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<H1>Fulmer responds to criticism</H1>
<H2>Vols coach lashes out at newspaper column's take on disciplinary actions</H2>
<H3>By The Associated Press</H3>
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.  Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer lashed out at criticism about player disciplinary decisions in a newspaper column.
In the column published on The Knoxville News Sentinel's Web site Thursday night, Fulmer said he has never used a player's skill or athletic success in deciding how he should be disciplined for an off-the-field problem.
"Our internal discipline is based on one factor alone: the course that is most likely to help that individual young man make amends and get his life straight," Fulmer wrote in the column that will appear in Friday's edition.
"I've undoubtedly made some mistakes, but I try to do what I think is in the best interest for each young man."
The 15-year coach specifically responded to an opinion piece by News Sentinel columnist John Adams published earlier in the week calling for Fulmer to be fired because of a series of off-the-field discipline problems.
Florida A&M QB says he made up story about robbery, assault. Florida A&M quarterback Mike Johnson confessed to making up a story that he was robbed and assaulted in his dorm room.
The 19-year-old freshman, a transfer from Tulsa, was charged with filing a false police report and impeding an investigation, both third-degree misdemeanors, police said. Johnson was taken to the Leon County Jail and was scheduled for a first appearance Saturday.
Johnson told authorities he was thrown down on his bed by intruders about 4 a.m. Tuesday, police said. He told campus police the intruders wrote "Mike + football death," on a mirror, refrigerator and television in the room.
WVU asks judge to dismiss Rodriguez arguments. West Virginia University wants a judge to dismiss counterclaims Rich Rodriguez raised to the lawsuit over his $4 million buyout, arguing he can't benefit from a contract, then refuse to comply with the parts he does not like.
The university filed documents in Monongalia County Circuit Court in Morgantown, arguing that Rodriguez fails to offer legal foundations for his claim the contract is unenforceable. He claims he signed it under false pretenses, expecting certain verbal promises from the administration.
Former Illinois football player pleads guilty to theft. Former University of Illinois football player Derrick McPhearson pleaded guilty to stealing a laptop computer from another student's apartment.
NCAA overturns ruling that stripped Oklahoma football of eight wins in 2005. Oklahoma will have wins reinstated from the 2005 Holiday Bowl season after an NCAA appeals committee partially overturned a ruling in the infractions case involving former quarterback Rhett Bomar.
