Janoris Jenkins Leaves Florida Football Team Following Arrest

“The only thing he said was I was dismissed as soon as I walked in the room,” Jenkins said. “He washed his hands of me.“Leaving aside the fact that Muschamp had every reason to kick Jenkins to the curb and likely would have gotten off to a worse start in the press had he kept him on, doesn’t it seem weird that the paper’s bird-dogging this so diligently? Our own Alligator Army thinks so, too:

On a more meta level: It’s also amusing to see George and the Sentinel doggedly detail how Florida and Muschamp aren’t owning Jenkins’ dismissal by calling it as much. The substantive difference between Jenkins and Muschamp reaching a mutual decision that he should leave and Muschamp dismissing Jenkins is about whether Jenkins wanted to stay, not whether Muschamp would permit it, no? This is a skirmish over semantics, and not particularly consequential ones.

On Saturday, it was reported that Florida cornerback Janoris Jenkins was arrested for marijuana possession. From the Florida Times-Union’s Michael DiRocco:

Jenkins, a junior, is considered one of the top college cornerbacks in the nation. In light of this latest incident, however, our Florida blogger believes that head coach Will Muschamp could dismiss him from the team. Here’s our own Andy Hutchins at Alligator Army: