[CBFF] This won't improve hang time

[Kenny Claxton]

He was expelled

On 9/13/06, Phil DeNomme <pdenomme at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow...talk about crazy.  I sure hope that he is kicked off the team after
> this.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> [mailto:cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Kenny Claxton
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 12:23 PM
> Subject: [CBFF] This won't improve hang time
>
> GREELEY, Colo. -- The University of Northern Colorado's reserve punter
> was arrested Tuesday, accused of stabbing his rival in his kicking
> leg.
>
> Mitch Cozad, a sophomore from Wheatland, Wyo., allegedly attacked
> starting punter Rafael Mendoza in a parking lot in Evans on Monday
> night, Evans police Lt. Gary Kessler said.
>
> Mendoza, the Bears' first-string punter from Thornton, was treated and
> released from the North Colorado Medical Center Monday night. Coach
> Scott Downing said Mendoza will not punt for UNC in Saturday's game at
> Texas State University.
>
> "I don't know how long he'll be out because I haven't talked to the
> doctor," Downing said.
>
> Cozad, Mendoza and freshman Zak Bigelow had been in a three-way race
> for the starting punter's job in preseason training. Mendoza has
> averaged 37.6 yards per punt on nine punts in the two games so far
> this season.
>
> Cozad is facing second-degree assault charges and was scheduled to
> appear in court Wednesday for a bond hearing. He was suspended from
> the team, evicted from his residence and expelled from school on
> Tuesday, The Greeley Tribune reported.
>
> The Associated Press contributed to this report.
>
>
> --
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> fool you. He really is an idiot."
>
>  Groucho Marx
>
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fool you. He really is an idiot."

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