Penn State player popped for pot possession

(Alliteration: all the cool kids are doing it!)

Defensive end Sean Stanley has been held out of Penn State’s last two games, although no one outside of the football program was aware of the exact reason or reasons why.

Thanks to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, now we do.

According to the paper, the sophomore was charged Sept. 27 with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Another player, redshirt freshman cornerback Derrick Thomas, was named in a search warrant but has not yet been charged.

According to court documents, police seized various items from the players’ residence at Nittany Apartments during a search last month. They include a marijuana blunt, a marijuana roach, at least two dime bags and an empty can of Four Loko malt beverage.

Bags with marijuana stems and seeds and scented candles with marijuana ashes and residue were also seized during the search.

(The Washington State Agronomists scoff in the general direction of two itty bitty dime bags and a roach.)

Stanley had played in the first four games (one start) of the season before being sat down due to what the school had previously described as “academic issues”.