They See Branden Ore Rollin', They Hatin'

Branden Ore's career at Virginia Tech has been troubled, to say the least. Academic troubles led him to take a warehouse job at 7-11 to gain some perspective before he ended up doing it for the rest of his life (~~redacted joke about VT degrees~~). When that stuff hasn't been slowing him down, he's often been plagued by injuries, such as the kind this year that limited him to under 4 ypc when he was supposed to be the ACC's premiere back.

But nothing quite like this has come up yet. As is the case, when you're riding in a car with crack cocaine that isn't yours, Ore was scheduled to testify in federal court regarding an occurrence in 2006 when he was riding shotgun in a Cadillac that was determined to have contained 23 grams of crack cocaine. To wit...

Blacksburg officer M.P. Czernicki thought the Cadillac's windows were tinted too darkly, according to court documents. He asked Majette for a license and learned (Tony) Majette's license had been suspended and that Majette had a long string of violations. The officer arrested Majette for driving with a suspended license and took him to his patrol car, court papers said.

While Ore will likely be in and out in a jiff, things aren't as rosy for Majette, who took the Michael Irvin/Shaggy approach to legally defending one's self to accusations of drug possession. Ore beasted out in the Orange Bowl, scoring a touchdown with 116 yards on 23 carries, but due to said injuries and serious character concerns, he's coming back to Blacksburg for his senior season for sure. All the better to play mediator in the inevitable QB dispute between Sean Glennon (unless he's planning on following through with his draft prospects- ha!) and Tyrod Taylor.