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[entropy]

MANKATO, Minn. -- Rutgers quarterback Philip Nelson has been charged with assault for allegedly kicking another man in the head after an altercation in downtown Mankato, leaving the man gravely injured.

Nelson was charged with one count of first-degree assault and one count of third-degree assault.

Authorities say he kicked 24-year-old Isaac Kolstad in the head early Sunday as the bars were closing.

The kick came after Kolstad had been punched and knocked to the ground by another man, who remains at large.

Steph Stassen, a graduate student who said she witnessed the assault, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that the bars had just closed when "all of a sudden, this guy comes out of nowhere and sucker punches" Kolstad. Stassen and her roommate said another person, not Nelson, threw the punch, but that a man she later learned was Nelson then kicked Kolstad in the head "like it was a soccer ball -- just out of nowhere."

Kolstad is a former linebacker at Minnesota State, Mankato. He is in critical condition. According to the criminal complaint, doctors are not sure he will survive.

Blaine Kolstad, Isaac's father, posted on caringbridge.org Monday afternoon that his son remains in critical condition. He added: "Please keep Isaac and all those involved in your prayers."

Sunday night, he posted that his son has had surgery to put a pressure gauge in his skull and may need additional procedures.

"He is currently in critical condition and fighting for his life," Blaine Kolstad wrote. "He is young and strong, but the battle he has in front of him is enormous. ... We do know that his brain did sustain permanent damage. We do not yet know to what extent and won't for many days. He is very sick. Please pray for Isaac and all of those involved."

Police released surveillance video of events surrounding the altercation and are asking for the public's help.

Nelson transferred to Rutgers after two years at Minnesota and will sit out the upcoming season per NCAA transfer rules.

[entropy]

Quarterback Philip Nelson has been dismissed from the football program by the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, the school announced Tuesday.

Nelson has been charged with one count of first-degree assault and one count of third-degree assault for allegedly kicking 24-year-old Isaac Dallas Kolsted in the head after an altercation in downtown Mankato, leaving Kolstad gravely injured.


"The Rutgers football family's thoughts and prayers are with Isaac Kolstad and his family," coach Kyle Flood sad in a statement.

Nelson, 20, kicked Kolstad in the head while Kolstad was lying on the ground after being struck by another man early Sunday morning, according to a criminal complaint. Kolstad, 24, a former Minnesota State-Mankato linebacker, was in critical condition Monday with a severe head injury.

The complaint said witnesses described Nelson as being upset over attention being paid to his girlfriend.

A police sergeant who viewed surveillance video described Kolstad striking Nelson in the back, then moving away and being pursued and struck by an unidentified man. Police released video in hopes of identifying the man, who ran from the scene.

"Nelson pushes past others, approaches I.K. and delivers at least one kick to the left side of I.K.'s head," the complaint reads. "Sergeant Knutson noted that the video clearly shows that I.K. was defenseless as Nelson delivers the kick or kicks to the head."

Nelson appeared in court Monday wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, with his hands cuffed and his ankles chained. Afterward, his attorney, Jim Fleming, said it wasn't certain who caused Kolstad's injuries, suggesting the man being sought by police "threw a debilitating blow to the victim."

Fleming said Nelson "was not an aggressor in this situation."

Nelson was a top recruit when he came out of Mankato West as the state's Mr. Football in 2011, and spent much of his first two seasons as the Gophers' starter. He played in 11 games last season, but announced afterward that he would transfer to Rutgers and what he said was a more pass-friendly offense. He threw for 1,306 yards, nine touchdowns and six interceptions last season and ran for 364 yards.

Nelson would have had two seasons of eligibility left after sitting out next season.

[Wild Hoss]

Rutgers...the gift that keeps on giving.

[Tony G]

Buckeyes primary color = red
Rutgers Primary color = red
commies = red


Nebraska - outlier?

[entropy]

Big red nation..

[THE_WIZARD_]

We are scarlet and cream...dumbass...

[lineygoblue]

shaddup

and

hello

[THE_WIZARD_]

hi

[entropy]

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State’s football program is taking an APR hit.

And a practice time hit.

The Cowboys will be forced to miss one day of practice each week this coming season because of an APR penalty from the NCAA.

