Bengal Roar
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This is straight up BULL SHIT!!!!Where do you draw the line? Yea, kids do dumb things sometimes but it seems some just don't learn. Way to be team players guys. Did you think of your team mates and the burdens you put on the team and the way you represent ISU? And another thing, What type of example do some of the coaches set when they make the papers and police log as much as the players? Remember the coach last year in the police blotter and now this? Nice job setting examples coaches. No wonder you have no discipline!!!!!! Pure Bull Shit!!!!!
Four arrested From Isu Football program
Players accused of shoplifting, a coach charged with DUI
BY KELVIN ANG
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The Idaho State football team has another public relations black eye to deal with after three players and a cornerbacks coach were arrested in separate incidents.
The team has dismissed Ryan Anchetta-Major and Travis Anderson and placed Keith Goins Jr. on probation after the three players were arrested in a shoplifting incident March 30 in Idaho Falls, said Frank Mercogliano, Idaho State’s assistant athletic director for media relations. Cornerbacks coach Brandon Valeria was arrested and accused of drunken driving on April 4. He returned to the team Friday after being placed on administrative leave for most of its spring practices.
Anderson faces a charge of felony grand theft, while Anchetta-Major’s charge of felony grand theft was reduced to misdemeanor petit theft after he reached a plea agreement with Bonneville County prosecutors.
Goins has been placed on unsupervised probation after his charge of felony grand theft was reduced to a misdemeanor charge of principal to petit theft.
Court records show Goins spent one day in jail, while Anderson and Anchetta-Major have not been incarcerated. Further details about the cases were not immediately available.
This comes after the Bengals dismissed redshirt freshman Brandon Green and punished two other players, Jake Rouser and Todd Nakano, after the three were cited by police for misdemeanor alcohol and marijuana possession in January.
“I know our studentathletes are going to make mistakes, but it’s disappointing when this happens,” ISU interim athletic director Jeff Tingey said of the latest incidents. “Eventually, those decisions are going to bite you back. These are decisions that bit back not only for these student-athletes, but for their teammates and coaches.”
Idaho State head football coach John Zamberlin did not return phone calls for this story, while Valeria and the three players were not available for comment.
Goins played 11 games last year, starting seven games at strong safety and recording 45 tackles during his junior season. Anderson, a linebacker, played in one game and recorded one tackle in his redshirt sophomore season, while Anchetta-Major, a wide receiver, did not record a statistic.
The players, all of whom were scholarship athletes and members of Zamberlin’s first recruiting class, were absent from the team’s first scrimmage April 11. At the time, Zamberlin said he excused them so they could focus on academic issues.
Tingey said he found out about their run-in with the law on April 14 and suspended all three from the team on April 16. He said the team didn’t initially find out the players had been arrested because it occurred in Idaho Falls, and it came to Zamberlin’s attention only when the parents of one of the players — Tingey didn’t know which — contacted the coach about it.
After investigating the charges, Idaho State decided Wednesday to dismiss Anchetta-Major and Anderson. Goins was allowed to return to the team because his charge was reduced. Tingey said Goins was charged not with shoplifting but with being found with Anderson and Anchetta-Major when police arrested them. Goins can apply to have the charge expunged at the end of his probationary period.
“I would like to see better ownership from the existing players on the team,” Tingey said. “Ownership for mistakes. Ownership for teammates. Ownership for the team itself. In doing so, it’s something that will make the team stronger.”
Tingey also said he was considering implementing alcohol education courses for athletes and coaches in the wake of Valeria’s DUI charge. Valeria, who has coached two seasons at Idaho State, had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.104 when he was arrested by Idaho State Police. The legal limit is 0.08.
“I’m concerned that we’ve had a couple of cases involving alcohol abuse, and we want to make sure that everything is looked into in the full extent,” Tingey said. “We want our student-athletes and coaches to make wise decisions because those decisions affect not only themselves but their coaching staffs, the teams themselves and their university.”
