Did he mess up the DNS on his website or something? :-)

Seriously, I have never heard of that offense.

If I had been charged with D&D every time I was guilty of the offense, I would have done more time in jail than in the classroom.

As long as he wasn’t involved in a fight, I’d say this will be handled “in house.” He was of age, and the perception of disorderly is very much subjective. He had a perfect right to be drunk at 21, although getting arrested for being drunk is generally a bad idea and reflects poorly on the school.

Still, it isn’t a DUI or anything. But if he was in a fight, it could get ugly.

Unlike a simple drunkenness charge, that can get you thrown off the team.

Doesn’t UK have a no tolerance policy for alcohol related criminal offenses? While many of us can identify a time where we could have been hit, he was hit with more than just AI, he also got disorderly conduct wasn’t he? You generally don’t get hit with that unless you anger the police with your loud and obnoxious behavior.

so I find it hard to believe 6-6, 230 lb Hartline hit her. I have a feeling the police thought the same thing, and without a witness, that charge (by the girl) will be impossible to prove.

It will probably be because the entire thing is blown out of proportions. Two girls both wanted the QB without wanting to share. :-D

The rest of this is just bouncing circumstances off of one another. No one is claiming he is some sort of degenerate, just not as smart as he should have been, that’s all.

You had to do something crazy to get arrested. We pissed in the bushes in front of cops, etc.

The only friends I had who were arrested were arrested for mouthing off to cops or refusing to go to the hospital when a cop suspected they had alcohol poisoning. So, forgive me for saying it, but in my experience, you probably hung out with people who had big mouths.

But maybe it’s relative to where I came from. I think Lex. cops are lax because Pittsburgh cops aren’t.

Thanks.

Looking the other way could case worse flack.

Hartline and Carnes were arrested for alcohol intoxication and disorderly conduct, Roberts said, after officers determined they were "visibly intoxicated and posed a potential danger to themselves or others."

(emphasis mine)

is why he was arrested. I’m sorry, I know he is a college student and whatever, but he is also the STARTING QUARTERBACK for the KENTUCKY WILDCATS and with that comes a certain level of responsibility that must be maintained. Senior and last year or not, Hartline KNOWS his position and KNOWS that there is a bowl game coming up.

It just seems like everyone thinks this is a non-issue.

but I just don’t think it is severe (with the exception of possibly striking the girl) as many of the incidents we’ve seen from other players, especially of the Georgia, Florida and other flavors. Of course, the press seems to be doing their usual job of blowing it out of proportion.

Hartline has not had even the slightest incident in the years he has been at UK; not even the rumor of trouble. The disorderly conduct is a very judgmental charge and tacking on of trivial charges makes me wonder if the arresting officer might have gotten a little caught up in the heat/significance of the moment.

is the key phrase here. None of us, nor the media were there when it happened. We do not know what went down and may never know. I am hesitant to condemn someone on little or no factual evidence. I can think of a scenario in which Hartline would be justified in intervening in a fight to break it up. Pushing someone away becomes punched in the face pretty easily in the heat of a drunken brawl. Just remember how Cousins nearly “decapitated” Swopshire last year! At least we were watching and could make up our own minds about what really happened. I will let the dust settle before I come down for or against Hartline on this issue. Being drunk in public is another story.

the bowl game just got a lot more interesting to watch. It will now be a real glimpse of next season.

That if his grades were good, he might be able to play. I would love to see him on the field.