From the AJC:

Two Georgia football players were suspended indefinitely by coach Mark Richt after a wild weekend in downtown Athens resulted in one player’s arrest and two others being sent to the hospital.

There are reports that other Georgia football players may have been involved in the fight or possibly committed other offenses…Henson was arrested after a police officer saw a “very intoxicated” man urinating on the wall of a bank building.

Also, sophomore defensive end Michael Lemon, who was dismissed from the team last month after his arrest on an aggravated battery charge, was arrested for underage consumption of alcohol at the hospital.

Fellas, I get it. I went to school at UGA, and I understand the downtown attraction. I am one of you. So, seriously, let’s sit down and have a talk.

When I was an undergraduate, I also went looking for excitement in the only GA city (outside of 285) that never sleeps. I get it.

However, I wasn’t 6’5 and 350 pounds, so I cut a much smaller shadow when I was pissing on a bank building in downtown Athens.

Plus, I had nothing to lose. I was working part-time at Structure, and taking BIO 101 classes. What were they gonna do, kick me out as an embarrassment to the school? Puh-leeze, I was barely noticed in the school.

You guys have a reputation to uphold. I know, it’s kind of a dick move to expect 18 year old boys to suddenly act all responsible. Yeah. I called you “boys”. Sorry if it offends you.

But you all have something that I never did- a skill for athleticism, a drive for physical competitiveness, a scholarship given by people who believe in you- these are all wonderful things to possess, and ya’ll have them.

I’m jealous, if not also in awe.

My point? UGA is ranked preseason #1 for the first time in my adult lifetime. It’s pretty cool. When I was in school, we had Eric Zeier and Garrison Hearst, and wound up getting killed by Florida and Tennessee and GA Tech, with one or two randoms sprinkled in. It sucked.

But even Zeier and Hearst made a ton of money in the NFL. And in college, they were pretty good on mediocre teams.

Ya’ll have the chance to be good on an AWESOME TEAM, and you could make more money than most people make in a lifetime. Yeah, seriously. Those bullshit biology classes don’t look so crappy now, huh?

So, fellas, keep it together. I want a National Championship. You want a National Championship. More importantly, you wanna get paid, and that’s not gonna happen with drunk players taking leaks on bank buildings on THE MAIN STREET IN ATHENS.

Buckle up fellas. You’re preseason #1. Act like it.