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Report: Hokies intend to suspend Vick
Virginia Tech will discipline Marcus Vick for his behavior in the Hokies' bowl game, with an announcement of the penalty possibly coming Monday.
The junior quarterback will be suspended for an undetermined number of games next season if he returns to school, The Hampton Roads (Va.) Daily Press reported, citing two athletic department officials.
Vick stepped on Elvis Dumervil's calf after the Louisville defensive end tackled Vick on Monday during the first half of the Toyota Gator Bowl. Vick was not penalized, but school officials later apologized for the play.
Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer is scheduled to meet with Vick and his mother, Brenda Boddie, on Thursday to outline the player's options.
"Before a final decision is made, we've got to talk to the young man," Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver told The Roanoke (Va.) Times.
Weaver already has talked to school president Charles Steger and Beamer about the play.
"I suspect that [the decision] will rest with me," Weaver told the Times. "At this juncture, all three of us are on the same page. ... We're going to deal with it in what we think is an appropriate manner, and one that's fair and firm."
Vick was not penalized but was rebuked at halftime of the Gator Bowl by quarterbacks coach Kevin Rogers, who said he even considered pulling Vick from the lineup.
Vick said later it was "an accidental play, and football is football." He also said he had apologized to Dumervil. Dumervil said no apology had been offered.
"A no-character individual," Dumervil said after the game.
Marcus Vick, eluding a Louisville defender in the Gator Bowl, stepped on the leg of another Cardinal player who tackled him in the first half.
Vick threw two touchdown passes and led a 22-point, fourth-quarter rally for the No. 12 Hokies, who beat the No. 15 Cardinals 35-24.
Rogers, who has mentored Vick in his on-field and off-field behavior, was livid with his quarterback, chewing him out at halftime, and after the game.
"There's no reason for that in the game," Rogers said. "It's flat-out embarrassing. I don't coach that way, and I don't expect him to play that way."
The incident is the latest trouble for Vick since he elected to follow his brother, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, to Virginia Tech. The elder Vick led the Hokies to the 1999 national championship game and was the first pick of the 2001 draft.
Marcus Vick played in 11 games as a backup in his freshman year, then was suspended from school last season after he was arrested, along with teammates Mike Imoh and Brenden Hill, for giving alcohol to 14- and 15-year-old girls. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge.
The younger Vick also later pleaded guilty to reckless driving and no contest to marijuana possession after a police stop in July 2004.
In Vick's absence, the Hokies won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship in their first year in the league, then lost 16-13 to No. 3 Auburn in the Sugar Bowl.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Virginia Tech will discipline Marcus Vick for his behavior in the Hokies' bowl game, with an announcement of the penalty possibly coming Monday.
The junior quarterback will be suspended for an undetermined number of games next season if he returns to school, The Hampton Roads (Va.) Daily Press reported, citing two athletic department officials.
Vick stepped on Elvis Dumervil's calf after the Louisville defensive end tackled Vick on Monday during the first half of the Toyota Gator Bowl. Vick was not penalized, but school officials later apologized for the play.
Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer is scheduled to meet with Vick and his mother, Brenda Boddie, on Thursday to outline the player's options.
"Before a final decision is made, we've got to talk to the young man," Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver told The Roanoke (Va.) Times.
Weaver already has talked to school president Charles Steger and Beamer about the play.
"I suspect that [the decision] will rest with me," Weaver told the Times. "At this juncture, all three of us are on the same page. ... We're going to deal with it in what we think is an appropriate manner, and one that's fair and firm."
Vick was not penalized but was rebuked at halftime of the Gator Bowl by quarterbacks coach Kevin Rogers, who said he even considered pulling Vick from the lineup.
Vick said later it was "an accidental play, and football is football." He also said he had apologized to Dumervil. Dumervil said no apology had been offered.
"A no-character individual," Dumervil said after the game.
Marcus Vick, eluding a Louisville defender in the Gator Bowl, stepped on the leg of another Cardinal player who tackled him in the first half.
Vick threw two touchdown passes and led a 22-point, fourth-quarter rally for the No. 12 Hokies, who beat the No. 15 Cardinals 35-24.
Rogers, who has mentored Vick in his on-field and off-field behavior, was livid with his quarterback, chewing him out at halftime, and after the game.
"There's no reason for that in the game," Rogers said. "It's flat-out embarrassing. I don't coach that way, and I don't expect him to play that way."
The incident is the latest trouble for Vick since he elected to follow his brother, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, to Virginia Tech. The elder Vick led the Hokies to the 1999 national championship game and was the first pick of the 2001 draft.
Marcus Vick played in 11 games as a backup in his freshman year, then was suspended from school last season after he was arrested, along with teammates Mike Imoh and Brenden Hill, for giving alcohol to 14- and 15-year-old girls. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge.
The younger Vick also later pleaded guilty to reckless driving and no contest to marijuana possession after a police stop in July 2004.
In Vick's absence, the Hokies won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship in their first year in the league, then lost 16-13 to No. 3 Auburn in the Sugar Bowl.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Local news here in Roanoke and Blackburg is reporting that Marcus has the following options:
1) Accept the suspension (please leave our program)
2) Transfer to a 1-AA college (that would be stupid)
3) Enter the draft (good luck)
I wish VT would say enough is enough and kick him off the team...
Now that the school did something good, I'll start supporting them!
