The Mississippi state football players, defensive tackle Quinton Wesley and left tackle Michael Brown, were shown the doors by the Mississippi team management and were also dismissed from the university after reports of their arrests last Thursday night. The two promising young players were arrested for possessing two handguns inside the college campus. Police recovered the guns from the campus and arrested Brown with charges of possession of a fire arm and Wesley was charged with intensified assault and both the offenses are law breaking ones.

Brown was a key member of the Mississippi offensive line and had been on top of his game for his state last season. He received tremendous support and rare reviews for his performance as well and had started in 18 of the 19 games for his state football team. Wesley had played in 21 games with one start and was to get considerable playing time during the next season as a defensive line rotation player.

The junior offensive lineman of the Michigan football team, Justin Boren, said that he has left the Michigan team citing that the family value program have taken a beating in the team lately. Boren, who started in every NCAA tournament game for his team last season, said that the mutual respect, support and the team work in the Michigan football fraternity was there for everyone to see and he feels that these things now do not have any value at all.

The offensive lineman said that he was unable to concentrate on the game due to these short comings in the team and hence has decided to part ways with the team. He also revealed that he did not fully appreciate the no-huddle spread offensive tactics of the new coach Rich Rodriguez as it was physically very challenging. Boren, who has received good comments and reviews for his game, would have been an offensive line starter for the Wolverines’ in the coming season.

The running back of Virginia Tech Branden Ore has decided to step out of the Virginia Tech team next year and has had a lot of deliberations with his coach Frank Beamer before arriving at this decision. He said that it was his life decision at the moment and will do what he feels is right to him. The Virginia tech coach said the team acknowledges the services rendered by Branden for Virginia Tech. The coach wished him well in all his future endeavors.

There was no answer from the Sports Information officials as well as the player regarding the quitting matter. One of Ore’s friends was convicted by a federal court for possession of crack cocaine that he intended to distribute. Ore was once involved in a drug trafficking case when he was found to be in possession of two bags of drugs riding in a car along with his friend Tony Majette of Christiansburg in 2006 and was asked to appear in the court for giving explanation. Ore was not charged in the end.

The Washington Capitals made full use of their first trip to Nashville in four years by beating the home team by 4-2 last Tuesday night and the star player for the Washington Capitals was Alexander Ovechkin who scored a goal and had two assists as well. This was the 58th goal of Alexander in his NHL career and it was an empty netter as well. Matt Bradley, Backstrom and Alexander Semin also chipped in with one goal each during the first period of play and all these players contributed to Capitals’ fourth straight victory this season. It was a memorable night for Alexander Ovechkin, as he earned his 100th point this season and became the only player in the Capitals’ team to get 100 points twice in a season.

Alexander Ovechkin said that he was happy to get the records and that his concentration right now is not on gaining records but on winning the games for his team and thereby gaining two points for the team. Washington team is trailing the eighth placed Philadelphia Flyers by two points in the Eastern Conference and their coach of the Capitals’ says that it is a close race for the eighth position and by the end of Friday there could be 5 to 6 teams vying for that coveted eighth position.

The Oregon State wide receiver and a senior in the team, Sammie Stroughter, has been granted permission to play in the 2008 NCAA football season following a medical hardship grant for 2007, according to the announcement by the Pac-10 conference on Friday. Stroughter was pitted to be the top player by many gurus of the game last season, but could not take up playing during the fall camp due to some personal problems last season. Stroughter did come back after settling all his problems to play for the Oregon state but even this stint was a brief one as he was sidelined with a kidney injury that kept him out of the game for the rest of the season.

Stroughter will have to fight his way all through the spring practice session in order to find the form that he was in during the 2006 season. He had a record of 74 passes caught for 1,293 yards in the 2006 season and had also made 3 touchdowns on punt returns. He is regarded by many greats as a very capable receiving and punt return player and his remarkable 70 yarder against the USC that helped his Oregon State to defeat the Trojans 27 game winning streak is still fresh in the minds of many Oregon fans.

The Michigan University, in the wake of a veteran’s paralyzed group suing them for lack of facilities to the disabled people, has decided to improve the wheel chair accessibility in the nation’s biggest football stadium. A deal was signed by the US District Judge Sean Cox that the school will provide all the facilities in an attempt to avoid a trial. This season will see an addition of 96 accessible seats along with companion seats at the eastern side of the stadium. By the start of 2010 season, 329 accessible and companion seats as well as seats in the student section will be made available.

