And even though all the knights are jumping down everybody's throats who speculate this, smoking weed would be the best thing this could turn out to be. We should WANT it to be weed. Because that can be overcome. It's infinitely better than a death or serious illness in his family, legal troubles, alcohol addiction, whatever other scenarios we could invent to explain this cryptic leave of absence.

However, if what 87 said about testing policy is accurate (2nd test fail = 1 game, 3rd = 1 year), would that mean he's got to be gone until February 2018? I'm not sure how they could get around it. And if they can't, it could turn into a Tyran Mathieu situation where he sits his 3rd year and then bounces to the league having only graced us with 2 seasons of watching him. I hope that's not the case.

Regardless, I wish him the best. Whatever is happening, he appears to be attacking it with a tremendous--and impressively mature--attitude. Good luck to him and godspeed.

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Posted by BOSCEAUX

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Posted on 2/16/17 at 8:12 am to Hot Carl

I might be in the minority but I think LSU's weed policy is rather Draconian. Times are changeing regarding weed and the stigma attached to it.

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Posted by geauxdroddz

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Posted on 2/16/17 at 8:16 am to Hot Carl

What you're forgetting is mathieu was suspended after failing about 10

Regardless what policy said ... it's not for everyone

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Posted by Mr. Wayne

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Posted on 2/16/17 at 8:22 am to Hot Carl

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However, if what 87 said about testing policy is accurate (2nd test fail = 1 game, 3rd = 1 year), would that mean he's got to be gone until February 2018? I'm not sure how they could get around it.

You get around it by not telling anyone that it happened. Let him know that his get out of jail cards are used up and if he wants to be a top 10 pick he will quit taking that risk. Rules are different for people that are great at something.

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Posted by TopWaterTiger

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Posted on 2/16/17 at 8:31 am to Hot Carl

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nd even though all the knights are jumping down everybody's throats who speculate this, smoking weed would be the best thing this could turn out to be. We should WANT it to be weed. Because that can be overcome. It's infinitely better than a death or serious illness in his family, legal troubles, alcohol addiction, whatever other scenarios we could invent to explain this cryptic leave of absence.

agree with this.....my 2 cents....fwiw, is that it has to be something like weed, because during the offseason, there is NO reason to announce he is going home to take care of personal matters. None at all! He could have gone home for a month and nobody would know any better. Furthermore, LSU has usually gone on record when there is a death in the family and asked for public support. So that doesn't seem to be the case either.

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Posted by lsupride87

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Posted on 2/16/17 at 8:51 am to Hot Carl

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However, if what 87 said about testing policy is accurate (2nd test fail = 1 game, 3rd = 1 year), would that mean he's got to be gone until February 2018?

What I said is absolutely the LSU policy. However, that does not mean the policy is always followed.....

The NCAA actually does not require schools to have it's own drug testing program and policy. However, as stupid as this sounds, if a school does institute a policy, they are then forced by the NCAA to follow it.

BUT, it is impossible for the NCAA to know if the policy is being followed, because they can't pull the drug testing records that the schools conduct themselves.

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