More arrests...

[Slacker USC]

Looks like this time it's the women's basketball team. :-x

USC police arrested two members of the Gamecocks’ women’s basketball team today in connection with financial card theft and drug-related charges.


Jasmine Payne and Ashlie Billingslea, both freshman guards, were arrested this afternoon following the search of a room at the South Quad dormitory, according to USC spokesman Russ McKinney.


McKinney said “the number of and exact charges” that will be brought against Payne and Billingslea have yet to be fully determined. The players are expected to be formally charged tonight and booked at the Richland County jail.


http://www.thestate.com/breaking/story/362810.html

[Go Cocks]

Good grief! I just knew that this was an April fools joke until I went to the link.

Way to go girls! You're in BIG trouble...

:-x

[SNEEZ]

dear god, make me a bird so i can fly far.....

[leftysrites]

Sneez, you cracked me up.:rotfl:

[airforcecocky]

hyman hyman hyman what type of program do you run?!?!?! cant say its just one coach in one sport now.

[The Dude]

hyman hyman hyman what type of program do you run?!?!?! cant say its just one coach in one sport now.

holy crap...I'm STILL amazed at some of the things that people try to pin on Hyman...

You know, Hyman is the reason for global warming.

maybe you think Hyman should have fired Tanner, since Chisenhall and Fuller last year stole money from their coach.

[cboom4250]

holy crap...I'm STILL amazed at some of the things that people try to pin on Hyman...

You know, Hyman is the reason for global warming.

people are always going to find one person to try to pin everything on. promise you that if Horn does a good job here, it won't be credited to Hyman for signing him, but to the "coach who hasn't been named" that helped bring horn here. Hyman is the reason we have so much coming at USC (horn, new baseball field, williams brice additions, etc)

but, on the story of the thread.... i'd love one week to go by where i don't have to read the words "gamecock athlete arrested" ... it's beyond ridiculous at this point.

[usc90grad]

Those are some pretty serious charges. Hope they do well on the prison b-ball team.

[ShutTheSuccop]

Hyman is such a douche...that bitch should be popped

[happygilmore527]

holy crap...I'm STILL amazed at some of the things that people try to pin on Hyman...

You know, Hyman is the reason for global warming.

maybe you think Hyman should have fired Tanner, since Chisenhall and Fuller last year stole money from their coach.

Hyman did battle the D in the song "Tribute"

Maybe Walvius should take the fall although she does have a stellar record here at USC...

[The Dude]

Hyman did battle the D in the song "Tribute"


well, when put up against the D....thats pretty much a no brainer.
they'll rock your f****** socks off!

[airforcecocky]

This is what I will say, I will give Hyman credit, if its due and only a few season will tell, for the hire basketball hire but, you never had these program WIDE issues with McGee (as much as I didnt overly care for him.) Also, there is the missing money issue, the construction delays (ie the baseball stadium) all that come back to the head of the athletic program. Bottom line, and how I tie this into the main theme of the thread, never before in the history of this university has there been such widespread missmanagment of funds, overbudget and behind schedule construction (btw has anyone actually seen anything other than plans and drawings for anything but the baseball stadium?) rampant arrests among VARIOUS athletic teams for SERIOUS crimes (not just your normal college kids got in a fight stuff) and never before has the university ever suffered such a public black eye has it has since Hyman took over. If so please tell me when? And don't say the Morrison and steriods because that was one sport/one scandel. And we are not even talking about that fact that the sports teams have failed to meet the very public goals set forth by its "CEO." All the while raising prices for supporting these students who CONTINUE to commit crimes. WHY HAS SOMEONE AT THE UNIVERSITY NOT STOP THIS DEPARTMENT WIDE?!? IS $64 MILLION NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO AN INTERNAL INVESITIGATION AND FIND OUT WHO IS COMMITING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE STUDENT ATHLETIC ORGANIZATION AND STOP THEM?!? But people on the web somehow would rather get upset with the people questioning Hyman. Reminds me a bit of the people who used to bash the people asking "where are the WMD's?"

