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2008 TSUN News

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ESPN - UM's Grady set to return from suspension Saturday - College Football
UM's Grady set to return from suspension Saturday

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan running back Kevin Grady will play against Miami of Ohio after being suspended for the season opener.

Coach Rich Rodriguez said Wednesday that Grady has earned the right to play.

Grady was suspended before the season began. He was arrested July 2 in the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming for driving with a blood-alcohol level at 0.281 percent, about three-and-a-half times the state's legal limit.

He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge on July 29. He was sentenced to three days in jail or 24 hours of community service. He also must serve 12 months of probation and pay $3,290 in fines and fees.
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CourierPostOnline.com | Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties pluckpersona | Courier-Post
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Got off the phone a little ago with several people. Marcus Witherspoon is not enrolled at Michigan and is likely to attend Rutgers or Tennessee in January.[/FONT]
While I couldn't get a hold of Spoon himself, I did talk with his father regarding the situaiton. I also spoke with a reporter from the Detroit Free Press who covers the Michigan program.
Looks like Spoon might have got a raw deal. He didn't find out about his ineligibilty until July 28 - although it's not uncommon for the NCAA Clearinghouse to take until mid-August sometimes to determine if a student-athlete can compete.
The way Spoon's father talks, it looks like Michigan dropped the ball and something could have been done a lot sooner.
Bottom line - The Holy Spirit graduate and 2007 C-P Defensive Player of the Year will not wear the maze and blue of Michigan ever. The family is going to make sure he gets cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse - which it sounds like he will be very soon, according to his dad - and he will enroll somewhere else.
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Witherspoon left to wonder by Michigan | CourierPostOnline.com | Courier-Post
Witherspoon left to wonder by Michigan

For two months, Marcus Witherspoon was just like any other freshman student-athlete at the University of Michigan.
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Everything was going well. He took summer classes, spent time working out with strength and conditioning coaches and lived in a dorm. He was on the depth chart and looking to make an impact.
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"I was there for two months -- two months," Witherspoon said from his Atlantic City home. "Then they tell me out of nowhere that something was wrong. That's what I don't understand."

Michigan said Witherspoon was ineligible, that he had failed to meet the NCAA's initial qualifying standards and had not been cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse. Despite being on campus, attending classes and being treated like any other football player on scholarship, he was no longer allowed to stay.

"It will probably come as a shock, but (head coach Rich Rodriguez) didn't say anything to me," Witherspoon said. "The assistant coaches told me.

"It wasn't fair with what happened. I was supposed to take some classes, and everything would be good and I could go back. That wasn't even the case.

"I was told to do certain things. I did them -- everything they asked me to do -- and still, at the end, it didn't go through. It was crazy."
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"When I came home, I didn't hear from (Rodriguez) or any other coach. I tried calling him. I guess with the season ahead -- I don't know," Witherspoon said. "Somebody could have called, informed me. I didn't get any response. They haven't called me yet. He still hasn't called me to this day. It's out, I'm transferring, and he still hasn't called me."

Now, Witherspoon is trying to decide between Rutgers and Tennessee. He plans to enroll in one of the two schools next semester and play football next fall.
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sandgk;1249791; said:
Now also out on the Scout MB

Sounds like it's hitting them right in the gonads.
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I got a kick out of this comment:

Its true......last week was a eye opener for the nation........I think we looked like a joke and uncoached......I fear LLoyd got out before he was accountable for what he built.I dont want to be a Alabama reincarnate
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:slappy: Looks like UM is the new ND.
 
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