“He has had team discipline issued. It’s not going to require missing any games,” Mendenhall told reporters. “… He made a mistake. He knows it, I know it, I think the world knows it.”
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He said he has not heard from the College Football Officials Association, but does not expect any punishment to be handed down by them. He added it would be “interesting if that happened” and would accept anything they rule.
The play in question happened during the first half of the game. Lapuaho was wrestling for the ball with Boise State’s Chanceller James when he took things a bit too far and landed a punch in the groin area.
