# Cal U Football Morons (5 players from PA sent man to ICU)

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**Created:** [October 31, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-u-football-morons-5-players-from-pa-sent-man-to-icu/703148 "2014-10-31T18:33:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-u-football-morons-5-players-from-pa-sent-man-to-icu/703148/1 "2014-10-31T18:33:24Z")

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> [KDKA, Pittsburgh CBS affiliate](http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/10/31/california-university-assault-football-players/)
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> CALIFORNIA, Pa. (KDKA/AP) – Five football players from a state university in western Pennsylvania were arrested and suspended from the school after police say they beat and stomped a man outside an off-campus restaurant, then fled yelling “Football strong!” The victim was in intensive care Friday with severe brain trauma.
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> Police said the California University of Pennsylvania players attacked Lewis Campbell, 30, of West Chester, as he was trying to stop an argument between his girlfriend and a player at about 2 a.m. Thursday.
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> Police said witnesses heard the players yelling “Football strong!” as they fled to a car and Campbell lay unconscious.
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> The team took swift action Thursday to scrub its website of the arrested players, removing their names from the roster and deleting their biography pages.

Five on one because the one wanted you guys away from his girlfriend and beating him so hard that [part of his brain rotated 80 degrees](http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/college-district/2014/10/30/Cal-U-cancels-football-game-in-wake-of-violent-incident/stories/201410300291) is “strong”? Somebody better check those guys for steroids.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-u-football-morons-5-players-from-pa-sent-man-to-icu/703148/2 "2014-10-31T19:52:48Z")

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I’d never even HEARD of Claifornia Univerisyt of Pennsylvania.

Since I know nothing about the school, I can’t and won’t insult it. But it isn’t exactly a football powerhouse! My alma mater, Columbia, didn’t win a single football game while I was there! If a bunch of the Columbia Lions players had tried to throw their weight around on campus, while yelling “Football Strong,” most people would have laughed at them.

Those five athletes HAD to know they’re no the cream of the athletic crop, and that the Arena League won’t be calling, much less the NFL. IF they had scholarships, this was their chance to get a halfway decent education, and nothing more.

They’ve just thrown that away for a chance to act like goons. Nice.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cal-u-football-morons-5-players-from-pa-sent-man-to-icu/703148/3 "2014-10-31T22:09:55Z")

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Per the second article, this is the second incident of one of their players getting into an off-campus fight this month. I wonder if there have been other recent fights that have not made the news.