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Utah football player sentenced for road rage

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Published: Monday, Jan. 7 2013 12:00 a.m. MST

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A University of Utah football player has been sentenced to 18 months of probation for knocking a man unconscious in a bout of road rage.

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah football player has been sentenced to 18 months of probation for knocking a man unconscious in a bout of road rage.

24-year-old Arthur Allen Bridenstine pleaded guilty to assault for the September incident in Centerville.

Bridenstine punched a 20-year-old man in a parking lot that day, knocking him unconscious. Bridenstine claims the man tried to run him off the road.

The man was taken to a hospital and treated for his injuries.

The University of Utah's team roster says Bridenstine is a redshirt freshman linebacker from Kahuku, Hawaii. He did not play this past season.

Bridenstine told the judge that the incident taught him to not take matters into his own hands.

Information from: Standard-Examiner, http://www.standard.net

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Rockwell
Baltimore, MD

Jealous U

Don't confuse are Utah friends with facts like final rankings. They're so into labels, that they're blind to whether a team is actually any good or not.

Thus, in their distorted view of reality, they More..

  • 10:45 a.m. Jan. 8, 2013
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Uteanymous
Salt Lake City, Utah

Duckhunter

People are seldom all good or all bad.

Unfortunately for Afa, the bad side is all that is being reported in the media.

It'll be interesting to see if Kyle gives Afa a chance to rejoin the team or if More..

  • 10:57 a.m. Jan. 8, 2013
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Duckhunter
Highland, UT

@Rockwell

What's even more indicative of the discipline inconsistencies at the u is that whittingham didn't sit blechen even after 2 offenses. blechen was forced to sit by an internal univeristy policy that whittingham had no More..

  • 11:07 a.m. Jan. 8, 2013
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