Here's the official internet rumor from
Tidesports.com (In Tider Speak, the "Caps Lock" means it's seriously true):
FIRST OF ALL, I AM AS FANATIC ABOUT BAMA FOOTBALL AS ANYONE. I WAS THERE, DEADRICK AND UPCHURCH WERE ARRESTED BY TPD AND THREE OTHERS WERE TAKEN AWAY BY UAPD. THE BOUNCERS AT LEGACY TURNED THEM AWAY BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO GET UNDER-AGE GIRLS IN WITH THEM AND THEY DID NOT ADHERE TO DRESS CODE. THEY CAME BACK AND STARTED FIGHTING WITH BOUNCERS. POLICE WERE CALLED. FIRST TWO POLICE OFFICERS ORIGINALLY TRIED TO MAKE THE PLAYERS JUST LEAVE. DEADRICK GOT PHYSICAL WITH THE OFFICERS. BACK UP ARRIVED IN A BIG WAY. DEADRICK ENDED UP PEPPER SPRAYED AND THEN USED HIS HEAD TO BUST WINDOW IN THE BACK OF A UNIT. SEVERAL OTHER PLAYERS WERE PRESENT BUT COULD NOT CONTROL DEADRICK AND "GANG". UPCHURCH WAS ARRESTED BY TPD ALSO. PR IS A HUGE THING WHEN IT COMES TO PLAYERS SO IT WILL TAKE DAY OR 2 TO FILTER TO OFFICIAL MEDIA. BOTTOM LINE IS WE DO NOT NEED THESE KIND OF PLAYERS AT BAMA, WE ARE NOT UT. THE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN ALOT MORE DISCIPLINED AROUND HERE SINCE SABAN TOOK OVER. THESE FEW ARE A BAD REP OF THE REST OF THE TEAM. I HOPE SABAN MAKES AN EXAMPLE OF DEADRICK. HE DOES NOT DESERVE TO REPRESENT BAMA AT ALL. FOLKS THIS IS WHAT I OBSERVED, NOT RUMOR. I FEEL SORRY FOR THE REST OF THE TEAM THAT WAS THERE AND TRIED TO PREVENT THIS ALONG WITH TPD WHO TRIED TO HANDLE THIS DIFFERENTLY BUT HAD NO CHOICE TO ARREST AFTER DEADRICK PUT HIS HANDS ON 2 COPS.
I actually have no reason to doubt this, and it sounds like one hell of a time. If this all pans out like it should, we are certainly looking at a bigger P.R. turd than last season's Marajawaun Simpson fiasco. (Read: Players suspended for Western Carolina AND Louisiana Monroe) The "Legit Alabama Media" is
attempting to downplay the severity of this story (
currently no sign of it on the front page of al.com sports). Either that, or they actually care about "fact checking" and "journalistic integrity." Sucks for them.
No matter what happens, we know that it is Saban's will. Coach works in mysterious ways.
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