Former Titan Rob Bironas dies (1 Viewer)

[Faust]

Former Titan Rob Bironas dies

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former Tennessee Titans kicker Rob Bironas died Saturday night after a car accident near his home, according to police.

Metro Nashville Police said Bironas, 36, lost control on a curve in his 2009 GMC Yukon Denali and crashed after 11 p.m. less than a mile from home. Police said in a statement on the department website that his SUV was speeding when it went off the road and hit a line of trees before coming to a stop upside down in a culvert.

Bironas was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Police said there was no evidence of alcohol or drugs at the scene.


@RobBironas

It's w/ heavy hearts that we confirm the passing RB # 2 We appreciate your respect for the family's privacy and your prayers at this time.

The Titans released Bironas in March after nine seasons. The Tennessean reported Bironas had worked out earlier this week for the Detroit Lions and for Tampa Bay during the offseason.

Bironas married Rachel Bradshaw, daughter of Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw, in June. Police spokesman Don Aaron said a police chaplain was with her after the crash. Bradshaw did not appear on the "Fox NFL Sunday" pregame show and was going to Nashville to be with his daughter.

The Titans, who played at Cincinnati, issued a statement Sunday saying their thoughts and prayers go out to his wife and family.

"We are deeply saddened to hear the tragic news from last night about Rob Bironas," the team said in a statement. "Rob made a significant impact as a player in his nine years with the team and more importantly touched many lives in the Nashville community off the field."

Bironas was the fourth most-accurate kicker in NFL history, connecting on 85.7 percent of his kicks (239 of 279). Only David Akers made more field goals (247) between 2005 and 2013 than Bironas. For kickers with 100 or more field goals since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, Bironas ranked third making 75.2 percent of his kicks from 40 yards or longer (94 of 125).

He finished as the Titans' second all-time leading scorer with 1,032 points, and he set a franchise record scoring triple digits in seven straight seasons. He also set an NFL record in 2011 in hitting a field goal from at least 40 yards in 10 consecutive games.

Bironas made a franchise-record 11 game-winning field goals during his career, including a 60-yarder against the Indianapolis Colts in 2006 that remains the longest field goal in Oilers or Titans history. Bironas kicked an NFL single-game record eight field goals in a 2007 victory over the Houston Texans, including a 29-yard game-winner as time expired. That helped him to make his only Pro Bowl, the same year he was an Associated Press All Pro.

"All I'm going to really say right now is my thoughts and prayers are out to Rachel and London, his son, and the Bironas family," said punter Brett Kern, who worked as Bironas' holder since 2009. "You never want to get that call in the morning that that happened. I'm just praying for them through this time."

"Rob was a real charismatic guy that always kind of brought smiles to people's faces around the building, around this team," quarterback Jake Locker said. "It's tough to see a guy like that, that young, really kind of just having the opportunity to start his life, he just got married, all those things, you feel for him, you feel for the loved ones that unfortunately are left behind now. You just pray that in some way they can be stronger and find a positive out of it."

Bironas went to Auburn and transferred to Georgia Southern where he won a Division I-AA national title. Bironas went to work for his father's company in Louisville, Kentucky, and was cut by Green Bay in 2002. He played in the Arena Football League and even the AF2 while spending time in training camps with Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh working as a part-time security guard and other jobs while trying to stick with an NFL team.

He won a roster spot with the Titans in 2005.

"To play in the NFL was the ultimate goal," Bironas said in December 2006.

 

[Faust]

Rob Bironas Just Might Have Been The Best Kicker Of His Era

 

[joffer]

:(

 

[Faust]

Woman says Rob Bironas tried to run her off road

 

[Limp Ditka]

Where would we be without you, Faust?

 

[Ketamine Dreams]

Woman says Rob Bironas tried to run her off road

Horrible if true.

 

[flapgreen]

Believable

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Just awful if ends up true.

 

[SengerCJ]

Leave it to Succop to miss both field goal attempts the very next day for the Titans.

