Posted by 55Vol on May 15, 2008 at 3:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

What is up with kids these days? Are they really struck stupid? How could one not remember that you had maryjane and some other goodies in your car?
Maybe a cry for help? If not, geez.....

Posted by mparker on May 15, 2008 at 3:29 p.m.

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Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on May 15, 2008 at 3:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

He called the cops on himself...Good one!!

Posted by KingsportVol on May 15, 2008 at 3:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

That's awesome.

Posted by volchiq on May 15, 2008 at 3:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

mparker...i believe i have a crush on u...

Posted by Vol13 on May 15, 2008 at 3:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

If Coach Fulmer would have helped this kid more while he was at UT, maybe he wouldn't have turned out so bad. Unreal. But this once again proves that John Adams was correct.

Why do single people in their early 20's feel the need to have assault rifles and handguns? I'm all for gun ownership and the right to bear arms. But a pump shotgun would do the trick for protection of property. Having a bunch of weapons around for a status symbol is just asking for trouble and is going to get you or someone else killed eventually. Apparently somebody knew he had these because they stole them. And mixing in drugs with these weapons is another recipe for disaster. Stupid.

Posted by mparker on May 15, 2008 at 3:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

volchiq...
well, if you are a cute girl, I'll say 'thanks' and blush.

If you are a guy, well, I'm flattered, but I AM straight.

If you are teasing me, wel, you did a great job of catching me off-balance
:)

Posted by mparker on May 15, 2008 at 3:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

vol13, speaking technically....a pump shotgun or semi-auto shotgun is VERY effective for the average guy. In fact, it is more effective than a handgun or assault rifle in close range.

Assault rifles are meant for longer range, 3-5 shot bursts by trained soldiers. Even a machine pistol can be hard to contorl. A shotgun?? Aim at the general area, and you pretty much have a hit.

Posted by yemmusdarb on May 15, 2008 at 3:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

mparker... I'm pretty sure noone really has a crush on you, it's safe to say.

Posted by volchiq on May 15, 2008 at 4:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

mparker,
just so we are 'straight' on things...
You're welcome.
:)

Posted by mparker on May 15, 2008 at 4:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

aw, c'mon brad, lemme have my little flight into the unreal :)

Posted by mparker on May 15, 2008 at 4:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

volchiq.
back to the original post, it really does seem that we do a ton of 'driveby journalism' that deflects us from all the BS going on in our ACTUAL lives.

Gotta go, chat more on this latere.

Posted by bigbluevol on May 15, 2008 at 4:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Vol13, to blame this on Fulmer is totally unfair. What about Mayo's parents? They don't have any responsibility? What about Mayo himself? All this stuff just happened to him? I hate that it did go down this way because he has had a tough go of it since he's been at UT. The oxycontin problem could have resulted from his surgery. There are many people who have drug problems who hide them very well. This isn't Fulmer's fault and it doesn't prove Adams was right. As for the comment about guns and drugs not mixing, you're right. There's no indication that the two were mixed, however. The guns belonged to a friend and were in that friend's apartment. They weren't Mayo's and there's nothing in the story that leads one to believe that Mayo was using the drugs and handling the guns.

Posted by FishTacos on May 15, 2008 at 4:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Vol13.

I quess you haven't lived in the fort in the last 10 years. The crime is outrageous, robberies occur all the time and it is the UT students getting robbed. Now it appears the police are trying to rob the students by targeting them instead of the thugs and homeless drunks wondering around waiting on some 19 year old coed to walk out her door with her pocket book.

Posted by volchiq on May 15, 2008 at 4:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I think this article as well as many others this week are just a result of a story falling in their laps and lazy reporting. I could be wrong...they could have a GREAT story lined up for the weekend edition. Wouldn't it be great to have a story on a recruit or even one on player training in the summer or anything that requires effort more than what they can hear on the police scanner? I guess I am just being optimistic.

Posted by pdhuff on May 15, 2008 at 4:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

And on it goes.

Sad.

He graduated, yet phoned the KPD having drugs in his possession.

I'll get back to you on this one.

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on May 15, 2008 at 4:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Stupid, stupid, stupid! Absolutely stupid! Why let them search your car?

Mparker 3:29-

Great post! No one is the media is willing to expose the govt' or corporate crooks in this country but they're quick to tell us about the drug problems of these no name athletes. Is real journalism just too hard or are they all just too scared of losing their jobs to report anything worthwhile?

