Solich

This may be the strangest story I've heard in a long, long time. Former Husker (and current Ohio U) coach Frank Solich claims he was under the influence of the date-rape drug GHB when picked up for a drunken-driving conviction in November.

"Attorney Sam Shamansky filed a request Friday asking the Athens Municipal Court to look at the drug test and consider overturning Solich’s conviction. Solich, a former Nebraska coach, pleaded no contest in November after police spotted him slumped over the wheel of his vehicle."

He pleaded no contest but wants the court to overturn the conviction after a drug test in January indicated the presence of GHB.

Is he suggesting someone (a coed? an administrator? some jerk in the bar bitter after a loss?) spiked his martini? I have to congratulate his lawyer for the most creative twist to get someone off that I've ever heard of. I wonder what Glenn or Volokh would say!