'14 FL LB Jakob Johnson (UT Signee 2/5/14)

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you´re right...in germany you are allowed to drink beer and low alcohilic drinks from the age of 16 and hard stuff like vodka form the age 18.

i know that jj stopped driking alcoholic drinks (beer) in 2012. i don´t know what happend, but it not sounds like jakob.
 
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mamba11 said:
you´re right...in germany you are allowed to drink beer and low alcohilic drinks from the age of 16 and hard stuff like vodka form the age 18.

i know that jj stopped driking alcoholic drinks (beer) in 2012. i don´t know what happend, but it not sounds like jakob.
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I don't think anyone around these parts has any less opinion of Jakob. He was at the wrong place at the wrong time. I still firmly believe he's a great kid.
 
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Wolfeman_Vol said:
I don't think anyone around these parts has any less opinion of Jakob. He was at the wrong place at the wrong time. I still firmly believe he's a great kid.
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At worst,he took a sip or two of the beverage he was holding at a social gathering...bonding with teammates relaxing from some heavy workouts...never understood why alcohol impairs hearing to the point that you have to blare the loud music...if the partymasters conceded to the first request this doesn't get dramatized as Project X II....:rock2:
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mamba11 said:
you´re right...in germany you are allowed to drink beer and low alcohilic drinks from the age of 16 and hard stuff like vodka form the age 18.

i know that jj stopped driking alcoholic drinks (beer) in 2012. i don´t know what happend, but it not sounds like jakob.
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I don't see anything wrong with drinking beer in college. Yes, it is illegal but most people agree the drinking age of 21 is a huge joke.
 
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butchna said:
At worst,he took a sip or two of the beverage he was holding at a social gathering...bonding with teammates relaxing from some heavy workouts...never understood why alcohol impairs hearing to the point that you have to blare the loud music...if the partymasters conceded to the first request this doesn't get dramatized as Project X II....:rock2:
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Preach the gospel, brother.
 
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BartW said:
I grew up idolizing those guys. Bergkamp's late winner against argentina is still one of my favorite calls in sports.



Van bronckhorst just retired, maybe we can get him to kick? He had an absolute screamer in 2010.

De Jong is a very physical defender and probably should have drawn red in the 2010 final. That said I think his reputation as a "dirty player" is overblown because of that game. He only has one career red card.
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Same here on idolizing those guys. Clarence Seedorf is one of my favorite midfielders and one of the most overlooked/underrated, IMO. He had a screamer from nearly midfield while playing for Real Madrid. He and Davids in the middle for the Dutch were fun to watch. And Bergkamp... yes, that was classic!

On De Jong, I don't know man. I've watched him cleat Xabi Alonso in the chest (I believe that's the one you're referring to), and break two players' legs - one in the EPL whose name escapes me, the other was Stu Holden in a friendly against the US on a really nasty challenge. Not a fan of that cat.
 
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I get talking about hot Dutch girls (because of the color orange), but why are we talking about Dutch football in Jakob's thread? The Dutch and German football teams don't exactly get along too well.
 
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Volunteer_Kirby said:
One of the most disappointing things about January linebacker enrollee Jakob Johnson's name popping up over the weekend among those charged with underage drinking was the fact that so many in and around the program — and the Knoxville community — have already come to love the big Germany native. He’s already become one of the team’s most active members out in the community, making several trips to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital and various area charities.-247 Sports
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So now consuming beer means you are a thug and are not worthy of performing community service?

I think Obama drinks beer - impeach him immediately!

If this is the new world we live in due to social media, then I vote to ban the internet!

Obviously a large portion of the population were never young adults, never went to college, and never had a social life. Who cares if they had a kegger, as long as nobody got hurt. Better be college students while they can as they will soon be grown up the for rest of their lives.
 
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Dust10 said:
I get talking about hot Dutch girls (because of the color orange), but why are we talking about Dutch football in Jakob's thread? The Dutch and German football teams don't exactly get along too well.
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Ok ok moving on. Having grown up in Germany, I wonder if Jakob can kick? If Medley doesn't work out we can move him to LB
 
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BartW said:
Ok ok moving on. Having grown up in Germany, I wonder if Jakob can kick? If Medley doesn't work out we can move him to LB
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I saw where he said he played soccer (football) at a young age there, I'm sure he's got at least a little ability lol.
 
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walkenvol said:
So now consuming beer means you are a thug and are not worthy of performing community service?

I think Obama drinks beer - impeach him immediately!

If this is the new world we live in due to social media, then I vote to ban the internet!

Obviously a large portion of the population were never young adults, never went to college, and never had a social life. Who cares if they had a kegger, as long as nobody got hurt. Better be college students while they can as they will soon be grown up the for rest of their lives.
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I don't think the quoted article alluded to him being considered a thug. I think you are reaching. He got caught violating the law. Media outlets may discuss it. Simple. I do agree with your larger point though.
 
