Texas Tech reinstates Nigel Bethel after assault charges are dropped

Texas Tech incoming freshman Nigel Bethel II, who was dismissed from the program after punching a women’s basketball player, has been reinstated, according to a release by the school.

Bethel was playing in a pickup basketball game with Amber Battle when the two went up for a rebound. Battle grabbed the rebound and was fouled by Bethel. Battle pushed Bethel and he responded by throwing a punch that broke Battle cheekbone.

A surveillance camera in the gym took the following video:

"This is an unfortunate situation with a unique set of circumstances and there are no winners," athletic director said Kirby Hocutt said in a statement. "Every decision related to this case has been the right one at that particular time based upon our principles, student-athlete code of conduct and team rules. As I continued to work with Coach Kingsbury and Coach Whitaker, we looked at the totality of the situation and have arrived at this decision. Two talented young people made a mistake, have shown remorse and learned some very valuable life lessons."

After the incident, police were called and the matter went to a grand jury, which, on Tuesday, found no probable cause for assault charges, according to Bethel’s lawyer Tray Payne.

Lubbock attorney Tray Payne told ESPN.com that the charges against Bethel were dropped after a grand jury found there was no evidence to substantiate assault nor probable cause to pursue charges.

“This is not what it was made out to be,” Payne said. “He’s a good kid with no criminal history, and this was out of character.”

Once the charges were dropped, Bethel, a cornerback from Booker T. Washington High School in Miami and the Red Raiders’ highest rated recruit, according to Rivals.com, held out hope to return to Texas Tech.

I'm praying @kirbyhocutt and @TexasTech give me a second chance by reinstating me! Texas Tech is my home I don't want to be any where else.

— Nigel Bethel II (@_NigelBethel) July 16, 2014

The grand jury also thought Bethel should be reinstated and issued a letter to Payne stating as much.

"We believe he was unduly and prematurely punished. This was an unfortunate incident in a pick-up basketball game. This is a matter that should not result in criminal charges for either party.

“Any assault does deserve immediate action, however, please ensure all testimonies, evidence and circumstances are reviewed prior to taking action which may forever alter a person’s future.

“We desire to see Mr. Bethel’s scholarship re-instated. If he is re-instated, it is our belief that his consequences should not be greater than those of Ms. Battle. If he is not re-instated, a public exoneration of his character on the part of Texas Tech University should be forthcoming, since Mr. Bethel’s future opportunities for an education as well as an athletic career have been jeopardized.”

Bethel will miss the first three games of his first season as part of his reinstatement. Battle, a senior on the women's basketball team, was suspended for the month of November after admitting that she started the altercation.

"I'm relieved that Nigel is receiving a second chance because I believe in second chances," Battle said in a statement. "We were both at fault in this situation and I believe our punishment should be equal. This is a good opportunity for us to learn from our mistakes and I think we both have. Hopefully now we can move forward and focus on helping our teams compete at the highest level."

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SEC media days notebook: LSU's Les Miles says he likes his team 'in every game'

The always affable Les Miles did not disappoint at SEC Media Days Wednesday.

After updating the crowd of reporters about his children and the Miles family’s “miserable, but great fun” vacation to Austin, the LSU head coach expressed sly confidence about his young, but explosive Tigers.

Coming off a 10-3 season, the Tigers lost over a dozen players to the NFL, including several underclassmen, but Miles isn’t worried about those who think LSU might have a bit of a down year.

“I would be willing to bet that not many picked Auburn a year ago,” Miles said. “Our position is, ‘Don't bother us, we don't care, we just want to work, we want to improve, we want to play one game at a time, we want to point at the next opponent.’ We understand that doesn't mean that we're in the immediate talk, but if we continue to do the things we've done in the past, we'll earn our way.

“I like us. I like us in every game.”

Reliance on freshmen

After losing so many contributors, especially at skill positions, to the NFL, Miles thinks that several players from his second-ranked 2014 recruiting class can come in and fill the void. Right off the bat in his opening statement, Miles named running back Leonard Fournette and wide receiver Malachi Dupre – both five-star prospects – and four-stars C.J. Garrett, a linebacker, and Brandon Harris, a quarterback, as guys he expects to contribute.

Miles specifically pointed out Fournette, the No. 4 overall player in the 2014 class, as a player who has a chance to be special. He, along with Terrence Magee and Kenny Hilliard, will help fill the void left by Jeremy Hill, a recent NFL draft pick.

“Leonard Fournette is doing exactly what he should be doing,” Miles said. “He's getting in the weight room, running, getting in great shape. He's quiet. He's not assuming. He's humble in his approach. I think it's exactly where he needs to be. He expects himself to be something very special. I think he has a quiet confidence there that will benefit him, and I think we will always have an opportunity to play at that spot.”

At wide receiver, in addition to Dupre, Miles pointed out Trey Quinn as another guy who can make an impact. On defense, Miles said that Jamal Adams and John Battle, both four-star recruits, are guys to watch for at the safety position.

That, of course, leaves out one key position where another true freshman might be called on to start when the season opens in a neutral site game against Wisconsin.

Quarterback battle

We got our first glimpse of quarterback Anthony Jennings in LSU’s bowl win over Iowa to end last season. It was an unenviable position for Jennings and he understandably struggled in his first-ever start. Jennings was filling in for an injured Zach Mettenberger. With Mettenberger now off to the NFL, Jennings has a chance to earn the starting role as a sophomore – but it won’t be easy. True freshman Brandon Harris, an early enrollee, is breathing down his neck.

Both Jennings and Harris are dual threats, and Miles is confident that offensive coordinator can mold whoever emerges from the QB battle into a great talent in the SEC.

“Cam Cameron is a guy who's made a career mentoring quarterbacks. He will do the exactly right things with those guys,” Miles said.

Miles already knows what he has in Jennings. He hasn’t seen as much of the 6-foot-2, 184-pound Harris, but when asked about his freshman signal caller, he didn’t hesitate to offer praise.

“The key piece is he really throws the ball well,” Miles said. “I mean, he is a guy that has real strength. He’s innately accurate. He’s got great footwork. He can extend a play, get out of the pocket, move around. But probably the best thing about him is he anticipates that great play, too. He has the opportunity to see it and has the arm to get it there.”

According to Miles, the competition between the two will be “a very competitive event from start to finish.”

Replacing the pros

The list of underclassmen that left for the pros that the Tigers have to replace is longer than most schools around the league. Odell Beckham and Jarvis Landry are gone. Ego Ferguson is gone. Jeremy Hill is gone. Trai Turner too.

While it’s good exposure for the program to have so many guys playing in the pros, Miles described the situation as “not necessarily optimal” and again stressed the importance of the true freshmen stepping up.

“There's a responsibility that the coaching staff has to see a void that will potentially occur and we have to recruit to that void. We have to make sure that our style of recruiting is the style of recruiting that we get an athlete that has a want to be something special, then that guy steps in and plays as a true freshman. Although not optimal, it's certainly something we've done.”

Neutral site opener

Miles was quick to mention the new 102,000 capacity at Tiger Stadium, which was already one of the best environments in college football. Despite the enthusiasm for the stadium’s makeover, the Tigers won’t play a meaningful home game until week four against Mississippi State.

The Tigers open up in a neutral site game in Houston against Wisconsin and Miles explained the merits of participating in a game of that ilk.

“We like to play at home, there isn't any question,” Miles said “We enjoy walking down the hill to that stadium and that the opponent has a very difficult time getting the ball snapped. We understand the advantages. We also recognize that when you take a team, you're playing a very quality opponent, certainly Wisconsin is that, in a neutral‑site game, and you're in a position where as a program you're going to be challenged, there's a real necessity to answer that challenge that allows a level of execution and allows a level of play that you need to start the season with.”

Miles said there are advantages in recruiting, too.

Houston is right down the street for us. It's a very quality place to play at and recruit, too. I look forward to it. I've been in that stadium before. That will be a great venue and a very competitive game. Should be a lot of fun.”

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Texas was willing to pay Nick Saban $100 million, according to upcoming book

How much is Alabama coach Nick Saban worth?

$6.9 million?

$10 million?

How about $100 million.

That’s what’s Texas was willing to cobble together to gain the services of the Tide’s national championship-winning coach, according to the SEC Network's Paul Finebaum.

In his upcoming book, "My Conference Can Beat Your Conference: Why the SEC Still Rules College Football," which he co-wrote with ESPN.com's Gene Wojchiechowski, Finebaum said Texas was “dead serious” about offering Saban an obscene amount of money.

AL.com obtained an advance copy of the book.

"Texas was dead serious about trying to money-whip Saban," according to Finebaum and Wojchiechowski. "Depending on whom you talk to -- Bama big hitters or Texas big hitters -- the Longhorns were prepared to give Saban somewhere between a $12 and $15 million signing bonus and a salary package worth $100 million (plus performances)."

And to think, new Texas coach Charlie Strong only makes $5 million.

Saban agreed to a new contract with Alabama in January, which will pay him $6.9 million plus incentives, and took him out of the running for Texas' head gig. Saban’s is the largest salary among college coaches, but it’s deserved since he has won a record four national championships, including three in the past five years.

I wonder how Texas folks decided on that number? Maybe the conversation went a little bit like this:

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Notre Dame releases design for new field turf, featuring shamrocks and a block "ND"

Notre Dame has released the design for its new FieldTurf and it looks suitably old timey for the venue in which it’s being installed.

The Irish are retaining the slashes in the end zones but adding a blue block “ND” to the center of the field and small shamrocks at the 35-yard lines where kickoffs will take place. If you thought the slashes (which have been the only adornments on the field in recent years), were simple slashes, a lot of thought went into them. From Notre Dame’s release on the design:

The football field itself will include the traditional diagonal striping in both end zones. There will be 18 lines (nine in each end zone), and they will be oriented at 42-degree angles toward the Basilica and the Golden Dome. The numbers 18 and 42 represent 1842, the year the University was founded.

The Basilica is the beautiful large church at the center of campus and is located directly next to the Golden Dome, which serves as the main administration building for the school.

Athletic director Jack Swarbrick announcedin April that the Fighting Irish were switching from grass to FieldTurf. Notre Dame made the switch after finding no viable alternative to keeping the grass alive after repeated Novembers that featured brown aesthetics and poor footing for the Irish and opponents alike. For fans particularly torn up about the transition to artificial surface, the university sold patches of grass at the low, low price of $149.95.

The school has also announced a $400 million stadium expansion plan that will incorporate premium seating, academic space, a new workout facility and increased broadband coverage. The House That Rockne Built first opened in 1930 and underwent renovations in the '90s that increased the seating by 21,000.

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SEC media day notebook: Missouri's Gary Pinkel said dismissing Dorial Green Beckham was 'very difficult'

Missouri is in an unenviable position this year.

After finishing 12-2 last season and winning the SEC East, the Tigers return just eight starters and will likely go through a grueling rebuilding year.

But if there’s a positive, it’s that many of those growing pains won’t be at the quarterback position. Maty Mauk, the Tigers starter, got his fair share of playing time last year thanks to injuries and inconsistent play by James Franklin. Mauk went 3-1 as a starter and threw for 1,071 yards, 11 touchdowns and just two interceptions. He also rushed for 229 yards and a score.

He helped the Tigers to a big win against Georgia when Franklin was injured.

“First of all, the good news/bad news about last year is the bad news is we lost our starting quarterback for four games in the fourth quarter against Georgia,” coach Gary Pinkel said during SEC media day Wednesday. “The good news is we had a redshirt freshman that came in and played at a high level. That experience obviously I think helped him tremendously. I think certainly our players have a lot of confidence in him.”

Mauk, who is listed at 200 pounds on the Missouri website, will go into camp a little lighter after dealing with a viral infection that caused him to lose what he said was about eight or nine pounds.

"Something happened to me and I lost some weight," Mauk said. "Obviously, it wasn't bad. I feel fine, I feel great. The main thing is I feel fast. I kinda had speed already and now I feel like high school again. I'm ready to go out there and I'm ready to do what I have to do to make our offense as explosive as can be."

Mauk said he thought his body wore down because of some extra training he had been doing in the past couple weeks, but that he’s also not eager to put the weight back on. He said he’s gained a couple pounds back, but that he’s not going to add anymore heading into fall camp.

Mauk will need to be as dynamic as possible as the players around him get used to being starters. After Dorial Green-Beckham’s dismissal in the offseason, the Tigers were left with Bud Sasser as the only returning starting receiver, though Darius White and Jimmie Hunt played several snaps last year. Running backs Russell Hansbrough and Marcus Murphy earned a lot of playing time behind the departed Henry Josey.

Even with all the new faces, Pinkel is confident Mauk is the guy to lead Missouri to success.

“I think he's a very natural leader,” Pinkel said. “I knew that when he was in high school. He was one of those guys that he loves to play football, loves to compete. I think he's a dual threat guy. He can run. He's got very good speed. Put a lot of pressure on the defense utilizing both of those things.”

Tough nonconference schedules won’t be the norm

To say Missouri’s nonconference schedule is a little daunting would be an understatement. The Tigers play three teams that had winning records a year ago, including UCF, which finished 12-1, won the American Athletic Conference and beat Baylor in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

Pinkel said Missouri’s scheduling hasn’t caught up with the strength of its new league, so there are still some kinks to be worked out.

