6/6 DBD: Marshawn the "Prime Suspect"

by oaktownmario on Jun 6, 2008 12:36 AM PDT

Unfortunately this isn't a movie deal for Marshawn. He's been named the prime suspect in the hit and run accident we've all been discussing. The ESPN bottom line confirmed that the DA has named Lynch the prime suspect (the linked story does not mention the DA). Also of note, other Bills' players may have been with him. Oh no . . .

In better news, Tyson Ross discusses his excitement about being drafted by the A's - the team he grew up watching "too many times" to count. He'll be at the A's game Friday night against the hated "Angels Angels." I say let him start instead of "Cupcakes", who's been having a rough time lately.

Dump away!

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I guess that's what happens

When you ghostride the whip. I mean, how can you actually expect to see what’s in front of you?

I'm still wondering why the Nets didn't draft Leon Powe.

by yellow fever on Jun 6, 2008 5:40 AM PDT 0 recs

I’m still so fucking angry that the online denizens at AN ignored my perfectly faux-witty suggestion of calling him Jelly Roll Blanton and went with Cupcakes instead. For the love of god, Jelly Roll Blanton. It’s perfect. It works on so many levels!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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by TwistNHook on Jun 6, 2008 7:51 AM PDT 0 recs

Jelly Roll

is much better than Cupcakes. I would’ve voted for it.

And I think the denizens at AN are sometimes disappointing. I’ve been commenting there more lately and there are quite a few who want to get involved in lame petty bickering over stupid shit. It’s becoming a waste of time to be honest and makes me want to stay away (from commenting anyway). People get carried away with the whole anonymous nature of the blog thing I think.

by oaktownmario on Jun 6, 2008 8:52 AM PDT up 0 recs

My friends and I call him “Country Joe” Blanton.

by CalBandGreat on Jun 6, 2008 9:11 AM PDT up 0 recs

+1

It gets even worse when you go over there and disagree with the powers that be (Blez, Nico, Monkeyball, et al.) You notice that they are starting to get more snarky with posts they disagree with?

by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 6, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up 0 recs

"Fat Joe" is what me and my boys go with

slightly offensive but truthful.

by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 6, 2008 9:59 AM PDT up 0 recs

Agreed

I’ve definitely noticed that. If you have a differing opinion from them (and the masses) you’re considered an idiot.

by oaktownmario on Jun 6, 2008 10:06 AM PDT up 0 recs

And in fairness

I’ve never really had issues with Blez or Nico, but I have seen some of the newer “authors” (and many of the “masses) get a bit too condescending for my taste.

by oaktownmario on Jun 6, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up 0 recs

I am not one to bite the hand that feeds me, so I will refrain from passing judgment on the higher ups at AthleticsNation. I started reading it from Day 1 pretty much and, although it can be frustrating at times, it clearly has a LOT more pros than cons.

That said, Jelly Roll Blanton! I mean c’mon. Jelly Roll. He’s fat! Jelly Roll Morton. He’s a legendary jazz musician. Ugh!

Hey OakTown, can you email us at the contact email. I want to discuss something with you privately, please. Thanks!

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by TwistNHook on Jun 6, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up 0 recs

Fat Joe Baby,

I agree on AN….way more pro’s than con’s.

by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 6, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

am I the only one (along with a few friends) that calls him “KFC Joe”?

by RollOnYouBears667 on Jun 6, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

geez

he’s not that fat. i mean, we’re not talking rod beck or rich garces here or anything…

that said, i think Jelly Roll Blanton is flat out brilliant. i’m totally going to use that from now on.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Jun 6, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up 0 recs

Well, where the FUCK were you like 3 years ago when they were deciding this. I NEEDED support. I’m still bitter….holding on to my guns and religion…

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by TwistNHook on Jun 6, 2008 2:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

dude...

6-3, 256 definitely qualifies as really fat, considering he makes a living playing a sport. Backup catcher Rob Bowen is 6-3, 225, and he’s a CATCHER. Emil Brown is 6-2, 210. And I agree that “jelly roll” is brilliant, but wouldn’t “jelly roll Joe” be better than “jelly roll Blanton”?

by RollOnYouBears667 on Jun 7, 2008 3:25 PM PDT up 0 recs

Dude, we coulda called him Mr. Jelly Lord!!

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by TwistNHook on Jun 7, 2008 10:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

Also, although naming Marshawn as a “prime suspect” is not the direction I hoped the case would take, I hope that everybody remembers that in Umrica, you are innocent before proven guilty. Let’s allow the system to work itself out before we jump to conclusions.

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by TwistNHook on Jun 6, 2008 7:53 AM PDT 0 recs

Agreed

It might just be the cops’/DA way of being pissed at Marshawn for not cooperating (which he has a right to do) and trying to force his hand into talking. It may be that Marshawn was riding as a passenger and a veteran teammate was driving under the infl. and Marshawn doesn’t want to rat him out. So DA says “People saw you in the area. We know you were in the car. It’s your car. You don’t want to talk = prime suspect.”

Unless there’s some odd local statute presuming that the owner of a registered vehicle involved in a hit and run is presumed guilty (unconstitutional), or some actual evidence of his culpability, then Marshawn probably skates.

