"Super Drunk" driver upset about Wolverines' woes
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His blood-alcohol level at the police station was 0.24 percent, above the state’s 0.17 percent super-drunk standard. The man’s car was impounded.
While he was being booked, he said he drank so much because he was upset that the University of Michigan’s football team lost 29-6 at Michigan State University the day before. He said he also was upset with the play-calling of Offensive Coordinator Al Borges, whose Wolverines rushed for a negative-48 yards, the worst ground performance since the school started playing football in 1879.
Full article here:
http://pressandguide.com/articles/2013/11/12/news/doc528235b0740ac58275…
I got insanely drunk that night too but I didn't drive.
November 12th, 2013 at 11:12 AM ^
November 12th, 2013 at 11:12 AM ^
November 12th, 2013 at 11:19 AM ^
I wonder what his BAC was after last weekend.
November 12th, 2013 at 8:42 PM ^
November 12th, 2013 at 11:20 AM ^
No way that guy isn't on MGoBlog.
November 12th, 2013 at 11:34 AM ^
... the driver at first refused the administration of a field sobriety test. He claimed that he was "busy arguing online with space coyote about slide protection," which led to loss of vehicle control similar to that of drivers under the influence.
November 12th, 2013 at 11:21 AM ^
I don't know how I wasn't kicked out of the bar I was at in Ypsi on Saturday night, but the GF drove.
November 12th, 2013 at 11:23 AM ^
hope for his sake he was in jail this weekend too
November 12th, 2013 at 11:24 AM ^
November 12th, 2013 at 11:25 AM ^
November 12th, 2013 at 11:25 AM ^
November 12th, 2013 at 11:27 AM ^
Reveal yourself Superdrunk!
November 12th, 2013 at 11:27 AM ^
What is amazing about it is that he is apparently from Wolverine Lake, but that Sunoco station - and I know this because I've filled up at it - is at Telegraph and Penn, about a mile and a half north of I-94 and about a mile south of Outer Drive. He only missed home by about 30 miles or so.
November 12th, 2013 at 1:45 PM ^
He'd still be missing.
In my younger days, we had a fellow leave an after-hours work related function who turned onto Telegraph and realized he was lost when he hit Toledo.
November 12th, 2013 at 11:27 AM ^
November 12th, 2013 at 11:29 AM ^
I didn't even have a drink and I was upset.
November 12th, 2013 at 11:30 AM ^
I'm out!
November 12th, 2013 at 11:33 AM ^
BAC .24 is no excuse to piss yourself.
November 12th, 2013 at 1:15 PM ^
Odds are it was much higher when he was at his peak drunk level... which is understandable with Borges after all.
November 12th, 2013 at 11:38 AM ^
Thats a tough morning.
November 12th, 2013 at 12:34 PM ^
You could make a pretty compelling case that their football program is in a more stable position than ours.
November 12th, 2013 at 1:37 PM ^
November 12th, 2013 at 11:42 AM ^
"Officers at the scene discovered a 70-year-old female was in the back seat covered by a blanket, apparently passed out. Rumors that it was a high UM official have been unconfirmed."
November 12th, 2013 at 11:56 AM ^
the driver was also still upset about being maced and detained by campus police at the Penn State game three weeks earlier.
November 12th, 2013 at 11:46 AM ^
I am now a man (I'm 40!) but in my younger days I would get hammered after losses. I only found it made me feel even worse about things the next day.
So for me drinking heavily after a loss is like letting the opponent beat you twice. For those of you who don't get hangovers maybe it doesn't apply, or your definition of "heavy drinking" is different than mine.
November 12th, 2013 at 11:50 AM ^
November 12th, 2013 at 12:56 PM ^
Keep in mind I'm 40. There are no new young lady friends. Life has become a veritable trudge to the end zone, which is the sweet embrace of the crypt.
November 12th, 2013 at 1:30 PM ^
Man. You should go see a motivational speaker or something...
November 12th, 2013 at 2:22 PM ^
I've also been drinking decaf, so that isn't helping my mood.
