((HT: MontanasNewsStation.com/KZBK))
Not that the Montana Grizzlies program needed any more bad news associated with it...
BUT...
It all started over the weekend with six football players arrested on drug charges as they were attending a party at a place called the "Disco Bloodbath."
The HQ isn't kidding...
Griz tackle Trevor Poole is up on a felony charge of "criminal possession of dangerous drugs"- which sounds pretty serious...
Here was early coverage of the Bloodbath...
((HT: KPAX-TV))
Bail was set at $50,000, and he was supposed to show up in court Monday afternoon.
Montana AD Kent Haslam told the media that Poole has been suspended indefinitely pending a resolution of his charges. Three additional players (linebacker Nick Holt, linebacker John Kanongata'a, and offensive lineman Kjelby Oiland) are now suspended for the Weber State game pending more discipline from head football coach Mick Delaney.
"It is an unfortunate situation, but expectations are clear," Delaney said in a press release. "I will not go in to particulars about why the three were suspended, but I can say it does not involve law enforcement. I feel it is my responsibility to hold players accountable."
This is the latest in a group of problems that the athletic program has had to face in recent months. The New York Times Jim Robbins detailed the investigations involving a high number of sexual assault charges on campus with football players being the focus.
Robbins' required reading involves knowledge of an investigation by the Department of Justice under Title IX, Title IV, and campus (and local) authorities handling of the alleged assaults. Back in April, the head coach at the time, Robin Pflugrad, and then-AD Jim O'Day were fired as a result of the initial investigation.
More when Poole appears in court...
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