me

December 1st, 2009 at 6:01 PM ^

from the Freep (so I won't link) but
The release also states that MSU Police have identified 10 suspects and are looking to identify five more. It's unclear whether any of the remaining five are football players. According to the release, “the 10 suspects were identified following interviews with victims, witnesses and a review of on-site video. The evidence regarding the actions of all suspects is still being collected.”
So there are still five suspects to be identified, could be some players in that group

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MadtownMaize

December 1st, 2009 at 10:46 PM ^

do the Sparty's who forgot to bring their ski masks to the banquet feel about now? Its just a hunch, but I am guessing that the five remaining suspects who have not been identified were the ones wearing the masks.

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itsallgood65

December 1st, 2009 at 5:27 PM ^

Per the article posted by the other brian... "B.J. Cunningham, Mark Dell, Ashton Leggett, Chris L. Rucker, Fred Smith, Brynden Trawick, Ishmyl Johnson and Jamiihr Williams have been suspended for violation of team rules, Dantonio said.”

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Logan88

December 1st, 2009 at 6:55 PM ^

Didn't RR recruit Fred Smith? Rosenberg's piece tommorrow: "Rodriguez's 'Win at All Costs' mentality corrupts naive MSU player." In an exclusive interview with Fred Smith, Rosenberg "elicits" the following quote from the hurt and confused Spartan: "After I met RR, my life just lost all sense of direction. It's like I'm a totally different person...a much worse person. Fortunately, Coach Dantonio promised to baptize me tommorrow in the team whirlpool. I'm confident that my life is heading in the right direction under his firm, yet gentle hand."

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teldar

December 1st, 2009 at 5:27 PM ^

Now we just have to wait to see if there are any actual sanctions. Like, are they not allowed to practice with the team but they can be AT practice and just happen to be running routes while the rest of the team does the same thing? Or perhaps this suspension is set to expire 5 days before the bowl game so as to make sure they get the idea. Next time, don't leave witnesses.

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JPQ

December 1st, 2009 at 5:29 PM ^

Big names held by little men. These guys are cowards and suspension is too good for them. But you can't blame Dantonio. He goes to church every Sunday.

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dahblue

December 1st, 2009 at 5:31 PM ^

Well...I'm guessing that the suspension will expire with the first snap of spring practice. Of course, that's assuming it doesn't expire before their bowl game.

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dahblue

December 1st, 2009 at 5:43 PM ^

I find 97.1 too hard to listen to. It's an ongoing anti-UofM hate fest. 1130 does a much better job...they also don't spend half the day of inane topics like "don't you hate it when you stub your toe" or "how come my feet get wet when I step in puddles".

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dahblue

December 1st, 2009 at 5:46 PM ^

They just referred to it as "an incident or transgression". Seriously? It was a mob attack! At least they are calling for any player involved to be suspended...Then again, they are calling for them to be back to spring practice. Oh the horror...a one game suspension.

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spacemanspiff231

December 1st, 2009 at 6:57 PM ^

The difference between what Valenti says about MSU and U of M is his attitude. He may be upset about what's going on at MSU, but I don't hear him saying that Dantonio should be fired and how he's ruining the program and is the worst thing that ever happened to the school. MSU's players carry out a premeditated violent hate crime and it's a very bad thing. Boo Boo doesn't show up to some study sessions and a couple practices and it's the arrival of the Antichrist.

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PSALM 23 Rod N…

December 1st, 2009 at 10:07 PM ^

MSU v UM Next Year at the Big House BLACK SKI MASK OUT......Complete Stadium with Black Ski Masks? I think it would be funny.... (Edit On second Thought, it might make the Spartans feel too much like a Home game, with stands filled with apparent criminals in ski mask) PS I can Out Drive Tiger Woods

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bacon1431

December 1st, 2009 at 5:43 PM ^

Just really disappointing. Even as an M fan, I feel bad about this. These players should have known better. Winston was lucky to get off with as little punishment as he did, and to be allowed back on the football team. I question Dantonio letting him back on the team immediately, but I'm all for giving kids second chances. You'd like to think he's better off at a college than he is on the streets without an education. Players should have learned from Winston's situation and it's one thing to take similar actions, but a whole other monster to take these actions with Winston. They gotta know that good things are not going to result from goofing around with this guy. Gotta influence him in a positive way and not let him influence you in a negative way. Frustrating to see from kids to say the least.

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bronxblue

December 1st, 2009 at 5:44 PM ^

I'm surprised that Dell and Cunningham were on the list - those are legit targets for one of the better passing offenses in America. I'm sure they will be suspended until the second series of the bowl game, when all will be forgotten and MSU ekes out a hard-fought 47-20 loss to CMU.

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chunkums

December 1st, 2009 at 5:44 PM ^

8 suspended plus two kicked off team = 10. There are 10 Commandments! Just like how the 7 wins was a sign of biblical completion, this is a sign that the Spartans are on a religious path to eventual glory. They didn't kill anyone, and there is no commandment that: "thou shall not beat the shit out of innocent undergrads."

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Undefeated dre…

December 1st, 2009 at 5:46 PM ^

It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the News vs. the Freep (and the LSJ as well). I am hopeful the ski mask thing can live long in U-M/MSU legend. I am even more hopeful that the U-M program will do absolutely nothing to top this (in terms of infamy) for the next twenty years.

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spam and beans

December 1st, 2009 at 6:03 PM ^

Cmon Spartan players, don't beat up the smart ones on campus! There is so few of them to start with. Rumor has it that the 5 incoming students that can already do basic algebra are starting to look else where for the education. 2 of the 5 are applying to the hair college down the road, and one of them has already been accepted to hamburger university. That doesn't leave too many to do your school work errrrr tudor you for the upcoming semester. please be more selective in who you target.

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spam and beans

December 2nd, 2009 at 10:34 AM ^

At first I was going to respond all defensively about your grammar correction, then I thought about fixing my mistake so people would wonder what your post was all about. ahh hell, I messed up. And yes it is pretty ironic that my post was about MSU students not being very smart, and instead nailed myself. What is really funny is in another post I looked up "prestigious" to make sure I spelled it right so I wouldn't look stupid. It's true, I'm not smart enough to be an U of M alum, but I am smart enough to be a fan. Go Blue!

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jamiemac

December 1st, 2009 at 6:09 PM ^

Eh, I dont know what to think about this. I will wait for Rosenberg and Doctor Worm to explain how a program with a gang of starters plotting a breaking and entering and violent attack compares to one guy deep on the depth chart comitting fraud by brokering a fake drug deal before making any judgement.

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DoctorWorm

December 1st, 2009 at 6:19 PM ^

What do you want? Seriously, what do you want? Should Dantonio have executed them? Rodriguez is covering up NCAA infractions, there have been no further reports on the rape of an innocent woman by a Michigan football player, yet Dantonio takes action on this within a week, suspending key players from the team. Yet somehow you're still complaining about Dantonio? You people are beyond obsessed. You've whipped yourselves into a frenzy of jealousy and hatred, and I can't say I blame you. Being afterthoughts in every major sport must rankle for an institution that prides itself on being the leaders and the best. If those guys are thugs, then deal with them as thugs. But for strangers to cast judgment on a case where they don't know the facts is ridiculous. Villifying Dantonio when he punished the players involved is crazy. Dantonio is at fault because of what his players did, even when he meted out punishment? Is Rodriguez then at fault for all the crimes his players have ever committed? That's a pretty long list. Are you sure you want to apply this standard to coaches?

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A2toGVSU

December 1st, 2009 at 6:27 PM ^

Rodriguez acted swiftly in the Feagin case. There aren't any infractions, it is a witch hunt. Would you have beat Michigan without Glenn Winston this year? And what facts are you talking about? An angry gang of large men raged into a dorm room and beat the hell out of women and engineering students... er... women The reason we are all bitching about Dantonio is because these players have been suspended and will probably be back just in time for the bowl game.

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