ul shorthanded for wv

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Notes: Louisville loses two wide receivers for West Virginia game

Posted 10/26/2006 10:28 AM ET E-mail | Save | Print | Subscribe to stories like this  

LOUISVILLE (AP)  Louisville wide receivers Chris Vaughn and Scott Long have been suspended for at least one game after being arrested for allegedly shooting a woman with a paint ball gun last weekend.

Vaughn and Long were charged with second-degree assault after allegedly shooting the woman while she came out of the Haunted Hotel, a seasonal haunted house attraction near the university's campus. Long also was charged with not carrying a driver's license.

The team placed both players on "investigative suspension" on Monday, and both will miss No. 6 Louisville's game against No. 4 West Virginia on Nov. 2.

Vaughn, a sophomore transfer from Notre Dame, has four receptions for 54 yards this season while Long has no receptions in six games.

Three Southern Miss players punished for NCAA violations

HATTIESBURG, Miss.  Southern Mississippi officials say they will self-report what they are calling a secondary violation of NCAA rules after determining three football players received "extra benefits" involving "receipt of merchandise."

The players involved are tackle Chris Clark and linebackers Wayne Hardy and Martez Smith, said head football coach Jeff Bower.

The school did not release details of the alleged incident.

Bower said Hardy was suspended for Saturday's game against East Carolina because of the violation. Smith, who is being redshirted, was suspended for the first two games of the 2007 season, while Clark was disciplined in-house but will not miss any games.

"Hopefully, by the end of the week, we'll have the report complete and sent," said Don Oberhelman, USM's senior associate director of athletics and compliance and student services. "We are self-reporting it as a secondary violation."

According to the NCAA Manual, a secondary violation is deemed to be "isolated or inadvertent in nature, provides or is intended to provide only a minimal recruiting, competitive or other advantage, and does not include any significant recruiting inducement or extra benefit."

The NCAA will make the final determination.

Secondary violations usually carry light penalties, such as game suspensions, while major violations carry much more severe penalties, such as bowl bans and the loss of scholarships.

"Our players used poor judgment. They are responsible for NCAA rules and must be accountable for their actions," Bower said in a statement.

Oberhelman said the incident happened several weeks ago, but only came to USM's attention Monday.

He said since the violations could potentially involve players' eligibility, Southern Miss expected a fairly quick response from the NCAA.

Oberhelman said the NCAA has the option to accept the school's report or it could investigate further.

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[Velcro]

they are backups... not that big a deal...

not having Bush is still the biggest problem, and yet they still have a couple good backs.