USC defensive end Clifton Geathers will remain suspended while coaches gather more information about a weekend incident at a Vista nightclub that left Geathers with a cracked orbital bone and three criminal charges.
Geathers, 21, a junior is charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after fighting with a bouncer at Club Ice and struggling with Columbia police officers who tried to detain him.
USC coach Steve Spurrier said he was disappointed in Geathers' actions, but would not rush to judgment.
"He got himself in a bad situation," Spurrier said Monday. "I don't know all the facts, how it occurred. Certainly, he was wrong and we'll see what the legal system says and we'll go from there.
Regardless of his legal situation, Geathers will miss next week's N.C. State game with an eye injury, according to assistant head coach for defense Ellis Johnson.
"The big thing about it right now is he's got a crack on his orbitals and they've gotta check that out, see if there's anything (damaged in) the muscles or nerves or something like that," Johnson said. "So he's out for at least 2 weeks regardless." The SEC Rocks!
Geathers, 21, a junior is charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after fighting with a bouncer at Club Ice and struggling with Columbia police officers who tried to detain him.
USC coach Steve Spurrier said he was disappointed in Geathers' actions, but would not rush to judgment.
"He got himself in a bad situation," Spurrier said Monday. "I don't know all the facts, how it occurred. Certainly, he was wrong and we'll see what the legal system says and we'll go from there.
Regardless of his legal situation, Geathers will miss next week's N.C. State game with an eye injury, according to assistant head coach for defense Ellis Johnson.
"The big thing about it right now is he's got a crack on his orbitals and they've gotta check that out, see if there's anything (damaged in) the muscles or nerves or something like that," Johnson said. "So he's out for at least 2 weeks regardless." The SEC Rocks!
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