Protective order led to dropped felony charge for TT’s Cobb

By John TaylorOct 18, 2012, 8:18 AM EDT

Texas Tech announced Monday that linebacker Daniel Cobb (posing, right) had been reinstated to the Red Raiders football team after a felony charge against him had been dropped by the Lubbock District Attorney’s office. The linebacker had been accused of using force to enter a female’s apartment and physically assaulting the alleged victim, and was dismissed in late August.

Head coach Tommy Tuberville trumpeted the DA’s decision as the culmination of Cobb spending the past two and a half months “trying to clear his name,” tossing around phrases such as “no wrongdoing whatsoever” and “100-percent innocent.”

As it turns out, it’s not as simple — or heroic — as portrayed by Tuberville.

According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, the decision to drop the felony charge only came after both Cobb and the alleged victim agreed to a protective order barring the former from coming into contact with the latter.

“It’s true there’s no criminal case pending,” deputy district attorney Sunshine Stanek told the Avalanche-Journal, presumably referring to Tuberville’s complete exoneration of his player. “However, there is this agreed protective order, which is the ultimate resolution of the case. The criminal case was rejected, and both parties entered into an agreed protective order.”

Cobb, who practice with his teammates for the first time since mid-August Sunday night, is expected to be in uniform and available to play in the Red Raiders’ Big 12 game against TCU.

Nick Chubb’s dad says he doesn’t think UGA RB will play vs. Vols

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Women’s advocacy group to fly anti-Trump banners over Big House, four other college stadiums

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By John TaylorSep 30, 2016, 3:10 PM EDT

The 2016 presidential election could be coming to a college football stadium near you.

According to the Kansas City Star, a women’s advocacy group, UltraViolet Action, will fly airplanes over five stadiums this Saturday to protest what the group describes as “Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s ‘long record of misogyny.'” The five stadiums are Michigan Stadium, Ohio Stadium, Kinnick Stadium, Lincoln Financial Field and Wallace Wade Stadium.

The most high-profile of the five games will be in the Big House, with No. 4 Michigan playing host to No. 8 Wisconsin.

The planes that the group have commissioned to do the flyovers will tow behind them banners that read “Trump Says Women R Pigs. Disagree? Vote.” The stadiums selected reside in the so-called swing states of Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

The Star writes that “UltraViolet describes itself as a ‘powerful and rapidly growing community of people from all walks of life mobilized to fight sexism and expand women’s rights, from politics and government to media and pop culture.'”

Wisconsin confirms starting LB Vince Biegel ‘out several weeks’

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By John TaylorSep 30, 2016, 2:17 PM EDT

Unfortunately, the news when it comes to Vince Biegel could actually be a little bit worse than what was originally feared.

Yesterday, the Wisconsin linebacker’s father revealed that his son would be out as long as a month after undergoing surgery to have a screw inserted into his foot. In a press release, UW confirmed that Biegel did indeed undergo surgery Thursday night, and put the timeline at an ambiguous “several weeks” for a return.

The decision to undergo a medical procedure on what’s been a lingering issue was made after the player met with UW team physicians Wednesday and Thursday.

“I really hate any time a player has to miss time due to an injury, especially a senior like Vince,” head coach Paul Chryst said in a statement. “Vince has such a passion for football and loves playing the game. This team is very important to him and he is very important to our team. What you appreciate is that you know he will do everything in his power to get back on the field as soon as possible.”

At the bare minimum, Biegel will miss the next four games, a stretch that includes matchups with No. 4 Michigan, No. 2 Ohio State, Iowa and No. 15 Nebraska.

Biegel had started 29 games in a row for the Badgers. At least initially, Biegel will be replaced in the starting lineup by redshirt freshman Zack Baun.

‘Scuffle’ led to broken nose, two starting Houston LBs missing game

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By John TaylorSep 30, 2016, 12:28 PM EDT

Shortly before the start of what would become Houston’s win over UConn Thursday night, UH announced that a pair of starting linebackers, Tyus Bowser (head injury) and Matthew Adams (coaches’ decision), were among the four who would be sidelined for the AAC contest. And now we know that, when it came to those two, the head injury and coaches’ decision were intertwined.

In his postgame press conference following the win, head coach Tom Herman acknowledged that there had been what he described as a “scuffle” between Bowser and Adams on Wednesday. The former suffered a broken bone in his face in the “freak accident,” resulting in both starters being sidelined last night.

“[Wednesday], during our weekly tradition of ‘Family Fridays,’ where we go out on the field and play some silly games just to loosen the thing up, dodge ball, whiffle ball, two-hand touch football, the two got over-competitive and things briefly got out of hand during one of the games and resulted in a scuffle between Tyus and Matt, two brothers,” Herman said. “Our culture is one of love and the two are very close, remain very close and definitely consider [each other] brothers.

“They’re both very remorseful for what happened in yesterday’s incident.”

Bowser is expected to be out of the lineup “for a few weeks.” Herman said Adams, the Cougars’ third-leading tackler heading into the game, will be allowed to play against Navy in Week 6.