12-06-2011, 04:44 PM
Oregon's Cliff Harris. He of the umpteenth Second Chance.
Lucky because he was gifted with enough physical talents to start on a very physically gifted Oregon defensive backfield.
Lucky because despite his other gift for screwing the pooch when it came to complex challenges-- like simply obeying the law-- he played for the one coach in the western U.S. who would put up w/ that kind of crap.
Lucky because instead of crashing the car while loaded w/ weed at 130+ mph. he and his companion merely got pulled over.
Lucky because, for some reason, people believed his story after the traffic stop and he got put back in the corral with all the other lucky Oregon players.
Unlucky because waaaaay back in his past nobody whupped him upside the head for being such an idiot. Unlucky because people kept telling him how great he was even when he screwed up.
Unlucky because serial screw-ups finally wear out their welcome, which Cliff did, already on probation he was popped for drug possession in his home town of Fresno in November. Unlucky because with his track record and only one more season of eligibility, no worthwhile program will touch him and he's not THAT special so the NFL might not even want him around.
Lucky because he was gifted with enough physical talents to start on a very physically gifted Oregon defensive backfield.
Lucky because despite his other gift for screwing the pooch when it came to complex challenges-- like simply obeying the law-- he played for the one coach in the western U.S. who would put up w/ that kind of crap.
Lucky because instead of crashing the car while loaded w/ weed at 130+ mph. he and his companion merely got pulled over.
Lucky because, for some reason, people believed his story after the traffic stop and he got put back in the corral with all the other lucky Oregon players.
Unlucky because waaaaay back in his past nobody whupped him upside the head for being such an idiot. Unlucky because people kept telling him how great he was even when he screwed up.
Unlucky because serial screw-ups finally wear out their welcome, which Cliff did, already on probation he was popped for drug possession in his home town of Fresno in November. Unlucky because with his track record and only one more season of eligibility, no worthwhile program will touch him and he's not THAT special so the NFL might not even want him around.