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on May 15, 2008 at 4:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Oops, should've been:

"in" the media

Posted by vol52 on May 15, 2008 at 4:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Did this guy ever play a down of FB

Posted by bigbluevol on May 15, 2008 at 4:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

vol52, he redshirted his freshman year and then in spring practice tore his knee up very badly. Never able to play at UT.

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on May 15, 2008 at 4:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Isn't this Bill Mayo's son from the mid 80s? Wasn't he an All-American lineman?

Posted by Ironcity on May 15, 2008 at 4:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

And police wonder why people don't call them. What made the police decide to search Mayo's car? I would hope that if I called the police to report a burglary that the police would not immediately suspect me. I would bet my paycheck this will be dismissed very quickly due to an illegal search.

Weird story. Only in Knoxville.

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on May 15, 2008 at 5:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Not really that weird. Early morning phone call in the Fort from someone who claims he is watching a friend's apartment who is out of town. Probably just checking to make sure Mayo wasn't the one who stole the reported stolen items. If they didn't do that they probably wouldn't be doing their jobs, but yeah only in Knoxville and only would make news on the KNS. Don't really see the point of this being reported though.

Posted by Vol13 on May 15, 2008 at 5:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The comment about Fulmer was tongue in cheek.

Now, let's play Rockford here.

1) Mayo knew that guns were missing from the apartment.

2) Therefore, Mayo knew that the guy had guns.

3) Mayo was apartment sitting for this guy or at the least going to check by periodically.

It's not out of the realm of possibility to believe that guns were out in the open at the apartment during times when drugs were being used. I'm not saying that they were sitting around watching Wheel of Fortune, smokin' Mary Jane, and playing Draw. I was implying more the fact that if you had access to a gun, were high, and something happened then there are a lot of bad ways that story could end.

Posted by pearlific on May 15, 2008 at 5:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)

yes he is Bill Mayo's son. Bill was all american at ut from Dalton, GA. HOWEVER, why does this website only report negative things? If the kid is gone from ut it isn't that important to report things like this. Scoop us on something positive students are doing.

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on May 15, 2008 at 5:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

pearlific-

They report positive things that UF players are doing (see the Tebow story). It's a start.

Posted by Pullingguard on May 15, 2008 at 5:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Called the police to report a burglary, and what happens they want to search the Automobile of the person reporting the crime.... Now, it does not pay to be a good guy in K.Town... Just turn your head and let the dam thing sink... I thought everyone had litte M in the car these days, sorta like the Babtist who don't drink in public but have it in the corncrib just in case of a sniffle..

Posted by dburgVol on May 15, 2008 at 6:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Come on guys. Quit blaming the KPD for everyone's own irresponsible actions. They were doing their jobs the way they are supposed to. Going by the book. When a wife is murdered, who is the first person they investigate? The husband. Same thing. They are thinking ahead when they investigate the guy that called in. Don't you think they've faced this situation before when the guy that called really did the robbing? I'm just glad that he didnt steal the guns because he woulda been in deep with guns and drugs.

Posted by silentfan on May 15, 2008 at 6:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey, mparker, do you read Derf? This one seems appropriate.

http://www.derfcity.com/n/newtoon1.html

Posted by tnlady on May 15, 2008 at 6:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

He is a FORMER vol and not a bright one at that. He is responsible for his own actions and stupidity. Why does there have to be blame put on someone other than himself. I would bet it is safe to say there is a lot of things your children do or have done that you are not aware of but you have taught them right from wrong. Does that mean you are not a responsible parent or it is your fault because they didn't listen? Give it up on putting the blame on others when the blame is in the person commiting the act.

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on May 15, 2008 at 7:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

He's the dumba$$ that let them search his car.

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on May 15, 2008 at 7:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Mparker-

Why did the site staff remove your 3:29 post? I can't remember it containing any foul language or personal attacks, just calling out the media in general for their sorry excuse for journalism these days.

Posted by Madkels on May 15, 2008 at 7:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I guess the gator fans will leave their smart aleck comments out for now.

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/81...'s-credit-card

Posted by Madkels on May 15, 2008 at 7:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Or they may be proud of this one...

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/81...

Posted by mparker on May 15, 2008 at 8:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

ibleedorange...no, not really all that nasty, just making a point. it's their site, they can do as they please, I just make fun of them.

I expect to be banned before too long

Prety sad when you realize Kurt Vonnegut was a UT guy, but, hey, it IS the 2000's.