“That's the way we did it in the Big 12,” Pinkel said of the tough nonconference scheduling. “When you make an adjustment schedule wise, you change leagues, it takes a while to get it back to kind of the consistency the way the rest of the league is. I would expect that to change a little bit as the schedules go out.”

Don’t expect Missouri’s future nonconference schedules to be this troubling. In 2015, the only nonconference games scheduled are against Southeast Missouri State and Arkansas State, there are no nonconference games scheduled for 2016 and Purdue is the only nonconference matchup for 2017.

Pinkel said he expects future schedules to fall in line with Missouri’s SEC brethren, so that random November game against an FCS team is definitely on the horizon.

“Because we had spots open in those areas before, that's what we had to keep,” Pinkel said. “That, I suggest, will change and lean more towards how the SEC does. Certainly TV will have an influence on that in the future.”

Pinkel wants Dorial Green-Beckham to succeed

Pinkel said dismissing receiver Dorial Green-Beckham from Missouri was one of the most difficult things he’s ever had to do. Green-Beckham was Missouri’s leading receiver with 59 catches for 883 yards and 12 touchdowns, but he had two drug-related arrests, which forced Pinkel’s hand.

“That was very, very difficult for me to do that,” Pinkel said. “I can’t tell you what that was like. I had to do what was the right thing to do, and I did.”

Earlier this month, Oklahoma announced that Green-Beckham had been added to the roster. Pinkel said he spoke with Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops about Green-Beckham and that he’s happy Green-Beckham will get another chance to play for a major university.

“He’s got another chance now,” Pinkel said. “I’m excited about that. Just as much as being able to grow as a person as well as being a good football player. I hope he does well.”

Pinkel reached out to Will Muschamp

Pinkel’s first year in the SEC was a disaster.

The Tigers went 5-7 and missed a bowl game for the first time since 2004. Questions about whether Missouri was a good fit for the SEC started to surface and Pinkel’s ability to lead the Tigers into their new conference was questioned.

So, last year, when Pinkel saw Florida coach Will Muschamp dealing with some of the injury issues Missouri dealt with during its first year and some of the questions about coaching stability, Pinkel picked up the phone and offered a friendly ear.

“Well, I just think, you know, when I see people have experiences similar to what we had, been a part of, I think what happens is I've had people reach out to me before, how important that's been to me,” Pinkel said. “When I get an opportunity to do those kind of things, that's what I try to do, for those reasons.”

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Alabama and USC to meet in 2016 Cowboys Classic

This will be fun.

It was announced Wednesday that Alabama and Southern California will square off to kick off the 2016 season with a neutral site game. The game will be played as a part of the eighth annual Cowboys Classic at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on September 3.

It will be the first regular season matchup between the two storied programs since 1978, a year when both teams shared the national title. The last overall matchup between the Crimson Tide and Trojans was the 1985 Aloha Bowl, a 24-3 Alabama win.

Alabama has played five neutral site games, winning four, since Nick Saban took over and will open its 2014 campaign in Atlanta against West Virginia. The Tide will also open its 2015 season against Wisconsin in Arlington.

The Trojans originally had a home date scheduled with New Mexico on that date, but that game has been switched to September 19, 2020.

“We are excited to participate in a game that is such an attractive matchup for the nation’s fans,” said new USC head coach Steve Sarkisian in a release. “The 2016 Cowboys Classic not only brings together two of college football’s most tradition-laden and successful programs, but teams that in 1970 played a significant role in shaping the history of the game.”

Sarkisian is referring to the 1970 matchup between USC and Alabama that has been “credited with helping to integrate Southern football” when USC and its all-black backfield knocked off the all-white Alabama team, 42-21.

September 3, 2016 has the makings of a fantastic day of college football in the state of Texas. In addition to the Alabama-USC matchup, Notre Dame will face Texas in Austin and UCLA will travel to face Texas A&M in College Station. How’s that for an opening weekend?

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Vanderbilt DL Adam Butler is 'glad' James Franklin is gone

Vanderbilt defensive lineman Adam Butler said during SEC media day on Monday that he wasn’t sad to see former coach James Franklin leave for Penn State.

In fact, Butler thought Franklin was disingenuous while Penn State was calling and that rubbed many of the players the wrong way.

