Here's a roundup of notable arrests and incidents related to college football during the past week. Some of these are not eligible for the Fulmer Cup, but nonetheless might be interesting to you, the informed college football reader. Be warned: Some of these may be somewhat grim.

• Congratulations to the University of Virginia for having three players charged with felonies and suspended from the team indefinitely for a brawl near James Madison University. One of the players, Devin Wallace, is even more trouble because he failed to tell UVa officials about an arrest he had in 2008 for threatening to kill a policewoman.
• Florida State running back Jermaine Thomas was arrested, charged with a misdemeanor, and released for driving with a suspended license.
• Kansas receiver Chris Omigie was arrested for DUI on Feb. 5.
• Tracy Clark, a Washington State redshirt freshman cornerback, has been charged with stealing a laptop.
• Former Louisville running back Michael Bush was charged with DUI after being arrested in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
• Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of a good Samaritan who came to the aid of a pregnant woman being robbed after the LSU-Alabama football game last season.
• The trial of Jeremy Green, an ESPN analyst fired from his job after he was arrested for child porn, is scheduled to begin April 14.
• Two Wofford College football players have been dismissed from the team after warrants for first-degree burglary and grand larceny were issued in their names.
• One of the two University of Colorado football players charged in connection with an alleged December rape is scheduled to enter a plea March 18.
• An Illinois football player who was expelled from the team for punching a man in the face last November has been sentenced.
• No charges will be filed against Ohio State recruit Chris Carter following allegations he fondled an underage girl.
• Texas A&M-Commerce redshirt freshman Alan Beatty was arrested for underage alcohol consumption Feb. 5.

Here's a roundup of notable arrests and incidents related to college football during the past week. Some of these are not eligible for the Fulmer Cup, but nonetheless might be interesting to you, the informed college football reader. Be warned: Some of these may be somewhat grim. 

• Missouri defensive tackle Jimmy Burge was arrested on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia on Jan. 17.

• Former USC defensive end and current Minnesota Viking Everson Griffen was hit by a Taser and arrested for allegedly assaulting an LAPD officer. Griffen allegedly grabbed an officer in the crotch and squeezed while the officer was attempting to restrain him while he was on the ground.

• Iowa State linebacker Matt Tau'fo'ou was arrested for having an awesome name and alleged drunken driving on Jan. 29. He has been suspended from the Cyclones' football team.

• Former Arkansas and USC quarterback Mitch Mustain was arrested Feb. 2 on suspicion of selling prescription drugs in Los Angeles. He had been preparing for the NFL Draft.

• Ohio State offensive lineman commit Christopher Carter of Cleveland, Ohio, was arrested Feb. 1 on suspicion of misdemeanor sexual imposition. There was no word if Ohio State would rescind his scholarship offer.

• Penn State starting left guard Johnnie Troutman was arrested Jan. 29 for DUI in State College.

• North Carolina redshirt sophomore athlete A.J. Blue was arrested Jan. 30 for DUI and open container violations in Burlington, N.C. The team reported it will handle the matter internally.

• Nebraska sophomore defensive tackle Justin Jackson was arrested for DUI, minor possession and negligent driving Jan. 30 in Lincoln.

• Arizona State redshirt freshman Ramon Abreu has been suspended from the team and charged with sexual conduct with a minor after police received a complaint that he had sex with a 14-year-old while a senior in high school.

• Arkansas wide receiver Lance Ray has been arrested and charged with marijuana possession.

• Two LSU recruiting targets have had their signings delayed because of legal trouble. T.K. Fleming was arrested Feb. 1 for unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling. It was his fifth arrest in the past year, and tailback Jeremy Hill is on hold because of his recent arrest for sexual battery involving a 14-year-old.

• Murray State sophomore quarterback Casey Brockman pled guilty to charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol as a minor. Murray State is in the Ohio Valley Conference.

• Former Washington defensive end Andru Pulu, who was kicked off that team following an arrest last year, has committed to play at Eastern Washington.