And I just wanted to add that I have nothing personal against anyone here at all. I do this kind of stuff for a living. Gut feeling analysis of situational inteligence. Sometimes right sometimes wrong. But something is just not adding up at USC under him. But I just want to make sure its clear I have nothing against anyone here.

[Wazir]

I don't give HYMEN any credit for doing much of anything but sitting around on a chair.
Get rid of this jerk. The new Basketball hire may prove MEDIUM at best just like Odom was the Savior. LOL
South Carolina: A revolving door of coaches in every field.

You lost my Silver Spur three years ago. It seems to be proceeding on the same desalating level.

[MEGA]

I don't give HYMEN any credit for doing much of anything but sitting around on a chair.
Get rid of this jerk. The new Basketball hire may prove MEDIUM at best just like Odom was the Savior. LOL
South Carolina: A revolving door of coaches in every field.

You lost my Silver Spur three years ago. It seems to be proceeding on the same desalating level.

I feel very good about our new hire , I think he will work out well !!

[TaterHater1984]

You know, Hyman is the reason gas prices are going up. Why does everyone insist on blaming things on him that he has nothing to do with? Becuase I'm sure he told them to do it. Give me a break.

[The Dude]

This is what I will say, I will give Hyman credit, if its due and only a few season will tell, for the hire basketball hire but, you never had these program WIDE issues with McGee (as much as I didnt overly care for him.) Also, there is the missing money issue, the construction delays (ie the baseball stadium) all that come back to the head of the athletic program. Bottom line, and how I tie this into the main theme of the thread, never before in the history of this university has there been such widespread missmanagment of funds, overbudget and behind schedule construction (btw has anyone actually seen anything other than plans and drawings for anything but the baseball stadium?) rampant arrests among VARIOUS athletic teams for SERIOUS crimes (not just your normal college kids got in a fight stuff) and never before has the university ever suffered such a public black eye has it has since Hyman took over. If so please tell me when? And don't say the Morrison and steriods because that was one sport/one scandel. And we are not even talking about that fact that the sports teams have failed to meet the very public goals set forth by its "CEO." All the while raising prices for supporting these students who CONTINUE to commit crimes. WHY HAS SOMEONE AT THE UNIVERSITY NOT STOP THIS DEPARTMENT WIDE?!? IS $64 MILLION NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO AN INTERNAL INVESITIGATION AND FIND OUT WHO IS COMMITING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE STUDENT ATHLETIC ORGANIZATION AND STOP THEM?!? But people on the web somehow would rather get upset with the people questioning Hyman. Reminds me a bit of the people who used to bash the people asking "where are the WMD's?"

And I just wanted to add that I have nothing personal against anyone here at all. I do this kind of stuff for a living. Gut feeling analysis of situational inteligence. Sometimes right sometimes wrong. But something is just not adding up at USC under him. But I just want to make sure its clear I have nothing against anyone here.

i read this entire post and wish i hadnt wasted that 2 minutes out of my life. nothing in your post warrants any real consideration, because your logic to connect hyman to these things isnt up to par.

[Slacker USC]

This is what I will say, I will give Hyman credit, if its due and only a few season will tell, for the hire basketball hire but, you never had these program WIDE issues with McGee (as much as I didnt overly care for him.) Also, there is the missing money issue, the construction delays (ie the baseball stadium) all that come back to the head of the athletic program. Bottom line, and how I tie this into the main theme of the thread, never before in the history of this university has there been such widespread missmanagment of funds, overbudget and behind schedule construction (btw has anyone actually seen anything other than plans and drawings for anything but the baseball stadium?) rampant arrests among VARIOUS athletic teams for SERIOUS crimes (not just your normal college kids got in a fight stuff) and never before has the university ever suffered such a public black eye has it has since Hyman took over. If so please tell me when? And don't say the Morrison and steriods because that was one sport/one scandel. And we are not even talking about that fact that the sports teams have failed to meet the very public goals set forth by its "CEO." All the while raising prices for supporting these students who CONTINUE to commit crimes. WHY HAS SOMEONE AT THE UNIVERSITY NOT STOP THIS DEPARTMENT WIDE?!? IS $64 MILLION NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO AN INTERNAL INVESITIGATION AND FIND OUT WHO IS COMMITING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE STUDENT ATHLETIC ORGANIZATION AND STOP THEM?!? But people on the web somehow would rather get upset with the people questioning Hyman. Reminds me a bit of the people who used to bash the people asking "where are the WMD's?"

