South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier has suspended senior quarterback Stephen Garcia for the first week of spring practice. The Gamecocks opened spring practice Tuesday, and Garcia was not present. Spurrier confirmed Garcia's suspension after practice Tuesday. Reserve quarterback Andrew Clifford has also been suspended for the first part of spring practice. Spurrier said both players should be back next week. "This was something that happened earlier that we're finally getting around to handling," Spurrier said. "[Garcia's] actually been pretty good this semester. This is something that happened in the past. We just got around to handling it. It's just a violation of team rules. He'll be back next week to answer all [the media's] questions." This is the third different time in Garcia's career that he's been suspended for at least a part of spring practice. He missed all or most of spring practice in both 2007 and 2008 following multiple arrests for charges ranging from public drunkenness to vandalizing a professor's car. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6221436
