TCU QB arrested for DWI. Judgements begin rolling in (Updated and UPDATED AGAIN))

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OCTOBER 9 UPDATE: Pachall plans to enter an inpatient facility and withdraw from school according to head coach Gary Patterson. He will not play football again in 2012. Redshirt freshman Trevone Boykin takes over full-time.

UPDATE--TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson has suspended his starting QB indefinitely.
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Breaking news: A college kid got a DWI. Yes, I know you are shocked. And no, we aren't downplaying the fact that someone drove drunk.

Texas Christian University starting quarterback Casey Paschall was pulled over near the Fort Worth campus Thursday morning and charged with drunk driving.

Pachall was in jail Thursday morning. And no, as of this writing. 10:30am Thursday, TCU hasn't commented yet.

The story from KXAS-TV RIGHT HERE

No, we aren't judging here. Pachall isn't squeaky clean. He apparently failed a drug test back in February. And yes, there will and should be punishment involved for this. Coach Gary Patterson will take action on this. He has to.

But our snarkyness is more borne out of this being made to be some sort of startling revelation. Sadly, college kids get in trouble all of the time. That's why they are kids. It doesn't excuse the behavior, but does at least partially explain it. How many people on Twitter...or Sports Writers on Twitter or who work in the media didn't do at least one stupid thing while in college?

I know, the obvious question is, "If you don't think this is a huge deal, then why are you reporting it?"

We're reporting it because we have an opinion. And no, it probably doesn't concur with yours, but much like you, we are entitled to express it.

We don't condone drunk driving and NEVER will. But we also will admit at age 21, we got behind the wheel on more than one occasion when we shouldn't have. It happens. It doesn't make it right...or excuse it, but it does happen to college kids. A lot. And for some reason, particularly when it involves a college athlete, we are quick to judge.

Again, read the paragraph under the link. Pachall should...and hopefully will be punished. But because it's football, it's made different than the other times Fort Worth Police pull someone over. It shouldn't be.