Five-Oh

Believe it or not, the legal troubles are hurting football programs outside Happy Valley as well. Just today, ESPN's college football page featured links to five stories relating to player misbehavior.

Among the notables:

- On Monday, Georgia head coach Mark Richt suspended linebacker Darius Dewberry for the first two games of the season. The junior strongside 'backer was seen on security tapes causing damage at a local hospital following a bar fight in Athens. Dewberry is the eighth Bulldog arrested this offseason, and the Bulldog to be suspended for the season opener against Georgia Southern.

- Wisconsin head man Bret Bielema kicked formerly suspended running back Lance Smith off the Badgers' roster. Smith was originally suspended for charges of battery and disorderly conduct against his girlfriend.

- Three West Virginia players were kicked off the team after being charged with serious drug charges this offseason. Also, star Mountaineer running back Noel Devine and receiver Jock Sanders were suspended after their involvement in a fight outside a Morgantown bar. (Quick note, both players are 20, and therefore not legally allowed to be in a bar. But then again, it is West Virginia . . . )

- Nebraska defensive tackle Kevin Dixon was kicked off the team be coach Bo Pelini for "an undisclosed violation of team rules." Earlier this year, Dixon was cited by university police for separate incidents, one involving possession of marijuana and the other, public urination.

- Kentucky quarterback Curtis Pulley was kicked off the team after repeated speeding and marijuana offenses.

- Michigan running back Kevin Grady Jr. is serving a suspension after being charged with drunken driving.

- Oklahoma freshman receiver Josh Jarboe was kicked off the team before he ever even had a chance to don a Sooner uniform. Jarboe, who was arrested on gun charges in high school, so it probably wasn't the brightest of moves to post this freestyle on YouTube (warning, explicit)

- Then there's Florida State. Receiver Preston Parker is suspended two games after pleading guilty to drug and weapons charges. But the piece de resistance for the Seminoles involves an academic scandal from last semester in which 25 players were caught cheating on an online course. All 25 players will be suspended for the first three games.

- Oh, and Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen could soon be receiving his second underage drinking citation in as many years after pictures of him participating in a beer olympics surfaced on the blog The Big Lead.

Now just because it's happening elsewhere doesn't make the recent off-field actions of a handful of Nittany Lions right. But it could be easy to lost sight and perspective of the rest of the college football world when bombarded with report after report of suspended or dismissed Penn Staters.

- Wible