Starting DT, Montori Hughes is suspended for this coming Saturday's game at home against Kentucky.
Coach Dooley has this to say about the suspension:
"We suspended Montori Hughes for academic reasons, an academic suspension similar to what (fullback) Kevin Cooper went through early in the year," Dooley said. "He won't be playing in the game.
"I do (think it's big), because we're so thin and unproductive at defensive tackle. Anybody we lose there, it hurts the team - there's no question. But we have an academic accountability system that they understand and they know the consequences. I've told them, it's the same old line that everybody can do what they want. Everybody has freedom of choice, but nobody has freedom of consequence and at some point, you can't play."
Off the record, a good friend of mine who covers the Vols, asked Dooley if this was a school policy, and Dooley just said that the university was not involved. He remarked that Montori may pass the class, but that he is not concerned about grades, just his rules.
Coach Dooley has this to say about the suspension:
"We suspended Montori Hughes for academic reasons, an academic suspension similar to what (fullback) Kevin Cooper went through early in the year," Dooley said. "He won't be playing in the game.
"I do (think it's big), because we're so thin and unproductive at defensive tackle. Anybody we lose there, it hurts the team - there's no question. But we have an academic accountability system that they understand and they know the consequences. I've told them, it's the same old line that everybody can do what they want. Everybody has freedom of choice, but nobody has freedom of consequence and at some point, you can't play."
Off the record, a good friend of mine who covers the Vols, asked Dooley if this was a school policy, and Dooley just said that the university was not involved. He remarked that Montori may pass the class, but that he is not concerned about grades, just his rules.