 

[Da Guru]

The sad thing is that Bironis had passed his physical and would have been signed yesterday by the Detroit Lions after having a good workout with them last week.

 

[Grateful Parrot]

Woman says Rob Bironas tried to run her off road

Horrible if true.

I live here in Nashville. They played the 911 on the news this morning. Yeah it's true. Plus I travel that road a couple times a week. Battery lane is only about a 4 block stretch. It's a 2 lane road at 35mph. He really must have been f'd up to run off that road at high speed. Wife is saying he only had 1 beer and no fight, not believing it. Something was in his mind.

 

[LittlePhatty]

Woman says Rob Bironas tried to run her off road

"...wife reported him missing just before the accident occurred"

Something is up here, and I'm sure we'll find out more as the story develops.

 

[meanjoegreen]

The sad thing is that Bironis had passed his physical and would have been signed yesterday by the Detroit Lions after having a good workout with them last week.

The sad thing is Bironas died.

 

[meanjoegreen]

Woman says Rob Bironas tried to run her off road

Horrible if true.

I live here in Nashville. They played the 911 on the news this morning. Yeah it's true. Plus I travel that road a couple times a week. Battery lane is only about a 4 block stretch. It's a 2 lane road at 35mph. He really must have been f'd up to run off that road at high speed. Wife is saying he only had 1 beer and no fight, not believing it. Something was in his mind.

It's a strange chain of events.

 

[socrates]

Woman says Rob Bironas tried to run her off road

Horrible if true.

I live here in Nashville. They played the 911 on the news this morning. Yeah it's true. Plus I travel that road a couple times a week. Battery lane is only about a 4 block stretch. It's a 2 lane road at 35mph. He really must have been f'd up to run off that road at high speed. Wife is saying he only had 1 beer and no fight, not believing it. Something was in his mind.

Yeah, the 911 tape is a bit odd. The caller seems more concerned with convincing the operator that Bironas was trying to run them off the road and trying to fight them than trying to obtain help for Bironas. Undoubtedly, it was an emotional scene. My prayers and thoughts go out to Bironas' family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHyhkkEPvDY

 

[McGarnicle]

Woman says Rob Bironas tried to run her off road

Horrible if true.

I live here in Nashville. They played the 911 on the news this morning. Yeah it's true. Plus I travel that road a couple times a week. Battery lane is only about a 4 block stretch. It's a 2 lane road at 35mph. He really must have been f'd up to run off that road at high speed. Wife is saying he only had 1 beer and no fight, not believing it. Something was in his mind.

Yeah, the 911 tape is a bit odd. The caller seems more concerned with convincing the operator that Bironas was trying to run them off the road and trying to fight them than trying to obtain help for Bironas. Undoubtedly, it was an emotional scene. My prayers and thoughts go out to Bironas' family.

Yeah that lady is an annoying idiot. Sounds like she's trying to hard to sell her side of the story too. Her husband instigated this and caused the accident IMO.

 

[Grateful Parrot]

Woman says Rob Bironas tried to run her off road

Horrible if true.

I live here in Nashville. They played the 911 on the news this morning. Yeah it's true. Plus I travel that road a couple times a week. Battery lane is only about a 4 block stretch. It's a 2 lane road at 35mph. He really must have been f'd up to run off that road at high speed. Wife is saying he only had 1 beer and no fight, not believing it. Something was in his mind.

Yeah, the 911 tape is a bit odd. The caller seems more concerned with convincing the operator that Bironas was trying to run them off the road and trying to fight them than trying to obtain help for Bironas. Undoubtedly, it was an emotional scene. My prayers and thoughts go out to Bironas' family.

wow. that's a weird twist to take on it. could that have happened,..maybe. It seems to me that that the wife is covering something up. The reports are that he was watching a movie with her and friends, only had 1 beer through the night, then took off. Other reports that she reported him missing. Then the crazy 911 call.

It's just sad to see him pass like that. He was really liked here in Nashville and because of money he got cut. Our new kicker sucks.

