Much to do about nothing.

I dont know why you are all (osu/ou fans) are getting so bent out of shape over this kids' infraction. he is not the first and wont be the last ou/osu football player to get into some bs and 'GET AWAY WITH IT". it seems to me all they do is play football, rape girls, drink, get high and break several other laws. wow and you are surprised. this has been going on even when good ol boy barry was there. so shut up and get a life

So what. I wish they would recruit some O-lineman that can actually move their feet. This guy is gargantuan, but watch him when somebody comes in off they edge with speed, he ain't got a chance.

I didn't get caught. But that's because I'm Batman!

I'll let everyone in on a little secret: not all college students carry a 4.0 and stay completely out of trouble. I would wager that if we could peer into everyone's college days that you have something not-so-pleasant looking on your record. If you don't, you probably did something and didn't get caught.

Bill, we did mention the Big Red Auto incident, remember? Stoops dismissed Bomar and Quinn from the team, remember? Strain your brain a little fella. What more did you want Stoops to do? Flatten their tires, kill their puppies, help me out here. Keep grasping I guess, if that's all you got.

Loadholt: lots of talent, but not a lot of brains. This is going to cost him next April. This and getting smoked by WVU in the Fiesta push him into late 2nd and 3rd rounds of the draft, unless he shows massive improvement in his pass blocking and a serious increase in his stamina over a 13 game season. In which case, all is forgiven...

Kinda funny how people on one side of the football fence are claiming that their felonies aren't as bad as the felonies that the other guy's have committed. One can counter a convicted rapist with a convicted drug dealer. An assault for theft. A DUI for a DWI. Both closets are full of skeletons. Both programs have had experience with student-athletes who do stupid things.

The fun starts when fans from both sides start throwing rotten tomatoes at each other.

Why cant these guys keep their noses clean?

I see you know ebonics Daug!

Anyways, I love OU. I love to talk about Dexter Manley...I mean he played football in like 1980 for OSU, but who cares what year it was, right? I will always bring it up because I can't think of anything else to say to OSU fans. I love OU! Who cares if we cheat at everything we do? I just want to talk about 1980 and Dexter Manley! TOP DAUG!

"I had to," says Dexter. "And I think to a degree they knew my problem. You don't score 6 on the ACT test and get admitted to college. They were asking me to do something I just had no capability of doing. But, I would always go to class. I would sit in the middle of the class or on the front row and try to get sympathy because I gave a tremendous amount of effort. I always made myself known, always befriended the teachers."
Apparantly a ACT score of 6 qualifies one for OSU...

Let the wind sprints begin, run that booze right out of him! Maybe this is why he was getting killed by the West Virgina's speed rush. To much booze slow's u down foolio! Just shows how dedicated certain players are in getting back to the National championship game. Tulsa Union in da house.

I heard Stoops and Joe C. are starting the Kelvin Sampson School for cheaters, "How to get off easy, everytime!"

I guess we shouldn't mention the Big Red Auto Sale incident and the free Lexus that AP got to drive for 4 months. Yes, Stoops always does the right thing...by his players.

Oh great Rufus is out from under his rock

I heard T Boone is starting the Dexter Manley school a reading.

I am not condoning what he did. I think it is ridiculous that people drink and drive. To me that is a bad choice. I hope he gets a good dose of education from it but I doubt it. After all, history shows that most athletes and staff get off pretty easy. I am glad my cousin did not injure or kill anyone. You are right in that we don't know what time he was out. What scares me is he was on a major highway!! As for being out late at night Eric, it matters not. People with kids and families have every right to travel at night if they so desire. Where is the law that says otherwise?

Cherylyn, I watched the affects of drinking and driving from the other side. I watched my best friend bury her husband, 2 sons, and only daughter due to them being hit by a drunk driver and killed at 2:00 in the afternoon in 2004. Only she and her oldest son survived. It was the most horrific thing I have ever experienced was watching a wife/mother and son bury 4 of their family members. So when I see that someone defends a person who has been driving after drinking and then makes excuses, I can only see the faces of my friend and her son as they placed those 4 family members in the ground. I am glad your cousin learned from the choice he made. I am hoping this young man does not make this choice again and realizes the consequences his actions can bring and makes a better choice next time.

Cool Ryan, whatever makes you feel better buddy. Everyone makes mistakes, as an OSU fan I hope that Loadholt learns from his mistakes.

Hay, ryun - i are sur dat they're sum ou idotis hoo hayv dun thee sam ting. Tool.

