The Football Brainiacs

– Team Note | Jordan Thomas: We are aware that OU cornerback Jordan Thomas was arrested early Thursday morning. However with situations like this it’s easy to jump to conclusions, so we’re hoping that offering some specifics will help to provide context as to what led to the arrest.

To be perfectly clear, as you would imagine there is still information coming in as to the events of Thursday morning. That said, here is what we can share at this time.

* Thomas was out with a friend and had been drinking.

* Thomas’ friend got into an altercation with the staff at the establishment where the two were hanging out.

* Thomas involved himself in the altercation and ending up putting hands on the bouncer at said establishment.

* At some point Thomas evidently fled the scene after which he was picked up by the authorities.

As one would expect, the coaching staff is going to gather all the details and make a decision about any potential punishment. And while this behavior clearly isn’t appropriate, from what we’ve been able to gather it does not sound like this will result in any dismissal from the team or possibly even a serious suspension. The sense we get is that this could be something handled internally (i.e. quality time with Schmitty), though a suspension for the season opener against Houston cannot be ruled out at this time.

Now that is of course dependent on what, if anything, else the coaches are able to determine in the coming days. But we will let you know once we have that information.

Clearly this isn’t Thomas’ first ‘incident’ with respect to his time in Norman, be it legal or otherwise. But we feel it important to again offer some context. One previous incident was for a simple unpaid tickets, while the other was as a result of missed practices. Which isn’t to excuse that behavior then or now, rather to state none of the known offenses are particularly egregious with respect to any number of kids in college. – (Super K)

– UPDATE (3:57 pm): Baylor’s Rivals site has confirmed, what Brandon broke five days ago, that 2016 DE Brandon Bowen has requested to be released from his NLI. As we previously told you, OU is a strong contender here.