On eve of championship game, QB viciously beaten by opposition players.

[Braincase]

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Winston-Salem State QB 'viciously' beaten by Virginia State players on eve of title game

Rudy Johnson, the starting quarterback for the Rams, was 'viciously beaten' by members of the Virginia State team, Winston-Salem State Chancellor Donald Reaves said in a statement. The conference announced that the title game set for Saturday has been canceled.

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Winston-Salem State quarterback Rudy Johnson was badly beaten during a luncheon for both teams on the eve of their conference championship game.



CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A bathroom fight Friday among football players from Winston-Salem State and Virginia State during a CIAA championship game luncheon left the WSSU quarterback beaten and charges filed against a player from the other team.


The conference announced that the title game set for Saturday in Winston-Salem in North Carolina has been canceled.


Rudy Johnson, the starting quarterback for the Rams, was “viciously beaten” by members of the Virginia State team, Winston-Salem State Chancellor Donald Reaves said in a statement. He said one Virginia State player admitted his role in the beating.


School spokeswoman Nancy Young identified the suspect as 22-year-old Lamont Daniel Britt. A Forsyth County jail official says Britt, a running back from Portsmouth, Va., was being held there Friday night on a charge of misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury.


“There is no excuse for the behavior of the Virginia State players,” Reaves said.


Young said Johnson was assaulted in the bathroom at the Anderson Conference Center on the Winston-Salem campus during the luncheon.
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Winston-Salem State quarterback Rudy Johnson enters a magistrate's office on Friday holding ice on his right eye.


“Today’s event was supposed to be a celebration for both teams and for all the players who were being recognized for an outstanding season,” Reaves said. “The actions from the Virginia State players certainly changed the outcome for everyone.”


Virginia State Athletic Director Peggy Davis didn’t return a phone call seeking comment, but the school issued a statement on its website saying it is fully cooperating with the CIAA in its investigation and couldn’t comment further.


Both Winston-Salem State Rams and Virginia State Trojans are 9-1. The Rams lost to Valdosta State in the NCAA Division II championship game last year, and both teams were in position to earn postseason berths this season.


The Winston-Salem Journal reported that five Virginia State players were involved and Reaves said university police are trying to identify the others.


One of Johnson’s teammates told the newspaper that “Rudy was beaten up bad and he can’t play.”


A photo taken of Johnson shows him holding ice over his right eye.
Lauren Carroll/AP

Virginia State player Lamont Britt (r.) is escorted to a magistrate's office on Friday to face an assault charge.


CIAA Commissioner Jacqie Carpenter lamented the loss of the championship weekend. The conference consists of 12 historically black colleges and universities in Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.


“On the eve of such an important weekend for dozens of our student-athletes, many of whom have waited a lifetime for such a moment, we are left to focus instead on what might have been,” Carpenter said.


“But the CIAA has long had policies to encourage responsible behavior, and must consider what is necessary to assure days like today are not repeated, ever,” she said.


The conference volleyball championship, which also involved the two schools, was canceled as well.


Johnson, a 6-2, 205-pound junior from San Diego, moved into the starting lineup in the second game. He has completed 150 of 239 passes for 2,076 yards and 22 touchdowns with five interceptions in his nine games. He’s also the team’s second-leading rusher with 420 yards and six rushing scores.


Britt, a 5-foot-10, 205-pound sophomore, was Virginia State’s third-leading rusher with 276 yards and one touchdown on 63 carries. He also had seven catches for 78 yards on the year.


Winston-Salem State was trying to become the first team in two decades to win three straight CIAA championships, the last being Hampton from 1992-94. The Rams have won 24 straight games against CIAA opponents.
Virginia State and Winston-Salem State hadn’t played since 2003.

[beach tribe]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Yup. He's definitely a pussy because a university administrator called it a vicious attack. Please, Ricky Roughnuts, break down the hierarchy of beatings since you're a street fighting expert.

What is the definition of vicious?

Not him, dude.

The guys that called it a vicious beating.

I think the kid is actually pretty tough. Had he not stood up for himself in that situation, he probably wouldn't have caught that ass whippin.