 

[massraider]

Woman says Rob Bironas tried to run her off road

Horrible if true.

I live here in Nashville. They played the 911 on the news this morning. Yeah it's true. Plus I travel that road a couple times a week. Battery lane is only about a 4 block stretch. It's a 2 lane road at 35mph. He really must have been f'd up to run off that road at high speed. Wife is saying he only had 1 beer and no fight, not believing it. Something was in his mind.

Yeah, the 911 tape is a bit odd. The caller seems more concerned with convincing the operator that Bironas was trying to run them off the road and trying to fight them than trying to obtain help for Bironas. Undoubtedly, it was an emotional scene. My prayers and thoughts go out to Bironas' family.

Yeah, you can tell by her 911 call, no doubt. Good call.

 

[tjnc09]

Woman says Rob Bironas tried to run her off road

Horrible if true.

I live here in Nashville. They played the 911 on the news this morning. Yeah it's true. Plus I travel that road a couple times a week. Battery lane is only about a 4 block stretch. It's a 2 lane road at 35mph. He really must have been f'd up to run off that road at high speed. Wife is saying he only had 1 beer and no fight, not believing it. Something was in his mind.

Yeah, the 911 tape is a bit odd. The caller seems more concerned with convincing the operator that Bironas was trying to run them off the road and trying to fight them than trying to obtain help for Bironas. Undoubtedly, it was an emotional scene. My prayers and thoughts go out to Bironas' family.

What? That doesn't even make sense to assume that from a 911 call. Why did his wife think he was going to bed, Bironas disappears for a drive and then his wife reports him missing.It sounds like something was bothering Bironas. That isn't normal behavior to disappear for a late night drive without telling someone.

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

Two Belmont students say former Titans kicker Rob Bironas threatened to kill them and sideswipe the truck they were in before confronting a man and woman in another car and trying to run their vehicle off the road Saturday night. Minutes later, Bironas lost control of his SUV and died in a one-car crash.

Connor Fraley, a 20-year-old student, said he was a passenger in a pickup truck that Bironas tried to hit on Franklin Road during a high-speed chase, after Bironas made threatening comments at an intersection minutes earlier.

The allegations surfaced less than a day after another woman told police in a 911 call Saturday night that the popular Titans kicker tried to run her vehicle off the road just before crashing himself.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2014/09/23/students-say-rob-bironas-chased-threatened/16096649/

 

[JetMaxx]

Woman says Rob Bironas tried to run her off road

Horrible if true.

I live here in Nashville. They played the 911 on the news this morning. Yeah it's true. Plus I travel that road a couple times a week. Battery lane is only about a 4 block stretch. It's a 2 lane road at 35mph. He really must have been f'd up to run off that road at high speed. Wife is saying he only had 1 beer and no fight, not believing it. Something was in his mind.

Yeah, the 911 tape is a bit odd. The caller seems more concerned with convincing the operator that Bironas was trying to run them off the road and trying to fight them than trying to obtain help for Bironas. Undoubtedly, it was an emotional scene. My prayers and thoughts go out to Bironas' family.

Boy you guys are sharp.

 

[McGarnicle]

Hey I'm sticking up for one of the best kickers of all time while some of you seem intent on assuming the worst. Pretty crappy football fans IMO.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Hey I'm sticking up for one of the best kickers of all time while some of you seem intent on assuming the worst. Pretty crappy football fans IMO.

 

[Frenchy Fuqua]

Awful. I suspect Bironas' wife has the missing pieces to this story. Her call to police is telling.

 

[Tango]

Two Belmont students say former Titans kicker Rob Bironas threatened to kill them and sideswipe the truck they were in before confronting a man and woman in another car and trying to run their vehicle off the road Saturday night. Minutes later, Bironas lost control of his SUV and died in a one-car crash.

Connor Fraley, a 20-year-old student, said he was a passenger in a pickup truck that Bironas tried to hit on Franklin Road during a high-speed chase, after Bironas made threatening comments at an intersection minutes earlier.

