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Dispatch
4/4/06
4/4/06
Clarett tries to avoid attention after car crash
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
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Leave it to Maurice Clarett to turn a minor traffic accident into a bizarre standoff.
On Friday, the former Ohio State running back was a passenger in a car driven by his girlfriend when it collided with another car at an intersection in Youngstown.
For some reason, Youngstown television station WKBN showed up. Apparently trying to avoid the camera, Clarett stayed in the car. And stayed. And stayed.
Finally, after more than an hour, he emerged and approached the TV crew.
"Don’t make me look bad on the news," he said, according to WKBN. "It’s a minor traffic accident, but if you want to get it on the news to be cool, kudos for you."
Clarett’s girlfriend, whose name was unavailable, was cited for failure to yield.
Clarett is free on bail and awaiting trial on aggravatedrobbery charges in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. He is accused of robbing two people with a gun on Jan. 1 in Columbus.
— Ken Gordon
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buckeyeman06
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"Dont make me look bad on the news"
Ummm, Didnt MoC take care of that himself back in 2002?
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That link isn't working for me. And when I looked at SI's coverage of USC's Pro Day, as expected, I didn't see MoC mentioned.
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Dispatch
4/6
COMMENTARY
Ignore Clarett, and maybe he’ll go away
Thursday, April 06, 2006
MIKE HARDEN
Whether the archetypal heroes of our lives make their perch atop Olympus or are tumbling from its summit, we seem to speak of them in superlatives.
The night Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett helped the Buckeyes notch a national title, he was the greatest.
The day he was accused of a stickup behind a Columbus bar, he was the dumbest.
The one thing it appears we refuse to permit Clarett to be is old news.
Four days after he was a passenger in a car involved in a Youngstown fender bender, a Sportssection snippet recounting the incident was the best-read story on The Dispatch Web site.
Empires were in disarray, rogue nations were testing nuclear weapons, the prime of our youth were fighting a distant war, and Maurice was the top story.
Many of the Buckeye faithful view Clarett as they might an estranged spouse. The opposite of love is not hate but indifference. And watching Maurice in crisis creates the ambivalent sensation for some that is equivalent to seeing your ex-wife drive off a cliff in your BMW.
"It’s an attachment of ours to the hero," Columbus psychologist H. Lara Braxton said of our fascination with Clarett’s fall from grace. "Whenever a superhero fails, it seems, maybe, that life isn’t so bad for the average person."
Referring to playwright Arthur Miller’s flawed protagonist in Death of a Salesman, Braxton continued, "Maybe even a Willy Loman would feel some sense of pride in his own life if he had read about this young fallen hero.
"This is opera. Opera is tragedy taken to the highest level we can take it. When a man of such promise goes down in the manner that he did, there is intrigue about it, wonder."
Columbus psychologist Dennis Eshbaugh said of the Buckeye faithful, "We tend to idealize people, and we end up with a culture of idols."
Eshbaugh allowed that it is somewhat similar to the beginnings of a marriage.
"When you get married, you have very high expectations of a person and tend to have had very good experiences with them. When it doesn’t work out, there is nothing like the feeling that our trust in them and our future with them has been violated," he said.
"It is not as bad as divorce, but we do invest a lot of ourselves in Ohio State football."
Bill Long played quarterback for Ohio State from 1966 to 1968. "We all suffered from the hubris Maurice showed. All of us who played at that level experienced that problem to one degree or another," he said.
"I still remember strutting down High Street after beating Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1967. I was a little bit drunk, had a chip on my shoulder ’cause Woody had held me out the first four games, and I bumped into this guy on the sidewalk.
"I turned to take a swing and it was a guy who had gone out for football but couldn’t take Woody. He said, ‘Go home, Bill. You’re drunk.’
"My emotions are with Maurice Clarett. His ass wasn’t painted scarlet and gray and so he is divorced from us. I live in Upper Arlington and you should hear the vitriol there.
"People live through these (players), and they have ideas about the mold they ought to fit. We wanted Maurice Clarett to be the Maurice Clarett we wanted him to be."
Whatever Clarett’s part in our little opera — whether it be heroic, impetuous or, if allegations are true, felonious — the fat lady has sung.
Now can we all please go home?
Mike Harden is a Dispatch Metro columnist. He can be reached at 614-461-5215 or by e-mail.
