Hagan suspended for Cal Bears' contest with Arizona State

October 30, 12:12 PMCal Bears ExaminerRob Calonge

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Thursday after practice, head coach Jeff Tedford announced that starting cornerback Darian Hagan would miss Saturday's game against the Arizona State Sun Devils. He won't be missing the game due to injury.

Tedford said that Hagan was suspended for one game because he had missed a class. It's not clear if there is more to this, but judging by the punishment, I would've been suspended every season (all 13 games) for all the classes I missed in school.

With Hagan's suspension comes opportunity for someone else. Josh Hill, who had started in front of Hagan at one point this season, will get the nod on Saturday. Tedford also said that Chris Conte will see some time at the open position. Other players that could see time would be Charles Amadi and possibly redshirt freshman Marc Anthony.

The loss of Hagan could actually spell the end to his tenure as a starting cornerback on the team. It's widely known that Hagan has struggled this season, most recently last Saturday in the game against Washington State.

Another player in the secondary getting sat down is safety Marcus Ezeff. Ezeff, who has also had some struggles this season, will be replaced by Sean Cattouse. Cattouse will start alongside Brett Johnson, who has been putting some serious hits on opponents this season.

Derrick Hill will miss the game at Sun Devil Stadium, after having trouble with his shoulder sprain/stinger that he reinjured against the Washington State Cougars. In his place will be either Kendrick Payne or Aaron Tipoti. Tipoti has been playing really well over the last couple of weeks and Tedford stated on Wednesday that he has really improved this year.

Matt Summers-Gavin will also miss the coming game. Mark Boskovitch will again cover for the starter, but this time he'll get some help in the form of Richard Fisher. Tedford said that both will get playing time during the game.

Cal should be in Arizona by 12:30pm PST on Friday.