Study, practice, eat, repeat. This will fill up 24 hours, leaves no time for potential [filtered word].

What a farce!

TTU's utter hypocrisy on this is amazing. This is an organization so politically correct with its ordinary employees that joking is banned lest it offend some sensitive female employee. Meanwhile one of Tubby's thugs roughs up a woman and has to sign a protective order to avoid going to trial for assault, and it's no big deal. Tubby even proclaims the goon is totally innocent - just as innocent as Tubby himself must be in that Ponzi scheme.

A crime was actually committed but with a slight-of-hand document, it really didn't! Now is time to go down to the Depot District for some fun with a few of your teammates.

if you're boy Cobb is in fact 100% innocent, then, um, why did he have to sign the protective order??? Hmmmmmm. Nice spin there coach.

If the truth be known the female probably received pressure from people loyal to or associated with TTU football to not press charges. Then the DA as usual gives in and does not pursue charges.

So what Tuberville said is a lie. Cobb did do something it was just not heard by a jury to determine his guilt or innocents.

I would like to know how much it cost the tax payers to have cases investigated by the police to just have the DA work his bag of tricks and do nothing with the case. Personally I beleive if the victim insist on a report and investigation by the police and then decides to not follow through with the DA they should pay for the investigation. Not the tax payers. I would guess this is even more common in property cases where the victim gets back what they lost so they drop charges.

You were going great until you suggested that victims be charged with costs for "dropping" the case. There are many reasons a victim might have done this. Let me suggest a few: not wanting to face the perp's attorney at trial, who will ream her for every single thing she has ever done and suggest she deserved the treatment she got; not wanting the publicity given then hero stance many football players are given in the community; family pressure (oh, honey, don't ruin that poor man's chances just over this); tender feelings against the accused and the hope that this little shabby piece of paper will do what she wants, keep the guy away, instead of ruining his whole "career"; getting the feeling that the authorities wanted her to do this to save them the trouble (whether right or not); or a desire to move on and not have to live through the trauma again when she testifies. Abusive men don't learn very well. He will probably get his further down the road.

After watching Tech football for half a century, it is sure getting hard to root for some of the guys who hurt our team by following their own selfish ways and hurting the reputation of our team and our school. Either the coaches are not doing their job about discussing guidelines for behavior or these types of players do not care. It seems like the feats and accolades of Douglass, Doege, and Davis keep getting overshadowed in the paper by players like this. Cobb did do something and if Tuberville thinks he is squeaky clean, he is pretty naiive. What happened to our Good Guys?

What an article. It appears to be written soley to imply wrongdoing and controversy without any substantive evidence of either. Is this what passes as investigative work these days. It failed to answer a few questions for me:

1) Is it common place for police to have an suspect sign a "protective order" in cases where they are wrongfully accused? Are they worried about them seeking justice for slanderous accusations?

2) Why did the victim also sign the protective disorder?

3) Why would they need to sign any agreement at all if there was no ongoing conflict?

4) The officer interviewed acted as if this "protective order" was some form of resolution. There was no case. Cobb did not plea to reduced charges. He did not plead no contest or guilty. He fought for his innocence. What is newsworthy about this "protective custody?"

Finally, I think the only thing that is more dumbfounding than the writing of this article are the people here commenting that there must be some institutional and football program cover up of a crime.

Let me get it straight: There is a 3rd string linebacker. He gets arrested. You kick him off the team immediately. Your football team goes through half of the season without him and you have no injuries at the linebacker position. Your defense ranks 4th in the nation. Therefore, it is time to put pressure on this police department so that you can get your 3rd string linebacker reinstated?

The athletic department should have thought of this in the spring when they kicked the team's most talented running back off the team.

Shame indeed. There seems to be a lot to go around.

Never any accountability from these players period.

Tubs was right when he said this guy never got in trouble before & has a clean record before & after this incident. No, im not defending them. Ronnie Daniels had 3 seperate incidents & he was kicked off the team. Do he deserves to be let off the hook is not our decision as alums & citizens but if he gets into trouble again then throw the book at him. I guess all of you have lived "mistake free lives" up to this point & i wish i could say the same about myself. I didnt play sports & i was arrested twice in Lubbock. I paid fines & both charges was dropped. I learned from my mistakes & to this day i have a clean record.

Kicked off the team in August; missed 6 games; might play this weekend. How can he be game-ready so soon if he's been off the team for half the season? Just how far was he kicked; obviously not that far!

I do not Cobb, nor do I know the alleged victim. I certainly understand how some of these kids get sidetracked and in trouble. However, I also know that people are quick to jump on athletes as soon as anyone points a proverbial finger - to the extent that there is automatic guilt associated with the actions.

Tuberville has shown no problem in removing kids from his program - no matter how talented they have been. He even removed Cobb. So, one has to assume he had no ambition to reinstate him unless he had standing to be reinstated.

Just a thought - no one knows the female. No one knows the depth of allegation or the real circumstances. My suspicion is that this case was getting way too much allegation for what really happened. Cobb wasn't right in his instance, someone was going to make him pay, but the entire incident never met the smell test of ruining someones reputation and their career.

If this kid is really a bad apple, I have every reason to believe Tuberville and the coaching staff would have sustained Cobb's status. But far too many people are prepared to ruin a kid's life when mistakes OR alleged mistakes are made. No one has posted the entire story, and no one knows "the victim". I have no reason to believe that Daniel did not work to clear his name.

Again, I don't know either of these people, but hammering someone for protecting themselves without knowing the entire story is a bit crazy.