As for a vicious beating, I posted one for you. Doesn't need to result in death, but its more than a swollen eye.

[beach tribe]

It's obviously subjective. So I concede.
I'm sure this is vicious to some.

It's not to me. Hence my pussy remark.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Vicious is what this Taco Bell is going to do to by colon.

[beach tribe]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Vicious is what this Taco Bell is going to do to by colon.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by beach tribe

A busted eye. Caused by one dude.

vicious.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...cording-report

Actually the next paragraph says one guy had admitted to it and the cops are trying to identify up to four other people involved in the beating
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[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Assault happens all the time. When you intentionally hurt somebody to gain a competitive advantage that's when different rules come to play. Of course this is a more extreme version. But taking other players out through intentionally extracurricular stuff is cheating. The only reason we are talking about forfeit is because it involved taking out a player.

if too can't see the difference between a cheap shot during a ****ing game with pads and helmets and this situation you have a serious mental problem
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[stonedstooge]

NWMSU Bearcats currently viciously beating up the Missouri Western Griffins 14 zip in the first quarter. w00t

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

if too can't see the difference between a cheap shot during a ****ing game with pads and helmets and this situation you have a serious mental problem
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Both were players intentionally trying to injure the teams other player. And neither were just players being players. It's not like we are talking about players hitting people over competitively. We have players instructed and rewarded for taking a player out of the game.

Let me ask you this. What's stopping a coach from telling his player in a playoff game to helmet to helmet megatron . You may get fined but it will be worth it to we win?

I don't know how you fail to see the difference. Did you see the cheap shots favre took and how it messed up his ankle? You really think that was in the spirit of the game? It was obvious what the saints were trying to do. It was cheating. So is beating up the other teams QB.

[jspchief]

So he got punched. How vicious.

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

There is audio of Gregg Williams telling players to target specific injurable body parts. There were players yelling 'pay me my money' after knocking qbs out. Against Minnesota there were clear cheap shots against Brett favre.

And what happened? The integrity of the saints vikings game was compromised. We as fans deserved to watch Brett favre make or break the final drive. He had to get yanked because he was too injured to play. So no, I don't understand how that is much different. In both cases, they executed a strategy to intentionally injure the best player.

I saw an interview with Brett Frafravre that he basically said he liked the thought of teams putting a bounty on his head. It gave him an even bigger ego.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Yup. He's definitely a pussy because a university administrator called it a vicious attack. Please, Ricky Roughnuts, break down the hierarchy of beatings since you're a street fighting expert.

What is the definition of vicious?

When I hear "5 on 1 vicious beating" I picture the guy on the ground taking a 10 boot nazi stomping that leaves him bloody, battered and broken.
Clearly it's a subjective term, it just seems a bit over the top to me considering he just took a shot to the eye.

[Rasputin]

Maybe the quarterback shouldn't have peed on their shoes in the bathroom?

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by stonedstooge

NWMSU Bearcats currently viciously beating up the Missouri Western Griffins 14 zip in the first quarter. w00t

[displacedinMN]

NW close to wrapping that thing up.

Sounds like that game was called off. The NW commentators mentioned it.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

I saw an interview with Brett Frafravre that he basically said he liked the thought of teams putting a bounty on his head. It gave him an even bigger ego.

Except he didn't know it happened until after it happened. There's no doubt that favre was a shell of himself I'm the 4th quarter. I am just saying that as much as people complain about being too harsh on big hits or excusing bounties, the issue with those is similar to the issue at Winston.

If you can't beat the other team, take their other player out. If you can't win a gold medal in figure skating, knee cap the favorite. Even with the Chiefs... This Sunday, one cheap shot to Peyton or to jamaal Charles could completely swing the game. A 15 yard penalty and a small fine is nothing if it knocks Peyton out and leads to a win.

It makes me cringe that one cheap shot has that much ability to completely change a teams chance of winning and potentially crush a teams season. Something to think about. I'll close with this. If is college beating was about beating up a backup QB, would a forfeit even be in the conversation? No. It's only in the conversation because the opponent sabotaged the game by taking out the most important player. It is the same damn thing when you try to sabotage a game by trying to cripple a QB extracurricular to normal football.