Sooners signee Courtney Gardner arrested

[Boomer.....]

Oklahoma football signee Courtney Gardner was arrested over the weekend for obstructing a peace officer.

Article Gallery: OU football: Sooners signee Courtney Gardner arrested in Nevada
According to a report from the Reno Gazette-Journal, Gardner was arrested around 1 a.m. Sunday after a vehicle he was riding in was stopped by sheriff's deputies. The driver, Ardian Smith, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and other traffic violations.
“During contact with the driver, Gardner became belligerent,” said Armando Avina, a spokesman for the Washoe County Sherrif's Office. “There were five occupants, and the deputy noted an immediate smell of alcohol and marijuana. Somebody (in the car) said, ‘Don't you know who we are? We're Division I athletes.'”
Avina said Gardner, 21, continued to yell at the deputy, who called in back-up units.
This is Gardner's second misdemeanor arrest in the Reno area in the last 2½ years, according to the Gazette-Journal. He was arrested for minor in possession of alcohol in November 2009.
The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Gardner played two seasons at Sierra College in Rocklin, Calif., and became one of the most sought-after juco receiver recruits in the country. He had given a verbal commitment to Arkansas but switched late in the recruiting process to Oklahoma. He has two years of eligibility at Oklahoma.


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Minor incident, but lets hope he doesn't keep getting in trouble when here.

[OU_Sooners75]

Great.

[badger]

Looks like he's channeling some RG3 with that pic:

http://photos3.newsok.com/cache/w300-ce94d0ac229da0d6afc56f233d5f05ab.jpg

[8timechamps]

Not good.

Can we not get through an off season without something negative making news?!

[zeptrey]

Damn you PBR! :unconscious:

[Boomer.....]

Looks like he's channeling some RG3 with that pic:

http://photos3.newsok.com/cache/w300-ce94d0ac229da0d6afc56f233d5f05ab.jpg

Or how about another problem child

http://www2.oanow.com/mgmedia/image/294/0/118598/troy_picks_up_troubled_oklahoma_transfer/

Josh Jarboe

[85sooners]

thats ok

[SoonerDood]

I hope he likes redshirting

[cccasooner2]

Misunderstanding.
COP: "i'm the Sherrif, Washoe County."
Gardner: "Soon to be Cleveland sir. Have you been drinking?"
Cop: "You're a long way from Ohio son, you dealing in drugs?"
Garnder: "No sir, I'm a Sooner!"
Cop: "You sooner be what? Don't mess with me. Washoe County, do you understand?"
Gardner: "Cleveland sir, at least next semester anyway. You see I'm going to play football for OU."
Cop: "You're under arrest son for being recklessly obscure."

[swardboy]

It may be called a "misdemeanor", but I think it's a major big-time issue when a young man gets "belligerent" with an officer. I'll be perfectly happy if he never steps foot on campus.

[yermom]

not a good sign in any of this.

it's not like OU athletes never have run-ins with Norman's Finest

let's hope he knows how to pee indoors

[prrriiide]

Not respecting the po-pos is bad joss, man.

[TheHumanAlphabet]

I say yank the scholly. I'm sorry, he is trouble. If you are in a car that the driver is getting arrested for DUI and the cop smells alcohol and weed in the car. Then STFU sit there and be quiet and follow orders. If you can't, I seriously doubt you can meet the requirements of a D-1 football program they so famously flashed to the cop. Tell him buh-bye look for another school.

[OU_Sooners75]

It may be called a "misdemeanor", but I think it's a major big-time issue when a young man gets "belligerent" with an officer. I'll be perfectly happy if he never steps foot on campus.

Belligerent with an officer can be saying no to an officer...LOL

Not really that big of an issue, IMO.

[Jason White's Third Knee]

"Don't you know who we are? We're Division I athletes."

And then they weren't division I athletes anymore.

Stupid asses.

[LVSOONER15]

Jeez.

[picasso]

Hey, at least they didn't drive into a house or anything.

[swardboy]

Well hey, getting belligerent with a house is different......

[FaninAma]

Execute him!






Sorry...the lynch mob caused me to get a little carried away.

[VA Sooner]

Foolishness. Kids these days.

Glad I was never one.

[LASooner]

This is Gardner's second misdemeanor arrest in the Reno area

Don't ever mess with Reno's finest.

http://www.thewrap.com/files/reno_dangle_911.jpg

If they had been stopped by Ray Ray it would have been a non-issue, but if you reject Dangle's advances, that's obstruction.

so who were the other Division I athletes?

[8timechamps]

Don't ever mess with Reno's finest.

