Rockne's Roundtable

"Rees knocked the wind out of one officer when he was caught in the middle of Notre Dame Ave. by raising his knee into the officer’s stomach. Both fell to the ground and Rees continued to struggle, at which point the office pepper sprayed him and handcuffed him. Witnesses at the scene said Rees continue to resist officers on his way to the police car. Trent said he had a blood alcohol content level of 0.11 when he was booked at the St. Joseph Country Jail."

-Unacceptable

Saw that also, and wondered if it was true. Police spokesman said based on the report he was given that didn't appear to be true.

lol

Yeah I mean if it true that he is the only one that continued to flee and resist then he is completely in the wrong there but going off of what Dan said here it sounds like they basically picked him out of the fleeing pack to pursue, and my guess is that the pack included other underaged football players. I don't even like Rees, but that sounds fishy if true.

that is kinda funny. made me laugh.

Geeze... I guess I have to get off my high horse here in Atlanta. ND looks a lot like UGA today. I am not a ND Alum, but I am humiliated as a loyal fan. The cops probably singled out QB1 because they want to feel big, but Rees should have known better.

I actually live in Athens, this has nothing on the events that happen in Dawg country.

Bond or no Bond, I think Rees at the very minimum misses several games. He may have very well ended his career at ND with one bad decision. Drinking happens, thats not what im referring to. It is more of the way he reacted afterwards. Whether he was singled out or not also will not affect the outcome. A crime is a crime is a crime. Resisting arrest was a bad drunken decision. I just hope for his sake then when the facts all come out, that it was more than what it was made out to be. I do not wish him ill will.

They didn't arrest him for that. Kids were going over the fence and running from a party after being told by the police to stop. He got chased and he got caught. No probable cause needed for any of that. It was when he got caught he gave them everything they needed. Hopefully, his charges will be reduced and even better thrown out. But I'll say again, he put himself in this spot.

Rees has yet to be officially charged with anything. If this does stick as a felony charge Notre Dame's code of conduct says the university has the option temporarily dismiss a student if they have been charged with a felony. They have the option to permanently dismiss a student (or suspend) if he or she is convicted.

First of all I said he was wrong, I'm not changing that part, but that doesn't mean that the police may be in the wrong a bit as well. Its fishy that out of a pack of 5 people, only 1 person was pursued and that just happened to be Rees. In my experience only going after 1 of 5 is a target. By the way, 0.11 is not that bad, its definitely past driving ability which is .08 but its not like he was falling over drunk.... Just saying only pursuing one person is fishy. He may have been the first one they got to but why not continue chasing others? I would bet they had more than enough officers to pursue the others. I fail to see how this is not weird...

I went to ND long ago and yes I could have been arrested for under age drinking a time or two but I was never caught. The fact is in Indiana he is underage so in reality if blew .7 or .11 he stil broke the law. The fact is he in this mess cause he decided to assault the officer. I wish him luck but like others said Kelly decision may have gotten a bit easier here is May.