From Penn State to State Penn: Penn State's nine best-ever arrests....

In honor of an article devoted to the top 13 Cincinnati Bengals arrests in recent seasons, The View From North America has his list of all-time PSU “discussions” with the police.

While the list seems small, the list is long and, well, worrying.

1. E.Z. "Robin Hood" Smith (2005)

One night, for some reason, Smith and three others (tackle Andrew Richardson, defensive tackle Scott Paxson, and guard Tyler Reed) decided to do their best Robin Hood impressions by firing off graphite arrows into a dorm room wall during January.

E.Z. Smith as Robin Hood?  Don’t think so.  Although the other three were exonerated, Smith was excluded.  Oh, and in 2003, Smith had two drinking citations too.

2. Seemingly the entire Penn State football team: "What did you say to my girl?" (2007)

Some guy makes a comment about your girlfriend.  Suddenly, you invite a load of your football friends around for a fight with a guy who dissed your girlfriend.  In 2008, Anthony Scirrotto was made one of PSU’s captains for 2008.  He said he felt like a “new guy.”  Thank God you didn’t go to jail, Anthony—someone else could have made you feel like a “new guy.”

3. Bobby "Mike TV" Engram / Bobby "Best Buy" Sayles (1992)

On their way to find a teammate, the two guys think it might be a bright idea to go and steal a TV.  Good effort!

Engram was suspended for the 1992 season but is still a Penn State hero—especially as his career with the Seattle Seahawks has gone amazingly.  It could have been so different if it wasn’t for Sayles having the idea instead of Bobby E.

4. Navarro Bowman "Let's get it started!" / Chris Baker (2008)

If you're going to punch an out of town frat boy's head in, do it somewhere quiet.  The HUB (Penn State's student union) is not exactly the best place to do it.  Baker was expelled from the team.

5. Dan "Bart Simpson" Connor (2005)

Connor pulls off his best Bart Simpson impression by doing some prank phone calls.  Unlike the TV world, who find it funny, the victims didn't, and Connor was arrested for a criminal mischief phone summary charge.  Giggle.

6. Joe Paterno himself (2008)

My favourite moment in sports.  JoePa gets in a prang—or nearly does—with a woman.  She's rude to him.  He's rude back.  Her husband yells out: "That's my wife you're talking to."  He yells back: "That's your problem."  Joe, many a husband will use your comments from now on... It was technically an arrest, but it still made my day....

7. Richard "Mastercard" Cheek (2004)

As a walk-on, you like to make an impression.  Can I suggest there are other ways of making an impression than getting arrested for using a stolen credit card?

8. Michael "Tonya Harding" Robinson / Ed "Michelle Kwan" Johnson (2004)

Penn State's future star quarterback and linebacker Ed Johnson (among others) manage to get in a fight in an ice rink.  They are all arrested.  Robinson needed 24 stitches.  That must have been one hell of a fight—Robinson's a big guy.  All charges were dropped, by the way, and Robinson led PSU to a Big Ten title.

And listen to this: It got so bad that Pitt's bloggers were dissing Nittany Nation.

9. Many others, for getting hammered in public or in the privacy of their own or someone else's home (2002-8)