University of Memphis football coach Justin Fuente announced penalties for 12 players involved in the postgame Miami Beach Bowl brawl Monday at his weekly media luncheon.
Fuente said “he’s known about it for awhile” and that Memphis deserved their punishment for their part in the brawl with BYU in December.
“Obviously this is not an incident that I’m proud of or that we are proud of,” said Fuente, who said the punishment was a joint decision by him, the U of M and the American Athletic Conference. “I think our kids have done a great job in the wake of this.