LSU reserve fullback Shawn Jordan
Jordan was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled
substance Tuesday in his hometown of El Paso, Texas, after allegedly
attempting to transport anabolic steroids across the U.S. border from
Juarez, Mexico.
"This is a very serious matter to us," Miles said. "We do everything we
can as an institution to educate and inform our team about the dangers
of drugs, in particular steroids. We have a comprehensive drug testing
program in place and the NCAA comes in to test our athletes two or three
times a year."
Miles said he did not believe Jordan intended to deal to or share
steroids with fellow LSU players.
"I'm confident that it's isolated," Miles said. "We are going to do
everything we can to help Shawn through this situation. However, he will
be suspended from the team until we can gather all of the facts and get
more information as to exactly what his involvement is."
In two years with the Tigers, Jordan has appeared in two games, both of
them lopsided victories last season over Arkansas State and Mississippi
State.
Southern California's defending national co-champions left no doubt as to whom the college football champion was in 2004. The 12-0 Trojans led both major polls throughout the regular season, then trounced unbeaten No. 2 Oklahoma 55-19 in the FedEx Orange Bowl on Jan. 4 for their 13th victory.
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Auburn fans were disappointed that the Tigers (12-0 in regular season), winner of the SEC and victor over Virginia Tech 16-13 in the Nokia Sugar Bowl, had to settle for a final No. 3 ranking behind USC and Oklahoma. Utah fans, however, were delighted to see their Utes (11-0 in regular season) not only make it to a BCS bowl but clobber Pittsburgh 35-7 in the Fiesta Bowl. The Mountain West champions finished with a No. 5 national ranking. The nation's other major unbeaten team, Western Athletic Conference champion Boise State (11-0), fell to Louisville (10-1 in regular season) 44-40 in the highest-scoring Liberty Bowl game ever. The Cardinals, in their last year in Conference USA before heading to the Big East, had led the nation with a 49.8 scoring average, while Boise State had averaged 49.7. Utah and Auburn shared the national Coach of the Year awards, Urban Meyer of Utah winning the Football Writers award and Tommy Tuberville of Auburn taking the Football Coaches award. Oklahoma may have finished with a disappointing loss in the Orange Bowl, but quarterback Jason White, the 2003 Heisman Trophy winner, won the 2004 Maxwell Award as well as the Davey O'Brien and Johnny Unitas quarterback awards. The Outland Trophy went to another Oklahoma player, offensive tackle Jamaal Brown, while defensive end David Pollack of Georgia won the Vince Lombardi/Rotary Award along with the Chuck Bednarik Award.