Still, it’s not good for Marshawn to be involved in such affairs, but he’s very young and it seems other teammates were involved . . . So yea, innocent until proven otherwise.

by oaktownmario on Jun 6, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up 0 recs

The presumption of innocence is true, but really, not talking to the police is dumbest thing you can do … besides running away from an accident. The police can’t force him to talk because there’s no evidence he was in the car, but they could probably convince a judge that he has been obstructing justice. The owner of a car is not “guilty” of a crime, but he (or his insurance company) could be just as easily sued in a civil court for damages, like the O.J. Simpson case.

But really, is that a lesson we should be teaching? Furthermore, the NFL can still suspend him even without a criminal conviction, just like they did to Adam “Pacman” Jones (though his situation is a little different). I don’t think the NFL wants to spread the message that running away from crime scenes is a good idea.

by jello on Jun 6, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up 0 recs

Say it ain't so, Marshawn. Say it ain't so. :-(

by CalBandGreat on Jun 6, 2008 9:11 AM PDT up 0 recs

I'm going to ignore the Marshawn story rightnow

This week is all about the Powemonster. Go Leon! Beat LA!

by BearsNecessity on Jun 6, 2008 8:50 AM PDT 0 recs

As much as I hate the Celtics,

I hate Kobe and the Lakers even more. And the Celtics actually have likeable players, notwithstanding gang signs. So here’s to taking our shots of hatorade and rooting for the Lakers to lose.

by oaktownmario on Jun 6, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up 0 recs

Ditto

I also can’t stand the fans. But I don’t know which ones to dislike more: the stuck-up Red Sox, Patriots, and Celtics fans in Boston, or the stuck-up Lakers and Dodgers fans in LA, who perennially defend Kobe Bryant everytime he whines to the media. I guess the Celtics are the lesser of two evils.

by jello on Jun 6, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up 0 recs

F Boston and their fans!

Lakers fans will be off the bandwagon come July so I’m “pulling” for the Lakers!

by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 6, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up 0 recs

Leon Powe is tearing the Lakers apart. 4 points, 4 rebounds, 9 minutes. Who cares about the teams? We root for our Bears.

by BearsNecessity on Jun 6, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up 0 recs

Sorry, I meant fans, not teams. I’m pulling for my man KG.

by BearsNecessity on Jun 6, 2008 11:23 AM PDT up 0 recs

As much as I hate to admit it...

Marshawn should be a prime suspect. It was his car. And with no other evidence that is the only angle they can go after…

I used to be RR at the Cal Golden Blogs

by royrules22 on Jun 6, 2008 10:47 AM PDT 0 recs

In happier news ...

Evidently the Men’s Crew team is continuing to kick ass at the NCAAs. Scroll down to see all the Cal boats in the #1 slots of their heats.

Not bad, boys. Not bad at all.

Go Bears!

by SoCal Oski on Jun 6, 2008 2:26 PM PDT 0 recs

ESPN weighs in on the Marshawn situation.

Can anybody figure out what is wrong with this logic:

Erie County District Attorney Frank Clark now believes Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch was driving the vehicle involved in an alleged hit-and-run accident that injured a pedestrian last weekend.
“We’re proceeding on the assumption that Lynch was driving the car,” Clark said Friday, a day after he was limited to saying that Lynch was inside the 2008 Porsche SUV when it struck a woman crossing an intersection in downtown Buffalo before speeding off early May 31.

Clark made his new assertion based on the vehicle being owned by Lynch and that the player was spotted that night in the bar district near the accident scene. And he noted that police located the vehicle - with damage linking it to the collision - parked in the player’s driveway later that morning.

“So, the logical presumption is that he was driving the car,” Clark said.

Honestly, that logic is so brutally flawed, I am going to assume it is just a ploy to apply pressure to Marshawn. Trying to get him to speak up. Could the DA be that stupid, otherwise????

This is what the driver of the car (be they Marshawn or otherwise) could face:

Clark is open to a plea in what’s considered a Class A misdemeanor that carries a maximum one-year jail sentence and $1,000 fine.

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by TwistNHook on Jun 6, 2008 2:46 PM PDT 0 recs

D.A. Clark's motto:

“Logic, we don’t need no stinkin’ logic.”

Seriously a logic class would’ve helped this guy.

I would hate for him to be trying murder cases:

“Twist was in the neighborhood that night”

“A dead body was found in the neighborhood with numerous knife wounds”

“Twist owns a knife”

“Twist is guilty”

Like I said earlier, I think he’s just trying to pressure Marshawn (or someone else) to start talking because he has nothing. He apparently has no other witnesses and specifically no witnesses that can place Marshawn in the driver’s seat. That’s good for Marshawn, even if he was driving. But if he was driving, Marshawn really needs to take responsibility for this IMO . . . I’m not sure we’ll ever know what happened, unless one of you can get Marshawn drunk and in bed . . .

by oaktownmario on Jun 6, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

at least it's no

HIS FATHER IS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY!!!!!

Also, couple of height/weight/combine measurements for DeVon here at the WWL, and this notes his long reach. Which is convenient, because I’ve always thought he sounded like a porn star.

I'm still wondering why the Nets didn't draft Leon Powe.

by yellow fever on Jun 6, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

guys...

i just changed my “favorite team setting” from NCAA football ‘07 from UCLA to my new home THE University Of California..
God this was a huge step for me in the conversion process…. I already feel slightly less grimy than usual…

by Itchy25 on Jun 7, 2008 2:11 AM PDT 0 recs