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Ohio State starters suspended after being arrested

Written by
RUSTY MILLER
AP Sports Writer

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two expected starters for Urban Meyer’s first Ohio State team have been suspended from the team.

Ohio State issued a statement Monday saying that Meyer had suspended senior tight end Jake Stoneburner and junior offensive tackle Jack Mewhort after they were arrested by police on a misdemeanor charge of obstructing official business. The school said it had no further comment.

Stoneburner and Mewhort were arrested around 2:30 a.m. Saturday by police in Shawnee Hills, northwest of Columbus, near Muirfield Village Golf Club, where the Memorial Tournament was being held.

No details about the misdemeanor counts against the pair were immediately available from police. The village office said the report on the incident would be released Tuesday.

On a two-deep chart released after the Buckeyes’ spring practice period ended, Stoneburner was listed as the starter at tight end and Mewhort at left tackle. Stoneburner caught 14 passes a year ago, seven for touchdowns.

During the spring, Meyer said Stoneburner, a 6-foot-5, 245-pounder whose family lives on the Muirfield course, is one of the top playmakers on a team in dire need of players who can make big plays.

“Jake Stoneburner has done a very good job,” Meyer said then. “We’re moving him around, doing a lot of things with him.”

He also had high praise for Mewhort, saying he was developing into a team leader up front.

“He’s probably our best and most consistent lineman,” he said midway through the spring.

WBNS-TV first reported Stoneburner, Mewhort and a third man not affiliated with the football program were arrested near Muirfield Village.

A message was left Monday for a defense attorney.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120...ext|Sports

Is this bullsh!t or what? Come first game, they will both be starting and both be on full scholarship. In the meantime, they will be at the team table and sleeping in the dorm and doing everything else the suckeyes do.

Two Buckeyes disciplined

Updated: June 16, 2012, 2:57 PM ET
By Adam Rittenberg | ESPN.com

Ohio State tight end Jake Stoneburner and offensive tackle Jack Mewhort have been removed from their athletic scholarships, although both seniors can work their way back on scholarship and to the team after the summer.

Coach Urban Meyer announced the move Friday after both Stoneburner and Mewhort settled their court cases stemming from a June 2 incident.

Both players had been charged with obstructing official business after police in Delaware, Ohio, said they were urinating on a building and fled when confronted by officers. They pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct.

"We are disappointed with the decisions made recently by two of our football players," Meyer said in a prepared statement. "Jake Stoneburner and Jack Mewhort will each be removed from athletic scholarship beginning with the summer term, and they will continue to be suspended from team activities until stipulations are successfully met.

"They will have an opportunity to return to the team in good standing following the summer session."

Stoneburner and Mewhort are enrolled in summer classes and will pay their own way during the term. They can work out at the team's facility but not with their teammates during the summer.

Both Stoneburner and Mewhort started last season and are projected as starters for the 2012 season.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...e-buckeyes

Ahhh yes, business as usual in Columbus.