Nothing an Aggie idiot ever says about OU's football program will be able to balance the embarrassment of this.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n12_v44/ai_8010811

According to state law..If you are "passed out or sleeping" on the side of the road and the keys are in the ignition then you are in actual physical control of the car, just as if you were driving. If the keys are not in the ignition there is no physical control of the car. Still, he should not have been driving to the point he pulled over and passed out. He is lucky they only charged him with the lesser charge of Misdemeanor. Felony usually means automatic jail time no matter how drunk. Depending on the judge, he could still (by Oklahoma law) get 14 days to 1 year for a 1st time offense. I learned all of this when my cousin got arrested for DUI. Of course, he wasn't a coach or athlete so he went to jail, paid some hefty fines and did 1000 hours of community service, and had to go to DUI school for 26 weeks and then AA meetings for 26 weeks. This was in Oklahmoa County though! Did he learn his lesson...Yes he did!!

Eric, you don't get my point. If he was sleeping/passed out along the side of the road, how did he get there? Push the car..have it towed and then napped...someone gave him a push start and he coasted to the side of the road? My point is he chose to drink and get behind the wheel. He had to have been driving at some point since you claim he was along side the road; therefore he was endangering those people on the road who were anywhere near him, including you if you were out. By the way, they never mentioned the time so he could have been on an afternoon buzz/drunk from the lake or a friend's house and it could have been 4:00 pm in the afternoon for all you know. My point is the choice he made which could have had detrimental effects on himself and everyone who was traveling anywhere near him.

Buzz kill.......the rumor is he was sleeping/passed out along the side of the road. If that is indeed factual, then the 4 of you were perfectly safe while he slept it off. Plus you have kids, what are you doing out so late?

Very well said M!!

First let's get his straight, he is a 22 yr old adult. He isn't a kid. I see everyone on here is ragging on problems that both OU and OSU has had over the years with athletes. Let's look outside of athletics. Was he lucky he was caught and pulled over...yes! The other side of the coin could have had him having a one car accident and not only permanently harming himself but he could have killed himself. Now let's look at the worst scenario, I'm driving home with my children. I am hit by this man who made the choice to drink and drive. He hit me and has killed all 4 of us in the vehicle yet he walks away unhurt because he was drunk and had no idea what he was doing. So I could care less if he plays football or not next year, my only concern is he learns from this and seeks help before he really does hurt someone.

Can we confine comments to this article and not every other problem OU or osu have had in the last 5-6 years?

Terry, any OSU fan who is giving OU crap for this needs to look in the mirror. However, it looks as though you clearly do not know the story behind the Pettigrew case. I would stay off of that subject until you look into it more. He never took a "pop" at a police officer. That issue is over with anyway. Both schools have had issues, and I am sure both will again. It is what happens in big time college sports. Hopefully Loadholt will learn from this and be smarter when he goes out. Don't put down someone when you probably went out and drank in college as well. I know I did.

Curtis, you're grasping, like the rest of the OSU fans. OK, let's break it down. Broyles was stealing gasoline by the use of a key that a friend gave him. Did he do wrong, yes, does he deserve to be kicked off the team, of course not. Would Gundy kick a guy off the team for getting a few tanks of gas free? Let's get real. Now Dvoracek. Yes, he did something terrible, he beat up a guy and put him in the hospital. What does Stoops do? He KICKS HIM OFF THE TEAM!! What more do you want. After a year off the team, and going thru AA and various other actions to prove himself, Stoops lets him back on the team. Was it the right move, obviously it was, Dvoracek during that time, and still does, talk with high schools about binge drinking and violence, and how he turned his life around. It's not like he took a pop at a police officer like Pettigrew, now let's sit back and see how that folds out?

I predict a missing of the vital Chattanooga game...

That's right Curtis, Stoops has "people" and controls the media. It's a conspiracy against OSU. Stoops didn't have to save face to the NCAA, example Ohio State and USC. Everyone keeps saying save face in light of the NCAA, yet he's kicked off and suspend people for less. It's the worst excuse ever. Dvorechek earned his way back on the team, do a little research. Broyles stole gas, suspended a year for something Stoops didn't technically have to punish him for. Remember NCAA clearly doesn't care what the players do in violation of the law, that's upto the coach. By the way, how long was Bowman and Pettigrew suspended for assaulting an officer? Ironic, just a little.

Wow!! Took long enough for this story to make the OUklahoman. Congrats editors for having the stones to run this story!

he looks the other way by keeping Broyles, letting Dvorechek the best-freind beatdown back on the team. He punished the coat-burgler bigtime, right! He had to kick Bomar off to save face w/ the NCAA. It wasn't the move of a saint. How about not even waiting for the facts before saying someone will be punished internally for a DUI. I say waiting for the facts because apparently they don't have a blood alcohol level yet and are still trying to decide if he had an open container in his vehicle. Four working days is plenty of time to get his blood alcohol level back and He either had an open container, or he didn't. These are things the paper could report if they wanted to but didn't.

