On the Sidelines : Garcia Suspended for Drinking
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State backup quarterback Aaron Garcia has been suspended from the team for underage drinking.
Cougar Coach Mike Price said Garcia will not play in Saturday’s regular-season Apple Cup finale against intrastate rival Washington.
Price refused to give details, saying only that Garcia had violated a team rule.
Garcia, 20, from Sacramento, Calif. , was arrested Saturday in Moscow, Ida., just acrossthe border from Pullman. The drinking age in Idaho is 21. Garcia, a redshirt sophomore who has complained about not playing enough this season, said he had been to a soroity dance and wasdrunk when police stopped him.
“I guess you could say all of the frustrations of this year came out in one night,” saidGarcia.
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