•  South Carolina wide receiver O.J. Murdock, kicked off that team in 2006 for a shoplifting arrest, enrolled at Division  II Fort Hays State and has turned his life around as he prepares for the NFL Scouting Combine.

• Clemson outside linebacker recruit Lateek Townsend was arrested Jan. 18 for driving with a suspended license and released on his own recognizance.

• South Carolina linebacker recruit Chip Towers was arrested in Georgia on Nov. 23 for possession/sale/distribution of a drug, driving on a suspended license and an expired tag.

• Former University of Cincinnati mascot guy-in-suit M. Robert Garfield III will appear in court to answer for a disorderly conduct charge for throwing snowballs during Cincinnati's game against Pitt on Dec. 4. Yes, it's the one you saw on YouTube.

• Former Nebraska running back Thunder Collins (2000-2002), sentenced to life for a 2008 murder, is appealing his conviction to the Nebraska Supreme Court.

• One of the tree-sitters who delayed renovation of Cal's football stadium has been arrested for attempted murder after someone visited him in his treetop home.

Here's a roundup of notable arrests and incidents related to college football during the past week. Most of these are not eligible for the Fulmer Cup, but nonetheless might be interesting to you, the informed college football reader. Be warned: Some of these may be somewhat grim.

• As covered in the third Fulmer Cup report of the offseason, starting Florida cornerback Janoris Jenkins was arrested for marijuana possession under 20 grams on Jan. 23.
• Recently uncovered court documents reveal two University of Louisville players dismissed from that team last October were relieved of their duties because they allegedly assaulted a fellow player. First-degree assault charges have been filed, and the players are scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 3.
• Ole Miss verbal commitment Tobias Singleton, considered the No. 9 cornerback prospect in the country, has been charged with misdemeanor domestic violence and felony mischief.
• Former University of Iowa football player Derrell Johnson-Koulianos pled guilty to possession of marijuana and will stay out of jail.
• An unidentified Texas A&M-Commerce football recruit was arrested for possession of alcohol by a Minor on Jan. 21.

Here's a roundup of notable arrests and incidents related to college football during the past week. Most of these are not eligible for the Fulmer Cup, but nonetheless might be interesting to you, the informed college football reader. Be warned: Some of these may be somewhat grim.

• The first Fulmer Cup score of the year came when University of Connecticut running back Lyle McCombs was arrested for two misdemeanor charges related to marijuana.
• The second score likely will be this arrest of freshman Oklahoma defensive back Kenneth Stills for DUI and the accompanying arrest of freshman wide receiver Tony Jefferson for allegedly interfering with official process during Stills' arrest.
• In non-Fulmer Cup news, a second former University of Colorado football player, sophomore Michael Theodore O'Connor, has been accused of sex assault in the same event that involved former Colorado linebacker Michael Sipili, who was charged last week.
  
• Turning to serious matters, bail has been halved from $3 million to $1.5 million for Travis "Taurus" Brown, the man suspected in the shooting of three Southern Miss football players on Nov. 14. He remains unable to afford the sum.
• Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, the University of Iowa's all-time leading wide receiver, no longer faces charges of keeping a drug house. Unfortunately for him, he still faces several drug possession charges.
• In related news, former Iowa RB Adam Robinson is making a public apology and is asking to be readmitted to the Hawkeyes' football program after an arrest for marijuana possession.
• Former Tennessee star Nu'Keese Richardson is making a new start at 1-AA Hampton (Va.) University after being sentenced in connection with an armed robbery and dismissed from the Volunteers in 2009.
• A 17-year-old verbal commit to Texas A&M has been arrested for aggravated robbery.
• Nathan Tom Bartley, a freshman football player at Arizona Western College, has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in Yuma, Arizona.
• Three University of New Mexico football players were charged with battery and other offenses after being accused of complicity in a nightclub brawl.
• Three former Citadel football players pled guilty to robbing their former assistant coach.
• Former University of Toledo football player Adam Cuomo pled guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for influencing the result of Toledo football games.
  