The allegations surfaced less than a day after another woman told police in a 911 call Saturday night that the popular Titans kicker tried to run her vehicle off the road just before crashing himself.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2014/09/23/students-say-rob-bironas-chased-threatened/16096649/

Whoa....

that's quite a story......

 

[Righetti]

Terry Bradshaw's daughter

 

[SameSongNDance]

"His window was down, and we pulled up and I said, "Hey man, just a heads up, something's burning from your exhaust. Your exhaust smells horrible, just wanted to let you know,'' Fraley recalled telling Bironas. "He looked over at me and said "I'm going to kill everybody in your (expletive) vehicle. It was so random, so bizarre I was like, "What?" And he said the exact same thing again."

Something was clearly very very wrong with Bironas. Sad story in many different aspects.

 

[massraider]

Boy you guys are sharp.

Sorry, my sarcasm sometimes doesn't come thru.

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

could we get a title change to 'former titan rob bironas tries to murder somebody'?

 

[Tango]

And so the t-minus begins until this ties into the Rice/ADP stories....

 

[Sinn Fein]

could we get a title change to 'former titan rob bironas tries to murder somebody'?

Just because he beat his wife, does not mean he tried to murder her.

 

[Jerry Curl]

Road Rage is a crazy thing, my mother has it, only extreme instances set off people who really have it. I have seen people with it and in all honesty people behind a wheel need to understand they are operating something that can kill. That being said, I am sure the two twenty year olds did something that could have caused an accident or someones death, it is a common set off in people with road rage. Bironas ended up dead because he couldnt control that rage, but the others are not innocent in this. When have you seen a driver so angry they get like this? When people who cut someone off act like they do nothing wrong, probably flipped the bird because they were mad someone was upset with them for cutting them off.

Anger is not the answer, but in instances like this two sides are always at fault in my 35 plus years of driving experience, but because the two twenty year olds are playing victim that will go unnoticed. I flipped someone off because they honked at me when I pulled in front of them on a busy highway, I thought they were going to fast. I was in the wrong here after I thought about it, because if I thought he was going to fast its my job as a responsible driver to wait. I really angered the person who was driving and completely understand if he was pissed and wanted to kill me after I cut him off then flipped him off.

I blame everyone here, including the two women who no doubt encouraged the anger in my experience on both sides of road rage.

 

[njherdfan]

Road Rage is a crazy thing, my mother has it, only extreme instances set off people who really have it. I have seen people with it and in all honesty people behind a wheel need to understand they are operating something that can kill. That being said, I am sure the two twenty year olds did something that could have caused an accident or someones death, it is a common set off in people with road rage. Bironas ended up dead because he couldnt control that rage, but the others are not innocent in this. When have you seen a driver so angry they get like this? When people who cut someone off act like they do nothing wrong, probably flipped the bird because they were mad someone was upset with them for cutting them off.

Anger is not the answer, but in instances like this two sides are always at fault in my 35 plus years of driving experience, but because the two twenty year olds are playing victim that will go unnoticed. I flipped someone off because they honked at me when I pulled in front of them on a busy highway, I thought they were going to fast. I was in the wrong here after I thought about it, because if I thought he was going to fast its my job as a responsible driver to wait. I really angered the person who was driving and completely understand if he was pissed and wanted to kill me after I cut him off then flipped him off.

I blame everyone here, including the two women who no doubt encouraged the anger in my experience on both sides of road rage.

 

[C-Bound]

I really angered the person who was driving and completely understand if he was pissed and wanted to kill me after I cut him off then flipped him off.

Umm what?

 

[SameSongNDance]

I blame everyone here, including the two women who no doubt encouraged the anger in my experience on both sides of road rage.

He tried to kill other people (those students mentioned above) on the same day. Bironas was likely the only person in the wrong in this instance. Seems to me like he made up his mind to take his own life and also was actively trying to bring other people with him.

