STANDING UP FOR DUE PROCESS: Minnesota football players announced Thursday night that they were boycotting all football activities in the wake of the suspensions this week of 10 teammates. “While the school did not specify the reasons for the suspensions in Tuesday’s announcement, Ray Buford Sr., the father of defensive back Ray Buford Jr., one of the suspended players, said Wednesday the suspensions resulted from an investigation conducted by the university’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action into an alleged sexual assault, which was separate from earlier investigations into the alleged assault in the early hours of Sept. 2. . . . In a statement read by senior wide receiver Drew Wolitarsky, the players said: ‘The boycott will remain effective until due process is followed and suspensions for all 10 players involved are lifted.’ The statement said the players were forced to take action after an unsatisfactory meeting with athletic director Mark Coyle in which they ‘wanted answers but received misleading statements.'”

Related: “Also worth noting that MN case first high-profile one since new state law requiring training for adjudicators. . . . Oddly, Univ of MN declined to provide training material to me when I requested it in Aug. (obtained it thru state public records request).”