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4/6
COMMENTARY
Ignore Clarett, and maybe he’ll go away
Thursday, April 06, 2006
MIKE HARDEN
Whether the archetypal heroes of our lives make their perch atop Olympus or are tumbling from its summit, we seem to speak of them in superlatives.
The night Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett helped the Buckeyes notch a national title, he was the greatest.
The day he was accused of a stickup behind a Columbus bar, he was the dumbest.
The one thing it appears we refuse to permit Clarett to be is old news.
Four days after he was a passenger in a car involved in a Youngstown fender bender, a Sportssection snippet recounting the incident was the best-read story on The Dispatch Web site.
Empires were in disarray, rogue nations were testing nuclear weapons, the prime of our youth were fighting a distant war, and Maurice was the top story.
Many of the Buckeye faithful view Clarett as they might an estranged spouse. The opposite of love is not hate but indifference. And watching Maurice in crisis creates the ambivalent sensation for some that is equivalent to seeing your ex-wife drive off a cliff in your BMW.
"It’s an attachment of ours to the hero," Columbus psychologist H. Lara Braxton said of our fascination with Clarett’s fall from grace. "Whenever a superhero fails, it seems, maybe, that life isn’t so bad for the average person."
Referring to playwright Arthur Miller’s flawed protagonist in Death of a Salesman, Braxton continued, "Maybe even a Willy Loman would feel some sense of pride in his own life if he had read about this young fallen hero.
"This is opera. Opera is tragedy taken to the highest level we can take it. When a man of such promise goes down in the manner that he did, there is intrigue about it, wonder."
Columbus psychologist Dennis Eshbaugh said of the Buckeye faithful, "We tend to idealize people, and we end up with a culture of idols."
Eshbaugh allowed that it is somewhat similar to the beginnings of a marriage.
"When you get married, you have very high expectations of a person and tend to have had very good experiences with them. When it doesn’t work out, there is nothing like the feeling that our trust in them and our future with them has been violated," he said.
"It is not as bad as divorce, but we do invest a lot of ourselves in Ohio State football."
Bill Long played quarterback for Ohio State from 1966 to 1968. "We all suffered from the hubris Maurice showed. All of us who played at that level experienced that problem to one degree or another," he said.
"I still remember strutting down High Street after beating Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1967. I was a little bit drunk, had a chip on my shoulder ’cause Woody had held me out the first four games, and I bumped into this guy on the sidewalk.
"I turned to take a swing and it was a guy who had gone out for football but couldn’t take Woody. He said, ‘Go home, Bill. You’re drunk.’
"My emotions are with Maurice Clarett. His ass wasn’t painted scarlet and gray and so he is divorced from us. I live in Upper Arlington and you should hear the vitriol there.
"People live through these (players), and they have ideas about the mold they ought to fit. We wanted Maurice Clarett to be the Maurice Clarett we wanted him to be."
Whatever Clarett’s part in our little opera — whether it be heroic, impetuous or, if allegations are true, felonious — the fat lady has sung.
Now can we all please go home?
Mike Harden is a Dispatch Metro columnist. He can be reached at 614-461-5215 or by e-mail.
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BuckeyeKid789
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Wtf, why was Clarett interviewed about USC's pro day? Was he in attendance or something? To be honest, what he said is kind of true.
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I dont think they're actually quoting Clarett here, 789.... Maybe I'm wrong, but I actually think it's a shot at OSU. (Think paying players = pro football)
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White confident he's "not Clarett"
Tailback determined to prove he's worth high pick
By Bill Williamson
Denver Post Staff Writer
LenDale White is defending himself against ugly claims and an even uglier comparison.
The former Chatfield High School and Southern California star never thought his name would be mentioned with Maurice Clarett's as the NFL's April 29-30 draft approaches. Clarett, a flameout with the Broncos last year, was an infamous draft prospect, and White is hearing he's the next Clarett.
"I am not Maurice Clarett," White said upon his return to Denver, where he will attempt to rehabilitate his injured hamstring and bruised image in the next couple of weeks.
"I never violated team rules. I never robbed anyone," he said. "I just haven't run a 40-yard dash and I gained five pounds. That's all that has happened."
White's success story at USC seems to have been tarnished this offseason. Many league observers believe the running back's draft stock plummeted after USC's pro day April 2. White tweaked a hamstring while bench pressing at the beginning of a workout, which was attended by 150 NFL coaches, scouts and other personnel. He didn't take part in the remainder of the timing day, nor did he work out at the NFL combine in February.
