WVLT reports Brandon Warren suspended for the season

by Will on Oct 5, 2009 4:18 PM EDT in Tennessee Volunteer Football Comment 25 comments

Warren makes a catch between defenders in the 2009 Orange & White Game back in April.

UPDATE 6:03 PM - KNS citing Lane Kiffin, says Warren has been dismissed from the program.

No official confirmation and lots of additional rumors at this point, but Knoxville CBS affiliate WVLT is reporting that Vols WR Brandon Warren has been suspended for the remainder of the 2009 season, citing one of Warren's family members. Warren is a local product of Alcoa High School.

Erin Andrews reported that Warren was involved in a sideline altercation with receivers coach Frank Wilson last night, but nothing more has been said at this point. Updates on this story as we get them...

(h/t to BeantownVol for for FanPosting this)

UPDATE 4:59 PM - Brent Hubbs and VolQuest.com are now confirming the story, with some additional information. For now, this is a free link to their info.

UPDATE 6:59 PM - Once more from VolQuest, though this is a pay link. In short, Warren apparently threw his helmet on the sideline during the exchange with Frank Wilson, but Kiffin said Warren's dismissal was not based on that one incident, but the famous "conduct detrimental to the team" that probably encompasses all of the reasons he was in Kiffin's doghouse to begin with. Kiffin also made a point to separate Warren's incident from Gerald Jones' outburst against Ohio.

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sigh

dumbass

"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook

by rustytanton on Oct 5, 2009 4:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So Kiffin and Al Davis differ on something else: whether it is OK to punch a coach?

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Oct 5, 2009 4:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

did he actually punch wilson?

"Albert hits good pitches hard and bad pitches even harder. And when he gets in the batter's box, if you pray, then you start praying. And if you don't pray, you think about starting."--Brian Bannister

by VolsnCards5 on Oct 5, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Everything is speculation right now

I’m not even sure if the altercation that was reported was verbal or physical. But there are rumors out there right now suggesting that.

Rocky Top Talk

by Will on Oct 5, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He had..

to be restrained by Vlad to Impaler. No pics or story to confirm yet.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
~Earl Wilson

by BeantownVol on Oct 5, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am so disappointed he transferred away from FSU

/sarcasm.

by Miaminole on Oct 5, 2009 4:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m real surprised VolQuest has not picked up this story yet.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
~Earl Wilson

by BeantownVol on Oct 5, 2009 4:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wait so did this happen at the game

or last night as per the above post? I heard something happened at the game but I was there in person and thus didn’t hear or see anything. Anyone who watched the game on TV care to shed any info on what happened?

Neyland Stadium-It goes to eleven.

by jimvols on Oct 5, 2009 4:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

They didn't really show anything...

… but Erin Andrews reported there was some sort of “altercation” and Warren had to be “restrained,” or something like that.

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Oct 5, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here $$$$

http://tennessee.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=997829

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
~Earl Wilson

by BeantownVol on Oct 5, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm actually glad

From what I’ve gathered, he has always had a chip on his shoulder and never seemed to buy into either systems or put up the effort to improve. So, good riddance to a locker room cancer I guess

Neyland Stadium: Home of the biggest bust in quarterbacking history.
I got bored and made a blog!!SCS

by VolBrian on Oct 5, 2009 4:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Contrast - Reviez vs. Warren

We love Reviez and we are disgusted with Warren. Throw out the trash and put someone who really wants it in his place. He’s taking game snaps and practice reps from some WR’s who might actually have a desire to improve.

I hate attitude problems. As someone who had a lot of desire but not much talent myself, it killed me when a supremely gifted athlete wasted his talents by not working hard or having an incredibly poor attitude. If we have to open it up to walk-ons who would win a 110% award, and then maybe we find another Reviez.

/crossed-fingers, hopeful voice.

by memphispete on Oct 5, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Exactly

well said

Neyland Stadium: Home of the biggest bust in quarterbacking history.
I got bored and made a blog!! SCS

by VolBrian on Oct 5, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Warren is a scumbag

Was at FSU, looks to be that way at UT too.

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by FSUncensored on Oct 5, 2009 5:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Dude needs to control himself

But a year? We might need him to beat Memphis or Vandy!

by golfballs03 on Oct 5, 2009 5:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

bye-bye Don't let the stadium gate hit you on the way out...

by memphispete on Oct 5, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Not. Surprising.

The guy obviously had a boatload of talent, but I have heard from an inside source that the kid was trouble in high school (a l’il bit thuggish, in stupid places he shouldn’t be,and not at all bright), heard that he was trouble at FSU. And Kiffin has commented that he never showed the effort necessary to improve and make himself an integral part of the offense.

It’s obvious that CLK wanted him to be the prototypical big WR on which the USC/Pro-style offense is predicated. It’s also obvious that he almost never ran the route he was supposed to, unless they told him “run into the corner of the endzone and wait for the ball.” He would have ben a useful tool in that mode, but not if he’s going to be a constant discipline problem.

And definitely if he’s going to keep a scholarship away from people Reveiz or the Sullins boys who just want to be the best player they can be and help the team.

by ChicagoVol on Oct 5, 2009 6:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

make that:

And definitely not if he’s going to keep a scholarship away from people like Reveiz or the Sullins boys who just want to be the best player they can be and help the team.

by ChicagoVol on Oct 5, 2009 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you ain't

Going to give your all to Tennessee, then there will be someone else who will.

I got punk'd by UT's Athletic Department.

by bobo_the_vol on Oct 5, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I covered Brandon for the first three years of his high school career

doing play by play for Alcoa…I’m probably incapable of being unbiased towards him, and there’s some truth to what you’re saying, but he wasn’t (and I hope isn’t) as much of a thug as people are making him out to be.

This is no excuse for anything, but Brandon was the most competitive guy on that Alcoa team. But it had its limits then too – he got in a physical altercation in the season opener his senior year, and was suspended for the Alcoa/Maryville game the following week, which AHS lost without him.

The kid was a freshman All-American and has talent. This is unfortunate and whatever factors play into it, ultimately his behavior is his own responsibility.

Rocky Top Talk

by Will on Oct 5, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's a real tightrope:

being a guy who’s competitive enough to give absolutely everything you have on the field, every snap, yet being controlled enough to stop when the whistle blows. Perhaps he’s just a little too competitive.

Either way, Kiffin can’t allow him to become a problem in the team. This really stinks, but I can’t see a way around it.

by Hooper on Oct 5, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good riddance

We’ve all had high hopes and have been pulling hard for his success for two years. We defended him based on his ability even when Fulmer failed to get involved him involved in the offense. We’ve heard nothing but trouble from him this year; he seems to be one of the few guys who didn’t buy in to Kiffin’s system. If that’s the way it was going to be, sad to say, but we’re better off without him.

by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 5, 2009 7:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs