Associated Press

Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez dismissed cornerback Boubacar Cissoko for violating team rules on Tuesday.

Dr. Marc Siegel won't be on the sideline when the Virginia Tech football team plays North Carolina tonight.

Siegel, who has been an orthopedic team physician for the Tech athletic department for 22 years, has been indefinitely suspended by the athletic department because of his recent arrest.

Assistant athletic director Mike Goforth said Siegel was suspended two weeks ago and did not accompany the Hokies to their most recent game, an Oct. 17 loss at Georgia Tech.

Siegel was charged by Blacksburg police on Oct. 14 with one count of felony property damage. According to court documents, he is charged with damaging a vehicle belonging to Dr. Jim Lebolt, who is in his third year as an orthopedic surgeon for Tech athletics.

Goforth said athletic director Jim Weaver decided on the suspension after consulting with Tech President Charles Steger's office.

"It was a ... cross-campus decision based on policies that are already in place," Goforth said Wednesday. "There's policies on campus ... dealing with harassment and intimidation and that type of thing, and everybody felt it fell within those parameters."

Goforth said he is not sure if Siegel will ever return to his position.

Siegel, who had an unpaid position, was on hand at all Tech football games and many football practices.

He has performed knee operations on football coach Frank Beamer and current and former football players such as Darren Evans, Vince Hall, Lee Suggs and Al Clark. He also has worked with other Tech teams.

"It's unfortunate. He's a good man and is a great surgeon," Goforth said. "He's helped a lot of players. ... It's very uncharacteristic, and I'm deeply saddened by the situation."

-- Mark Berman

Rodriguez dismisses CB

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan cornerback Boubacar Cissoko (BOO'-ba-car SIS'-soh-koh) has been kicked off the team after being suspended earlier this month.

Rodriguez suspended Cissoko on Oct. 10, citing a violation of team rules, some of which were related to academics. The sophomore missed the Iowa and Delaware State games but played briefly in Saturday's loss to Penn State.

Witnesses ID'd suspect

VERNON, Conn. -- Several witnesses identified the man charged with fatally stabbing a University of Connecticut football player as the killer, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Two people arrested in the stabbing of 20-year-old Jasper Howard were arraigned in Rockville Superior Court on Wednesday. John William Lomax III, 21, is charged with murder, while 20-year-old Hakim Muhammad is charged with conspiracy to commit assault. Both are from Bloomfield.

Chick-fil-A Bowl, ACC agree to 4-year extension

ATLANTA -- The Chick-fil-A Bowl and the Atlantic Coast Conference have agreed to a four-year extension that will keep the conference's first selection after the BCS coming to a game at the Georgia Dome.

Report: Bryant undecided on NFL Draft

OKLAHOMA CITY -- All-America receiver Dez Bryant says he hasn't decided yet whether he'll enter the NFL Draft after the NCAA ruled that he will remain ineligible for the rest of his junior season at Oklahoma State.

-- Staff, wire reports