RB Blount to play for Ducks again
Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount, who was suspended for the season after punching a Boise State player in the wake of the season opener, has been allowed to rejoin the Ducks.
The school requested Blount's reinstatement, which was approved by Pacific-10 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott yesterday.
Blount will be able to play for the No. 14 Ducks on Saturday when they host Arizona State. He missed eight games.
Blount issued a statement saying he was grateful to Oregon coach Chip Kelly for giving him a second chance.
"Now it is up to me to prove to people that their lasting impressions of me are not what they saw in Boise," he said.
Blount punched Byron Hout following the nationally televised opener. The next day he was suspended for the season by Kelly, but he was allowed to keep his scholarship and practice with the team.
Noteworthy
* Michigan athletic director Bill Martin pushed a student and grabbed another student's jacket during two football games, according to a department of public safety report. Martin was trying to access certain areas and the students were simply asking for ID.
* UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince has been cleared to practice and is expected to play Saturday after showing no complications from a concussion. The freshman was hurt on a helmet-to-helmet hit from Washington's Donald Butler while Prince scrambled downfield in the Bruins' 24-23 win over the Huskies last weekend.
* Memphis fired coach Tommy West, saying the school wants to go in a different direction. He will stay on until the end of the season.
