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By: Jason Bane

Category: Crime, Sports & Fitness

Posted: September 13, 2006 11:04 AM

Colorado's Own Tonya Harding

The backup punter for the University of Northern Colorado football team was arrested yesterday for stabbing the starting punter in the leg. Seriously. As ESPN reports:
Mitch Cozad, a sophomore from Wheatland, Wyo., allegedly attacked starting punter Rafael Mendoza in a parking lot in Evans on Monday night, Evans police Lt. Gary Kessler said. Mendoza, the Bears' first-string punter from Thornton, was treated and released from the North Colorado Medical Center Monday night. Coach Scott Downing said Mendoza will not punt for UNC in Saturday's game at Texas State University... ...Cozad, Mendoza and freshman Zak Bigelow had been in a three-way race for the starting punter's job in preseason training. Mendoza has averaged 37.6 yards per punt on nine punts in the two games so far this season. Cozad is facing second-degree assault charges and was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday for a bond hearing. He was suspended from the team, evicted from his residence and expelled from school on Tuesday, The Greeley Tribune reported.
There's really nothing I can add that would make this story more interesting.
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