November 12th, 2013 at 1:34 PM ^
November 12th, 2013 at 2:03 PM ^
Clearly you've never been married.
November 12th, 2013 at 11:50 AM ^
Generally speaking, having spent plenty of time in parts of the world where drinking & driving is not illegal (sometimes even encouraged), it is apparent that drinking & driving is way too over-criminalised in the United States.
And in this case specifically, did the "superdrunk" hurt anybody or anything? Did he run a stop sign or commit any infraction? No, he was actually parked and sleeping in his car. He clearly made a mistake...but is it really a jail-worthy mistake? F'in MADD. Folks should be more concerned with the Police State rather that Michigan State or Ohio State.
November 12th, 2013 at 11:55 AM ^
lolwut? So it's okay to be beyond drunk in a situation where you have impaired thinking and motor skills and could run some people over, as long as you don't run anyone over.
Good god, you really think drunk driving laws are a sign of a police state?
November 12th, 2013 at 12:15 PM ^
November 12th, 2013 at 1:54 PM ^
Expect that sleeping people can wake up and might still have an illegal BAC .... and then drive while intoxicated.
Listen, I'm all for having laws that make sense and work. But being anti drunk driving laws is a tough position to defend.
November 12th, 2013 at 12:08 PM ^
This is a misapplication of the intent of the law. This guy should contest the charges, as he's getting screwed.
That being said, when over 17,000 people die annually in alcohol-related vehicle accidents, you probably shouldn't be bitching about some imagined "Police State."
November 12th, 2013 at 12:11 PM ^
November 12th, 2013 at 12:13 PM ^
Um.. wow. Sarcasm?
Even if this guy was just sleeping in his car, the rest of your post is, well, wow. I hope you never have someone you love killed by a drunk driver, but that might change your view quickly.
November 12th, 2013 at 12:21 PM ^
Bad-mouthing Mothers Against Drunk Drivers is so pro. You know, because they're really a great group to target. I mean, c'mon! Their members only join when they have loved ones that are murdered. Their selfish motives are so clear! Working hard to protect innocent people from assholes is just a cover. All they really care about is themselves and their own families.
I suggest you talk to someone who has lost a loved one because of an individual's selfish actions and come back here with an apology.
November 12th, 2013 at 12:38 PM ^
Watching this offense under Borges shod be punishment enough
November 12th, 2013 at 12:41 PM ^
this has got to be the most selfish/uneducated post I have ever read...now this is just an assumption, but my guess is that French West Indian got popped for an OWI at least once and now hates cops/the man
November 12th, 2013 at 1:08 PM ^
...last Saturday a Range Rover with 4 people in it sped towards me at 1:00 AM southbound in the fast lane on M24 as I was driving sober and northbound. I and three other northbound cars veered two lanes over avoiding this idiot as he then flew the median back to the safety (?) of his own southbound travails.
November 12th, 2013 at 11:50 AM ^
Borges doesnt care how many lives he ruins. He's a Borges and that's just what Borges's do.
Wait till the OSU game is over. The entire state of Michigan will pop 2.5 on the drunk-o-meter I'll bet. Half drowing their sorrows and the other half celebrating.
November 12th, 2013 at 12:08 PM ^
That's probably not as wild a scenario as one may think given the state of Michigan football. Wish I could blow the deuce like that guy, but the wife's pregnant and I promised her I would not drink because she can't. Paraphrasing Lloyd Bridges in Airplane!, "Looks like I picked the wrong season to stop drinking."
November 12th, 2013 at 12:17 PM ^
I digress a little, but it needs to be said.. I agree with Brian now, that we've become ND, after the Hoke hire.... the past two rushing weeks...had RR been coach? A real crucifixion... but since its "MIchigan man" Hoke, it then puts eveyone in cognitive dissonance, and instead fingering blame on the outsiders Borges and Funk....
SORRY BRIAN
November 12th, 2013 at 12:20 PM ^
WTF do your words even mean, please try complete sentences.
November 12th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^
November 12th, 2013 at 1:11 PM ^
before you completely sobered up?