Backup punter stabs rival in attempt to become starter

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This one’s pretty sick, and definitely boneheaded.  Mitch Cozad was a backup punter for Northern Colorado.  Apparently he wasn’t happy with his status — he wanted to be the starter.  So in a Tonya Harding-like incident on September 11 of last  year, Cozad ambushed the starting punter, Rafael Mendoza, in the parking lot.  Cozad stabbed a deep gash in Mendoza’s kicking leg, but Mendoza was convinced that Cozad was trying to kill him!  Cozad was acquitted of attempted murder charges, but he got 7 years in prison for second-degree assault.  So being the starting punter for Northern Colorado is worth attempted murder?  This guy is messed up.