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Cecil Collins to do radio interview @ 8:00 A.M. this morning
Posted on 11/12/14 at 7:20 am
Posted on 11/12/14 at 7:20 am
Cecil Collins will be doing a radio interview on 910AM at 8:00AM this morning.
Definitely worth a listen
TUNE IN Link
Definitely worth a listen
TUNE IN Link
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Posted on 11/12/14 at 7:46 am to LSUTiger in TN
This is gonna be good... 
Posted on 11/12/14 at 7:49 am to LSUCanFAN
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This is gonna be good...
Posted on 11/12/14 at 7:54 am to LSUTiger in TN
:kern:
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:11 am to tigerfan84
this guys story is just sad. All gone up in smoke... 
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:15 am to LSUTiger in TN
I'd always thought that his punishment seemed draconian, but someone said there's a lot more to the story. Does anyone have a solid, credible rundown?
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:22 am to Navytiger74
He had a million and one second chances. Finally a judge threw the book at him.
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:22 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican
good interview 
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:27 am to LSUCanFAN
Most complete freak of nature athlete I ever had the opportunity to play/coach against(including the Manning's, Hilliard's, and Faulk's in LHSAA) If stayed straight no doubt would have dominated LSU RB stats and be a legend in the NFL. Was at a dinner in Dallas old stadium in the late 90's it was a conference on RB's. Cecil Collins visited the table next to me which had Emmitt Smith(leading rusher at the time)Earl Campbell and Jim Brown seated there...As Collins walked away Emmitt turned to the other two and said "I think I just shook the hand of the man that will devour every record we have had the opportunity to hold boy's"....Brown say's "I didn't think people were serious until now"... Earl shakes his head and says "he has every attribute I looked in the mirror and prayed for in the gym at his age, god must have heard me and built him".
This post was edited on 11/12/14 at 8:29 am
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:27 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican
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He had a million and one second chances. Finally a judge threw the book at him.
Yeah, but it isn't like La has a three-strikes provision or extremely stringent multiple offender guidelines (save for parole violators). 15 years for a bunch of ticky tack shite seems excessive. People sometimes get less than that for varying degrees of rape or murder.
That's why I asked. It can't just be a bunch of peeping-tom and breaking and entering beefs.
This post was edited on 11/12/14 at 8:32 am
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:30 am to LSUCanFAN
You can't run from mental illness. He'll have it with him till he dies.
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:31 am to OleBallCoach
didn't think I could be more sad about this story...
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:37 am to Navytiger74
If my memory is correct, the final one that put him away was in Florida. Supposedly broke into the girl's apartment to "watch her sleep" (His story). I dont think the judge bought it and treated it more like attempted rape, even if that wasnt the offial charge.
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:43 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican
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If my memory is correct, the final one that put him away was in Florida. Supposedly broke into the girl's apartment to "watch her sleep" (His story).
Got it. Remembered the final charge, but always forgot that it was in Florida. Don't know how their laws differ from ours.
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(His story). I dont think the judge bought it and treated it more like attempted rape, even if that wasnt the offial charge.
That's always been my sense as well. Is that legal or ethical? And for the record, that type of behavior does often escalate, so I think it very plausible that he may have eventually raped someone. But how can a judge treat a lesser charge as a more serious charge for the purposes of sentencing. What was the actual charage, by the way? Indecency, voyeurism, B&E, and what else? Was he ever even booked on attemped sexual assault?
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:45 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican
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He had a million and one second chances. Finally a judge threw the book at him.
This.
Some people just don't care. We look at him, from the outside, and think, "Man, what a waste of talent." He looks at himself and doesn't even see what he missed out on. He just thinks that he never had much growing up, and doesn't need much to keep him content in life. He's perfectly fine with sitting on a bucket on someone's porch and just hanging out with the neighbors. He doesn't even realize what could have been.
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:49 am to Navytiger74
"wanted to watch her sleep" is some scary shite in itself. thats serial killer-esque. I'm this problem with women and sexual aggressiveness manifested itself earlier in life. i wonder how much went unreported or got swept under the rug in his school days.
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:53 am to higgins
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"wanted to watch her sleep" is some scary shite in itself. thats serial killer-esque. I'm this problem with women and sexual aggressiveness manifested itself earlier in life.
Agree 100%. But what actual legal charge applies for that kind of behavior without violent action? Stalking? I'm not saying that something shouldn't have been done to get him off the streets. We did have mental health options in the early 2000s, btw. But how can you justify giving someone 15 years for what his behavior might become without a single law to back you up. Dante Stallworth got a month for mowing someone down while under the influence. Again, that's not as scary, but a life was lost. Collins didn't even touch this woman.
Posted on 11/12/14 at 8:56 am to Navytiger74
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Dante Stallworth got a month for mowing someone down while under the influence.
I hate this argument. If you don't want to get "mowed down", don't wander into moving traffic. The accident took place in the road, not outside of the lines.
Posted on 11/12/14 at 9:00 am to OleBallCoach
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Earl shakes his head and says "he has every attribute I looked in the mirror and prayed for in the gym at his age, god must have heard me and built him".
Million dollar body with a 10 cent brain
Posted on 11/12/14 at 9:00 am to Choupique19
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I hate this argument. If you don't want to get "mowed down", don't wander into moving traffic. The accident took place in the road, not outside of the lines.
Ummm. If someone is in his car, driving like shite, and I hit him and kill him while driving reasonably well, and I'm over .08, I can be charged with vehicular manslaughter--even though it's "on the road, and not outside the lines." You think the same shouldn't apply to cyclists and pedestrians? Anything else about this loathesome argument that I can clear up?
ETA: I actually don't even have to be at the legal limit if a judgment is made that alcohol was a factor.
This post was edited on 11/12/14 at 9:02 am
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