:)

Posted by DennisVols on May 15, 2008 at 8:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Simple facts here:
Mayo is an adult, above the age of 21 which in this country means he can
1) vote
2) legally drink
3) be drafted
4) live on his own without his parents
All of that eliminates anyone as being responsible other than Mayo himself.
If you think otherwise you are part of the problem that is over taking American society today.
As an adult you make the decisions that directly affect your life. It is not you parents fault, your coaches fault, you brother or sisters fault it is YOUR FAULT.
Mayo had choices to make and apparently he made the wrong ones. To blame anyone other than him is to give him an excuse to make the same wrong decisions again. He did not make it through HS without having classes in illegal drug use and the penelties for using them. Too many of the folks in our society make the bad decison involving drugs because it is now acceptable to blame someone else for us making that bad decision.
It is not a question of "should pot be legal" because it is NOT legal and until that is changed, and I don't see it happening, it is against the law.
"Stupid is as stupid does"
I hope this will wake Mayo up and he gets on the right path. The stats should however the odds are not in his favor.

Posted by miamiVOL on May 15, 2008 at 11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

i met this kid his frosh yr at TN, typical N.GA local, went to TN cuz his diddy did, not bright at all

Posted by GreerVol22 on May 15, 2008 at 11:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

POLL: Who's dumber, Mayo or Vol 13 for blaming Fulmer?

Posted by sjt18 on May 16, 2008 at 3:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"If Coach Fulmer would have helped this kid more while he was at UT, maybe he wouldn't have turned out so bad. Unreal. But this once again proves that John Adams was correct."

This statement is stupid. No coach can baby sit 100 players that are in a program much less those that are out of it. A coach can do his best to be a positive influence for 4 or 5 years but it is unreasonable to blame every guy that goes bad on his coach... Why not go back and blame his Pop Warner coach?... He had the kid in his "formative years" so his culpability must be many times that of his college coach, right?

Posted by Vol13 on May 16, 2008 at 7:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Some of you lack basic reading and comprehension skills beyond 1st grade. Too funny.

Posted by invisiblekid on May 16, 2008 at 8:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Pure speculation, but it could be that Mr. Mayo had the odor of marijuana about his person which resulted in the search. Either way, he was doing something illegal and got caught for it, simple as that.

Personally, I think what happened to the guns is the more important issue at hand though, people usually don't steal guns with good intentions.

As far as why it's being reported by KNS, well it is the Information Age, even if most of it is useless.

And lastly, at least Mayo wasn't arrested for performing circumcisions under the influence of drugs.

Posted by tngeoff on May 16, 2008 at 9:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey! I am completely impressed with tyhe turnaround in scoflaw activity. This is sad for Mayo, but overall it's a blip on the radar screen. Since the first of the year all this has S T O P P E D. Somebody (s) gets tremendous kudos. I hope it turns out okay for this young man...but to the team...great job staying out of the KPD spotlight!

Posted by GreerVol22 on May 16, 2008 at 9:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Vol 13 I missed your 5:11 post, but now that I know your a sarcastic b@stard like the rest of us...nice job and my apologies.

Posted by waterskier3 on May 16, 2008 at 9:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)

man i want to know who is the dope supplier to the UT basketball and football program... what is their stock symbol because their future income looks strong to me................. :):):) pass the pipe, smoke the J and bring more recuits to town so i can sell more smoke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

recession???? what recession plenty of money on the hill.......

again is pot and other rec drugs that mainstream today???

Posted by bigbluevol on May 16, 2008 at 9:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)

My point wasn't that the parents should be blamed. The point was that if you are going to blame Fulmer, you should place blame on his parents and teachers as well. Ultimately he is responsible. I agree blaming others is not the answer. That was the point I was trying to make, rather facetiously.

Posted by TommyJack on May 16, 2008 at 9:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Geoff: Scofflaw. Great word!

Posted by Ashley on May 16, 2008 at 10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

This is Johnny Majors fault for giving CPF the chance.

Posted by pdhuff on May 16, 2008 at 10:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"We have met the enemy and he is us". Pogo

RIP Al Capp.

Good lawyer should erase this.

Posted by TurboFan on May 16, 2008 at 10:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Misdemeanor. Small fine, maybe community service hours. Stay out of trouble - charges dismissed.

Unless...

He was the one stealing the weapons. Odd that only those two items were missing.

