Remember the Miami Beach Bowl brawl between Memphis and BYU? Well it looks like the respective parties are finally getting around to announcing the suspensions for the players involved in the scuffle.
Memphis announced that six players would be suspended for their actions in the fight, and BYU has yet to show their cards when it comes to suspensions as the season opener approaches.
Here are the breakdowns of the suspensions from CollegeFootballTalk.com:
BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall will announce which of his players were suspended because of their actions in last year’s bowl gameafter the 2015 opener is played. His counterpart, however, is a being a little more forthcoming.
Monday, Memphis head coach Justin Fuente announced six players are facing game suspensions because of their actions in the infamous post-game Miami Beach Bowl brawl. The official move comes seven months after Fuente announced that a dozen unnamed players would be facing various suspensions/sanctions for their roles.
The stiffest suspension was doled out to starting linebacker Leonard Pegues, who will have to sit for the first 1.5 games of the season. The senior will be forced to sit out the entire opener against Missouri State this Saturday, then the first half of the Kansas game the following weekend.
Additionally, defensive tackle Isadore Outing has been suspended for the opener for his role. Outing took a redshirt as a true freshman, and wasn’t listed on the two-deep depth chart.
Finally, four players were slapped with half-game suspensions: defensive back Chauncey Lanier and offensive linemen Michael Stannard, Trevon Tate and Nick Thomas. Lanier is the only starter in that sextet.
It is very interesting that BYU is opting to wait AFTER their season opener to announce their suspensions and it is interesting that Memphis is just getting around to announcing theirs as the fight took place months ago.
Something tells me both teams wanted to wait as long as they could so that the teams they play couldn’t prepare accordingly, but something tells me they could probably infer when the suspensions would go down.
For those who didn’t get to see the fight, you can check out the video below.