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2 MSU football players kicked off team

E-mail from MSU Athletic Communications cited violation of team rules

By From staff reports (Last updated: 11/25/09 12:28am)

MSU head coach Mark Dantonio released a statement Tuesday afternoon announcing the dismissal of junior safety Roderick Jenrette and sophomore running back Glenn Winston from the team.

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Winston

Winston had emerged as a possible first-string running back before going down with a torn anterior cruciate ligament against Illinois. Jenrette played in five games for the Spartans and went down with an injury against Michigan.

The dismissal comes amid controversy surrounding the team after an assault and battery occurred in Rather Hall on campus. A victim of the assault said football players were involved in the altercation.

The same victim identified his attacker as a man with dreadlocks.

Winston was reinstated this spring after an altercation involving members of the MSU hockey team, which landed Winston in jail.

The Spartans finished their season Saturday and await their postseason bowl fate, to be announced Dec. 6.

Up until this point, MSU police and the MSU communications have not released information regarding the incident and will not comment whether charges have been filed against any MSU students.

Check back with statenews.com for updates on the story.

Originally Published: 11/24/09 5:57pm

Commentary:


Wow

11/24/09 6:09pm

Figures. Idiot can’t realize he had a second chance and does the exact same thing.

tenaciousb

11/24/09 6:12pm

Luckily none of this ever happens at UM

Really

11/24/09 6:18pm

@ tenaciousb: You’re kidding right? None of this ever happens at UM? A guy from your wrestling hospitalized a hockey player.

Erik

11/24/09 6:18pm

Yeah, at U of M they’re too soft to put up a fight, too arrogant to give someone a second chance and too busy watching their own coach destroy a top 20 program.

With that being said, good riddance and I’m glad Dantonio booted him, asap.

mumu

11/24/09 6:21pm

LOL dont they both have severe leg injuries? WTF

SoCal Spartan

11/24/09 6:23pm

Kick them off, keep them off, and don’t sweat. Thanks for making it public and not trying to cover it up like the scUM used to do. scUM has not been a top 20 program in some time, so what ever!

Joe Fan

11/24/09 6:45pm

Salt in the wound of the average MSU Fan. We buy tickets, stand behind the program, and its leaders can’t get out of their own way. Coach looks like a fool. Even more than the one who cant adjust its defense to stop a runny nose. Depressing I spent money on season tickets

Tim

11/24/09 7:17pm

MD recruited these two. He gave Winston a second chance mafter the kid “paid his debt.” Wrong message; should have said bye-bye from the get-go. There has to be more evidence than “the suspect” was a football player and had dreadlocks,” to make the dismissal stick. Too bad, but it looks like this program is starting to unravel. Look for more stuff like this, and MD’s ultimate departure. Tip of the iceberg????

Anon

11/24/09 7:26pm

Well, this is going to be a brutal news cycle for MSU in the next coming month. Between the frats and the football team, I feel pretty embarrassed.

Erik

11/24/09 7:30pm

Not even close to the beginning of the end for Dantonio. He gave Winston a second chance because he made a terrible decision. He got into a fight with some hockey players (and I’m SURE the hockey players didn’t instigate at all, right?) and did his time for it.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Don’t expect Dantonio to go out of his way for his players like he did. That’s all.

George Perles

11/24/09 7:49pm

MD gets it, this program is moving in the right direction. If you can’t use steroids you need to have thugs, the more the better…just like BBQ ribs, you can never have enough thugs!

snoop

11/24/09 8:12pm

so who are the other two players that were supposedly involved? this is just nuts….nice work thugs!

11/24/09 8:52pm

I seem to sense a fair share of racism at the moment. They’re foolish kids, did the wrong thing, now they’ll pay the consequences. Let it be, so sad to bad.

Trim the ill petty immature comments that make you NO better then these guys when the stuff hit the fan.

Chris

11/24/09 8:57pm

See ya. Don’t let the door hit you punks on the way out.

Throwing away free rides through a Big Ten school. And for what? Get out.

Judge hastily and regret...

11/24/09 9:16pm

How easy is it to see past the eager eyes of desire and the well mannered look of polished prose by one trying to obtain an athletic scholarship. MD and his recuiters are not responsible for all violent reactions made by these talented individuals. They are. MD was willing to give a second chance but ‘they’ blew it! These are signs of a good coach…but what about that secondary defensive coaching? Better show some improvement or a new defensive coach MD…come on!

11/25/09 12:24am

Is it just me, or does it seem like all athletes (pro and college, basketball and football) are nothing but thugs? Sure you have a hand full of good guys but it seems like the majority of them are 1-step away from being locked up in the penn.

Finally

11/25/09 2:17am

It’s about time Winston was off the team. I don’t care how good he was, it was embarrassing every time he took the field this year knowing what happened last year in the incident with the hockey team. He should have been kicked off then. There is no way Tom Izzo would have tolerated that kind of action from his players, and Dantonio should hold his players to similarly high standards of character. And I agree with Anon, these series of out of control situations are getting really embarrassing.

ANON

11/25/09 2:37pm

Before you bash MD know the facts.
MD was persuaded by a trustee to give him that 2nd chance

Aussie2020

11/26/09 6:09am

Dantonio, the AD and probably even the President of MSU, need to have a personal SIT DOWN CHAT with everyone on the MSU football team. IT IS IMPORTANT that the Leadership of MSU address this ISSUE NOW, before any bowl acceptance.

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Tommer

11/26/09 9:09am

Good riddance to these jerks. There are millions of good kids out there with great grades, that cannot afford college. These idiots, especially winston, cannot keep it together to play in the Big Ten AND get a free education. I don’t understand.
I believe winston is on the fast track to prison. Thug or not, I think he is a waste of skin.

Jimmy

11/28/09 3:17am

Who’s the idiot who writes,” I seem to sense some racism.” Why, because someone used the word thugs? Stick your race card.

don't worry

11/29/09 12:42am

i hate how people associate “thug” with racism. maybe you are the one with some prejudice. the girl soccer player who got caught pulling hair acted like a thug as well. if any other players were involved with this, i don’t care what skin color, they deserve to get the exact same treatment





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