An Alabama alumnus showed up for the game and sat in his assigned seat, only to be confronted by a woman and her friends who had been saving rows of seats. After she allegedly called him a racial slur and insulted him, he started recording the encounter π³
Instead of a 24-team playoff drawn from soulless conferences, how about four 20-team conferences with 10-team regional divisions? Four conference title games feed two New Yearβs Day semifinals, with the national championship the first Saturday after New Yearβs.
A uniformed sheriff's deputy walked into an IRS office to ask a simple tax question. Minutes later, a security guard had his gun pointed toward the deputy's back as he tried to leave.
And guess who ended up with a criminal conviction?
It wasn't the deputy.
Lucas County Sheriff's Deputy Alan Gaston was on duty and in full uniform when he stopped at an IRS office in Toledo, Ohio, to ask about a personal tax matter.
Security guard Seth Eklund told him firearms weren't permitted because he wasn't there on official law enforcement business.
Gaston asked if there was a secure place to store his duty weapon.
There wasn't.
So he decided to leave rather than argue or leave his firearm unattended.
That should have been the end of it.
Instead, Eklund drew his own handgun, followed the deputy toward the elevator, and attempted to detain him.
An IRS employee called 911 to report someone with a gun inside the building, without mentioning that the individual was a uniformed sheriff's deputy.
But here's the unexpected ending.
Eklund was fired and eventually found guilty of misdemeanor assault after pleading no contest. He received probation and a suspended six-month jail sentence.
The deputy walked in with a tax question. The security guard walked away with a criminal conviction.
All because a man tried to leave peacefully.
Sources: Star Oregon State quarterback Braden Atkinson is not expected to play this weekend at Boise State. Heβs dealing with hand injury suffered in the Texas State game on Saturday. He leads the nation in passing yards.