Central Michigan coach Dan Enos got the kind of attention that most coaches would rather avoid following this year's spring practice period. Four days after CMU's annual spring game concluded the 15-practice session, Enos released a statement that Austin White, Joe Sawicki and Danel Harris were released from the football program.

"We hold our student-athletes to the highest standard of conduct as members of our team, our campus and our community," said Enos. "Actions that do not represent CMU and the community with pride have no place on our campus and will not be tolerated."

Although all three sophomores had yet to appear in a CMU jersey, the unwanted publicity and loss of White was a big blow for a football program attempting to restore its image. ...More