Carlos Dunlap Suspended for Alabama Game

UPDATE: It’s now official.  Urban Meyer has suspended Carlos Dunlap for the SEC Championship game. His status for the BCS Bowl game is still up in the air for right now.

No it’s not official but it’s the only logical action that can happen.  After Dunlap Sr. spoke with Urban Meyer, he got the sense that the Florida Gators star defensive end would likely sit out for the SEC Championship game against Alabama:

“I got the sense that he won’t be able to play,” Dunlap said. “I asked him if there’s anything he can do — it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t ask — and he said he doesn’t know what he can do. We’re supposed to meet tonight.”

Despite the order of being released earlier (5 hours ago), Dunlap still sat in jail as of 2:25 PM.  According to Dunlap Sr, Carlos went out with teammates and was only 2 blocks away from his home when he fell asleep at the light… 2 BLOCKS!

“You think you’re in control and the next thing you know you’re in trouble,” said Dunlap Sr., a bailbondsman from Charleston, S.C. “I am dumbfounded right now. He’s always been so anti-drug, anti-drinking. But it’s not what you do, it’s how you respond to what you do.”

This could explain why he passed out.  He’s a lightweight when it comes to drinking and dabbling in it just a little must have made him trashed and just pass out at the stop light (we are assuming it was red which is why he stopped). Dunlap Sr says his son feels terrible and wants to make it up to his teammates in any way he can… hopefully by playing.

Don’t hold your breath Carlos… there’s no way that your’e going to be able to play this game if convicted of a DUI.  The only way you’ll play is if the “investigation is pending”.