Arrest Warrant Issued For UGA’s Ogletree

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On Tuesday I was in Atlanta to do a segment on CSS’ “SportsNite” with Bob Neal and crew.  Driving into town I flipped on 680 The Fan and listened to “Buck and Kincade” featuring former Georgia quarterback Buck Belue.

The hosts were having a laugh that former Georgia commit Da’rick Rogers had not made Tennessee’s two-deep at wide receiver.  He of course was one of the Vols arrested this summer for his role in a bar brawl (interestingly he received no suspension from the team).  Finishing off the talk about Rogers, one of the hosts said something to the effect of, “Maybe he’s on the police department’s two-deep.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at how SEC fans and backers so easily criticize other programs when in reality they all face the same issues.  After all, Georgia’s Washaun Ealey had just been arrested a few days prior to the Buck and Kincade joke about Rogers.

Well, here’s what happens when you laugh too hard at the issues of other schools: Georgia’s Alec Ogletree now has a warrant out for his arrest.

University of Georgia police took out the warrant yesterday charging Ogletree with “theft by taking.”  (What other kind of theft is there?)

The freshman safety was a key signee for the Dawgs in February.  As Tim Tucker of The AJC points out, Ogletree would be the ninth Georgia player arrested this year.

The lesson?  Even if you’re tempted to poke fun at another school’s arrests, just pipe down and keep your mouth closed.  It’s a bad move to throw stones when you live in a glass house.  And whether you’re in Athens, Knoxville, Gainesville, Tuscaloosa, Starkville or Baton Rouge, eventually, the 5-0 will roll up on your team’s block and drag one of your stars away.

There’s nothing more juvenile — or fate-tempting — than making fun of another school’s arrests.  It’ll bite ya in the rump every time.