And I just wanted to add that I have nothing personal against anyone here at all. I do this kind of stuff for a living. Gut feeling analysis of situational inteligence. Sometimes right sometimes wrong. But something is just not adding up at USC under him. But I just want to make sure its clear I have nothing against anyone here.


Missing money issue? This is just something you and a bunch of other clowns keep bringing up, and I've never seen ONE thing that points to any financial mismanagement.

Proof: Bring it. Use it. Do SOMETHING other than spout nonsense and perpetuate lies that do nothing but confuse other simple minds.

[bleaster]

This is what I will say, I will give Hyman credit, if its due and only a few season will tell, for the hire basketball hire but, you never had these program WIDE issues with McGee (as much as I didnt overly care for him.) Also, there is the missing money issue, the construction delays (ie the baseball stadium) all that come back to the head of the athletic program. Bottom line, and how I tie this into the main theme of the thread, never before in the history of this university has there been such widespread missmanagment of funds, overbudget and behind schedule construction (btw has anyone actually seen anything other than plans and drawings for anything but the baseball stadium?) rampant arrests among VARIOUS athletic teams for SERIOUS crimes (not just your normal college kids got in a fight stuff) and never before has the university ever suffered such a public black eye has it has since Hyman took over. If so please tell me when? And don't say the Morrison and steriods because that was one sport/one scandel. And we are not even talking about that fact that the sports teams have failed to meet the very public goals set forth by its "CEO." All the while raising prices for supporting these students who CONTINUE to commit crimes. WHY HAS SOMEONE AT THE UNIVERSITY NOT STOP THIS DEPARTMENT WIDE?!? IS $64 MILLION NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO AN INTERNAL INVESITIGATION AND FIND OUT WHO IS COMMITING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE STUDENT ATHLETIC ORGANIZATION AND STOP THEM?!? But people on the web somehow would rather get upset with the people questioning Hyman. Reminds me a bit of the people who used to bash the people asking "where are the WMD's?"

And I just wanted to add that I have nothing personal against anyone here at all. I do this kind of stuff for a living. Gut feeling analysis of situational inteligence. Sometimes right sometimes wrong. But something is just not adding up at USC under him. But I just want to make sure its clear I have nothing against anyone here.

is this an April Fool's joke post?

[uscfan79]

So sick and tired of the Hyman bashing. My god, some people will find ANYTHING to blame on the man. Now we are blaming him for players getting arrested? What a damn joke!!

Makes no sense to hate the man. Why, because he came in and HAD to raise prices of tickets and dues and charge for parking, because the great Mcgee left the program in debt? So many bitch about how Williams Brice needs improvements, and we need the baseball stadium, and we need this and we need that, but than you are same people that bitch that we have to pay more SO WE CAN HAVE THESE IMPROVEMENTS!!!! How do you expect to do all these things if your not raising money to do it???

Sound like a bunch of damn babies crying to your mommy that the bullies stole your lunch money again!! GET OVER IT!!! The man is doing his job!

[Cockholio]

Not back on the board long and already back to ripping the athletic program. I don't need sunshine blown up my skirt every day but some of the bullshit people post here at CockyTalk about Hyman and the program simply is not appreciated. Have you ever heard of FGF? Take it over there.

