It had actually been semi-exciting to watch the University of Tennessee football team start to play competitively, rather than waiting for the mediocre high school-caliber teams to come up on their schedule. It has also been interesting to watch a coach, Lane Kiffin, who has proven so little with the headset on, talk so much about what he is going to do in the near future.

Maybe he had too many of those classy drinks the South is known for before he stepped onto the podium.

He did, however, do something recently that probably turned a few heads – he left some quality players off the recent roster for the team’s game against Ole Miss.

In a game that has such an intense fan base, it could have reached its point of no return with the recent actions of three freshman standouts for the team.

There are a few different theories that are being thrown around about the recent armed robbery attempt that happened in Knoxville early Tuesday morning.

Regardless of the theories, some big names were involved with a pellet gun and are going to possibly do it bigger than a Lane Kiffin statement.

These three players did not take part in the trouncing that was the 42-17 ballgame.

Nu’Keese Richardson has been a tremendous part of UT’s offense, but has lately found its way through the air with the stache of every joke, Jonathon Crompton. The other two players were valuable, but Kiffin and some others powers kept them out of this game as well. It is hard to argue with the fact that punishments have been lacking as of late in college football and no one is finding a way to take blame.

I mean, if we can talk more about Florida head coach Urban Meyer’s comments defending the greatest human being on the face of the planet than Brandon Spikes’ eye-gouging, something is wrong with more than the rule book. That is not even the point though; the point is that Brandon Spikes was only given a half-game suspension in a Southeastern Conference contest when he attempted to blind another human being.

Then, Oregon running back, LaGarrette Blount, who knocked Boise State’s Byron Hout to the ground after a season-opening loss to the Broncos, found his way back onto the sidelines this past week. He saw no action because of the success of, well, his successor. But, how is this guy back in pads?

It is definitely reaching a point of absurdity when we are questioning whether players will suit up after attempting to rob someone. Then, we find ourselves ashamed of them because they were football players and shamed their institution and football, as opposed to themselves.

I do find it comical that the guy who was being held at gunpoint says he wants the players to be able to participate anyway. That is either the truest definition of a fan or there are some details that are not being released.

However, they did not play and once again prove that college athletes cannot get away with anything they want, except when the police do not happen to be called in on the matter.

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