wrong.
An “airsoft” gun?! Ha, ha, ha! Hudson should have beat the crap out of them for pulling a toy gun on him.
Hate that it happen,but we need to let it play out. I would remind people that a person is innocent till proven guilty and god will be the final judge and by some of these comments I have read here some of them may need to be concerned. We need to pray for all involved in this and remember their family. I love the hokies and pull for them all the time,but I also pull for UVA except when they play each other.But make no mistake I am a HOKIE and a true VIRGINIAN God Bless You.
Cody is a good kid, and his family are great people. Its a shame that they are having to go through this right before the holidays. I think that there is more information that still needs to come out before people should slash this kids character. What ever happened to “innocent until proven guilty”? Whats wrong is wrong, and there is no denying that, however I don’t think a kid with a clean record just up and pulls and gun and barges in a house to steal drugs. The press has a way of fabricating and stretching “the truth”. Let the facts be determined in the courtroom and not in the press room!
Looks like Beamer is building quite a legacy but it is the wrong kind.
The Hokies have made national news again. Congratulations; you have eclipsed Miami for the number one thug spot.
VA Tech’s players are not any more criminal than ours, there are just more of them. Beamer has done an impeccable job of keeping the dirt covered up but sooner or later the mess will come to the top. I doubt we have heard the last of this, probably more revelations before the Sugar Bowl. Wrong decisions and poor judgment always comes back to haunt you.
I agree with #54, the hoos have more than their share of ” thugs ” including the murderer, and do not forget, the knife slasher on one of his team athletes, Melvin Whiticore (sp)and lets not forget the child “unsupproter ” Ralph Sampson, a real low life to have kids and not support them.
Sweet and Low Bowl-also known as the Sugar Bowl. Are you watching Boise State?? Don’t talk to me about the schedule they play or that they don’t travel well. Are you watching the QB that you screwed and not taking them even though they were the #7 team in the so called BCS. The difference the last 4 years Boise State never played to the level of their competition, they played with same determination as if they were playing the #1 team in the polls every game. They are that good. They have played with class and the coach is one of the best or not the best in the nation. Look at the defense, they knock you down and get back in the huddle without running their mouth. Unusual, wouldn’t you say. What a disgrace you have done to these kids. Choke on your money!! I hope you learn from this disjustice you did to these kids. I pull for all Va. teams, but Com-On Man!!
THIS JUST IN:
VT the home of idiots.
so glad my kids never stepped foot on that horrible college.
enjoy hearing about this story EVERY day and at least 30 times during the bowl game you backed into.
Wow, dave t! Two Tech students get arrested and 25,000 students and thousands of faculty and staff are idiots and Tech is horrible.
Maybe we need a little more moderator action on this comment page.
Boy ,Dave T.
Your comment shows what an idiot you are..sure hope it didn’t rub off on your kids !!
I’m amazed by the inter-collegiate squabbling over who has the worst “thugs” What a race to be the cream of the crap. And we should be throwing stones, a lot of them – until every low life is out of college athletics – down to the chess team.
I also put this on Aaron’s blog earlier today… but I think it’s a worthwhile question.
If one of you goes out tonight and gets in trouble away from your workplace… is your boss at work held accountable? Is it automatically assumed that your boss was involved, or that others that you work with must be involved too?
No, you say? They why all of the automatic attempts at linking this story to the rest of the football team, coaches, and the entire student body just because of a couple of idiots?
You can bet there are a lot of pissed off alumni/supporters. I know Coach Beamer isn’t God but he needs to keep a much shorter leash on his first string.
Why so much hate?? Everyone is responsible for their own choices and must pay the consequences. A college student is responsible for themselves. It is not the mother, father or coach’s fault.
The players had been released to go home and spend Christmas with their families. Should the school assign someone to follow them over the holidays?
Most universities hope they have recruited good citizens but kids are immature. The students actions reflect their bad choices not the schools taht recruited them.
God bless those families and the pain they are feeling.
Hey KM, theres a thing called DUE PROCESS… let that happen first… ‘kay?
VT fans are only worried about their silly football team and winning a bowl game (like that ever happens anyway). They are worried about their 10 win seasons, playing nobody I might add, and insulting UVA, even though this has nothing to do with us. Wake up and smell the coffee, Tech has more problems than good things happening. It is a sad statement about the university that these things continue to happen on a regular basis. Sure, things happen criminally at UVA, but not every couple of months. Rather than having things happen consistently (like at VT), there are blips on the radar at UVA. VT stands for, in my opinion, Violent Thugs.
Lets cut the UVAvsVT and pray for the boys and their parents.
I remember that “due process” with Marcus Vick, DC – this is all about money and TV ratings. It hard to tell how many more criminals are on the VT team but it won’t matter. The important thing was to get a good matchup for the Sugar Bowl. But it is all looking a bit suspect at this point. Who knows what else is going to come out on VT before January 3rd. I am glad that the HOOS don’t claim to be anyuthing great so there is no “overated” talk about us. We just go out, plkay decent football, live a clean life and enjoy our game with our 4.0 GPA’s. Don’t need a lunchbox to motivate us.
What an asinine bunch of comments about VT being a thug school and Beamer keeping the dirt covered up better than most. This doesn’t look like Beamer covered up a thing! The kids got arrested and the story is right here. Some cover up!!! This is the poor judgement of an immature kid. It is regrettable. Let’s stop trying to hang them for what might have been. The story I see is a bit confused and convoluted. This thing could be anything from a practical joke gone wrong up to a serious serious tip of a drug iceberg. As for the poster that wished Beamer or Weaver would do background checks on all the associates of the team members, what kind of fascist moron are you? If Mr. Journell is guilty of something very bad, then his poor judgements and decisions will cost him. If it looks as though he was a minor player in the whole thing, he may warrant a second chance and a very short leash. I will bet that EVERY one of you posting on here has done something that could have gotten them arrested and jailed. Stop being so sanctimonious.
wahoo007 must not know how to read a scoreboard, much less calculate GPA. Seems like 38-0 says it all. As for ‘living a clean life’ you must like playing ignorant to all the arrests on hoo players over the years. Just like the arrestsof the hoo’s for breaking and entering over at JMU.
Yes, for hoo’s, irrelevance is bliss.
BDG… follow your own advice, and “wake up and smell the coffee.”
So, why isn’t Hudson suspended too? He and roomie instigated an assault beef in separate action. Not worthy of suspension? Why wasn’t he arrested for assault?
Not sure RC, kinda wondered that myself. I guess nobody pressed charges on that specific part of the events?
“Whosoever has not sinned…cast the first stone.” How many of us have made bonehead decisions in our young life. Pray for this family, and what they are going through. This in my opinion is not about football, but about people, but about the lives of these families.
4givn– yes we have all messed up at sometime, but not as a felony charge. We are all responsible for our actions. They were lucky that the other individuals did not have a gun in the apartment. Not throwing stones, it is what it is.
How about this one – ‘Whosoever who is not an idiot, let him avoid committing felonies and hanging with those that commit felonies…’
If Journell weren’t a Hokie football player, people wouldn’t be misquoting Scripture in feeble attempts to excuse his actions. And the tired cliche of transferral – ‘Who hasn’t done something boneheaded while young?’ is a load of bull. Lots of us didn’t commit felonies at any age. Lots of us had enough sense to not hang with people who committed felonies while in college. Lots of us expect a man in his 20′s to have enough common sense to not do the stupid things Journell did.
But hey, for some on here, he’s a Hokie football player, so he’s got to never be held accountable. Like Marcus Vick.
abdnva good observation!!