[BigGeorge]

Those are some pretty serious charges. Hope they do well on the prison b-ball team.


They would get their ass handed to them, unless Pat Summit finds herself in the Richland Co jail!

[FinchMcCrunkNasty]

dude, do we screen these ass clowns before we give them schollies?

[Ga_Gamecock]

holy crap...I'm STILL amazed at some of the things that people try to pin on Hyman...

You know, Hyman is the reason for global warming.

maybe you think Hyman should have fired Tanner, since Chisenhall and Fuller last year stole money from their coach.

Yeah.

hes taken on the long overdue task of revamping our athletic budget to make us more profitable, spearheaded many newbuilds to vastly improve facilites, and just hired that "loser" from WKU who just got back for the sweet 16.

man that guy sucks

[acejrock]

Yeah.

hes taken on the long overdue task of revamping our athletic budget to make us more profitable, spearheaded many newbuilds to vastly improve facilites, and just hired that "loser" from WKU who just got back for the sweet 16.

man that guy sucks

:rotfl: true

[BigGeorge]

holy crap...I'm STILL amazed at some of the things that people try to pin on Hyman...

You know, Hyman is the reason for global warming.

maybe you think Hyman should have fired Tanner, since Chisenhall and Fuller last year stole money from their coach.



If Hyman had these girls running credit card fraud to pump money into the football program then I'm all for it, maybe that's how we're paying for Horn!
Ahh, where's Don Imus when you need him?

[gAmkok]

Some folks will always rag on Hyman (and everyone else) because, even though they themselves have no desire or qualifications to take his place, nobody can do a job better than they can. That's just how they think - they're the expert on any and every thing and everyone else sucks. And they have a drive to tell as many people as possible of this "fact".

Now, if Hyman recruited these trouble making players, then pile on. It's all about judging the character of who you're recruiting. If a coach does a poor job of that, players get arrested. I believe this is the first incident for the women's basketball team under Walvius so cut her some slack, but she needs to pay closer attention to who she's signing.

Do these arrests count toward the Fulmer Cup or is that just football?

[garnet4ever]

I don't give HYMEN any credit for doing much of anything but sitting around on a chair.
Get rid of this jerk. The new Basketball hire may prove MEDIUM at best just like Odom was the Savior. LOL
South Carolina: A revolving door of coaches in every field.

You lost my Silver Spur three years ago. It seems to be proceeding on the same desalating level.

geez ... so Hyman is to blame for the "so called" revolving door? Not sure where this is coming from ...

[BigGeorge]

geez ... so Hyman is to blame for the "so called" revolving door? Not sure where this is coming from ...


Hyman slammed that door shut today!!!!!!!!

[garnet4ever]

Hyman slammed that door shut today!!!!!!!!


You got that right BigGeorge! :wink:

[Love Boat Captain]

I don't give HYMEN any credit for doing much of anything but sitting around on a chair.
Get rid of this jerk. The new Basketball hire may prove MEDIUM at best just like Odom was the Savior. LOL
South Carolina: A revolving door of coaches in every field.

You lost my Silver Spur three years ago. It seems to be proceeding on the same desalating level.

Thank you for leaving. The fanbase just got a tiny bit better based on your departure...but if you took away your support why have we seen record amounts of money rolling into the University and it's athletic department? I guess your little hissy fit revolt isn't working as planned.

[woodscock]

Maybe "HYMAN" should be busted.

:rotfl: :lol:

[gamecockhub]

I don't like Hyman or many of the things he is doing and would be very happy if he went elsewhere, BUT he has no blame for any player who goes out and commits a crime or does something stupid in public. Neither he nor the coaches for that matter can be with every player 24/7 and it all boils down to personal responsibility!!!! The players know right from wrong and the consequences of those wrong actions and all of the responsibility lies with those players involved and them alone.
This cannot be laid at his door.

