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Baker Mayfield’s Arrest Not as Simple as ‘Boys Will Be Boys’

It’s just a few weeks before the start of spring practice, and already there is big Oklahoma football news to report. Unfortunately the news is not good.

Multiple major news outlets, including ESPN, are reporting that Mayfield was arrested in the early hours Saturday morning by Fayetteville, Ark., police on charges of public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Details are sketchy at this point, but it is abundantly clear that Mayfield was in a place and in a position that someone of his leadership stature should not have been.. Said another way, better was expected of the Sooner starting quarterback and team leader.