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  LOFTIN PLEADS GUILTY -- IOWA CITY -- Former Hawkeye football player Ryan Loftin maintained Tuesday he is "not legally guilty of anything" even though he has pleaded guilty to trespass in connection with an incident last August at a University of Iowa athletic building. Loftin, 22, of 2604 Bartelt Rd. No. 1D, Iowa City, is to be sentenced Feb. 4 on the charge of trespass resulting in damage, which states that he entered the office of Hawkeye football coach Kirk Ferentz on Aug. 21 and took two playbooks he was not entitled to remove. The plea agreement calls for Loftin to get a deferred judgment with two years' probation and 120 hours of community service. Authorities began investigating Loftin, formerly a defensive end for the Hawkeyes, shortly after he quit the team last Aug. 17, alleging he had been run off by the new coaching staff appointed by first-year coach Ferentz. Loftin was charged with extortion and fifth-degree theft and turned himself in to police on Aug. 28; he was released on his recognizance after an initial court appearance. He pleaded not guilty in October to formal charges. See Wednesday's Gazette for a complete report! At some point don't you have to question the move that Chuck Long made to Oklahoma? Sure he really thought he would be Hayden's successor so in turn he felt that it was time to move on. But with him moving on doesn't it show that he himself does not have any confidence in the staff that is in place? If he didn't feel comfortable at what point to we begin to squirm? Chew on that for awhile. In the mean time we have new recruits that have been added to the list!!
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