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Volunteer_Kirby said:
One of the most disappointing things about January linebacker enrollee Jakob Johnson's name popping up over the weekend among those charged with underage drinking was the fact that so many in and around the program — and the Knoxville community — have already come to love the big Germany native. He’s already become one of the team’s most active members out in the community, making several trips to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital and various area charities.-247 Sports
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A college student drinking underage. I know we don't want to have anything negative happening with our players but this is something I'm not worried about. Most student partakes in this (especially when you first get on campus and out on your own for the 1st time), and I'm not saying that makes it okay, but I just don't see this as a big deal at all, although the one (or it may be more than one, I'm not sure) resisting arrest is a different story. IMO it's kind of part of being in college. They need to be more carful in the future but this wouldn't be a story if these guys weren't members of the football team, I'm probably just stating the obvious with most of this post. I just don't see a college student having some drinks as a big deal, especially not to the degree that this has been blown up to...they've talked about it a ton on the Nashville stations. Let's let the coaches punish them how they see fit and move on from it.
 
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I just watched an interview UT with Jacob and he said he picked up a lot of his English from the Family Guy shows because all the latest shows are in English and it takes long time to translate them to German. I got a good laugh out of it. I guess ole Seth's cartoons are good for something.
 
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walkenvol said:
So now consuming beer means you are a thug and are not worthy of performing community service?

I think Obama drinks beer - impeach him immediately!

If this is the new world we live in due to social media, then I vote to ban the internet!

Obviously a large portion of the population were never young adults, never went to college, and never had a social life. Who cares if they had a kegger, as long as nobody got hurt. Better be college students while they can as they will soon be grown up the for rest of their lives.
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Agree 100%. This situation has been blown so far out of proportion it is laughable. Media must have been really hungry for some negative UT football news after a years drought.
 
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mamba11 said:
you´re right...in germany you are allowed to drink beer and low alcohilic drinks from the age of 16 and hard stuff like vodka form the age 18.

i know that jj stopped driking alcoholic drinks (beer) in 2012. i don´t know what happend, but it not sounds like jakob.
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I had my first legal drink at age 18 in Germany.

As to the US... The US changed it's laws about the drinking age because of scare tactics in the 80s, President Reagan tied interstate funds to the drinking age that forced states to comply with raising the age to 21 or else lose funding.

The states had to comply. Although the intentions were good (lower traffic deaths) it's created an absolute mess of things in that you can vote and die for your country at age 18 and get tried as an adult if you dare slip up but you can't take a legal drink until you're 21. Education has done more to stop drunk driving than raising the drinking age.

Most Americans don't care about an 18 year old college student drinking. It's one of those laws most would rather either be not enforced or repealed. It's not a big deal as long as they're not driving or drinking to the point of getting themselves into trouble.
 
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gule said:
back to football, please!

I've watched every video I can find on young Mr. Jackson and forgive me but I don't see the attraction? I sure hope he has more speed than shown? and is intelligent enough to pick up on coaching?

All I see is practice fodder. :(
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You really think he's slow? What are you looking at? His speed at LB is more than fine.
 
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UTProf said:
I had my first legal drink at age 18 in Germany.

As to the US... The US changed it's laws about the drinking age because of scare tactics in the 80s, President Reagan tied interstate funds to the drinking age that forced states to comply with raising the age to 21 or else lose funding.

The states had to comply. Although the intentions were good (lower traffic deaths) it's created an absolute mess of things in that you can vote and die for your country at age 18 and get tried as an adult if you dare slip up but you can't take a legal drink until you're 21. Education has done more to stop drunk driving than raising the drinking age.

Most Americans don't care about an 18 year old college student drinking. It's one of those laws most would rather either be not enforced or repealed. It's not a big deal as long as they're not driving or drinking to the point of getting themselves into trouble.
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You facts are basically correct but Tennessee raised its age requirement previous to Reagan from 18 to 19. The law is relevant or it would have been repealed by now if not. The impetus for raising the age limit was part of an effort to reduce the number of alcohol related traffic fatalities, which was not only relevant, but very effective.
 
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jjay2518 said:
I'm no scout, but from watching his film I thought his speed was one of his big positives.
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I'm with you. He didn't look slow to me by any means. In fact, I thought it was quite the opposite. I thought he read, reacted, and exploded to the play. Speed looked really good. IMO, of course.
 
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gule said:
back to football, please!

I've watched every video I can find on young Mr. Jackson and forgive me but I don't see the attraction? I sure hope he has more speed than shown? and is intelligent enough to pick up on coaching?

All I see is practice fodder. :(
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Butch called him the Alpha Male of this class. There is speculation that Thigpen believes he was the best LB prospect in the country. I think he'll be more than a practice fodder.
 
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