SMUer wrote:Okay, none of the dealers smoked (contrary to sworn affidavits), 5 customers tested positive and 11 others are positive but not beyond the error margin of the test...so the number swings to 9-20 involved with pot, about 25% of team, which I find more believable but certainly not "5"...the problem is, the same report saying 5/11 also says 86 negative players...so 86+9/20= 95/106 players being tested...that's a lot of players...maybe they mean players and personel but that isn't how it's being reported. It isn't 5 and the other numbers are screwed up in that unsourced leak.
Just so you know, even using your new math, the numbers would still be lower than the national average which was 26.7% as of 2009 for NCAA football. Source: Page 15 of http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/SAHS09.pdf. Now, of course, you will still question the credibility of the source because of who you are but it is worth noting that the FWST and ESPN among others felt the source was credible enough to run the story. In addition, it is doubtful Patterson would have made the strong statement that TCU does not have a drug problem if he knew the results from the drug test were high. He would have instead taken a different tact because he would know that those drug test results could be subpoenaed especially with the drug bust investigation. I am sure you will now dream up some type of grand schemer scenario or conspiracy theory to justify your hopes of a great scandal, but at this point it is far more likely you are just wrong. Occam's razor trumps your Da Vinci Code-esque theories and suppositions.
It's not new math, 5+4+11+86 is just math, plain ole simple grade school math. As for the source, newspapers will use any source they can to write an article. FSSW and ESPN in particular have proven to be anything but careful when vetting articles for print. If facts were to change or the source was to be proven wrong, it becomes a scandal or simply "situation update". Coaches and Administrators stupidly lie as well, several recent examples exist. In any case, we very likely will never know the actual test results but according to the source whose word you guys accept as dogma, you have 102-106 football players on your team which I find surprising. What do you think?
And great, you're marginally better than Long Beach State, Clemson and San Diego State, congratu-freakin-lations. 2-3 less pot-smoking players! Wow! You guys and TCU are proclaiming TCU as an actual oasis from drug-use, only 4 arrests in previous 4 years! What this event shows is that TCU actually suffers similar drug problems as other schools, students and football, but you make fewer arrests despite the fact that use is probably similar. Off your high-horse now...