Here's a roundup of notable arrests and incidents related to college football during the past week. Most of these are not eligible for the Fulmer Cup, but nonetheless might be interesting to you, the informed college football reader. Be warned: Many of these are somewhat grim.

• Jeremy Hill, a highly touted LSU commit, has been charged with sexual assault. Les Miles had no comment.
• Two men arrested in a Houston armed robbery told police they were football players, but their schools say they are no longer on the schools' rosters. Anthony Lewis Jr., of the University of Houston, and Denarius Marshall, of West Texas A&M, are among the five people in custody.
• In odder news, 54-year-old Robert Lance Theoudele, a former University of Washington football player, has been accused giving his teammates' identities multiple times after arrests, a trend that started as far back as 1985.
• Indianapolis police have arrested a suspect in the New Year's Day shooting death of Central Lakes (Minn.) College football player Dominique Corder.
• Former Middle Tennessee State football player Reginald Doucet Jr. was shot and killed by the LAPD on Friday after resisting arrest following a streaking incident.
• Tyeler Cookson, a freshman with the Highland Community College (Kan.) football team, is one of four people accused in the beating death of a Salina, Kan. man. 
• A drunken Notre Dame student whose arrest at a tailgate was posted on YouTube has been charged.
• Tyler Thomas, a former Oregon State player who was kicked off the team after resisting arrest while drunk, has joined the Montana State football team.
• The man believed to be behind the street racing death of a 2009 Air Force recruit has pled guilty to charges.
• The man accused of murdering UConn football player Jasper Howard in 2009 has pled no contest to the charges.
• Recent Colorado linebacker Michael Sipili is accused of sexual assault after turning himself into police. Colorado administrators, having learned their lesson from previous incidents involving football players, issued a press release 13 minutes after the arrest.
  
• Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz found himself in court on Jan. 12, testifying in the trial of former player Cedric Everson, a player accused of a 2007 sex assault.

I'm sure you're all eagerly combing Google News for the first Fulmer Cup score of the season, but for this one, we might need a ruling from the judges.

Colorado linebacker Michael Sipili was arrested for sexual assault Tuesday morning. The question?

Well, Sipili's NCAA eligibility expired at the end of the 2010 season. Does he still count for Colorado? He's still on scholarship for Colorado, I assume, since the spring semester has only just begun at schools across the country.

I'm sure the judges will decide, and Sipili will be punished or rewarded accordingly.

n the world of literary criticism, where tweed-jacketed English professors ruin undergraduates' enjoyment of novels forever, there lurks a beast called the anvil chorus.

When one thing goes wrong, it's happenstance. When two things do, it's coincidence. When three things screw up, it's malicious intent. And when four, five, and the ceiling caves in, it's the anvil chorus. The punches keep coming.

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After a disaster, only one thing can heal: Other people's misfortune. Katrina proved this, as it took a massive earthquake in Haiti to win New Orleans a Super Bowl. The fact that the earthquake happened after this Super Bowl win is irrelevant.

For those of us in college football land, there's no finer distraction than tossing an eyeball at the royalty. I'm not talking about Alabama's 42.7 million national championships, I'm talking about something far more important: Mascots. And not just any mascot, but Uga.

If this were a metaphor, it would fit. Nothing interests observers more than the activities of foreign royalty and their misdeeds, though I doubt Uga will be wearing a Nazi uniform anytime soon. That danger aside, the kingdom of Georgia, having fallen upon hard times, now faces its greatest threat yet. Its king is ailing.

That king, Uga VIII, ascended to the throne only after the premature death of his progenitor. But not yet being of an age to inherit, a regent had to be appointed first. That regent, Russ, did little to reverse the kingdom's decline. After reaching the age of majority, Uga VIII found no more success.

Those of us watching from beyond the borders of the Kingdom of Georgia hope it can recover from its hard times, the first losing season in 14 years, at the hands of an upstart knight.

We also hope Uga VIII will not follow in the footsteps of his cousin from across the ocean, King George V, who died a century ago this month.

Perhaps a tragedy will befall another nearby kingdom, and thereby relieve the suffering of those in Georgia. But for that, we can only watch and wait.

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