“I don't want to say I'm glad Coach Franklin is gone but then again I am,” Butler told CBSSports.com. “It was a little shady in a way. Repeatedly he told us he wasn't going anywhere. He really stressed it. He was in tears talking about he wasn't going to leave. Then he just up and leaves.”

This is familiar tale. Players often feel hurt by the deception that comes into play when a coach is being courted by another school. Franklin's departure was especially painful because he was seemingly so close with his players and the timing of the job change, coupled with how long it took new coach Derek Mason to get his bearings, nearly put Vanderbilt in a major personnel crunch heading into 2014.

In January, Franklin replaced Bill O'Brien, who took aver after famed coach Joe Paterno was relieved of his duties, and then left for the Houston Texans two years later. Franklin, who is originally from Pennsylvania, put the Vanderbilt program on the map. He led the Commodores to three bowl games and consecutive nine-win seasons.

“The bad always weed themselves out and the good always comes,” Butler told CSBSports.com. “You always have a choice whether to take the next job or not to take it. If he said, ‘They paid me this amount of money,' I would respect him more instead of saying he's not going and then up and leave.”

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UCLA unveils new 'LA Steel' alternate uniforms (Photos)

Releasing a sneak peak at some new uniforms is usually a way to get fans talking about your program, especially during the offseason. I’m assuming that’s what UCLA was going for with this one.

The Bruins, along with adidas, unveiled an alternate “TECHFIT” uniform for the upcoming season. The new look is called “LA Steel” and will be the first grey uniform in school history, according to a release from UCLA.

Take a look.

UCLA, @adidasFballUS unveil new alternate uniform for @UCLAFootball: #LASteel http://t.co/b0RNF3Aj2x http://ift.tt/1yrnpuw

— UCLA Athletics (@UCLAAthletics) July 16, 2014

City of Angels. City of Bruins.UCLA pays tribute to L.A. with new #LASteel alternate TECHFIT uniforms.#teamadidas http://ift.tt/1yrnmPp

— adidas Football US (@adidasFballUS) July 16, 2014

FIRST LOOK: New UCLA "LA Steel" alternate jersey http://ift.tt/1yrnpuy

— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) July 16, 2014

As you can see, there’s a whole lot going on here. The team website says the jerseys and pants are “rendered in rich dark onyx grey.” On top of that, the pants and jerseys feature “ultra-light metallic embellishments that shimmer” that are supposed to be a tribute of some sport to the “bright lights” of Los Angeles.

Additionally, the city skyline is said to be visible on the sleeves of the compression undershirt that accompanies the uniform and on the “UCLA” lettering on the pants.

The release says the uniforms will be worn for a home game this upcoming season.

Personally, I’m more of a fan of the traditional-looking uniform, so these aren’t too appealing to me. It’s a safe bet that the players and recruits will love these, though. That’s way more important to UCLA than what I think.

For more UCLA news, visit BruinSportsReport.com.

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Auburn reports itself for prematurely publishing recruit's bio on team website

The recruitment of Rashaan Evans came down to the wire. The Rivals five-star linebacker from Auburn, Alabama narrowed his choices down to two obvious schools: Auburn and Alabama.

The decision came all the way down to February 5, national signing day. Many thought that Evans, the top outside linebacker in the class, would pick the hometown Tigers. Auburn thought so too, and the school even prematurely published a signee bio for Evans on the team website in the moments leading up to his announcement.

Evans ended up choosing Alabama, and fans and media outlets were quick to point out how Auburn jumped the gun on publishing the bio.

More than five months later, Al.com is reporting that the website snafu is actually a minor NCAA violation. Auburn’s compliance staff called the incident a “hack” by media personnel.

Here’s what the self-reported violation from March says:

Media personnel were able to hack into the site and ‘find’ the code and pull up the bio. The bio for Evans was then publicized on media sites. (Auburn) never posted the information on its own site, and never intended for the bio to be visible.

Al.com was quick to point out that the Evans’ bio was visible to anyone who entered the URL into their web browser, just like all of the other Auburn signees. So Evans’ bio was published, the link just wasn’t publicized on Auburn’s website like the other members of the Tigers’ class.

When submitting the violation to the NCAA, Auburn’s compliance staff said it will “work harder to hide the information in code, so that future successful hacking attempts do not result in violations."

“There was no intent to release the information; in fact, the release of the information was an embarrassment to the athletics department, particularly the media relations staff."

Evans’ father said his son’s decision "down to the wire” between Alabama and Auburn. The commitment solidified Alabama’s 2014 class as the best in the country, according to Rivals.

For more Auburn news, visit AuburnSports.com.

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