TCU receiver dismissed from team
TCU receiver and returner KaVontae Turpin was dismissed from the team Tuesday after a second charge surfaced against him following his weekend arrest on an assault charge for an alleged altercation with his girlfriend.
Coach Gary Patterson initially suspended Turpin after the senior was arrested by Fort Worth police following an incident Saturday night. But Turpin was kicked off the team after Patterson later learned of a battery charge pending against him in New Mexico from last March.
A criminal complaint from New Mexico revealed that Turpin was charged March 15 while there during spring break to visit a girlfriend.
The girlfriend is believed to be the same woman that Turpin is accused of dragging across a parking lot on Saturday night hours after the game against Oklahoma.
Turpin had a 99-yard kickoff return for his school-record sixth career special teams touchdown and a 41-yard TD catch in TCU's 52-27 home loss to Oklahoma. He was second in the Big 12 in all-purpose yards with 132.7 yards per game.
Orgeron upset with targeting penalty
LSU coach Ed Orgeron hopes coaches will band together and demand changes to NCAA football's targeting rule and how it is enforced.
Orgeron's suggestion comes just days after a targeting foul was called last weekend on LSU linebacker Devin White, a penalty which triggered White's suspension for the first half of the fourth-ranked Tigers' next game against No. 1 Alabama on Nov. 3. Orgeron said he favors rules designed to protect players' heads, however, he said the current rule was enforced in a "very unfair" way against White after linebacker leveled Mississippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald in the fourth quarter of LSU's 19-3 victory Saturday night.
Buckeyes’ receiver done for season
Ohio State receiver Austin Mack is out indefinitely following foot surgery.
Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer confirmed Tuesday that Mack would be sidelined after injuring his foot Saturday in a loss to Purdue. Meyer called it "a big loss" and said Mack could be back in time for a bowl game. The junior is the team's fourth leading receiver with 26 catches for 331 yards and a touchdown. He had one catch Saturday before leaving with the injury.
Dantonio moving on from Michigan ruckus
Mark Dantonio is letting Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh have the last word after Saturday's dustup.
The Michigan State coach opened his news conference Tuesday saying he was done talking about the pregame flap when several Wolverine players on the field were caught up in the Spartans' traditional stadium walk.
After the incident, Michigan linebacker Devin Bush used his cleats to deface the Spartan logo at midfield.
The two head coaches, and their players, traded barbs after Michigan's 21-7 victory, then again on Sunday conference calls and at Harbaugh's Monday news conference.
MSU players called Bush's actions "childish," while Dantonio himself called the incident "sort of juvenile," and said Harbaugh's insinuations were "B.S." Harbaugh called the altercation "bush league," then on Monday said it was an "orchestrated stormtrooper march."