If there was one player the Kansas Jayhawks can't afford to lose for any serious time this season, it's Sherron Collins. Title defense aside, because it's a longshot, if Kansas wants to have a decent season Collins, as the lone returnee and only experienced player, will have to play a major role. So it must have made Bill Self's heart skip a beat or two when word broke that Collins faced criminal charges of exposing himself and rubbing himself against a woman.

If Collins were to find himself convicted of a crime, Self would almost certainly have to suspend him and jeopardize the chance of a winning campaign. Self can exhale, though, and get back to planning for the upcoming season. The Douglas County District Attorney decided last Friday that there wasn't enough evidence to file charges against Collins. They can still change their minds if more evidence comes to light but, for the time being, the Jayhawk is in the clear.

Collins still needs to sort out a $75,000 default judgment from a civil case stemming from the same alleged incident in May 2007. He never responded to a communication from the court but his lawyers are arguing that it was sent to the wrong address. Happy though Collins must be, I wonder if his ego stings at all after his flashing case ended because of insufficient evidence?

(H/T The Big Lead)