Kicked off the team for a Freestyle? Word!

Josh Jarboe, a highly coveted Freshman WR, from Atlanta, GA has been dismissed from the OU football team before he ever played a down.

"We are disappointed in this outcome, but our complete review and the final decision is in the best interest of the program," Stoops said in a prepared statement.

Jarboe, was ranked 13th ranked nationally among all positions. He was not a stranger to trouble being sentenced in May to two years probation and 80 community service for carrying a gun on the grounds of his high school in Decatur, GA. The assistant principal caught Jarboe with the gun in the school parking lot. Jarboe later offered a statement explaining the issue and labeled it as a misunderstanding. After the situation had been handled in the court system, Bob Stoops made the decision to allow Jarboe to keep his scholarship and fulfill his commitment as a Sooner.

He has been in Norman all summer long participating in workouts and doing very well. However, he will not get the chance to do very well in training camp. The time of when the rap occurred is unknown. The players have been gone since last weekend, because they were given a break before training camp started. The video surfaced on Youtube yesterday evening that featured Jarboe rapping and using controversial (normal in hip hop) lyrics. Jarboe already had a strike against him, Coach Stoops caught wind of the matter and swiftly dismissed the player.

I will take off my blogger/columnist hat and put on my fair both sides report the news journalist hat. Jarboe did not commit any crimes with his lyrics. Many OU players have been accused of DUI's, assault and battery, drug charges etc all of which actually harm other people and allowed to stay on the team. Jarboe already had one strike against him. People talk about what they know and what they have seen in life, thus being the case of this rap. Let's be honest and admit he is not from the best parts of Decatur, which is a fact. Let's also bring to light that he is a Freshman in college. If Jarboe did not know he was a representative of the University of Oklahoma, he learned the hard way that this is no way to represent your university. It was a sad way for him to learn this way and I hope something positive comes out of all of this.

People do not realize that Jarboe did NOT post the video on Youtube.com, his white teammate did who will remain anonymous. The teammate thought it was funny and would be a satire of the infamous Malcolm Kelly freestyle a few years back. Quite possibly, Jarboe thought it would be funny to do the same being that a summer in Norman is about as fun as playing a Sega Genesis in 2008. Bottom line, Jarboe is not a Sooner because of this incident.

Now, let me put back on my blogger cap and say whatever I please, because this is my blog. What bothers me is the comments that follow the 74 second video clip. I saw the phrases "fucking nigger", "niggers do nigger shit", "he's gonna end up in jail" "he is a loser/low-life etc". It really bothers me that in 2008, you would have people say these things. I would love to take every person that posted a negative comment and look at their past actions when they were Freshman in college. No matter how you feel about the situation, you don't know the kid or where he is from. It's easy to sit back and play holy-er than thou, judge someone, call him stupid for blowing an opportunity and say you would never be so stupid to blow such an opportunity. Let's pin a rose on your nose, because you can make racist comments and let the Youtube nation know how brilliant you are because when you were 18 you did nothing stupid at all and have virtually remained sinless and have challenged God as the holyiest person to ever live.

Please realize that rap is a bunch of entertainment. That is funded and purchased by the very people who are judging Jarboe. Please listen to Lupe Fiasco's "Dumb It Down", to reference what really goes on in the hip-hop industry and how harmless his lyrics really were. If half of the rappers did what they said in their raps they'd all be in jail. It is entertainment, like I said.

Before half of you respond with Rhett Bomar was kicked off the team. Let's be real. If he wasn't kicked off by the team the NCAA was going to bring the hammer down ala 1980's SMU "Death Penalty". If OU could have swept it under the rug, we all know they would have done so.

Amidst, Jarboe's ignorance he was greeted with very stupid comments. There is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. Here is Jarboe's shamefully and public harming rap.

Peace, Love, and Football

Riverboat Ricky