Making the morning rounds.
? This is not the 'swagger' we were referring to. Miami linebacker Ramon Buchanan faces a pair of felony charges ? resisting a police officer with violence and battery on an officer, firefighter or emergency care provider ? after a Friday-night arrest near the UM campus. In addition to the felony counts, he was also hit with three misdemeanors for disorderly conduct, resisting a police without violence and trespassing. Details on what led to the alleged resistance, violence and battery: None, as police have so far declined to release the arrest report. Coach Al Golden called the arrest "out of character" for Buchanan but has suspended him indefinitely.
At any rate, Buchanan's arrest ends a three-and-a-half-year streak without a single reported arrest or major citation against an active Hurricane player. Former quarterback Robert Marve was charged with two misdemeanors for allegedly punching the rearview mirror of a car and running from police in October 2007, The U's first and the only legal incident in four years under Golden's predecessor, Randy Shannon. [Palm Beach Post]
? He found the Hospitality State especially hospitable to 6-2, 235-pound linebackers. Former Clemson starter Brandon Maye has landed at Mississippi State, where he'll enroll in a graduate sports administration program and petition the NCAA for a waiver to play this fall ? his fifth and final year of eligibility. This isn't exactly Jeremiah Masoli enrolling in Parks and Recreation: Maye was a three-year starter at Clemson before abruptly leaving school in January over concerns about playing time ? he saw half the snaps at weakside linebacker in 2010 that he saw in the middle in 2009, partly due to a lingering injury that cost him three full games and limited him in others ?�but he arrives in Starkville with an undergraduate degree and three straight seasons as an academic All-ACC pick. [Clarion-Ledger]
? Turning Green. On the same day he was forced to address the weekend arrest of one safety, Mark Barron, Nick Saban announced the suspension of another, Robby Green, for "violating team rules and policies." Green started six games and looked like an emerging mainstay in the Tide secondary as a sophomore on the 2009 BCS championship team, but was ruled ineligible for the entire 2010 season and may be on the fast track to becoming former Alabama safety Robby Green.
Barron, for the record, went through drills as expected in a non-contact jersey (he's still recovering from a pec injury that kept him out of the Capital One Bowl), and any discipline for his recent misdemeanor charge will be handled internally. [al.com]
? Brewer back on board. In other SEC safety news, sophomore starter Brent Brewer has rejoined Tennessee after having the domestic abuse charges that led to his suspension last month reduced to "offensive touching." (That charge will be dismissed later this year if Brewer completes a diversion program.) Brewer started six games last year, his first at UT after four years in pro baseball, but fellow starter Janzen Jackson's return from a personal absence is still up in the air.� [Knoxville News-Sentinel]
? Y'all come back now. The last two of the four now-former Auburn players arrested for armed robbery earlier this month, Shaun Kitchens and Antonio Goodwin, were both released on bond over the weekend after spending more than a week in the Lee County Detention Center, following ex-teammates Mike McNeil and Dakota Mosley into temporary freedom. Their first preliminary hearing is on April 6; in the meantime, all four have been legally barred from Auburn's campus to prevent them from "harass[ing], annoy[ing] or otherwise commit[ing] any acts that would cause alarm toward any witnesses in this case, any law enforcement officials or any Auburn University officials or students." [al.com]
Quickly… Wisconsin receiver Nick Toon will miss all of spring practice with a fractured foot that required surgery last week. … Heated rivals Boise State and Idaho won't play this fall for the first time in 40 years. … A certain 14-year-old quarterback will be watching USC's spring practice. … Florida defenders are liking the Gators' new defensive scheme. … Breaking down Ole Miss' spring quarterback situation. … Nick Saban actually allowed reporters to film Alabama's new offensive line coach running some drills on the first day of spring practice. … Bob Stoops doesn't like this Twitter nonsense, not one little bit. … And you know it's been a rough six months on the job for Mark Emmert when they're already trying to replace him.
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