I have to go to class too?

South Carolina quarterback Blake Mitchell, tailback Bobby Wallace and cornerback Chris Hail were suspended from SC's season opener on September 1st against Louisana-Lafayette for missing summer school classes. Mitchell is pretty fimiliar with the dunst cap after he was arrested and charged with simple assault at a nightclub last year. The charges were later dropped. Isn't part of the battle for would be footballers at South Carolina just getting into college? Then you make them like go to class and study? What is this Harvard?

And speaking of night time battery, two Boston College football players will not be disciplined by the team after being charged with assualt and battery in connection with a July bar fight. Team co-captain Gosder Cherilus and DeJuan Tribble along with Massachusetts State popo sergeant Joseph J. Boike were charged after assaulting a patron at a bar who refused to clear an area for Eagles players. Who does that guy think he is? Not moving for a bunch of college football players who will spend their adult lives talking about the good old days while taking a swig of their Rolling Rock and hitting on young disinterested college girls. Watch out Gosder, DeJuan and sergeant Joe, because the popo are on your tail!

And you thought only the men cheated. Purdue's women's basketball team is on probation for two years and will lose two scholarships this season for improper recruiting, oh and the assistant coach Katrina Merriweather helped write papers for her players. So you have to go to class and write papers, what's next, you have to take tests? Where is the bonus of being an athlete?

In other college basketball news, Illinois will be without guard Jamar Smith after his drunken-driving conviction. He was sentenced to 15 days in jail and 24 months of probation. Smith will redshirt the season (I can't believe you can legally miss a season and not be penalized to take care of your court ordered requirements) while he gets stuff done.

That's all the college news fit to print this afternoon. I really hope someone has a blog devoted to collegiate athletes indiscretions!

It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate