ESPN: 3 Alabama players suspended for Orange Bowl

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per ESPN:

Three Alabama players, including starting offensive lineman Deonte Brown, did not travel with the team to Miami and will not compete against Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff semifinal game at the Capital One Orange Bowl on Saturday.

Reserve Elliot Baker, an offensive lineman and Kedrick James, a tight end, were the other two suspended players.

The three players were suspended "due to a violation of team rules and policies," coach Nick Saban said in a statement released to the media on Monday night.

Brown, a sophomore, has started five of Alabama's past six games, including the SEC championship game against Georgia. He had been dealing with a turf toe injury, but was making progress, Saban told reporters last week.

Baker has not appeared in a game this season. James has appeared in five games but has not made a reception.

http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...ncluding-starting-ol-deonte-brown-orange-bowl

Go Gophers!!
 

Interesting.


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Spoofin said:
Interesting.


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Wait, I thought you were a Clemson or Notre Dame guy??? You’re an Alabama guy? Wait no, Oklahoma? [emoji848]


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A violation of team rules?!?!! Wait a minute. Don’t they have to disclose everything?? [emoji23]


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BleedGopher said:
per ESPN:

Three Alabama players, including starting offensive lineman Deonte Brown, did not travel with the team to Miami and will not compete against Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff semifinal game at the Capital One Orange Bowl on Saturday.

Reserve Elliot Baker, an offensive lineman and Kedrick James, a tight end, were the other two suspended players.

The three players were suspended "due to a violation of team rules and policies," coach Nick Saban said in a statement released to the media on Monday night.

Brown, a sophomore, has started five of Alabama's past six games, including the SEC championship game against Georgia. He had been dealing with a turf toe injury, but was making progress, Saban told reporters last week.

Baker has not appeared in a game this season. James has appeared in five games but has not made a reception.

http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...ncluding-starting-ol-deonte-brown-orange-bowl

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Why wasn't the keen staff of the Strib all over this? Are they sending one of their top reporters to ask questions during the press conference?
 

These good SEC teams suspend kids a lot more often then Minnesota does. Our fan base sure goes ape sh*t any time it happens here though.
 


WriterGoph said:
What's "interesting" exactly? That they named the players? Hardly interesting. At all.
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I find it very interesting that they have taken the exact opposite approach as the U. They chose to get ahead of it with the media and chose to be transparent. Just like Clemson did. I just worry about all those player privacy laws they must have violated.


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Which story made ESPN and which resulted in the media getting roasted in social media?
 

Spoofin said:
I find it very interesting that they have taken the exact opposite approach as the U. They chose to get ahead of it with the media and chose to be transparent. Just like Clemson did. I just worry about all those player privacy laws they must have violated.


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Don’t think they violated any. If all they violated was team rules I don’t think Alabama should publish what they did. They haven’t as of yet. I wouldn’t have released the names without the permission of the players. They may or may not have gotten that. We won’t ever know.
 





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