If they had been stopped by Ray Ray it would have been a non-issue, but if you reject Dangle's advances, that's obstruction.

so who were the other Division I athletes?

Damn, I miss that show!

[LASooner]

There was an episode of CSI that dealt with a Reno deputy who got tricked by a hooker, it was Garcia :adoration:

[8timechamps]

There was an episode of CSI that dealt with a Reno deputy who got tricked by a hooker, it was Garcia :adoration:

LOL. I saw Garcia (don't know his name) on Comedy Central once (doing a stand up show). He really wasn't funny...but he played his character on Reno 911! perfect. They all did.

[freshchris05]

Dash cam? That **** read like tmz

[soonerloyal]

http://gifsoup.com/imager.php?id=3019346&t=o (http://gifsoup.com/view/3019346/facepalmstoops.html)

[StoopTroup]

Don't believe everything that's written.

BTW....Unless all misdemeanors are going to be Capitol offenses under NCAA Rules and every athlete that gets one is going to be executed, I think its in poor taste to comment on pulling a kids Scholly. Kids make mistakes and I think as adults they have the right to learn from them and pay for them just as anyone else would. If some Cop pulled you over and thought you were being a smart a$$, Im betting you wouldn't want to lose your job over it.

[SoonerinSouthlake]

better to see things like this now than caught off guard in the middle of the season.

[prrriiide]

Don't believe everything that's written.

BTW....Unless all misdemeanors are going to be Capitol offenses under NCAA Rules and every athlete that gets one is going to be executed, I think its in poor taste to comment on pulling a kids Scholly. Kids make mistakes and I think as adults they have the right to learn from them and pay for them just as anyone else would. If some Cop pulled you over and thought you were being a smart a$$, Im betting you wouldn't want to lose your job over it.

I agree with you. But I also hope that Coach Stoops has already let him know that there is exactly zero slack left in the leash for him.

[vtsooner21]

That's it...In a nutshell
Boomer

[PLaw]

The article reads like he had a previous run in with law enforcement for possession. Now, he's in a vehicle with what the cop said smelled like pot. A one time random act of stupidity is explainable, but two incidents start a trend. And, this trend does not have a good trajectory.

Welcome, to the Stoops' woodshed, Mr. Div. 1.

Bummer

[SoonerMarkVA]

I agree with you. But I also hope that Coach Stoops has already let him know that there is exactly zero slack left in the leash for him.

I think that's a safe bet. I'm sure the "Josh Jarboe" talk is coming soon, if not already. Stoops is pretty consistent about this kind of thing.

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Don't believe everything that's written.

BTW....Unless all misdemeanors are going to be Capitol offenses under NCAA Rules and every athlete that gets one is going to be executed, I think its in poor taste to comment on pulling a kids Scholly. Kids make mistakes and I think as adults they have the right to learn from them and pay for them just as anyone else would. If some Cop pulled you over and thought you were being a smart a$$, Im betting you wouldn't want to lose your job over it.

Guarantee I would be sitting in the car with my mouth shut and hoping it doesn't get worse. I wouldn't be mouthing off to the cop.

[EatLeadCommie]

Not good. Bad attitude.

[PrideMom]

You can't fix stupid.....

[Widescreen]

Guarantee I would be sitting in the car with my mouth shut and hoping it doesn't get worse. I wouldn't be mouthing off to the cop.
That's cuz you're not a Division 1 athlete.

[StoopTroup]

That's cuz you're not a Division 1 athlete.

LOL. Werd!

[TheHumanAlphabet]

That's cuz you're not a Division 1 athlete.

Yes, LOL! Not a D1 athlete...so I won't get love that way...I'd just be a pesky jerk to taze...:)

[sooneron]

Maybe he told that polack joke one too many times...

[bmjlr]

Guarantee I would be sitting in the car with my mouth shut and hoping it doesn't get worse. I wouldn't be mouthing off to the cop.

THIS ^^^^^

[yermom]

Maybe he told that polack joke one too many times...

as in to swing...

[sooneron]

He's gotta get his diptet H I!

[champions77]

Strike one. Hopefull he will figure things out and do what is right from here on out.

[birddog]

young youts gettin into skylarkins. some learn from their mistake, some learn after some mistakes, and some guys never learn.

gotta give him a few months to 'feel the kid out" and then make a decision.

[MamaMia]

Do they have it on camera that he "yelled" at the policeman, or did he admit it?

[UberSooner]

I smell burple drank and ridin dirty. Sometimes I hate football.

[sooneron]

I guess we'll see if stupid can be fixed.