Miami’s James Sidelined

University of Miami running back Edgerrin James was found to have an irregular heartbeat and will sit out Saturday’s game against Syracuse at Miami.

James spent Tuesday and Wednesday night at a Miami hospital where doctors monitored his condition. His heart resumed a normal rhythm Wednesday morning.

Doctors said they were not sure what triggered James’ palpitations.

He will undergo a stress test next week.

The sophomore has rushed for 1,098 yards this season, 168 yards shy of Ottis Anderson’s single-season Miami record set in 1978.

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Vanderbilt linebacker Jamie Duncan will be in uniform Saturday when the Commodores play Tennessee, despite a misdemeanor arrest Nov. 16 for disorderly conduct.

“From what I understand, it’s a misdemeanor and there wasn’t any physical stuff going on at all,” Coach Woody Widenhofer said. “I’m going to deal with him internally and let the legal system handle it.”

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A Pennsylvania defensive tackle may have been academically ineligible this season after he dropped a course and became a part-time student, school officials say.

Mitch Marrow, an All-Ivy League selection last year, completed two classes this semester, a course load that made him a part-time student at Penn and might have made him ineligible under NCAA guidelines.

He was accepted for an independent study course, making him full time, a day before the last game of the season, Nov. 15 against Cornell.

Marrow played in Penn’s 33-20 victory, but on Wednesday the associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences overruled the late addition, putting the fifth-year senior’s eligibility in question again. Under NCAA rules, only full-time students can play collegiate sports.