[usc90grad]

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/304/imuswv8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[CockandLock]

According to Richland County Jail, these players have been charged with:

Credit Card Theft
Credit Card Fraud
Possession of Marijuana
Intent to Distribute
Petit Larceny

I agree that there is noone that can be held responsible for these players but the players themselves. If crime were preventable by peers, family etc there would be no need for jails. These players decided to be all grown and make grown up choices - very very sad for their families, their teammates, coaches and the program in general. What selfish stupid actions!!!

[CockyChrisCox]

nm

[CockandLock]

Is this the first ever arrest of a women's basketball player(s) in the history of the program?

[usc90grad]

Is this the first ever arrest of a women's basketball player(s) in the history of the program?

It might be in the history of NCAA basketball!

[USCbaseballguy]

I don't give HYMEN any credit for doing much of anything but sitting around on a chair.
Get rid of this jerk. The new Basketball hire may prove MEDIUM at best just like Odom was the Savior. LOL
South Carolina: A revolving door of coaches in every field.

You lost my Silver Spur three years ago. It seems to be proceeding on the same desalating level.

The revolving door statement is crazy. We have STEVE SPURRIER one of the bes coachs in the country. Ask anyone they will tell you that. Ray Tanner has run one of the most sucsess full baseball programs in the country. 7 out of 9 super reagionals one of only 2 schools. 2nd highest win total since 2000. The list keeps going. I would say thats a great coach. And now Darrin Horn who is fresh off a sweet 16 trip with one of the best big guys (Morrow) in the country set to come in. Ya horrible coaching staff just fire the whole damn thing why dont you. Pathetic.

[CockandLock]

:rotfl:

[WayzUp]

Just wow.....

[Flameout12]

They are back in the hole. :thumbs:

USC women’s basketball players jailed on additional charges

By Joseph Person
The State
Published: April 3, 2008

Authorities filed additional charges today against the USC women’s basketball players accused of stealing credit and debit cards and planning to sell marijuana.A day after being released from the Richland County jail, Jasmine Payne and Ashlie Billingslea are back in jail after USC police connected them to two other thefts at the Blatt P.E. Center. Payne, 18, of Bay Springs, Miss., faces six additional counts for a total of 11 charges, most of which are felonies. With three new charges, the 19-year-old Billingslea, of Stone Mountain, Ga., has a total of eight counts against her.

http://www.gogamecocks.com/index.php/site/daily_article/usc_womens_basketball_players_jailed_on_additional _charges/

[XLcock86]

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[CackDiesel]

WOW

[usc90grad]

Thank God the national media doesn't care about women's basketball.

Although these many charges will probably make the news.

[CockandLock]

This would have already garnered alot of national attetion had the womens program been more successful this year. With these additional charges I am sure the AP is going to carry it nationally.

How many criminal athletes does that make us in the past three months alone???:thumbs:

[FoghornLeghornCock]

Maybe the reason some of these students think it is no big deal to commit these crimes is too many in our society want to shift part of the blame to other people who have absolutely nothing to do with the crimes they commit. My big complaint is too many of you don't buy into individual accountability and responsibility. You just love shared blame. I may not like Tammy, but I doubt he has anything at all to do with his players bad behavior nor do our coaches or Hyman. Some of you are part of the problem.

[CockandLock]

I dont blame anyone directly but the players. If the coaches are recruiting players with prior issues then I blame the coaches.

For me some of these players get so much hype and attention it is almost like they think they can do anything and get away with it.

[sc455]

yep, at some point you gotta act grown up. to revisit the garcia situation a second i will say that his decision to break the law and drink in wide open public with the radio blaring was a stupid decision and he and the team are paying for that mistake.

[M.C.]

fckin sick of it

[acejrock]

incredible

[Spurrier 'Em]

wow....sorry, i can't come up with much more to say other than wow...thats pretty incredible that people like that are even able to make it past infancy since it's fairly obvious they are among the STUPIDEST people alive...wish they never had a tie to the university

[Wazir]

Let 'em go and face their punishment.