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Third lawyer wants off Auburn case
How big is football in Alabama? How about so big the justice system cannot work properly without school pride becoming a conflict to a case. With good reason, though.
Harvey Updyke Jr., who's charged with the poisoning of the Toomer’s Corner oak trees on the Auburn campus, is still in the process of finding an Auburn defense attorney to represent him. Jerry Blevins became the third attorney to back away from the case.
The first two men, Jerry Hauser and Philip Tyler, backed out as conflicts of interest. Hauser cited because his wife is the head of Auburn’s department of communications and journalism, while Tyler cited his previous job as an assistant professor at Auburn, as the reason for backing out.
NFL Combine begins
The NFL Scouting combine begins today, with the first group of players arriving to Indianapolis for the weeklong event.
There are obviously some big storylines to follow. The defensive end class is one of the best of the last decade, if not ever. The quarterback class features a potential group of four first round draft choices. Scouts eyes will be on a solid group of cornerbacks, particularly looking for separation from the top of the pack.
The combine features over 330 players, including members of lower division schools. This year, the wide receiver group features a lengthy list of small school wideouts who have a chance to impress at the combine, including: Stephen Burton of West Texas A&M, Edmond Gates of Abilene Christian, Andre Holmes of Hillsdale, Cecil Shorts of Mount Union and a pair of Fort Valley St. wideouts O.J. Murdock and Ricardo Lockette.
On the first day, Offensive linemen, tight ends and special teams players will report to Indianapolis, participate in pre-physical exams and meet and interview with NFL personnel.
Photo: By Chris Park, AP
Tuberville pay raise at wrong time
Texas Tech head coach Tommy Tuberville cashed in on a pay raise earlier this week, but it came at the wrong time for a few Texas Tech professors to let slide. Tuberville received a $500,000 raise.
The first red flag that pops up is what was Tuberville receiving the raise for? Obviously a 3-5 conference record and 8-5 overall record were good enough around Tech, it was a step backward from last season, though.
The second red flag is that the Texas Tech faculty, including professors, was just informed of a freezing to their salaries across the board. Tuberville’s raise come directly after the school cut $3 million in faculty raises.
Oklahoma workout brings on violations
The University of Oklahoma has been docked football workout time for violating a series of secondary NCAA rules.
Sooners assistant coaches improperly questioned players for not showing up to “voluntary” offseason workouts. The violations also stem from players who had been working out more than the allowed eight hours per week.
The NCAA ruled that the football team will need to take a week off from offseason workouts.
NCAA president pushed to give USC sanction timeline
NCAA president Mark Emmert heard USC’s appeal of sanctions against the football team four weeks ago, but has yet to give a final answer regarding reduced infractions.
Originally, Emmert gave a deadline for a final word on the matter between four and eight weeks. Now the countdown begins.
USC is appealing the two-year bowl ban, in which the Trojans already served a year of. USC is also appealing the loss of 10 scholarships a year, down to five, over the same two year period.
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