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Carson Otter, left, was hospitalized after an altercation following the Ole Miss v. Texas football game / Special to The Clarion-Ledger

Ole Miss student, Carson Otter, went to Austin for the Ole Miss football game and is now in the hosptial with life threatening injuries.


“We know that he was hospitalized in Texas. We’ve spoken to his parents and they’ve asked for prayers,” said Sparky Reardon, Ole Miss Dean of Students.

Officials with the Austin Police Department said Otter was walking in downtown Austin around the time bars were closing.

Witnesses say Otter exchanged words with occupants of a passing vehicle. Someone in the vehicle got out and punched Otter who then fell to the ground.

An ambulance transported Otter to a nearby hospital where he is being treated for a brain injury.
The case is under investigation.

Otter is from Bloomington, Ind, and is a senior at Ole Miss.
Sunday, Candy Otter, Carson’s mother, posted on her Facebook page, “Today Carson was able to breathe on his own for a few hours, still on a ventilator but showing great signs.
The Daily Mississippi spoke with Otter’s Sigma Nu fraternity brother William Waters who said Otter left his group of friends to join another group when the accident occurred.
 
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Does special to the CL mean anyone can write it? Because this is as poorly written as they come.

The commas, around the name, are unnecessary. It was also not an "accident," unless his assailant intended to miss his face with the punch. And I am confused if it is life-threatening or not based on the mom's quotes. A ventilator is a bad sign, yes, but isn't necessarily life-threatening.

Sincerely hope this young man makes a full recovery and the assailant is punished to the full extent of the law.
 
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Heard about this on RebelGrove message board. My first thought, unfortunately, was that it was a drunk, obnoxious student that was running his mouth and got what he asked for. I have no idea if that is the truth or not --- just pure speculation. If that is this case, I have little sympathy for him (but do pray for a quick recovery). If he was innocent, than I hope they track down the guy that hit him and punish him to max.

By the way, that must have been one hell of a punch.
 
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Someone running their mouth about a football game doesn't deserve to lose his

life over it if that is what happened. The older I get the more often I find myself shaking my head.
 
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Yes, you are absolutely right. He doesn't deserve that. I guess what I was trying to say is that he shouldn't have run his mouth period. The world is a crazy place, so why risk it anyways? I suppose that was more my point but poorly conveyed.

But I do agree with you...
 
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I would think the most likely scenario was that he was walking down the street, most likely wearing some sort of Bear garb, and the passing car saw he was a fan of the team that just beat them, stopped, and started harassing him. Might not be that way, but it sounds like angry and perhaps drunk Longhorns to me.

At any rate, it does indeed sound like a vicious punch. Might've been more than one punch.
 
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More than likely he hit the ground wrong and that is where the life threatening injury came from. It was life threatening when they brought him in but appears to be critical but inproving now.

With that said this is why you can't talk **** because it is not worth it. I have been harassed going to away games but just keep walking because it only takes one punch
 
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Coming from the first online report I found the other day (an Austin news site) the occupants of the car were hispanic. The kid yelled at passing car and a hispanic guy got out and punched him one time. It knocked him out and his head bounced off the concrete (probably causing as much or more damage than the punch).

I have no idea of the details but I saw a situation on spring break in 03 in South Padre Island where a white kid was running his mouth and got beat dang near to death by a group of hispanics. It was gruesome. Long story short, the next day I asked one of the guys who beat the kid what happened and he said the kid was disrespecting the locals home etc... Ive always heeded his advice when traveling. Lets face it N.O., Memphis, Miami, Houston, and many other cities have some rough *** locals and you cant act like you're in the C.D., square, or your frat house. No one deserves what this OM student got but this is a crazy *** world. Heck, that Bama student got shot on Fat Tues in the FC by locals. You gotta be careful when traveling. I'll say a prayer for him.
 
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Countfuckula said:
You must know what went down. Pray tell because I don't and doubt anyone else on here or a Bear board does either.
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Read was reported dipshit. OM guy yelled **** at a passing car and got his *** beat. Don't do stupid **** and stupid **** probably won't happen to you. There's your lesson idiot.
 
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That sorta sheds a different light on the subject. Was it even connected to the game?
 
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Is Blake the witness? Maybe they changed the article because it wasn't all that thorough. There was an associated video but it wasn't working.

Any idea who the picture with the article is? There was no caption, but he's a rough-looking sort ....
 
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Blake was the witness who helped the victim.

The video worked for me.

The report wasn't comprehensive by any means, but it had more info than other reports I'd seen.
 
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Was the guy in the picture on the video? Or did they just throw in a picture of a bum at random? Doesn't seem to fit my mental image of the OM student or the witness.
 
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Kuddos to the Blake kid. Putting pressure on that wound could have saved his life. I hope they find the folks that did this.
 
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I agree. No one deserves this just for being a shitass, otherwise most of us would've never glimpsed adulthood. Though I'm pretty sure some of us haven't seen it yet.
 
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I haven't seen any report that said who started the verbal exchange. Not that it matters to me (or the law) but some posters seemed to think if you mouth off and get punched, you get what you deserved. That Neanderthal **** is for elementary school. What if the assailant had gotten out of the car, bowed up, and the "victim" decided he wasn't going to be a victim after all, and pulled a legal concealed carry weapon and "defended" himself with a double tap to the assailants head?

There are reasons you aren't allowed to go all Barney Bear and punch out (or shoot) someone for name calling. Anyone who thinks otherwise, is developmentally stuck in 6th grade and is a 17tard. And a head injury, needing ventilator support is ALWAYS life threating. Even if this kid lives, there is no way to know now if he won't be permanently impaired by a traumatic brain injury.
 
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RocketDawg said:
I would think the most likely scenario was that he was walking down the street, most likely wearing some sort of Bear garb, and the passing car saw he was a fan of the team that just beat them, stopped, and started harassing him. Might not be that way, but it sounds like angry and perhaps drunk Longhorns to me.

At any rate, it does indeed sound like a vicious punch. Might've been more than one punch.
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Just a clarification, but the incident was around 2 am Saturday, which was actually the night before the game. His head hit the curb, which is what caused the major damage according to a witness.
 
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Speaking of this incident, did you guys see what C34 said over on ED about this. Really got some ppl up in arms over this
 
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