Watch: Judge hammers Charlie Strong over South Florida player arrests

A Tampa judge sent a message to Charlie Strong in court on Wednesday as one of his South Florida players, LaDarrius Jackson, was appearing on charges of sexual battery and false imprisonment.

Judge Margaret Taylor, a South Florida graduate, called out the new Bulls coach over the fact that Jackson is the second player arrested in Strong's short tenure with the program. Hassan Childs was charged with aggravated assault and possession of marijuana in March and was dismissed from the team.

The two arrests certainly don't reflect well on the program, but to accuse Strong of not having control of his players seems very harsh. The former Texas coach didn't recruit either of the arrested players to South Florida, and has only been on the job a couple of months.

Strong responded to Taylor's comments in a statement obtained by John Taylor of College Football Talk:

In the short time I have been here our program has been built on character, discipline and family. We have wonderful young men in the USF football program who choose to do the right thing every day. We are dedicated to recruiting young men of high character, and to consistently developing them with structure and frequent education regarding appropriate conduct and behavior, on and off the playing field. While I am shocked and saddened at the recent arrest of a member of our team, I am disappointed that the actions of two players over the last two months have harmed the reputation of our program, of our wonderful university and of my character. We have high expectations of our coaches, staff and student-athletes and we hold accountable those who act contrary to our values.