Colts Punter Pat McAfee Arrested For Public Intoxication
by Brad Wells on Oct 20, 2010 9:05 AM EDT
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PrintA few weeks ago, I wrote an article saying that punter Pat McAfee is not the Colts 'liquored up kicker.' Looks like I was wrong.
Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee was arrested early Wednesday morning for public intoxication.
Metro Police tell 24-Hour News 8 a woman called 911 to report a suspicious person with no shirt on at the corner of Broad Ripple Avenue and North College Avenue at around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday.
When officers arrived at the scene they confronted the man who was later identified as Pat McAfee.
According to the police report, the officer immediately smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from McAfee, his eyes were watery red and blood shot, his speech was slurred and he was soaking wet.
As Mike Florio noted, the temperature in Indianapolis at 4:45am this morning was 39 degrees.
This is the second time this season where a Colts player has been arrested for public intoxication. The first was defensive tackle John Gill, who was found drunk and soiled in a ditch outside a strip club back in August. Gill was placed on IR after that incident.
Back in September, another Colts defensive tackle, Fili Moala, was arrested for a DUI. This is starting to look like a trend, folks.
The Colts and Bill Polian have issued a statement in McAfee's arrest, saying:
"We are aware that Pat McAfee was arrested this morning and charged with public intoxication," team president Bill Polian said in a news release. "We are in the process of gathering the relevant facts. When that task is complete, we will deal immediately with the issue of club discipline. Until we complete that process, we will have no further comment."
I doubt the Colts will do anything drastic, like cut McAfee. Still, from a PR standpoint, It doesn't look good when your kicker from West Virginia is making headlines for things outside of football, reminding everyone of the Colts former-kicker from West Virginia.
Pat also stirred some ruckus on the Internets a few weeks ago when he flipped out over an article I wrote which quoted a Tweet from him. He took to Twitter and said some nasty things about our site. He later chatted with me via email, and all seems well.
Despite this silly and immature arrest (and Pat's somewhat silly reaction to our article a few weeks ago), we still very much like Pat at Stampede Blue. We root for him. We know he's worked very hard to try and break the stigma of 'idiot' kickers from West Virginia playing for the Colts.
Unfortunately, this arrest kind of undoes all that work a bit. He might now has to start from zero again.
From thebossuzzi in the comments:
Police had asked [Pat McAfee] if he had been swimming in the Broad Ripple Canal, which he responded,
“I don’t know.”They then asked him why he was wet and he responded,“It was raining.”Too bad it hadn’t rained since the day before. Next, they asked him where his shirt was, he said“It is in the water.”They then asked him how much alcohol he had dranks and he replied,“A lot cause I am drunk.”McAfee told police he was waiting for a ride home but instead decided on taking a cab. He asked police if he could walk home saying,“I know I am drunk but does that mean I cannot walk home?”He then was arrested for public intoxication after having a BAC of .15 and taken downtown.
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Silly reaction
I guess you really didn’t learn did you?
Instead of
Pat’s somewhat silly reaction to our article a few weeks ago
it should read
Pat’s reaction to our somewhat silly article a few weeks ago
It really bothered me and I had to say it.
by foongfest on Oct 20, 2010 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions 14 recs
TURN IT GREEEN!!!!
Our heads may be bloody, but they are unbowed. We will be back next year better than ever!
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by coltsfan723 on Oct 20, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
I’m not sure which direction you’re going on the color spectrum, but it’s either yellow or blue.
I like red
because yellow reminds me of another school in Indiana.
at least he wasn't driving.. public intoxication?? what a silly charge
I could understand a person being charged for being drunk and violent but a harmless drunk person walking home?? come on.. I live in Puerto Rico here what you cant do is DUI or have an alcoholic drink in your hands outside of the bar. Can’t believe this law exists in the US
"We just sucked." - Tom Brady 9/19/2010
True, walking home drunk is much better
than driving home drunk. However, trying to get into an unknown woman’s car at a traffic light, may have been what did him in, that is, if there’s any truth to that report.
ohh....
Yeah, if this is true then it changes everything.. He was drunk and dumb
"We just sucked." - Tom Brady 9/19/2010
Notwithstanding the overall stupidity of his actions as a whole, if he said he was waiting for a ride...
