So Much For That... Greg Reid Injures Knee, Out For Season...

((HT: Valdosta Daily Times/Hooper))

Call it what you want... karma, bad luck, whatever...

But Greg Reid's career at Valdosta State didn't even get into its first game...

Last night at practice, Reid tore his ACL while returning a punt in the Blazers' Friday scrimmage.

"It is frustrating right now," Dean told the VDT's Ed Hooper. "He came into camp a little late and he gets injured. I know he is frustrated about it. It is was a non-contact deal."

The Blazers start their season at Saginaw Valley State this weekend...

FSU gets rid of Greg Reid (UPDATED: 12 Days Later, OSG Was Right...))

One of the most talented athletes in recent Florida State Football history is no longer a part of the Seminole team.

Just a couple weeks after being arrested for marijuana possession, troubled defensive back Greg Reid will now have to find another football home.

If someone will take him.

Who are we kidding, Reid will end up at a 1-AA (FCS) or D-2 school, but still, FSU's dismissal of a preseason All-American is kind of a big deal.

The arrest was not Reid's 1st brush with Johnny Law, he had been arrested for interfering in a police investigation last season. He also sat for a game for violating team rules.

In fact...that's what FSU coach Jimbo Fisher called this particular "Final Straw". FSU issued a statement Wednesday morning saying "Head Football Coach Jimbo Fisher announced Wednesday that Greg Reid has been dismissed from the FSU Football Team for a violation of team rules."


Like we said, Reid will land at a smaller school, be eligible to play immediately and get a shot at the NFL, this will certainly raise flags with NFL scouts, but if he behaves, he'll get a shot.

Oh, in case you are an FSU fan and curious, we'll bet he ends up at home...playing for Valdosta State.

8/13 UPDATE: Yep, he's in the process of enrolling there... if you believe the four-letter's Joe Schad...

Over the weekend, Valdosta Head Coach David Dean told Ed Hooper of the Valdosta Daily News:

"The thing I want to do for Greg Reid, and yes, I’d love to have him as part of this football team, but the main thing he needs to do is make the right decision for Greg Reid,” Dean said. “We are not going to put pressure on him and we are going to let him make the situation he needs to make.”

And, now, we have what we thought all along...

FSU's Reid Arrested Posts Bond...

((HT: WCTV-TV))

Now, this is more like a successful college football program...

Florida State University football player Greg Reid's attorney, Tim Jansen, says that Seminoles junior Greg Reid wasn't at the incident location and that Reid will be cleared from all charges and cleared with the school.

Jansen says he hasn't heard anything about the football team.

Reid posted a $1000 bond.

Here is the probable cause for the arrest of Greg Reid from the Tallahassee Police Department. TPD says that the investigation is on-going at this time, therefore further information is limited.

Reid is up on charges of resisting an officer without violence and perjury not in an official proceeding. The police report indicated Reid was trying to protect a friend from his hometown of Valdosta, who was being pursued for resisting arrest after being stopped earlier by police.

More when we know more...