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NORMAN, Okla. -- Nebraska assistant coach Angus McClure testified Friday that he was surprised to see members of an Oklahoma spirit group with shotguns near the Sooners' football field and thought they might have been drunk.
McClure's testimony came in the fifth day of the trial of former Nebraska player Darren DeLone, who is accused of aggravated assault and battery on a member of that spirit group, the Ruf/Neks. The group has ceremonial shotguns without live ammunition and accompany a covered wagon on to the field.
Prosecutors say DeLone purposely slammed into Adam Merritt, 19, during drills prior to the Cornhuskers' game at Oklahoma on Nov. 13, 2004.
Nebraska offensive line coach Angus McClure and two players, Mike Erickson and Le Kevin Smith, testified Friday that the hit was an accident that occurred while DeLone and defensive end Wali Muhammad were tangled up in a full-speed blocking drill.
McClure said he warned the Ruf/Neks they were too close to the action.
"I told them multiple times to back up," he said. "It was definitely dangerous to them."
He said he thought they were intoxicated, but that he smelled only gunpowder from their ceremonial shotguns and not any scent of alcohol.
McClure and Erickson testified DeLone pushed Muhammed into Merritt. Smith said he wasn't sure if it was DeLone or Muhammed that hit Merritt, but he said it did not seem intentional.
"To me it just seemed like an accident," Smith testified. "You're talking about two guys weighing 250 to 300 pounds moving at full speed."
Former Oklahoma head coach John Blake, now a Nebraska assistant coach, testified Thursday that DeLone pushed Muhammed into Merritt during a drill.
DeLone has pleaded innocent. The charge carries a possible punishment of up to five years in prison.
NORMAN, Okla. -- Nebraska assistant coach Angus McClure testified Friday that he was surprised to see members of an Oklahoma spirit group with shotguns near the Sooners' football field and thought they might have been drunk.
McClure's testimony came in the fifth day of the trial of former Nebraska player Darren DeLone, who is accused of aggravated assault and battery on a member of that spirit group, the Ruf/Neks. The group has ceremonial shotguns without live ammunition and accompany a covered wagon on to the field.
Prosecutors say DeLone purposely slammed into Adam Merritt, 19, during drills prior to the Cornhuskers' game at Oklahoma on Nov. 13, 2004.
Nebraska offensive line coach Angus McClure and two players, Mike Erickson and Le Kevin Smith, testified Friday that the hit was an accident that occurred while DeLone and defensive end Wali Muhammad were tangled up in a full-speed blocking drill.
McClure said he warned the Ruf/Neks they were too close to the action.
"I told them multiple times to back up," he said. "It was definitely dangerous to them."
He said he thought they were intoxicated, but that he smelled only gunpowder from their ceremonial shotguns and not any scent of alcohol.
McClure and Erickson testified DeLone pushed Muhammed into Merritt. Smith said he wasn't sure if it was DeLone or Muhammed that hit Merritt, but he said it did not seem intentional.
"To me it just seemed like an accident," Smith testified. "You're talking about two guys weighing 250 to 300 pounds moving at full speed."
Former Oklahoma head coach John Blake, now a Nebraska assistant coach, testified Thursday that DeLone pushed Muhammed into Merritt during a drill.
DeLone has pleaded innocent. The charge carries a possible punishment of up to five years in prison.