 

[massraider]

Road Rage is a crazy thing, my mother has it, only extreme instances set off people who really have it. I have seen people with it and in all honesty people behind a wheel need to understand they are operating something that can kill. That being said, I am sure the two twenty year olds did something that could have caused an accident or someones death, it is a common set off in people with road rage. Bironas ended up dead because he couldnt control that rage, but the others are not innocent in this. When have you seen a driver so angry they get like this? When people who cut someone off act like they do nothing wrong, probably flipped the bird because they were mad someone was upset with them for cutting them off.

Anger is not the answer, but in instances like this two sides are always at fault in my 35 plus years of driving experience, but because the two twenty year olds are playing victim that will go unnoticed. I flipped someone off because they honked at me when I pulled in front of them on a busy highway, I thought they were going to fast. I was in the wrong here after I thought about it, because if I thought he was going to fast its my job as a responsible driver to wait. I really angered the person who was driving and completely understand if he was pissed and wanted to kill me after I cut him off then flipped him off.

I blame everyone here, including the two women who no doubt encouraged the anger in my experience on both sides of road rage.

You blame them partially for what? Bironas getting in a single car accident down the road?

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

Road Rage is a crazy thing, my mother has it, only extreme instances set off people who really have it. I have seen people with it and in all honesty people behind a wheel need to understand they are operating something that can kill. That being said, I am sure the two twenty year olds did something that could have caused an accident or someones death, it is a common set off in people with road rage. Bironas ended up dead because he couldnt control that rage, but the others are not innocent in this. When have you seen a driver so angry they get like this? When people who cut someone off act like they do nothing wrong, probably flipped the bird because they were mad someone was upset with them for cutting them off.

Anger is not the answer, but in instances like this two sides are always at fault in my 35 plus years of driving experience, but because the two twenty year olds are playing victim that will go unnoticed. I flipped someone off because they honked at me when I pulled in front of them on a busy highway, I thought they were going to fast. I was in the wrong here after I thought about it, because if I thought he was going to fast its my job as a responsible driver to wait. I really angered the person who was driving and completely understand if he was pissed and wanted to kill me after I cut him off then flipped him off.

I blame everyone here, including the two women who no doubt encouraged the anger in my experience on both sides of road rage.

how would you feel about getting murdered due to board rage?

 

[Jerry Curl]

Road Rage is a crazy thing, my mother has it, only extreme instances set off people who really have it. I have seen people with it and in all honesty people behind a wheel need to understand they are operating something that can kill. That being said, I am sure the two twenty year olds did something that could have caused an accident or someones death, it is a common set off in people with road rage. Bironas ended up dead because he couldnt control that rage, but the others are not innocent in this. When have you seen a driver so angry they get like this? When people who cut someone off act like they do nothing wrong, probably flipped the bird because they were mad someone was upset with them for cutting them off.

Anger is not the answer, but in instances like this two sides are always at fault in my 35 plus years of driving experience, but because the two twenty year olds are playing victim that will go unnoticed. I flipped someone off because they honked at me when I pulled in front of them on a busy highway, I thought they were going to fast. I was in the wrong here after I thought about it, because if I thought he was going to fast its my job as a responsible driver to wait. I really angered the person who was driving and completely understand if he was pissed and wanted to kill me after I cut him off then flipped him off.

I blame everyone here, including the two women who no doubt encouraged the anger in my experience on both sides of road rage.

You blame them partially for what? Bironas getting in a single car accident down the road?

Possibly, Bironas is not here to tell his side of the story. So is your take that the two girls who Bironas was mad at did nothing to provoke his rage? Is that not a possibility? I notice some who post on this site is notorious for jumping to conclusions. I dont want to assume just because the two survivors of the incident are here to share their side of the story that they are not at fault in some way. Amazing how a dead man cant say anything so many may automatically believe the two women by default. I should have said that clearer.