Tingey said the latest incidents are not indicative of a trend within the football team.
“Coach Zamberlin and his staff will rein in and reel in this team,” Tingey said. “But a big part of this has to do, I believe, with the seniors and their leadership with their teammates.”
Four arrested From Isu Football program
Players accused of shoplifting, a coach charged with DUI
BY KELVIN ANG
[email protected]
The Idaho State football team has another public relations black eye to deal with after three players and a cornerbacks coach were arrested in separate incidents.
The team has dismissed Ryan Anchetta-Major and Travis Anderson and placed Keith Goins Jr. on probation after the three players were arrested in a shoplifting incident March 30 in Idaho Falls, said Frank Mercogliano, Idaho State’s assistant athletic director for media relations. Cornerbacks coach Brandon Valeria was arrested and accused of drunken driving on April 4. He returned to the team Friday after being placed on administrative leave for most of its spring practices.
Anderson faces a charge of felony grand theft, while Anchetta-Major’s charge of felony grand theft was reduced to misdemeanor petit theft after he reached a plea agreement with Bonneville County prosecutors.
Goins has been placed on unsupervised probation after his charge of felony grand theft was reduced to a misdemeanor charge of principal to petit theft.
Court records show Goins spent one day in jail, while Anderson and Anchetta-Major have not been incarcerated. Further details about the cases were not immediately available.
This comes after the Bengals dismissed redshirt freshman Brandon Green and punished two other players, Jake Rouser and Todd Nakano, after the three were cited by police for misdemeanor alcohol and marijuana possession in January.
“I know our studentathletes are going to make mistakes, but it’s disappointing when this happens,” ISU interim athletic director Jeff Tingey said of the latest incidents. “Eventually, those decisions are going to bite you back. These are decisions that bit back not only for these student-athletes, but for their teammates and coaches.”
Idaho State head football coach John Zamberlin did not return phone calls for this story, while Valeria and the three players were not available for comment.
Goins played 11 games last year, starting seven games at strong safety and recording 45 tackles during his junior season. Anderson, a linebacker, played in one game and recorded one tackle in his redshirt sophomore season, while Anchetta-Major, a wide receiver, did not record a statistic.
The players, all of whom were scholarship athletes and members of Zamberlin’s first recruiting class, were absent from the team’s first scrimmage April 11. At the time, Zamberlin said he excused them so they could focus on academic issues.
Tingey said he found out about their run-in with the law on April 14 and suspended all three from the team on April 16. He said the team didn’t initially find out the players had been arrested because it occurred in Idaho Falls, and it came to Zamberlin’s attention only when the parents of one of the players — Tingey didn’t know which — contacted the coach about it.
After investigating the charges, Idaho State decided Wednesday to dismiss Anchetta-Major and Anderson. Goins was allowed to return to the team because his charge was reduced. Tingey said Goins was charged not with shoplifting but with being found with Anderson and Anchetta-Major when police arrested them. Goins can apply to have the charge expunged at the end of his probationary period.
“I would like to see better ownership from the existing players on the team,” Tingey said. “Ownership for mistakes. Ownership for teammates. Ownership for the team itself. In doing so, it’s something that will make the team stronger.”
Tingey also said he was considering implementing alcohol education courses for athletes and coaches in the wake of Valeria’s DUI charge. Valeria, who has coached two seasons at Idaho State, had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.104 when he was arrested by Idaho State Police. The legal limit is 0.08.
“I’m concerned that we’ve had a couple of cases involving alcohol abuse, and we want to make sure that everything is looked into in the full extent,” Tingey said. “We want our student-athletes and coaches to make wise decisions because those decisions affect not only themselves but their coaching staffs, the teams themselves and their university.”
Tingey said the latest incidents are not indicative of a trend within the football team.
“Coach Zamberlin and his staff will rein in and reel in this team,” Tingey said. “But a big part of this has to do, I believe, with the seniors and their leadership with their teammates.”
