Four Vanderbilt University Football Players Suspended, Sex Crimes Detectives Investigating

From my hometown, Nashville, an unfolding story that I can tell has Nashville media sniffing the air like hound dogs after foxes: "Metro Sex Crimes Unit investigating matter at Vanderbilt."

WKRN, Nashville's ABC affiliate, reports that "[s]ex Crimes detectives were notified about the situation on Wednesday by Vanderbilt campus police." According to KRN, six additional players are under scrutiny and the alleged victim is a student at the university as well.

Vanderbilt's announcement, posted today, was cryptic:

Vanderbilt University today announced that four members of its football team were suspended earlier this week for violation of team rules. As additional facts become known, Vanderbilt will take further action, if and as warranted.

Because of Vanderbilt’s ongoing investigation, the university will offer further comment when appropriate.

Maybe I've been out of the loop and missed something, but Vandy seems to have escaped problems with this kind of scandal in the past.