By Compiled from Times wires
Published September 9, 2003
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Kansas State quarterback Ell Roberson will be sidelined indefinitely after his injury during a victory over McNeese State Saturday.
Roberson, who is right-handed, hurt his left hand or wrist. Bill Snyder, coach of the No. 7 Wildcats, was not sure when Roberson would be back and refused to elaborate on the injury.
"We're not going to play him this weekend," he said Monday. "How quickly we can get him back, I am uncertain right now."
The Wildcats (3-0) are unlikely to need Roberson against Massachusetts, their second straight I-AA opponent. But he could be missed Sept. 20 against Marshall, which gave No. 13 Tennessee a scare Saturday before losing 34-24 on the road. If he is out Oct. 4 when Kansas State visits No. 6 Texas, the Wildcats' chances for a Big 12 championship could be jeopardized.
Jeff Schwinn, who played in his fifth game when replacing Roberson against McNeese State, likely will start.
BCS MEETING: Saying they made "significant progress" but reached no agreements, Bowl Championship Series representatives met with presidents from the five conferences who think they have been shut out of the system. The sides met for four hours in Chicago to discuss possible changes to the postseason format.
They emerged optimistic a resolution could be reached in coming months, but did not offer specifics. The sides meet again Nov. 16 in New Orleans. Recently presidents from the I-A conferences not represented by the BCS called for an overhaul to the system. They say it is unfair to smaller schools - who have little chance at reaching the national championship game - and severely limits their opportunities at playing in a big-money bowl game.
The BCS was created in 1998 by the largest conferences - Pac-10, Big 12, Big Ten, ACC, SEC and Big East. It guarantees the champions of those conferences will play in one of the four most lucrative postseason bowls, leaving two at-large berths for non-BCS schools. BCS bowls generate more than $100-million a year for the big conferences.
CLEMSON: Sophomore receiver and two-sport star Roscoe Crosby left the school for family reasons, coach Tommy Bowden said. The Kansas City Royals paid Crosby $1.75-million after taking him with the 53rd pick in the major-league baseball draft, but an elbow injury cost him his baseball summer and football fall in 2002.
MISSOURI: Former player Nick Tarpoff was sentenced to five years' probation and ordered not to own firearms after pleading guilty to possessing an illegal weapon. Police found a sawed-off shotgun in Tarpoff's house in February after he reported being shot by an intruder. Tarpoff recanted the story, acknowledging he shot himself in the arm. The defensive end was dismissed from the team after pleading guilty July 9. Tarpoff, who received court permission to move to Texas, is on the roster at Division II Texas A&M-Kingsville.
PITTSBURGH: A priest was cleared of an involuntary manslaughter charge in the death of a player who fell through a church ceiling. The Rev. Henry Krawczyk could not have reasonably foreseen the possibility of the accident, Deputy Coroner Timothy Uhrich said at an inquest. Uhrich ruled the death accidental. Krawczyk was accused of giving alcohol to wide receiver Billy Gaines, 19, before his fatal fall, and the priest faces one count of reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor punishable by up to two years in prison. He also faces six counts of furnishing alcohol to minors, all misdemeanors each carrying up to one year in prison, in connection with the June 18 accident.
SOUTHERN MISS: Senior defensive end Terrell Paul is expected to miss Saturday's game against Memphis with a knee injury. The all-Conference USA selection sprained his left knee in the opener against California.
WASHINGTON: Two starters - linebacker Joe Lobendahn and guard Rob Meadow - will miss the rest of the season with knee injuries.
