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I smell some chants.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2585781
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 sop re 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.
I smell some chants.
Thats dedication to get into the game...they should start him saturday
MENDOZA!
Damn....its all about the punting at UNC!
I guess the backup has 1 leg up on him now.
Shortly after the stabbing, Rafael Mendoza was seen clutching his leg, sobbing, "WHYYYYYYYY??! WHYYYYYYYYY!?!"
Isn't that where Kobe's "victim" went to school? Not that one thing has anything to do with another.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html
SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) -- The irony that Northern Colorado, down three punters after a week of controversy, won with a blocked punt was not lost on coach Scott Downing.
"I don't even know what to say about that," said Downing, who lost two punters this week in a bizarre stabbing scandal that brought national attention to the small university about 60 miles north of Denver.
The Bears beat Texas State 14-13 on Saturday night for their first win on the road in three seasons.
"It has been a tough week, but you know these guys, they're the type they survive a lot of stuff," Downing said.
Bears punter Rafael Mendoza was treated Monday for a 3- to 5-inch deep puncture wound and released from the hospital after being stabbed outside his apartment in Evans, near Greeley, Colo.
Police arrested backup punter Mitch Cozad on Tuesday, accusing the sop re of plunging a knife into the thigh of Mendoza's kicking leg, hoping to take his teammate's place on the field. Neither punter attended the game.
The winning punt block came late in the second quarter. Jacob Carlson's rush pushed the upback into Texas State punter Chris MacDonald, and Matt West picked up the ball and scored with 7 seconds left in the first half to give the Bears a 14-0 lead.
Jason Hildenbrand, a strong safety, took on punting duties for Northern Colorado during the first three quarters -- until he got injured on the field. By the end of the game, the Bears were using fourth-string kicker Michael York, whose first punt traveled a wobbly 7 yards.
Downing said Mendoza is healing rapidly, but said he did not know when the junior would be back on the field. Cozad is free on bond, but has been suspended from the university.
"I just want our team to get back to normal," he said.
Downing said the tumultuous week brought the players together. They prayed for their injured teammate before and after the game, he said. And, many of them wrote the initials RM on their arms before kickoff.
Hildenbrand averaged 29.3 yards in six punts after not having punted since high school in 2001. He described the past week as "bizarre to say the least" and called the win "pretty satisfactory."
"I just really didn't want to mess up too bad," he said.
Texas State coach David Bailiff said he was concerned going into the game that the week's events had given the opposition the resolve to rally for a win.
"That gave them cause," he said. "They're holding together a football team."
Texas State in sucksToo bad I didn't go to school here last year when they were good.
I am embarrassed by that performance. I'm glad I only had to watch it on Gametracker and not live.
I told you Texas State sucks this year and I haven't even watched 1 game so far. I doubt that I will watch a game too. I will always be a Longhorn no matter what school I go to.
Then just go to UT.
I support my school through thick and thin and will always bleed Bobcat maroon and gold.
Seriously, if you like UT that much as to not support the school you're actually giving your money to, then just go up the road a few miles.
I would be goin to UT if I had the money. Also, I only went to TxState because all my friends are here and both of my parents graduated here.
You've got even more reason to be a Bobcat.
I was the first in my family to go to college. I wanted to go to SWT/Texas State.
I swear, man, seriously...loans. Go up the road, man. Texas State as a university can stand on its own merits. It's not UT-35S.
I don't see how it is a big deal if I don't root or root for TxState as I don't root against them. It is just that I said the truth, they suck. I may go to a game eventually though since my friends want me to tailgate with them.
Plus I already have a good thing here with all my friends and roommates, so I won't be goin anywhere for bout 2-3 years. Then I hope to transfer to UT to get my Masters in Sports Administration.
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