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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Devan Downey, who led South Carolina in scoring last season as a sophomore, has been charged with simple assault.
University spokesman Russ McKinney said the charge stemmed from an argument Downey had with another student on campus last week.
McKinney says the student decided to seek charges Monday after asking police not to press charges when they initially investigated the incident.
Athletic department spokesman Steve Fink said Downey has been suspended from the team per a school policy to immediately suspend any athlete who is arrested.
Downey started every game for the Gamecocks last season, averaging 18.4 points.
He was at the Richland County jail Monday night. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.
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Posted by sjt18 on May 6, 2008 at 1:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Fulmer's fault... Adams should write another article.
Posted by bamacheats on May 6, 2008 at 1:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
That student must be a real p*ssy to file a battery charge against a midget!
Posted by T0MMYJACK on May 6, 2008 at 6:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You're right, sjt ... Fulmer's doing his evil bidding once again. It's so sad to see that he's moved to basketball.
He was probably behind the Eight Belles tragedy last Saturday, too.
Stay the course.
Have a fritter.
Post a YouTube url.
Give us a couple of "FOOLmore"'s.
Posted by GreerVol22 on May 6, 2008 at 7:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
arn't you supposed to give jocks your lunch money and girlfriends?
maybe if he's lucky the kid who was arguing with him will settle for a couple semesters of tuition.
Posted by foreverorange on May 6, 2008 at 7:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Fulmer funds the money to these kids to get the knowledge for them to know how to create a simple assault.
Posted by murrayvol on May 6, 2008 at 8:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm glad it wasn't complicated assault.
Posted by rusty_shackleford on May 6, 2008 at 9:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Little stevie superior has obviously lost control of his program. A change is needed at the top. tuscaloosa john should investigate. Maybe bring in Dan Rather, another "journalist" known for integrity.
Posted by bowerst on May 6, 2008 at 10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Does Spurrier coach the basketball team down there too nowadays? I mean I detest the guy, but even I wouldn't try to pin this one on him.
Posted by eVOLution on May 6, 2008 at 11:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)
sjt18, dude thats not funny anymore. Ok yeah it was funny about mmmmmmm 4 months ago. But when someone post it one very article that comes out about players getting into trouble its not funny.
P.S. Fillip "The Big Pumpkin" Phulmer should be fired.
Posted by spam247buster on May 6, 2008 at 11:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
sjt18-- good point. I think he's also responsible for the federal deficit, global warming, job outsourcing, and Al Gore's heated pool.
eVOLution-- your comment was HILARIOUS! "The Big Pumpkin"-- how original, because Phil is not very slim, and he wears orange! Golly, what a great wisecrack! You really should do stand-up comedy for a living.
Posted by rusty_shackleford on May 6, 2008 at 1 p.m. (Suggest removal)
bowerst, therein lies the joke, obscure as it may be. There are some here who want to pin everything bad on CPF. Why not pin every sin of the 'cocks on ?
Posted by QCVol on May 6, 2008 at 1:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
well to me, it never gets old....I get a good laugh everytime....LOLOL!
Posted by General_Fritter on May 6, 2008 at 2:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Maybe this is a future UT transfer?
Posted by bowerst on May 6, 2008 at 3:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sorry, me slow on the uptake. Anyways, in this day and age, we seemingly have to put up with some of this stuff. Nebraska used to be able to run a winning program with good kids, but now that is apparently history as well.
There's really nothing funny about it. Sometimes a player can be innocent and it's a punk trying to show how tough he is by fighting an athlete. But usually, talent on the field and on the court trumps all the character flaws. Fans are every bit as much to blame as coaches.
Posted by pdhuff on May 6, 2008 at 6:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Gen F, how far out are the KPD ride-alongs booked?
Do we have any openings?
Posted by rockyknox on May 6, 2008 at 6:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Adams: USC basketball needs "another" change at the top.
Posted by orangebloodgmc on May 7, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey Spurrier, ya can't spell scandal without SC.
But you could almost spell "mad a_s" with Adams.
Posted by pdhuff on May 7, 2008 at 9:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Don't believe ol' Stevie can take many more years of ol' SC Siwash. Ego will make him walk back to golf in the Sunshine State away from his not beloved home state.
Posted by cdldoc on May 8, 2008 at 3:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I sure hope that steve stays at SC so there will be many more years of FP kicking his as$
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