September 28, 2009

LEACH INDEFINITELY SUSPENDS CARTER

Texas Tech offensive lineman Brandon Carter, the day after a frustrating last-minute loss at No. 17 Houston, has been suspended indefinitely by head coach Mike Leach, an athletic department spokesman said Sunday evening.

‘‘Brandon Carter has been suspended for a violation of team policy by coach Leach,” said Blayne Beal, Tech associate media relations director. ”His suspension is indefinite.’’

Beal said Leach would have no further comment.

A few hours before, Carter had told followers of his social networking account that he’d been suspended and stripped of his captaincy.

A Sunday afternoon dispatch on Carter’s Twitter account said, “I am not a captain anymore and will not be playing this week. Good luck red raiders ill still be cheering on my family from the stands!!:)”

Tech hosts New Mexico at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Tech dropped to 2-2 with a 29-28 loss Saturday at Houston in which the Cougars scored the winning touchdown with 49 seconds left at the end of a 16-play, 95-yard drive. The loss was Tech’s second in a row, this one in especially hard-to-take fashion.

That touched off angst among some of the Red Raiders’ most prominent players.

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