Marshall Defensive End Has Run In With Police

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:23 pm

First Toledo, now Marshall.

Johnathan Goddard, the starting left defensive end for the Herd, was arrested this past Sunday after hitting a police officer. The early report is very small by SI.com but could be serious if Goddard assulted the police officer. This would be a big loss for Marshall if Goddard isn't there this year. Apparently, an Ohio State player, Redgie Arden, was the reason for the fight which resulted in himself being hospitalized and Goddard being thrown in jail overnight.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/f ... index.html

http://ohiostate.theinsiders.com/2/286647.html

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:39 pm

Here's another more indepth write up of the situation with the OSU player at the Marshall end of 2-a-days party.

http://dailymail.com/news/Jack+Bogaczyk-20040823

Tricky_Falcon · Post by **Tricky_Falcon** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:51 pm

Kind of strange that an osu player would be invited in the first place. Why would you want to celebrate with another teams player, especially a player you will be playing against in a few weeks?

BGSU99 · Post by **BGSU99** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:52 pm

Tricky Falcon -- That was sort of what I was thinking ... what the heck was Arden doing there in the first place? I know he's from Ironton (right up the road from Huntington), but how stupid is that? I'm definitely not defending the Marshall player, but I just wonder what Arden was thinking. This isn't exactly the first time Arden has gotten himself into some sort of trouble.