Ou Dismisses Highly Recruited Wr

SUMG · August 1, 2008

(from the DMNews college sports blog:

Josh Jarboe has run out of second chances, at least at Oklahoma. The Georgia product, considered one of the top wide receiver recruits in the country, has been dismissed from the Sooners, coach Bob Stoops announced today.

Jarboe came to Oklahoma under a cloud of controversy. He had pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of bringing a gun to the parking lot of Cedar Grove (Ga.) High School and received two years' probation. Jaboe had originally faced felony charges.

Then in a short amateur video that recently found its way to YouTube, Jarboe freestyle raps about guns and the shoot-em-up video game Halo while using some over-the-top language.

"We are disappointed in this outcome, but our complete review and this final decision is in the best interest of our program" said Stoops, who reportedly met with Jarboe this morning according to the Tulsa World. "We outlined for Josh the expectations we had for him when he arrived and, unfortunately, those expectations have not been met. Josh needs to learn from this experience. We hope he can move forward in a positive manner."

e-bone ver2.awesome · August 2, 2008

I guess this is it. Yeah, just the hairdo alone should have cost him his scholly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNGrvU1RyJ8

That was horrible. Of all the people in the world that need an education, he is close to the top of the list. Welcome to Denton!

KRAM1 · August 2, 2008

Just another of the long list of young athletes who have been given a "free ride", have big egos and little or no brains. If this kid doesn't learn from this we'll see him in jail before too long. Maybe this will be a wake-up call for this kid, and he will get his act together before it is too late. Some D-1 program will pick him up, but that's too bad as it will not help straighten his act out. It will just strengthen the "take, take, take...the world owes me because I am a star athlete" attitude. The kid is walking the wrong path right now. Let's all hope he gets headed in the right direction soon. As one who had no athletic talent, but loves sports and played a little baseball and football in HS, I cannot imagine why a kid with this level of talent would try to throw it all away. So far, he's throwing it away pretty fast!