Virginia Tech wide receiver Ike Whitaker blamed head coach Frank Beamer for getting arrested on public intoxication charges.

Frank Beamer suspended Whitaker for missing a morning practice so the young receiver felt he needed to go get wasted at a downtown bar.

“Half the reason I was down there is because I was suspended. And I feel like I wasn’t supposed to get suspended,” Whitaker said. “I’m not selling drugs, shooting nobody, killing nobody, carrying guns; I’m not doing any of that. And for me to get suspended for missing a meeting is crazy.”

Although he admits he was drunk, Whitaker doesn’t think he deserved to be arrested.

“I don’t think I was being wild (or) rude to anybody downtown,” Whitaker said. “But I knew the cops know I was suspended. They were talking about it. I was talking to the cops, explaining to them how hurt I was that I had been suspended … So I’m explaining to the cop that honestly I’m mad, I’m frustrated and the way I dealt with it was going downtown with some of my friends and trying to enjoy myself as much as possible. And then I got a drunk in public.”

Grow up kid, it’s time to put on some big boy pants and take responsibility for your actions.