…and he actually tried to get into an unknown woman’s car, then it is possible that he just thought, in his inebriated state, that said car was indeed the ride for which he was waiting. It is not as though vehicles are unique snowflakes; said differently, many people own the same car. Heck, many people own the same blue SUV I own, and I have mistaken other vehicles for my own in many a parking lot numerous times…while completely sober. You’ve all done it, too.
by The Learned Hand on Oct 20, 2010 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions
It's a silly law
but in some cases, a very good one. This law is in some ways is more about preventing you from doing harm to yourself and others.
by DevilsReject on Oct 20, 2010 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Exactly
Considering Pat was swimming in a dirty canal at 5am on a 39 degree night, the law is more than justified. The incident is more an embarrassment to Pat than anything else. He’s a good kid. I wouldn’t worry about this too much unless it starts becoming habitual.
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by Brad Wells on Oct 20, 2010 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Precisely
We’d all would have been quite sad if we had woken up today and found out he had drowned in the canal. This is why this law exists….it’s to help prevent bad things from happening.
by DevilsReject on Oct 20, 2010 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
How many of the rest of you "young" people have never made a mistake? Yet here you sit
in judgment on someone else. If you were arrested, the police blotter blurb would only be interesting to your family and friends. Pat is unfortunate that his is now being ridiculed by such wonderful people as TMZ and Mike Florio. God, I’ll bet these people have never, ever been drunk in public. Oh, yeah, that’s right. NO ONE WOULD GIVE A SHIT!!!!!! RIGHT. BBS???
by coltsfoot85 on Oct 20, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Generally the law is only enforced when the individual poses a risk to himself or others
This law, much like loitering, is used by law enforcement as a catch-all legal justification for common sense actions. Because it is so broad it can be abused (seems overbroad), but it is precisely that ambiguity that makes it such a good tool when used sensibly.
There was a guy not too long ago here that tried to sit down on the edge of a public fountain, fell backwards into the fountain and drowned.
After the fact his family said that they wished a police officer would have seen him and done something. But if PI wasn’t an option, what could the officer have done?
some funny quotes from Pat to the Police officers
Police had asked him if he had been swimming in the Broad Ripple Canal, which he responded,
“I don’t know.”They then asked him why he was wet and he responded,
“It was raining.”Too bad it hadn’t rained since the day before. Next, they asked him where his shirt was, he said
“It is in the water.”They then asked him how much alcohol he had dranks and he replied,
“A lot cause I am drunk.”McAfee told police he was waiting for a ride home but instead decided on taking a cab. He asked police if he could walk home saying,
“I know I am drunk but does that mean I cannot walk home?”He then was arrested for public intoxication after having a BAC of .15 and taken downtown.
"We just sucked." - Tom Brady 9/19/2010
Silly reaction?
He didn’t like what you wrote about him and called you on it. Hardly seems silly to me.
I agree that the Colts probably won’t do anything to drastic. The NFL wasn’t even allowed to suspend Braylon Edwards for his very public DUI, so I would assume the only discipline would come from within the organization.
Colts can cut him
can’t suspend him, but CBA allows for the team to cut him, I hope they don’t but they can
"We just sucked." - Tom Brady 9/19/2010
Silly (and stupid) drunk in public...
but his reaction to your BS was not silly.
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
By your BS...
I meant BBS’s BS…LOL!!!
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
Bit of a stretch...
…to say that there exists a “stigma of ‘idiot’ kickers from West Virginia playing for the Colts,” let alone that McAfee has been saddled with mitigating that stigma. There is a BIG difference between one kicker getting liquored up and bad-mouthing Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy, and another kicker allegedly going for an drunken swim.
by The Learned Hand on Oct 20, 2010 9:13 AM EDT reply actions
Don't leave out the best part..
when he makes the ‘money’ signal in front of the Patriots’ bench immediately before missing what would have been a game-tying field goal. : )
Keep the faith!
Hahaha, god...
….you had to go there, to the next level, didn’t ya?!
by The Learned Hand on Oct 20, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
This is true.
Friggin’ idiot.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Oct 20, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
The idiot being
Vandershank, that is.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Oct 20, 2010 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
BFD
People are intoxicated in public and do stupid shit all the time…The kid is still young. He is a 2nd year player who all of a sudden is making a ton of money…he wasn’t trying to harm anyone else and at least he had the smarts to not drive to the bar like a bunch of other morons in the NFL. I want to party with Pat…and let’s please stop bringing up the twitter fiasco with Pat because that crap was beat to death and will do nothing productive.
He made a mistake, oh well…no harm no foul.
"I’m very fast. I’m like Forest Gump except... I am not an idiot." - Michael Scott
by Z.Pain on Oct 20, 2010 9:25 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
My point exactly. College students, which many of you are, should be very forgiving of foible.
