Getty ImagesUpdated 11:19 a.m. ET: TCU coach Gary Patterson has announced that starting quarterback Casey Pachall has been suspended indefinitely.
“Casey Pachall has been suspended indefinitely from competition. My job as a head coach is to win games, educate our kids and help them with their lives,” Patterson said in a statement.
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No. 15 TCU will host Iowa State this Saturday in the Horned Frogs’ second Big 12 game ever. Whether starting quarterback Casey Pachall will be taking snaps against the Cyclones remains to be seen for now.
According to NBC DFW, Pachall was arrested overnight Wednesday near TCU’s campus on a DWI charge. The report states that an officer witnessed a car, operated by Pachall, failing to stop at a stop sign and hitting a curb. After being pulled over, Pachall reportedly registered a blood alcohol concentration level greater than .15. An officer confirmed to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that Pachall was over the legal limit. Drivers can be charged with a DWI if their BAC is over .08.
Pachall was released from jail later Thursday afternoon.
“We are aware of the situation. We’re trying to gather facts and information to determine what our next steps will be,” TCU spokesperson Lisa Albert told NBC DFW.
Pachall has had substance abuse issues before. In a report from TCU360 two months ago, Pachall admitted to police that he failed a university-administered drug test because of marijuana use. He also told police he previously used cocaine. However, Pachall did not miss any games as a result.
Redshirt freshman Trevone Boykin is the team’s backup. Boykin has completed 9-of-10 passes this season for 74 yards and a touchdown. Through four games, Pachall has thrown for nearly 1,000 yards, 10 touchdowns and just one interception.
I know this sounds terrible, but what were the TCU officers thinking? I doubt that at a school like OU or Bama, a player would get pulled over while driving near campus by a campus officer and then taken to jail.
Patterson needs to get these officers on the payroll!
@tcuwhit
You’re right. That does sound terrible. Drunk driving is an incredibly stupid and selfish act. Go ask someone who’s lost a loved one at the hands of drunk driver if it’s a harmless crime. There is no excuse for it. I don’t care how much you’ve had to drink, if you are physically able to get to your vehicle, you are cognizant enough to know that you should not be driving. Kick him off the team.
How can a talented player like him do something so stupid?
I’m with “js2″ on this one. I’ve done it (unfortunately), NOT gotten caught doing it (luckily), and only now realize, thanks to the advantage of being older, how incredibly fortunate I was not to injure myself or someone else. Now, I don’t even drink. Period. Fortunately I came to the conclusion long ago that if I have to consume alcohol in order to have a good time, I’ve got a much deeper problem. Alcohol serves no purpose other than to distort your senses. It doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t make you more intelligent. It doesn’t make you better-looking. It doesn’t make you more appealing to others. What it does is make you nothing more than a follower, and not a leader. I wish Pachall luck in coming to that realization.
tcuwhit, it’s not much different at OU
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/ou-frosh-arrested-on-dui-charge/
http://blog.newsok.com/ou/2011/01/22/stills-jefferson-arrested/
We go from Andy Dalton, who was know to have lead prayer circles at TCU, to this. So mad right now.
The most frustrating part about this to me is that in our first year in the Big 12, finally in the limelight, our team starts to act completely uncharacteristic of what we have represented in the last decade.
Gary Patterson must be tearing out his hair over this season.
After TCU players were busted selling weed during the offseason, it became clear that this team is loaded with turds. This will be the least surprising story I read all day.
I’m not judging this kid because at his age I did the same kind of dumb shit. I’m no hypocrite. What I guess I don’t get is that he is such a high profile kid at a “Christian” University. It sounds like his prior behavior is not a secret, so why did the admins and coaches let it get to this. This kind of stuff usually has zero tolerance at religious universities.
panthrobro, this isn’t the first time that a high profile kid at a “Christian” University has done something criminal. The coach could have done a lot worse than waiting until now to suspend him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/sports/basketball-baylor-coach-told-team-to-lie-to-investigators.html
I have always stood up and said college kids drinking is not news, but driving drunk is a different story. Drinking and experimenting with refer is at every college. I stand by that, but endangering others with this behavior can not be accepted.
I guess he wasn’t a good Texas Christian eh? lol!
TCU is affiliated with a denomination but is administered as a secular school.
Let’s hope Boykin can win some games…crossing my fingers
Doesn’t surprise me. Drugs in sports -> http://ninjasports.net/drugs-in-sports/
My understanding of the TCU policy, and I must emphasize that as far as I know this is rumor and not fact, is that for a first offense the student would receive counseling and that the second offense calls for immediate suspension. So I’m lead to assume that after the drug thing they gave him a good talking to and chance to redeem himself.
Now I’m left to wonder how much TCU did to try and help him. Was he so troubled that no one could help him? Or did TCU not do enough? Maybe a mix of both?
What makes this so disappointing for TCU fans is the extremely high expectations we had for Pachall. Statistically he could have been a top 5 QB in college.
I am excited for Trevone Boykin though. Coming out of high school he seemed to have tons of potential. It will be interesting to see how he reacts to being thrust into the spotlight so early in his college career.
What’s also frustrating is before the drug bust, TCU had by far the cleanest record in college sports when it came to off the field issues.In my opinion the move to the Big 12 is correlation and not causation, but is still sucks hard that this happens our first year in the national spotlight.
mikefoxtrottango says:
Oct 4, 2012 12:15 PM
After TCU players were busted selling weed during the offseason, it became clear that this team is loaded with turds. This will be the least surprising story I read all day.
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On most days, yes.
But Bobby Valentine being fired was the least surprising story of the day, month and perhaps year.
Damn. This will certainly make the game more interesting. Good on Patterson for suspending Pachall.
Knott will blow up their back up!
I guess that he is not smart or that TCU is not a
difficult university. Never heard of the place.