Rockne's Roundtable

So this will go down as the first official tackle of the 2012 season for the "cab driver" or will it count as an assisted tackle while we have to give him a .5 and the cop a .5? Can someone send that cab driver a "shake down the thunder" shirt or what. LOL!!!!

I am very disappointed in Carlo if what he really did make those comments. He is a fellow Jersey boy and I always felt he was posterboy for the RKG that ND recruits. 3 star out of high school with a 5 star heart and work ethic. I really think he owes the ND nation an apology and I hope Kelly sets him straight. What on earth would possess him to say that? Does he think this is a Godfather movie?

Tommy Rees is one very, very lucky man, on many counts. The most important one:
Where I live, when an officer says stop and you don't, there is a good chance you get stopped by a bullet. Second in importance, if the officer was - power driven - "I'm the law", Tommy could have been roughed up beyond recognition.

Not long ago, up the road from us, a biker was stopped by an officer who said; "License and registration". The biker reached into the sachel on his hog for the docs; "Bang!!" Killed instantly.

Forget football! Hopefully this will be a great teaching and learning moment for Tommy and the rest of the squad and the ND Communty.

Last year on our annual summer return from ND, we got lost around the Dome in Atlanta ~ 9:00 pm. I pulled up to an officer for directions. My younger son instantly learned a very valuable lesson. As the window went down on the passenger side, the officer moved his right hand to his gun. It was like they were connected; the window and the officers right hand. He kept that position through out.

One of the Top Ten Rules in Situation Awareness is - Do not, Do Not get in The Man's Face.

Hopefully Tommy will be as lucky as he was last night with the administration and allowed to continue at ND.

Good luck TR.

maybe they just ran after the one stupid enough to apparently run down the street.

Amidst the host of jokes on this board today someone brings out the severity of what could have happened upon Tommy getting physical with the officer. An absolute crossing of the line of those who protect us. Great post. Just as Floyd was also lucky, maybe Tommy's last chapter can have a good ending. Unfortunately the current chapter has a lot yet to be written. I wish him luck, and as this astute post pointed out, he has already received some.

I'm not shocked he got caught from behind.

Maybe if Rees gets a chance to play again He can use the knee to the stomach to fight off oncoming defensive ends!

True, Demetrius Dubose didn't live to see a court date.

I am the only person who hopes this ends "teacher's pet" career at ND. He should never touch the field again. Bad this happened, but let us never hear from him again.

Right-school out and what college kid does not go out to party. Make a big deal out of this college ritual