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Player's father claims unfair treatment; team cites violation of rules
Published on Friday, Nov 07, 2008
Associated Press
Ohio State receiver and punt returner Ray Small has been suspended in what his father describes as unfair treatment on the part of coaches.
Ken Small says his son is out for two games for missing a class, a charge he says his son denies. An athletic department spokesman says the suspension is for an unspecified violation of team rules.
Small's father said that he thinks Ohio State is intentionally trying to ruin his son's career.
Small was OSU's leading receiver through the first three games of the season and returned a punt for a touchdown. Since then, he has seen less playing time and has caught only four passes in six weeks.
Rough Rich-Rod
Michigan first-year coach Rich Rodriguez has kept his composure this season despite leading college football's winningest program to its first losing season in four decades.
But Rodriguez seemed to approach a breaking point earlier this week.
''Y'all want to make everything so much drama,'' Rodriguez snapped at reporters. ''This is unbelievable. Every time there's something said, everybody wants to make a big deal out of something and make so much drama about everything.
''That's why I don't tell y'all too much. You think I tell you a lot. I think I've been pretty transparent, but sometimes I don't because I don't know what y'all are going to take and make a big deal out of a wee little thing,'' he said. ''Seems like for nine, 10, months that's happened. Oh, he said this. Let's psychoanalyze this, psychoanalyze that.'
''We're not going to a bowl game, but do you think we're going to pack it in? You think the guys are a bunch of quitters? I don't think we've got any quitters. You think the coaches are going to pack it in, not show up for work? Golly.''
The once-mighty Wolverines (2-7, 1-4 Big Ten) have lost five in a row — since rallying from a 19-point, second-half deficit to beat Wisconsin — and will have to win at Minnesota, against Northwestern and at Ohio State to avoid a school-record eighth loss.
Driver's seat
Penn State is in prime position to capture its third Big Ten title and first outright since 1994.
The Nittany Lions (9-0, 5-0) play at Iowa (5-4, 2-3) on Saturday before closing at Beaver Stadium against Indiana (3-6, 1-4) and Michigan State (8-2, 5-1).
Should the Lions falter, a couple of teams are hanging around, ready to pounce.
Michigan State has games remaining against Purdue (3-6, 1-4) at home this week and then a bye week before going to Happy Valley.
Ohio State (7-2, 4-1) hits the road to play Northwestern (7-2, 3-2) on Saturday and Illinois (5-4, 3-3) before its curtain-closer against Michigan (2-7, 1-4).
In case of a two-way tie involving two teams, the conference's Bowl Championship Series representative would be determined by the head-to-head meeting. Penn State beat Ohio State, Ohio State rolled over Michigan State, and Penn State and Michigan State meet on Nov. 22.
Should the race end in a three-way deadlock, there's a long list of tiebreakers (see: http://www.bigten.org) to determine who grabs the conference's top bowl spot.
Still in uniform
Illinois receiver Jeff Cumberland will be in uniform when the Illini face Western Michigan on Saturday in Detroit, even though he allegedly broke teammate Mikel LeShoure's jaw during a fight Saturday night.
Cumberland, a 6-foot-5, 247-pounder, reportedly accused the 240-pound tailback of taking his cell phone Saturday after Illinois' 27-24 win over Iowa.
LeShoure, a freshman who has started one game, will miss the game against Western Michigan at Detroit's Ford Field, and might be out longer.
''It was a family dispute,'' coach Ron Zook said.
''We are going to handle it like you would a family dispute. But things do happen.''
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