SPARTAN FIXES LICENSE ISSUE
Michigan State running back L.J. Scott will play against Indiana on Saturday after resolving an issue with his driver’s license that led to his arrest this week.
Spartans coach Mark Dantonio said Scott’s status would be affected because of the arrest but that the team’s leading rusher at the halfway point of the season would be on the field against the Hoosiers.
Police in East Lansing, Mich., arrested Scott on Wednesday, and the junior was arraigned on a charge of driving with a suspended license — the seventh time he has been arrested in Michigan or Ohio for issues with his license in the past two years.
Tribute to Tiller.
Wyoming plans to honor former Cowboys coach Joe Tiller by wearing helmet decals with his initials during the team’s Oct. 28 homecoming game.
Tiller, who coached Wyoming from 1991-96 before coaching Purdue, died Sept. 30 in Buffalo, Wyo. He was 74.
In announcing the tribute, athletic director Tom Burman said the homecoming game against New Mexico will be Wyoming’s first home game since Tiller died. The helmet decal is a brown circle with the initials “JT” in yellow.
Irish, USC short-handed.
Notre Dame senior linebacker Greer Martini will miss Saturday’s game against USC after having surgery to repair a meniscus injury in his knee.
Martini, listed as a costarter at the linebacker spot with junior Te’von Coney, is expected back for Notre Dame’s Oct. 28 home game against N.C. State, coach Brian Kelly said. A co-captain, Martini started Notre Dame’s first six games and ranks third on the team with 39 tackles, including two for a loss and two forced fumbles.
• Southern California coach Clay Helton said backup running back Stephen Carr (foot) will miss Saturday’s game. Already ruled out were nose tackle Josh Fatu (concussion protocol after a car accident) and linebacker Porter Gustin (toe and bicep).
Footnotes.
Rutgers’ Nov. 4 game against fellow Big Ten member Maryland at Yankee Stadium will now be played at the Scarlet Knights’ High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, N.J . ... Alabama walkon wide receiver Donnie Lee was arrested on a charge of domestic assault and has been dismissed from the team.