 

[SameSongNDance]

Road Rage is a crazy thing, my mother has it, only extreme instances set off people who really have it. I have seen people with it and in all honesty people behind a wheel need to understand they are operating something that can kill. That being said, I am sure the two twenty year olds did something that could have caused an accident or someones death, it is a common set off in people with road rage. Bironas ended up dead because he couldnt control that rage, but the others are not innocent in this. When have you seen a driver so angry they get like this? When people who cut someone off act like they do nothing wrong, probably flipped the bird because they were mad someone was upset with them for cutting them off.

Anger is not the answer, but in instances like this two sides are always at fault in my 35 plus years of driving experience, but because the two twenty year olds are playing victim that will go unnoticed. I flipped someone off because they honked at me when I pulled in front of them on a busy highway, I thought they were going to fast. I was in the wrong here after I thought about it, because if I thought he was going to fast its my job as a responsible driver to wait. I really angered the person who was driving and completely understand if he was pissed and wanted to kill me after I cut him off then flipped him off.

I blame everyone here, including the two women who no doubt encouraged the anger in my experience on both sides of road rage.

You blame them partially for what? Bironas getting in a single car accident down the road?

Possibly, Bironas is not here to tell his side of the story. So is your take that the two girls who Bironas was mad at did nothing to provoke his rage? Is that not a possibility? I notice some who post on this site is notorious for jumping to conclusions. I dont want to assume just because the two survivors of the incident are here to share their side of the story that they are not at fault in some way. Amazing how a dead man cant say anything so many may automatically believe the two women by default. I should have said that clearer.

Did you not read any of the other posts in this thread? Do you think the Belmont students are lying as well when they said Bironas threatened to kill them unprovoked?

 

[Jerry Curl]

Road Rage is a crazy thing, my mother has it, only extreme instances set off people who really have it. I have seen people with it and in all honesty people behind a wheel need to understand they are operating something that can kill. That being said, I am sure the two twenty year olds did something that could have caused an accident or someones death, it is a common set off in people with road rage. Bironas ended up dead because he couldnt control that rage, but the others are not innocent in this. When have you seen a driver so angry they get like this? When people who cut someone off act like they do nothing wrong, probably flipped the bird because they were mad someone was upset with them for cutting them off.

Anger is not the answer, but in instances like this two sides are always at fault in my 35 plus years of driving experience, but because the two twenty year olds are playing victim that will go unnoticed. I flipped someone off because they honked at me when I pulled in front of them on a busy highway, I thought they were going to fast. I was in the wrong here after I thought about it, because if I thought he was going to fast its my job as a responsible driver to wait. I really angered the person who was driving and completely understand if he was pissed and wanted to kill me after I cut him off then flipped him off.

I blame everyone here, including the two women who no doubt encouraged the anger in my experience on both sides of road rage.

You blame them partially for what? Bironas getting in a single car accident down the road?

Possibly, Bironas is not here to tell his side of the story. So is your take that the two girls who Bironas was mad at did nothing to provoke his rage? Is that not a possibility? I notice some who post on this site is notorious for jumping to conclusions. I dont want to assume just because the two survivors of the incident are here to share their side of the story that they are not at fault in some way. Amazing how a dead man cant say anything so many may automatically believe the two women by default. I should have said that clearer.

Did you not read any of the other posts in this thread? Do you think the Belmont students are lying as well when they said Bironas threatened to kill them unprovoked?

That is your view, I applaud you for solving the case so swiftly if that is the truth. I am not one who can sum up a mans intentions I never met because others on the other side of a conflict and third party accounts hoping not to get in trouble with the law share their story to the media and police a way where they look completely innocent. Far be it from college students to lie, so I know what you mean. I do not wish to get in spats on the internet, I shared my point of view, you disagree. I am OK with that. I come here for the football.

 

[socrates]

This entire saga, from the report from Bironas' wife, the 911 call and the story about the students, seems very peculiar, so I would rule nothing out. It is certainly possible that Bironas just went over the edge and lost it. Is there anything to indicate Bironas had a history of erratic and reckless behavior? What a tragic ending.