Falling just short of the NCAA’s enhanced minimum APR requirement – by nine-one-hundreds of a point – OSU will lose one practice day per week in the coming season. That was the penalty imposed by the NCAA, revealed Wednesday; one preferable to a loss of scholarships or, worst case, postseason eligibility.

The APR – Academic Progress Rate – is a sport-based metric based on two factors for each scholarship athlete per term: eligibility (1 point) and retention (1 point). So athletes can earn as many four points for their program in any given year.

OSU’s APR average score of 929.41 over the past four years falls just shy of the 930 minimum requirement, raised this year from the previous minimum of 900. The NCAA also considers two-year scores, of which the Cowboys produced a 943.54 average, with a minimum of 940 needed to maintain postseason eligibility. The addition of one point from one player in any of the four years would have been enough to prevent any penalty.

It was the two-year score that kept OSU alive for postseason play, although the four-year score resulted in a reduction of practice time.

“We are taking steps to ensure that our APR numbers improve moving forward,” said OSU athletic director Mike Holder. “We are accountable for what we do and ultimately, we are here to serve our student-athletes and do our best to keep them on track to be lifelong contributors to society.”

OSU officials are encouraged by upward trending scores, enough to make them believe the penalty will last but one year.

The football program’s average scores for the past four years:
2009-10 – 916.
2010-11 – 915.
2011-12 – 953.
2012-13 – 934.

The 916 score for 2009-10 will fall out of the equation next year, replaced by 2013-14, when the Cowboys featured 30 seniors, a figure that should at least boost retention numbers. OSU’s improvement over the past two seasons resulted in some lenience from the NCAA, a two-hour reduction in practice time, rather than the standard four for Level 1 penalties.

link: http://newsok.com/article/4815744

[WM Wolverine]

M dipped barely below 930 when the standards were lower (920?), with the new rules they would've lost practice time in '10 I believe as the attrition from '06 - '09 classes was brutal.

[entropy]

Bama gives vehicles to players... I'm shocked

[The Oracle]

Kiss Saban's ass.

[entropy]

Yesterday the SEC announced a 12-year rotation of non-division opponents for SEC football schedules through 2025.

The eight-game conference schedule includes six games against division opponents and two games against non-division opponents.

One of the non-division opponents will be a permanent annual opponent and the other non-division opponent will rotate each season.

For the non-permanent crossover opponents, this means the schools will only play at a specific campus once every TWELVE year cycle.

(Example: This season Florida plays at Alabama, the Crimson Tide return trip to Gainesville is in 2021 and the earliest possible next visit to Tuscaloosa would be in 2026.)

West Division (Permanent East Crossover)
Alabama (Tennessee)
Arkansas (Missouri)
Auburn (Georgia)
LSU (Florida)
Mississippi (Vanderbilt)
Mississippi State (Kentucky)
Texas A&M (South Carolina)

East Division (Permanent West Crossover)
Florida (LSU)
Georgia (Auburn)
Kentucky (Mississippi State)
Missouri (Arkansas)
South Carolina (Texas A&M)
Tennessee (Alabama)
Vanderbilt (Mississippi)

[WM Wolverine]

Two conferences tied together by a championship game.

[entropy]

Notre Dame paid Charlie Weis more than Brian Kelly in 2012

In 2012 Brian Kelly led Notre Dame through a 12-0 regular season and a berth in the BCS National Championship game against Alabama. And it turns out he did all this without being the highest-paid football coach Notre Dame was paying that year.

USA Today got ahold of Notre Dame's 2012 tax records, and they show that while Brian Kelly received nearly $1.5 million from Notre Dame (though that figure doesn't include money Kelly receives from television and radio, etc), former Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis pulled in $2.1 million from the school.

Now, it's not exactly breaking news that Notre Dame is still paying Charlie Weis, and the school will continue to do so through Dec. 2015. It's just amazing that in a year in which Brian Kelly went 12-1 and had a chance to win a national title he made less money from Notre Dame than Charlie Weis did while going 1-11 at Kansas (and let's not forget that Kansas paid $2.5 million that same year).

Charlie Weis hasn't won much on the football field in his last five seasons as a head coach, but his checking account has gone damn near undefeated.