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blackfordpu
August 17th, 2012, 08:09 AM
Former LSU star Tyrann Mathieu has checked into a rehab center and will not attend a college or play football this season, Mathieu's father told WVUE-TV in New Orleans on Thursday night.

Mathieu entered the Right Step center in Houston on Monday, and is being mentored by former NBA player and coach John Lucas, Tyrone Mathieu told WVUE.

Tyrann Mathieu was kicked off LSU's team last Friday for what a source told ESPN was a violation of the school's substance-abuse policy. The violation came just months after he won the Bednarik Award as the nation's best defensive player as a sophomore while becoming the first defensive back to be a Heisman finalist since 1997.

He had not announced his plans for this season but had visited with at least one Football Championship Subdivision school.

About 20 programs have asked LSU for permission to speak with Mathieu, but many schools have enrollment deadlines that would prevent Mathieu from playing if he does not transfer this month.

Mathieu, who has two seasons of eligibility remaining, also had expressed interest in enrolling in classes at LSU and hoping for a return to the program in 2013, if it can be worked out with the school, according to sources. Mathieu is also eligible to enter the 2013 NFL draft.

LSU coach Les Miles said he spoke Tuesday with Mathieu and told him "just to make a great decision. Do the right things. He'll do that."

Miles did not say whether Mathieu was at a rehab center.

"I just wanted him to know that we'll support him in whatever he wants to do and help him where we can," Miles said. "At this point in time, he needs to do the things that make him happy and that makes sense for his future. If he does that, we'll all be happy."


http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8276879/tyrann-mathieu-rehab-center-not-play-football-2012-report-says

NoDak 4 Ever
August 17th, 2012, 08:17 AM
HA!


Rehab > McNeese

AppAlum2003
August 17th, 2012, 08:17 AM
Wow. Rehab? Must be something other than the few hits from the bong we all assumed. You don't go to rehab for Mary Jane.

bluehenbillk
August 17th, 2012, 08:23 AM
Dude was on heroin, he made the right move going to rehab.

FormerPokeCenter
August 17th, 2012, 08:47 AM
HA!


Rehab > McNeese

If somebody's got an addiction, you're damn right that rehab is the right thing to do...

I'm glad he made the decision he did...and I'm glad Matt Viator handled the meeting with him the way he did, by telling Mathieu to take some time and make sure he was making the right decision...

You'd have to know the guy...he could thrown the doors to the dorm wide open and scooped him up...but...would that have been in anybody's best interest??

No...

From where I sit, this is the best possible outcome for TM...and for McNeese. It shows that he's serious about wanting another chance at LSU. Actions speak louder than words...and, if his addiction is such that he needs to be rehabbed for it, then being at McNeese wasn't going to help him or McNeese. It would have blown up in everybody's face...

Kudos to TM for his choice and Kudos for Matt for correctly assessing what TMs and McNeeses needs were...

McNeese75
August 17th, 2012, 09:40 AM
HA!


Rehab > McNeese

Best decision for him to try and salvage an NFL career and avoid being thrown off of another team later (hummmm seems like I remember coaches haviing to kick a few Bison players to the curb over the last few years HA)

NoDak 4 Ever
August 17th, 2012, 10:01 AM
I haven't seen anything credible that says heroin. It doesn't add up.

McNeese75
August 17th, 2012, 11:54 AM
I haven't seen anything credible that says heroin. It doesn't add up.

LOL, so you think they owe you the dirty details do you. Place your bets if you think it is just pot that his him where he is. My bet will be placed alongside Bluehenbillk. I have seen enough other speculation to believe it is more than weed.

NoDak 4 Ever
August 17th, 2012, 11:58 AM
LOL, so you think they owe you the dirty details do you. Place your bets if you think it is just pot that his him where he is. My bet will be placed alongside Bluehenbillk. I have seen enough other speculation to believe it is more than weed.

and I'm sure Tiger Woods was really a sex addict and not just an asshole who thought the world revolved around him.

FormerPokeCenter
August 17th, 2012, 12:44 PM
Sex addiction's a really hard one to understand (no pun intended) unless you've been there...

It's a burden, really, when lots of hot women throw themselves at you...

Seriously, though....A weed addiction? Really??

NoDak 4 Ever
August 17th, 2012, 12:57 PM
Sex addiction's a really hard one to understand (no pun intended) unless you've been there...

It's a burden, really, when lots of hot women throw themselves at you...

Seriously, though....A weed addiction? Really??

I'm cynical, it is entirely within the bounds of possibility that the rehab thing is merely an attempt to turn the tide of opinion at LSU. I agree, the weed thing is stupid no matter what.

Tod
August 17th, 2012, 02:00 PM
Sex addiction's a really hard one to understand (no pun intended) unless you've been there...

It's a burden, really, when lots of hot women throw themselves at you...

Seriously, though....A weed addiction? Really??

From what I understand, you can get a psychological addiction to weed, but not a physical addiction. Like tobacco.

Well, yes there's a nicotine addiction, but that's supposed to take all of 72 hours to overcome. But you still want a damn cigarette.