McAfee has been punting a LOT this year so far. And the chance to relax and party a little may have seemed too good to miss. I love this guy and do not judge him at all. Since the Colts did absolutely nothing to Moala, why should they give Pat a hard time?
by coltsfoot85 on Oct 20, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
This shouldn’t even be a story because he should have never been arrested.
You should read 12th Horseman. Do it.
I also have Twitter.
I disagree
He was endangering himself and potentially others. He was swimming in a canal completely drunk and in weather cold enough to kill himself if he had been out in it long enough.
Add to that that he was twice the legal limit of what a DUI would result…
It is a story because he’s a professional athlete caught doing something stupid. Do I think he should get more than a slap on the wrist? Not at all.
As I mentioned above, it would not be funny at all if he was lost for the season due to illness or injury obtained while being a drunken fool swimming in cold weather in what I’m sure was quite cold water.
by DevilsReject on Oct 20, 2010 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree with what you say...
but who cares what he blew? He wasn’t driving so DUI does not mean a thing…
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
by TRDean on Oct 20, 2010 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It doesn't?
So when he stumbles out into traffic and some poor kid or woman runs him over…..then does it matter? Or what if he had tried to climb into a car that belonged to someone else and got shot?
If you cannot be responsible enough when you have hundreds of thousands of dollars to make sure you can get a ride home, then perhaps its time you re-evaluate what you are doing when you party.
by DevilsReject on Oct 20, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
So you've never had a jackass moment?
Get over yourself.
Get over myself?
How about you grow up. If you cannot be an adult and take responsibility for your stupidity, then you do not deserve my sympathy.
The point you are overlooking, not getting, or simply forgetting, is that Pat McAfee is a great guy. I’m glad he’s a part of the team. You do not get a pass however for being a complete idiot. We didn’t give a pass to Dominic Rhodes, Fili Moala, or John Gill, so why should he be any different?
by DevilsReject on Oct 20, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
He's not asking for your sympathy
The guy was swimming in the canal…it’s funny…I didn’t know Rhoades, Moala, Gill and all of us were seeking your approval.
I give you a pass for being a complete idiot.
Oh, it was hilarious...
And I still find it quite amusing… as I find you amusing.
Perhaps when you grow up you can use grown up words too.
by DevilsReject on Oct 20, 2010 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
ha
freedom means shit.. cant drive , cant walk , but you are allow to buy it .. cool
"We just sucked." - Tom Brady 9/19/2010
Try telling that to Donte Stallworth
Stallworth killed a man while intoxicated, yet, the guy he killed was jaywalking….which in Florida, is against the law…
No one would have faulted Stallworth at all had he been sober…
by DevilsReject on Oct 20, 2010 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
DUI is Driving...
I’ve never heard of WUI…but I see you have the moral high ground here…rock on!
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
did someone actually saw him swimming ??
you can get wet without swimming…
"We just sucked." - Tom Brady 9/19/2010
We don't really know if he was swimming in the canal. That's just what the police asked him.
Being wet could have happened some other way.
by coltsfoot85 on Oct 20, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
You're right....
he could have spit all over himself. LOL But, his shirt was in the canal! Call me crazy, but I’m going to go out on a limb and say he took a dip. Although, if I was Pat and I really wanted to go swimming, I probably would have staggered over to the Riviera Club pool and climbed the fence, if they haven’t drained it by now. That water may be slightly cleaner.
agree
Here if you are drunk driving they take you to jail :)… but if your not driving the police will even take you home..
"We just sucked." - Tom Brady 9/19/2010
Shawshank
Your new Delta Tau Chi name is Shawshank.
Pat, I hope you at least recreated the scene when Andy came out of the sewer into the creek in Shawshank Redemption, ripped off his shirt, fell to his knees and raised his arms to the sky.
that water
almost as nasty as that sewer in Shawshank
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Oct 20, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Athletes are people too. We’ve all been drunk enough in Broad Ripple to consider going for a swim in the canal at least once. I’m just kind of wondering who he was drinking with on a Tuesday night.
That being said, it’s worth noting that he was looking at getting a ride, either from someone else or a cab, or walking. He never indicated an intent to drive, which makes him OK in my book.
And I get that cops aren’t a free taxi service, but if someone is clearly drunk, why can’t they just call them a cab?
We rise. They fall.
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I havent lost any respect for him at all
This isnt DUI or getting into drunken fights or anything like that. He just got wasted and thats all.
Hank Baskett IS A WANKER
Country roads... take me home... to the place... I belong...