Stoops looks the other way, like suspending Granger for the bowl game immediately, removing Dusty Devorchek for the remainder of the year, kicking your starting QB off the squad 1 month before the season starts. Bill you are simply dillusional to think Stoops looks the other way. DUI's happen, he'll pay for it......I guess you want him kicked off the team. Well there goes half of the college programs and about 3/4 of the professional players these days. Loadholt or not, we'll still dominate the state.

Yea, like how he looked the other way with Bomar? Sorry, you'll have to do better than that Bill in Tulsa. On a similiar note, I will remind you that Ohio St. had a linebacker (starter) in 2001 who did the EXACT SAME THING as Bomar, and Tressel suspended him for the first 2 games of the season. Whereas Stoops kicked his starting QB off the team. Now tell me how he "looks the other way".....

Stoops will look the other way on this offense, as usual

...wow, it appears I'm angry today...

Oh, and you OU fans who point out that "OU RULES" cuz "STOOPS RULES" and "WE BEAT YOUR ASS EVERY YEAR"...and you others who put upside down Longhorns on your car...you're idiots, too.

The fact that this kid was busted for DUI has NO bearing on OU football whatsoever. Grow up you idiot OSU fans who are on here making dumbass comments. Signed - a 2x OSU grad.

You're right Chad. Too bad he didn't have some "friends" like Eddie had in Stillwater. Who would actually drive him to his house and say "good night Coach, be more careful next time!"

I'm surprised the OHP didn't just let him off with a warning. this officer must not have been a "friend" of the program.

Hey Barry in Fort Collins. Does this mean that the Jarboe incident that happened at his high school not be in consideration for OU? You OSU fans crack me up. First you defend Collins' rape of the 12 yr old girl and say "that was when he was in high school, he was a good kid at OSU?" - But when Jarboe gets caught with a gun on HS property.......it's "here comes another OU thug".....you guys have got to come up with something better than that. Yes, Phil did wrong, he drank and then drove, he will get a DUI, pay a fine, go to DUI classes and then run a butt load of sprints (he needs that anyway). But's it's OK Barry, I understand your frustration, it's tough getting spanked by your in-state rival 5 years in a row.

At least Loadholt did not hit an officer like the goofus at the "State's" university did!

You without sin, cast the first stone. Me included. I have done the roadside walk, once, that was enough for me. The measure of character is what you do after you have brought yourself to those circumstances. I am no Loadholt fan, he cost us several hundred yards in unnecessary offsides penalties because he wasn't focused enough to go on the count. I will hold my judgement to see if he rights himself, takes responsibility for himself and his actions and moves forward, not play the victim and make this someone elses fault.

It's a DUI! Yes, it's a bad and dumb choice that the young man made. But everybody that has ever had a dranked has taken the risk of operating a vehicle while under the influence. Doesn't make this guy a hard nose criminal. Get ready to run extra sprints big bod pay the $3000 bucks in fines, court cost, legal fees, impounding, and breahalizer and get ready for fall.

The streets of Stillwater are safe now that the Sutton's have left town!! But now the children are in danger with the OSU linebacker corp. For me, I'll take the DWI.

Loadholt, put down the booze for a year, you'll make millions if you play the "game" right. You're only affecting your draft stock.

speaking of DUI's (and lortabs), how's Eddie doing these days? OSU didn't even fire him and handed the team to his incompetent son.

Also, don't drink and drive if you're the same size of the car you're driving! ;)

I once got pulled over for making a California stop at a stop sign. I'd been to the lake the weekend before and had 4 or 5 empty beer cans in the back of my pickup. Though they were empty and bone dry, the officer wrote me a ticket for TOC and failing to stop. He said he could tell I hadn't been recently drinking but the empty cans indicate that I may have been earlier that day. I tried to explain but it didn't do any good. I wonder if my report said "allegedly" transporting like Phils. Haha!

Weak, Don. No 12 yo girls were ever in danger in Stillwater. If you and the faithful would ever wake up, the Collins incident occurred while he was in high school and OSU was not even in the picture. He was a model citizen during his time at OSU. But nice grasp. This kid screwed up, not a big deal but one does have to be concerned about this being a second issue in the past couple of years.

This is simply a 22-year old who made a mistake. While it's not right, I'm sure there have been more than just OU football players that have been busted for DUI. Let's don't make this bigger than it is. I doubt he makes this a regular occurrence.

It didn't take the osu fans long to jump on this. We do have some problems at OU but at least police officers and 12 year old girls are safe walking the streets in Norman.

Well..I see OU is starting the year out right. First the gun toting kid from Georgia, now a starter arrested....can't wait to hear the reactions from the OU fanatics................

Another spoiled , self entitled Thuglahoma football player . O Barry where are ye ???