 

[Jerry Curl]

By the sounds of it you probably want to stick to it.

Boy you guys are sharp.

Are these your two contributions? Sorry I am not piling on Bironas like many including you wish, there are enough of those for your company. Soon I may hate Bironas if he did this unprovoked and as the story says as much as you, but I will wait for more facts. Why do people get so upset when someone doesnt hate someone for an action without more facts or agree with them? Waiting for more information gets people upset with you and that is not good.

 

[SameSongNDance]

Road Rage is a crazy thing, my mother has it, only extreme instances set off people who really have it. I have seen people with it and in all honesty people behind a wheel need to understand they are operating something that can kill. That being said, I am sure the two twenty year olds did something that could have caused an accident or someones death, it is a common set off in people with road rage. Bironas ended up dead because he couldnt control that rage, but the others are not innocent in this. When have you seen a driver so angry they get like this? When people who cut someone off act like they do nothing wrong, probably flipped the bird because they were mad someone was upset with them for cutting them off.

Anger is not the answer, but in instances like this two sides are always at fault in my 35 plus years of driving experience, but because the two twenty year olds are playing victim that will go unnoticed. I flipped someone off because they honked at me when I pulled in front of them on a busy highway, I thought they were going to fast. I was in the wrong here after I thought about it, because if I thought he was going to fast its my job as a responsible driver to wait. I really angered the person who was driving and completely understand if he was pissed and wanted to kill me after I cut him off then flipped him off.

I blame everyone here, including the two women who no doubt encouraged the anger in my experience on both sides of road rage.

You blame them partially for what? Bironas getting in a single car accident down the road?

Possibly, Bironas is not here to tell his side of the story. So is your take that the two girls who Bironas was mad at did nothing to provoke his rage? Is that not a possibility? I notice some who post on this site is notorious for jumping to conclusions. I dont want to assume just because the two survivors of the incident are here to share their side of the story that they are not at fault in some way. Amazing how a dead man cant say anything so many may automatically believe the two women by default. I should have said that clearer.

Did you not read any of the other posts in this thread? Do you think the Belmont students are lying as well when they said Bironas threatened to kill them unprovoked?

That is your view, I applaud you for solving the case so swiftly if that is the truth. I am not one who can sum up a mans intentions I never met because others on the other side of a conflict and third party accounts hoping not to get in trouble with the law share their story to the media and police a way where they look completely innocent. Far be it from college students to lie, so I know what you mean. I do not wish to get in spats on the internet, I shared my point of view, you disagree. I am OK with that. I come here for the football.

You're the one who decided to drop into this thread and write a novel. I'm truly curious though, do you actually think that shortly after his wife reported him missing, Bironas decided to take a joy ride and was unlucky enough to incur the wrath of two separate parties before getting himself into a one car crash?

 

[spodog]

Yeah, the 911 tape is a bit odd. The caller seems more concerned with convincing the operator that Bironas was trying to run them off the road and trying to fight them than trying to obtain help for Bironas. Undoubtedly, it was an emotional scene. My prayers and thoughts go out to Bironas' family.

This is exactly what I concluded after listening to the 911 call last night as well.

I am not normally a conspiracy theorist, but there are way too many pieces of this story that just don't add up. Each of these, considered in the context of what has been reported, seems very odd:

• The entire circumstance of his death has been described in a way that makes it seem very out of character by those who knew him.

• The hysterical woman in the 911 call never directly answers a single question posed to her by the 911 dispatcher. Instead, as Socrates points out, she focuses every statement on insisting that she and her husband did not know Bironas or on insisting that he is either crazy, drunk or on drugs.

• Bironas' wife calls the police to report him missing at around 10:30 PM. The information provided to the police in her police report indicate that she would have been making this missing persons call after no more than 30 minutes elapsed since she last spoke with him in their home. Does that seem normal? This is a grown man, not a missing child. Do people typically report an adult "missing" after only 30 minutes of not knowing where he is at?

