January 28th, 2018 at 1:01 PM ^
January 28th, 2018 at 1:26 PM ^
Thanks for the heads up, that was great. I can't believe it's been 7 years and loved the ending of them getting together to watch thier favorite team
January 28th, 2018 at 1:34 PM ^
January 28th, 2018 at 4:09 PM ^
why do you need to use multiple accounts?
it's insane
January 28th, 2018 at 2:13 PM ^
our farm is similar and we are a football house. the kids loved it, was at that UConn game with my 3 middle sons. they still remember though they were pretty little back then, they understood what was going on. nice to see rich rod in a more flattering light - i realize the guy brought his recent troubles on himself but its a good reminder that not all good or all evil rests with any one person. except buckeyes.
January 28th, 2018 at 2:24 PM ^
January 28th, 2018 at 5:37 PM ^
i'll try to keep this short b/c otherwise it'll look like a diary answer. CSC (sex cases) cases are hard to prosecute, and while in DV cases you still can do so with an uncooperative victim, that is virtually impossible with a CSC case. in many cases the victim wants zero to do with going through the system. even with a cooperating victim those cases are a challenge in the absence of physical evidence, not just the dude's DNA, but likely in every one of those cases, some type of struggle evidence like bruising, swelling, etc. i'd venture that about 99% of the cases start with consensual contact of some sort, but go south at the critical time.
there are at least some amount of cases where the victim isn't truthful, ala Jourdan Lewis' DV accuser. in CSC cases there is a dynamic for that too, though it is extremely fact dependent - think: ex-wife wants to get rid of ex-husband so she gins up some type of assault to her or a child. if any new cases crop up at this point there would be the issue of money being a motivater for the victim to report since all of us michiganders are going to end up paying $100 million plus to the nassar victims alone. now that could happen to any new cases that show with msu football/basketball players.
lastly, as a prosecutor the power to charge another with a crime is an awesome, sometimes terrible power. CSC cases are among the most serious cases our criminal system handles, not only with very long prison sentences but also with being a sex offender registrant for those convicted. that follows a person around in the digital age forever. bottom line: if you're going to draw your figurative gun and point it at someone, you better be darn sure you are justified in doing so.
hope that was what you were looking for.
January 28th, 2018 at 6:22 PM ^
Taking all of that into account i presume you are not questioning the ethics of the office vs what appears to be a leniency towards young offenders with a chance to clear their name.
January 28th, 2018 at 6:35 PM ^
but my gut instinct, admittedly with not paying that much attention to the details, is that issue of improper ethics isn't jumping off the screen at me. might be there, but would need to dig for that. and there is a balance to be had b/w punishing young offenders vs. not ruining their lives if they're redeemable. remember, many of us were young once, and though we didn't commit CSC's, if someone had followed us around with a video phone there'd a been some stuff, somewhere, that would put us in a bad light.
January 29th, 2018 at 10:31 AM ^
January 28th, 2018 at 2:31 PM ^
Nobody likes Rich Rod for his, ahem, subpar coaching of our beloved football team. But he did some things right. Inviting the Mealers back, and keeping them part of it all, was one of those right things to do.
That, and Rita's nachos...
January 28th, 2018 at 3:19 PM ^
January 28th, 2018 at 4:34 PM ^
Nobody likes Rich Rod for his, ahem, subpar coaching of our beloved football team.
I don't dislike RichRod because he was an unsuccessful coach. Whatever, that happens. Every game has a winner and loser.
I dislike him because he appears to be a scumbag who committed sexual harassment at Arizona (and possibly, earlier stops).
The Brock Mealer story is one of the silver linings of that period, though, and shows that people are complicated. A guy (Adreian Payne) may be guilty of rape while also being nice to a little girl. Another (RichRod) can be a harassing asshole in one context and turn around and help someone learn to walk in another.
January 28th, 2018 at 2:37 PM ^
January 28th, 2018 at 8:00 PM ^
January 28th, 2018 at 2:46 PM ^
Man, who doesn't get a little emotional at the end of that one.
January 28th, 2018 at 3:40 PM ^