Vol13, need to plant that tongue a little deeper into cheek.

waterskier3, I'm guessing drugs are now cheaper than gasoline. A trip costs less and you don't have to pack a bag.

Posted by Brama on May 16, 2008 at 10:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

This is Bill Mayo's son! Can't believe he is involved in this.

Posted by grvol on May 16, 2008 at 10:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Can't believe that moron graduated.

Posted by gnm53108 on May 16, 2008 at 11:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Sad.Will probably get off with a slap on the wrist though.Not to excuse him in any way but drugs are common with athletes that have there hopes dashed by an injury.Hope he hasnt developed an addiction to those painkillers.Good luck getting your life in order Cameron.

Posted by gnm53108 on May 16, 2008 at 11:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Sad.Will probably get off with a slap on the wrist though.Not to excuse him in any way but drugs are common with athletes that have there hopes dashed by an injury.Hope he hasnt developed an addiction to those painkillers.Good luck getting your life in order Cameron.

Posted by tngeoff on May 16, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)

TommyJack.

Thanks Bro'!

Posted by newtonrail on May 16, 2008 at 1:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

There is something missing in this story. Why would the police want search the car of someone reporting a crime. In this case possible burglary of two guns. I've never been in this position, but for most of us who were raised like I know Mayo was; it's hard to say no to police. All of it will probably go back to his injuries, but I still want to know WHY the police wanted to search his car? I know we could make guesses, but I would prefer to know the truth.

Posted by TommyJack on May 16, 2008 at 2:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

newtonrail: I agree...something ain't kosher about this story.

Posted by zanebreeding on May 16, 2008 at 2:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Wow , this story is crazy in so many ways. First , whats he thinking letting them check his car , not the best call he's ever made. Second, if im the police im gonna be worrying about the freakin semi-automatic machine gun in the hands of some moron criminal. When First Tennessee on the strip gets held up for a couple hundred grand in the next few weeks they might realize that importance. I mean we arent talking about grandad's ole .22 here. If i were the cops id be leaning more toward that issue than a bowl of weed and a few pills. Half of the people that live in the fort have that in their car or on their person , i know this as a formet student and resident of Fort Sanders. Oh, and i gotta agree i always had the ole Remington 12 gauge laying by my bed

Posted by zanebreeding on May 16, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

In reference to my previous comment , im not condoning the pills and weed , just that its not the most amazing thing to be found in the Fort. It makes you wonder if he did nothing wrong if the Police are really there to help.

Posted by AAUvol on May 16, 2008 at 5:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I know Cam Mayo very well. He came to UT with many other SEC and ACC offers available to him and blew his knee up his first year. He has had several surgeries to try to get back and and has been through months and years of painful rehab and will be in pain for the rest of his life from it. There is nothing wrong with Cam Mayo that isn't true of a large part of the student body. He made a mistake. He should not be lumped together with some of the losers that have come through this program.

He is not some drug head that needs to get his life together. He made a stupid mistake but he is a good young man from good parents. A little gullible maybe but not a loser in any stretch of the term. I'll take him any day.

Have any of you guys paid the price he's paid to be a VOL?

Posted by MillisaAnn on May 16, 2008 at 5:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I pray he gets the help he needs and get's his life together.

Posted by TommyJack on May 17, 2008 at 10:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Not castigating the kid. If he graduated (and plans no more education), he needs to get out of there and into the real world. Jockdum is over..move on.

Posted by tngeoff on May 17, 2008 at 8:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

TouchdownTennessee.

I strongly suggest you reconsider self reporting...but here is the number:

865-215-7000

Posted by NotaVolFan on May 17, 2008 at 10:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I've known the Mayos for quite a while. Knew Cam growing up. Never got in trouble here. Pretty sure he didn't do any drugs here. Here being the typical No. Georgia place. Whatever that means.

Someone suggested that he wasn't the brightest. I don't think he was much of a scholar in High School, but at UT....he made the Dean's list.

So, at UT, a "not very bright kid", made the Dean's List (how hard can school be at UT) and learned to use drugs, either on his own or with some of those quality kids that come through there...you know the ones yet to be kicked off and show up at UTC.

What conclusions could we draw from a young persons time in Knoxville?

I'm just glad you are keeping Fulmer there.

Posted by dford9 on May 17, 2008 at 11:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Sometimes we as human beings, make bad decisions.
Looks like Mayo made some him-self. Its sad that
the youth (and young adults) of todays society
live in a troubled world; whereas they have to
turn to drugs and/or alcohol as a way out~!