The agreement signed by the district judge says that the court will oversee the facilities provided by the University for a period of 5 years. The disabled fans will be able to watch the football games at the Michigan stadium in the same manner as the other fans and they will also be able to enjoy themselves, as per the attorney of the Paralyzed Veterans of Michigan State. The university also has plans to work with architects in order to improve wheelchair accessibility of restrooms, parking lots and access routes. The stadium earlier had a separate enclosure of 90 seats for the disabled people but the school is planning to have these seats distributed throughout the stadium.

Jim Leavitt, the South Florida coach, has signed a new contract that extends his contract as a coach for the Bulls till 2014. Jim has been coaching the South Florida team for the past 11 years and the glorifying moment of his coaching the bulls came in the 2007 season when his team reached the number two position of the nation and also made an appearance in the Sun Bowl for the first time in the history of the school. The athletic director of the South Florida team, Doug Woolard, said that his achievement in beginning and developing a football program that is nationally accepted talks about his abilities as a coach.

Jim Leavitt’s new contract will overfill his pocket $1.5 extra million next season and it will be an increase in pay since his last contract in 2006 that pays him $ 1 million every season for seven years. It is reported that Jim is to receive a payout of $12.6 million for the next seven seasons. Jim Leavitt in his 11 seasons as coach of the South Florida team has a record of 79 – 47 and the last year was a successful year for the coach as his team had 9 – 4 result.

Andy Christensen, the Nebraska offensive lineman, was accused of sexually exploiting a woman in a bar and has been put behind the bars for the same. The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday at the brass rail bar. A 23 year old woman has alleged that Andy had approached her from behind and put his hand underneath her clothing. The woman told what has happened to the police and Andy was arrested outside the bar. The charges that were framed against Andy Christensen are first degree sexual assault on a woman, failure to comply with the police officers and resisting the arrest, according to the Police Captain Joseph Wright.

The policeman Wright said that it was unclear whether Andy was under the influence of alcohol when the incident occurred and said that all the formal charges will be framed on Monday as the prosecutors are yet to decide on the type of the charges to be levied on him. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini is totally upset at what has happened and has suspended the junior player from his team. He said that he will review the suspension order when more things come to light about the incident and said that this type of unruly behavior is not what he warranted from his offensive linebacker.

Defensive back player, Carlos Thompson has lost his place in the South Carolina’s football team. The player was suspended indefinably by team coach Steve Spurrier. The coach hinted that the suspension was due to breaking of team’s rules. No exact reason was given for the suspension and even the head coach did not elaborate on why he meted the suspension. Last year Thomson played as cornerback. He started 6 games out of a total of 20 appearances in the last three seasons with the school team. He made about 17 tackles and broke up six passes.

The player weighs 192 pounds and is 5-ii inches. He was with College park before joining the South Carolina. In a related development, coach for Penn University’s football, Joe Paterno has suspended the defensive tackle player Phil Taylor. Phil was recently charged with serious assault and disorderly conduct. The police accuse Taylor as well as Chris Baker and Bowman Navorro for beating up a fan. Baker, Navorro ware able to lock de bolt your car. The culprits have been charged and a preliminary hearing is to be held in the university on March 11th.

The University of Connecticut and its head coach, Randy Edsall, have mutually agreed to extend the contract of the coach for another five years running upto the 2012 season. The contract comes into effect from January 1, 2008 and Edsall will be provided with a base salary of $275,000 with an increase of $25,000 every year through the length of the contract. Edsall will also be receiving an additional amount, if the University of Connecticut reaches the bowl game. Edsall has been responsible for the Huskies to have an overall 9 - 4 wins with 5 - 2 in the Big East and also coached them to play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

The Connecticut Athletic Director, Jeff Hathaway, said that Coach Edsall has been given the task of leading the University of Connecticut team into the Bowl Championship Series Conference and says that the coach will live up to his expectations. Edsall has been the head coach of the University of Connecticut for the last nine seasons and the team has a record of 39-25 results in their last 64 games. Edsall said that he was happy to have extended his contract to coach the University of Connecticut and would like to see his players perform consistently. He acknowledged the fact that he needs to put in a lot of efforts to drive the players to achieve the goals set forth in the football program.