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Prattfall

Posted by HenryJames on July 10th, 2009 under Uncategorized

While many coaches and players are taking it easy right now, the Mack Brown Curse is hard at work. It claimed its latest victim yesterday.

Oklahoma State freshman running back Dexter Pratt was charged with possession of marijuana. The charges say Pratt and teammate Jamal Mosley “knowingly possessed and controlled within his residence a small plastic bag containing what appeared to be, and subsequently field tested positive as a small amount of marihuana (sic).”

Pratt was offered a scholarship by Texas as a linebacker, but he wanted to play running back in college. And he knew that Texas running backs that smoke marijuana are not tolerated in Austin. He could have switched to linebacker and alcohol, but he wasn’t interested.

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  1. Blueshorn said:

    July 10th, 2009 at 5:23 am

    Long live The Curse!

  2. I too prefer the marihuana styling, which can be emphasized by dragging out the third syllable with lilting glottal fricatives to great effect. Dressing like Ricardo Montalban is generally appreciated, though not required.

  3. What methods of “field testing” are exactly needed to determine this?

  4. dedfischer said:

    July 10th, 2009 at 6:11 am

    Well done.

  5. They taze it until smoke appears.

  6. The Most Interesting Man in the World said:

    July 10th, 2009 at 6:45 am

    I don’t always smoke, but when I do, I prefer tasty spliffs.

  7. As for Mosley, I’m sure we can rehabilitate this young man on the field. With Pratt, maybe it will require a redshirt year (and a switch to linebacker).

    Remind me never to post anything about UT that would make me appear to be a hypocrite.

  8. Orangeblood said:

    July 10th, 2009 at 7:38 am

  9. bighornfan32 said:

    July 10th, 2009 at 7:57 am

    Sarcasm hasn’t made it to Oklahoma yet, along with high speed internet and incest laws.

  10. Horncasting said:

    July 10th, 2009 at 8:03 am

    I thought this kid went to LSU?

    I guess he wants to follow the Orie Lemon path to LB.

  11. He was committed to LSU. And The Valley Shook explains it better than I can.

    http://www.andthevalleyshook.com/2009/1/19/727320/the-very-strange-circumsta

    And if you think Les Miles left OSU on good terms, Pratt’s offical player bio says he was a “Long-time LSU commitment who enrolled at OSU in January.”

  12. bighorn, you didn’t mention daily flossing.

  13. Cedric Benson said:

    July 10th, 2009 at 10:11 am

    I wasn’t tolerated, I was celebrated.

  14. Speaking of pratfalls. You can tell by the name alone this kid is was an Aggie.

    Steven Roy Crimi.

  15. Horncasting said:

    July 10th, 2009 at 10:38 am

    From And the Valley Shook

    “When asked about what happened at LSU, I got the impression he got to Baton Rouge and then felt remorse about being so far from home.”

    So he decided on Stillwater over Baton Rouge because of distance? I realize that probably has 0% to do with the actual reason, but I thought that quote was funny.

  16. Justin Chaisson and Brandon Walker said:

    July 10th, 2009 at 11:33 am

    “He could have switched to linebacker and alcohol, but he wasn’t interested.”

    Or a Sooner lineman and beatin women, but he didn’t go for that pitch either.

  17. Bob Stoops said:

    July 10th, 2009 at 11:36 am

    Hell, I told him he could kick all the puppies he wanted. Slacker.

  18. Absolutely amazed at the Curse. It almost never fails.

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