West Virginia… Mountain mama… take me home… country roads…
Sounds like he never really left.
Haha. At least he wasnt driving… this should be a non-issue. Bye week for you guys… guy was just out for some drinks and a swim… SUI / SWI?
PS… please beat Houston next week. Im so sick of the “experts” telling me that they are going to be the surprise/up in coming team every year.
Buffalow :-(
Who Hasnt wanted to do a drunk swim...
After a Pacers Preseason Overtime win, Pat was just stoked about Roy’s 27, 16, and 6 night!
Actually...
We used to jump in the canal all the time right by that intersection, on the CVS side… Not in October though…
I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of work ... I suspect its a bit like fucking, which is only fun for amateurs. -Hunter Thompson
by RockyRippleColtsFan on Oct 20, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
I think he was celebrating
the cutting of Kenny Moore and got a bit carried away..
by Ayrshire on Oct 20, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The legend Of Pat grows...
I think its pretty funny to be honest! all you doo gooders talking about him putting lives in danger should wake up and get off your high horse!
I completely agree that BBS’s article was out of line and Pat had every right to kick up a storm!
He’s one of the best special teamers we’ve got…or should we call back Hunter…?
by jack-manning on Oct 20, 2010 11:12 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Possible Silver Lining?
Here’s the thing: I don’t condone the behavior, but in reading the Indy Star report, it sounds as if he was polite and cooperative, and didn’t pull the “Don’t you know who I am?” trip with the police. I think that’s something to keep him from attaining the full-on idiot kicker status. Also, if he was ROR’d, I doubt there will be official charges filed.
Also, wouldn’t the Colts cut him? They usually don’t give much lee-way in this department. And we freakin need the kid!
I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of work ... I suspect its a bit like fucking, which is only fun for amateurs. -Hunter Thompson
by RockyRippleColtsFan on Oct 20, 2010 11:14 AM EDT reply actions
that water is filthy
not fit for swimming, I used to live on White River
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Oct 20, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Dock him a game's paycheck
Let him play the Texans game but dock him a game’s paycheck for what he did. Also, let him apologize and explain things to his teammates. I think that would send a message and would be appropriate punishment for what he did.
I find it terribly funny
I am a 31 year old engineer and I find myself doing stupid stuff like this all the time. I am not in the national spot light but I am not the least bit offended by this. In fact, I want to party with Pat next time I am in town for a game. Braylon Edwards got benched for a quarter after being arrested for DUI in which Edwards blew three times the legal limit. If the Colts brass does more then a one quarter benching I hope he files a grievance. Here’s to a speedy resolution that should have been taken care of last night by the cops simply giving him a lift home. Hey Pat, next time I am home for a game the first round is on me!
I think we as Colts fans need to step up here: if anyone sees Pat McAfee drunk in Broad Ripple again, get him a burrito and offer him a ride home.
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by MonkeyBusiness on Oct 20, 2010 11:37 AM EDT reply actions
Excellent plan!
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Oct 20, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
That water is filthy!!!!!
When I lived in Indy( moved to FL. in 1991) I lived on the White River which is connected to the BR Canal- THAT water is filthy- hope he doesn’t get sick!!!!!! Tell him to build a huge pool at his home!!!!
he wasn't even with a woman
or another person,, that makes it worse ,, beyond stupid to do something like that,, nice message to all of his younger fans
someone
build him a nice pool with a huge bar and a bar tender and some floats so he won’t drown when he goes in the pool drunk
thanks
not a horrible mug shot I’ve seen a lot worse
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Oct 20, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
bottom line
hopefully he will not get suspended from any games if he does, and Colts lose a game as a result of him being suspended, I know most fans and people of this blog would not be very happy, Roger G. and Colts management do not like that and whether you agree with Roger D and Colts management , he has an obligation while he is a Colts player , not to be a stupid drunk
people are making too much of this
it was a little stupid of McAfee, but its not like he drove home being that drunk. I say just give him a small fine and call it even.
true
but just doesn’t look good,, another dumb stupid football player, not what the NFL wants and whether you like it or not a lot of kids look up to these guys bad message
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Oct 20, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Why are ppl saying he was swimming in the canal?
From the Star article “Duhamell said McAfee might have been in the canal, which runs alongside Westfield Boulevard but no witnesses saw him in the water.”
It’s just as likely (maybe MORE likely) that he just FELL in, as oppossed to voluntarily taking a midnight dip.
that is worse if he fell in
could have samked his head and died
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Oct 20, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
heard
that Oakland or Cinn.will trade us a first rounder for him
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