Liberty Bowl dessert tray tears East Carolina teammates apart

The Liberty Bowl is one of the oldest active bowl games, and has attracted most of the nation's powerhouses at some point over its 50-year history, including Bear Bryant's last game at Alabama in 1982. But perhaps the true essence of the Liberty Bowl experience lies not on the field, but in the banquet hall, where the pregame spread proved so irresistible on Thursday that a pair of East Carolina players saw fit to throw down in front of coaches, players and administrators from both ECU and Arkansas at the bowl's annual awards banquet, apparently over the last slice of cheesecake: Two East Carolina players got into a fight at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl's annual awards luncheon Thursday at the Hilton Memphis. Witnesses said the table almost flipped over as the two players -- confirmed by an ECU spokesman as junior running back Jonathan Williams and freshman redshirt [defensive] back Leonard Paulk -- fought over a dessert. One player had the other in a headlock and was ...