• Look at the quote from Titan's punter Brett Kern: "All I'm going to really say right now is my thoughts and prayers are out to Rachel and London, his son, and the Bironas family," said punter Brett Kern

Kern's statement seems to imply that he will have more to say later, but doesn't feel it is appropriate to say whatever is on his mind yet. Maybe he's simply being respectful. But presumably Kern is someone who knew Bironas fairly well, and certainly leads one to believe he knows more about the situation than he is willing to initially say.

I won't speculate as to what's really behind this story, but there is certainly more here than what has been shared with the press so far. It doesn't appear this is simply a case of road rage with a tragic outcome to me.

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

do you think colonel mustard might've been involved?

 

[JetMaxx]

Yeah, the 911 tape is a bit odd. The caller seems more concerned with convincing the operator that Bironas was trying to run them off the road and trying to fight them than trying to obtain help for Bironas. Undoubtedly, it was an emotional scene. My prayers and thoughts go out to Bironas' family.

This is exactly what I concluded after listening to the 911 call last night as well.

I am not normally a conspiracy theorist, but there are way too many pieces of this story that just don't add up. Each of these, considered in the context of what has been reported, seems very odd:

• The entire circumstance of his death has been described in a way that makes it seem very out of character by those who knew him.

• The hysterical woman in the 911 call never directly answers a single question posed to her by the 911 dispatcher. Instead, as Socrates points out, she focuses every statement on insisting that she and her husband did not know Bironas or on insisting that he is either crazy, drunk or on drugs.

• Bironas' wife calls the police to report him missing at around 10:30 PM. The information provided to the police in her police report indicate that she would have been making this missing persons call after no more than 30 minutes elapsed since she last spoke with him in their home. Does that seem normal? This is a grown man, not a missing child. Do people typically report an adult "missing" after only 30 minutes of not knowing where he is at?

• Look at the quote from Titan's punter Brett Kern: "All I'm going to really say right now is my thoughts and prayers are out to Rachel and London, his son, and the Bironas family," said punter Brett Kern

Kern's statement seems to imply that he will have more to say later, but doesn't feel it is appropriate to say whatever is on his mind yet. Maybe he's simply being respectful. But presumably Kern is someone who knew Bironas fairly well, and certainly leads one to believe he knows more about the situation than he is willing to initially say.I won't speculate as to what's really behind this story, but there is certainly more here than what has been shared with the press so far. It doesn't appear this is simply a case of road rage with a tragic outcome to me.

the woman in the call sounds like someone in shock at what's just happened

 

[gradin123]

I do not doubt the story of the woman who claimed Bironas tried to run her off the road. In the newspaper article there are 2 other independant parties who say the exact same thing about the way Bironas was driving.

We have not heard the full truth from the wife yet though. Why would you report a grown man missing to police just because he took off for a bit, there clearly is more to be understood about the mental state of Bironas. Whether he fought with his wife or not he was clearly in a deranged state of mind.

 

[Tango]

I do not doubt the story of the woman who claimed Bironas tried to run her off the road. In the newspaper article there are 2 other independant parties who say the exact same thing about the way Bironas was driving.

We have not heard the full truth from the wife yet though. Why would you report a grown man missing to police just because he took off for a bit, there clearly is more to be understood about the mental state of Bironas. Whether he fought with his wife or not he was clearly in a deranged state of mind.

The article has been updated to include Rachel Bradshaw's 911 call.

At the end the operator asks if he has any physical or mental issues.

She said "no"....plain as day.

 

[bumpman]

Yes, it doesn't make sense for the wife to call 911 unless she had a sense he was either a danger to himself or to others when he left. We don't know what happened prior to that call before Bironas left. My guess was some nasty fight, or her calling off the marriage or some infidelity. No basis for that. Just speculating.

 

[Frenchy Fuqua]

Sounds eerily similar to Justin Strzelczyk's demise:

Part 1

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E9MWoBhir98

Part 2

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cYGPyUzifN0