The College Football Watercooler
Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount, who was suspended for the season after punching a Boise State player in the wake of the season opener, has been allowed to rejoin the Ducks.
Blount will be able to play for the Ducks (No. 13 BCS, No. 14 AP) on Saturday night when they host Arizona State. He missed eight games.
“Now it is up to me to prove to people that their lasting impressions of me are not what they saw in Boise,” he said.
Blount punched Byron Hout following the nationally televised opener, bringing the Broncos’ defensive end to his knees. The next day he was suspended for the season by Kelly, but he was allowed to keep his scholarship and practice with the team.
Rudolph out with shoulder injury.
Notre Dame will likely be without one of its top offensive weapons for the rest of the regular season.
Tight end Kyle Rudolph, who left Saturday’s loss to Navy in the first half with a shoulder injury, is unlikely to play again before a possible bowl game, coach Charlie Weis said Tuesday.
Big East Coaching Salaries.
USA Today did a terrific piece today on college football coaching salaries, complete with a searchable database. Here’s what each Big East coach makes, according to the report:
- Randy Edsall, UConn: $1.45 million
- Brian Kelly, Cincinnati: $1.3265 million
- Steve Kragthorpe, Louisville: $1.216 million
- Jim Leavitt, South Florida: $1.6 million
- Doug Marrone, Syracuse: N/A
- Greg Schiano, Rutgers: $2.07 million
- Bill Stewart, West Virginia: $878,000
- Dave Wannstedt, Pittsburgh: $979,288
UCONN Stabbing Death
VERNON, Conn. — An arrest warrant affidavit says the fight that led to the stabbing death of University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard began when one of his teammates “disrespected” a woman at a school-sponsored dance.
The affidavit released Tuesday accuses a 21-year-old Bloomfield man, John Lomax, of murder in the Oct. 18 killing of Howard. The document includes an array of witness statements about the encounter.
Howard’s teammate, Michael Smith, told investigators that Howard threw a punch at a man matching Lomax’s description before he was stabbed.
The affidavit also says Johnny Hood, one of six men charged in the case, told police that the fight began when another man, later identified as football player Brian Parker, made comments about a woman at the dance.