Inevitable Overreaction: Evans Scholar Suspended

Predictably, there has been a terrific overreaction in Columbus and beyond to the body slam of an on-field rusher who turned out to be an Evans Scholar.

**Update: above headline modified as the Dispatch story and another AP story reported his scholarship has been lost, but as reader John noted in the comments section, the Evans people have issued a statement announcing their investigation and the young man's status pending that outcome. Hopefully cooler heads will prevail. Continue original post...

In a comical-if-it-weren't-so-overblown story from the Columbus Dispatch, Allison Manning reports on Anthony Wunder's court appearance and the news that he is no longer in the Evans Scholar program as a result of a few minutes of stupidity that will now haunt him from life. He forgot that Ohio State football is a religion and any crime pertaining to it carries special circumstances, even though the body slam was more than enough punishment.

According to his attorney...

Collins said that Wunder was told yesterday by the Evans Scholars program that Wunder has lost his scholarship with the program.

Collins also said that Wunder is no longer living in the Evans Scholars house.

Collins, however, said that Wunder remains enrolled at Ohio State. He is a fourth-year student in a five-year engineering program, Collins said.

The nonprofit Evans Scholars Foundation gives academic awards to college students who have served as golf caddies.