Did Bo Callahans friends go to his birthday party?

Bo's name was on the record... why would cops kept the rest of the team off the records if they already have Team Captain and QB listed as present.

Besides, the whole mess happened because it was Bo's birthday party... so having those guys listed as present is to be expected and it wouldn't hurt them one bit. Especially considering neither Bo nor anyone of them is suspect in the robbery that took place during the event.

See the whole point of this treatment is that Weaver can never know for sure. Just like a jury that has to convict someone on the evidence in front of them and their own "black box" judgement, he has to make the call.

We do see some first hand issues with Callahan's character... mainly as he drops in the draft, but also with his hesitation when asked if winning is important to him. The $100 bill thing didn't seem to implausible either... he might not say anything at first because it's a under the table way to send the money, you might read the play book to the end, find the money, and think you shouldn't go flapping your mouth about it. If that was a mob boss who taped some money to your order of prosciutto, and you show up and announce, "Hey Don Guido, I got the $100 you taped to the meat paper last month," you'd probably be dead. But the point is the way they contrast Drew to Callahan, that most people will form their opinions on... not whether they somehow in a Holmsian moment uncover "the shocking truth".

You can read volumes written on juror decision making on this exact topic. Very little of it is concerned with whether "OJ" did it or not, but what decision the person in charge of his fate concluded.

My take was that no, no one came to the birthday party. I think the rest of the team couldn't stand him. I think Sonny realized the teammates didn't attend the party for that reason and started questioning whether he wanted a guy like that on the team. A guy like that, even a marquee player, can have a devastating impact on a team if he's despised.

Yes they did. The Police kept their names out of the official records so that these innocent student athletes would not be tarnished by what other people, not associated with the Wisconsin football team, did at/during the birthday party.

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My interpretation was that the answer is probably not.

Callahan either really didn't remember, which suggests wild off-field character issues -- or he lied to spare himself from having to explain why no teammates were there.

Either way, GM Sonny took it as a major character flaw.

They did not go to the birthday party. It was not explicitly stated. When he called him at the draft and asked Bo about whether or not his friends came, Bo looked panicked, and paused while he thought up the lie about not remembering anything from the night. I think it was pretty clear from Bo's reaction that he was lying, and Coster knew it. The same kind of lie he told about the 100 dollar bill. As someone else pointed out, why would his name be given to the cops, but not his teammates? Bo's responses to Coster's questions and his reaction to not getting picked first, combined with everything else we learn about him during the film all support the notion that he is going to be a bust. He is not a true leader like Brian Drew, who was clearly the superior QB, both in terms of athletic prowess and that undefinable "it" factor that makes one man a leader of men.

Yes, they went. Bo didn't want to tell Kevin Costner that they went because he didn't want to tell him about any of his bad sides or what happened that night. This is why Costner does not pick him, because he is not honest. While the 2 black guys are talking about fighting people, not having enough money and stuff like that. Bo was perfect all American. He didn't have any faults at all because he didn't reveal them. So Costner did not know what faults he had. But yes, he had friends. He was a really good guy, just fearful.