Media, police not to blame for Cougars' off-field troubles

Is it really the media and the police’s fault for the Washington State University football team’s recent troubles off the gridiron?

That’s a question that has been running through my mind in the last couple of weeks relating to the four arrests of several WSU football players — most recently Robert Barber and T.J. Fehoko, who were arrested for second-degree assault in connection with an altercation July 23 in Pullman that left one student with a concussion and another with a broken jaw.

There have been 29 player arrests in the last four seasons under the eye of head coach Mike Leach. Of the 29...