White, who played at 252 pounds in the Rose Bowl national championship game against Texas, weighed 244 at USC's pro day. He was 238 at the combine.
White said he doesn't have a weight problem and never felt better in a game than he did against Texas.
He finished his 2005 season at USC, his junior year, with 197 carries for 1,302 yards - 6.6 yards per carry - and 24 touchdowns. He also had 14 receptions for 219 yards and two TDs.
Still, because of his weight and lack of 40-yard dash times, there is speculation White will not be a top pick.
"I'd be shocked if I'm not a first-round pick," White said. "Some people say top 10, some people say second round. It's just talk ... Nobody knows."
White said he is hurt by recent talk of him falling down the draft board because he is lazy and overweight.
"I don't know why anybody would want to tear down other human beings like that," White said. "I had one bad day because of my hamstring, and people try to tear you down."
White, who soon will see a specialist for his hamstring, said he is about 75 percent healed and won't have a problem heading into training camp. He plans to have a private workout for interested teams and said he will run the 40 and do every drill he was scheduled for at USC's pro day.
"I'm going to do it for myself," White said. "I want to show that I can run and I can perform when I'm healthy. I want to prove that for myself."
While White cringes when compared to Clarett, there's one similarity White wouldn't mind: being drafted by the Broncos. White said he has had limited contact with the Broncos, who have the No. 15 and No. 22 picks in the first round and are in the market for a running back.
"I think I'd fit in Denver great," White said. "The Broncos run a zone attack all day, and that's what I did at USC. Being in Denver would be great with me."
Tailback determined to prove he's worth high pick
By Bill Williamson
Denver Post Staff Writer
LenDale White is defending himself against ugly claims and an even uglier comparison.
The former Chatfield High School and Southern California star never thought his name would be mentioned with Maurice Clarett's as the NFL's April 29-30 draft approaches. Clarett, a flameout with the Broncos last year, was an infamous draft prospect, and White is hearing he's the next Clarett.
"I am not Maurice Clarett," White said upon his return to Denver, where he will attempt to rehabilitate his injured hamstring and bruised image in the next couple of weeks.
"I never violated team rules. I never robbed anyone," he said. "I just haven't run a 40-yard dash and I gained five pounds. That's all that has happened."
White's success story at USC seems to have been tarnished this offseason. Many league observers believe the running back's draft stock plummeted after USC's pro day April 2. White tweaked a hamstring while bench pressing at the beginning of a workout, which was attended by 150 NFL coaches, scouts and other personnel. He didn't take part in the remainder of the timing day, nor did he work out at the NFL combine in February.
White, who played at 252 pounds in the Rose Bowl national championship game against Texas, weighed 244 at USC's pro day. He was 238 at the combine.
White said he doesn't have a weight problem and never felt better in a game than he did against Texas.
He finished his 2005 season at USC, his junior year, with 197 carries for 1,302 yards - 6.6 yards per carry - and 24 touchdowns. He also had 14 receptions for 219 yards and two TDs.
Still, because of his weight and lack of 40-yard dash times, there is speculation White will not be a top pick.
"I'd be shocked if I'm not a first-round pick," White said. "Some people say top 10, some people say second round. It's just talk ... Nobody knows."
White said he is hurt by recent talk of him falling down the draft board because he is lazy and overweight.
"I don't know why anybody would want to tear down other human beings like that," White said. "I had one bad day because of my hamstring, and people try to tear you down."
White, who soon will see a specialist for his hamstring, said he is about 75 percent healed and won't have a problem heading into training camp. He plans to have a private workout for interested teams and said he will run the 40 and do every drill he was scheduled for at USC's pro day.
"I'm going to do it for myself," White said. "I want to show that I can run and I can perform when I'm healthy. I want to prove that for myself."
While White cringes when compared to Clarett, there's one similarity White wouldn't mind: being drafted by the Broncos. White said he has had limited contact with the Broncos, who have the No. 15 and No. 22 picks in the first round and are in the market for a running back.
"I think I'd fit in Denver great," White said. "The Broncos run a zone attack all day, and that's what I did at USC. Being in Denver would be great with me."
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OSU_Buckguy
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could it be? note the penultimate sentence in the description.
http://cgi.ebay.com/2002-championsh...804121263QQcategoryZ24600QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/2002-championsh...804121263QQcategoryZ24600QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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