CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Illinois quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase's father has been banned from campus for a year after his arrest over an altercation at Saturday's football game, university police said Tuesday.
Nathan Creer was arrested after an argument at Memorial Stadium during Saturday's game against Michigan State, university police Chief Jeff Christensen said.
The argument involved at least five people, Christensen said. He did not know what it was about but said alcohol appeared to be a factor.
"(Creer) resisted and obstructed the officer's efforts to remove him from the incident," Christensen said. "He became somewhat aggressive with the officer."
No one was injured.
Creer, 51, pleaded not guilty Monday to resisting an officer, a misdemeanor, and is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing Dec. 17, according to Christensen and Champaign County court records. Creer and the public defender assigned to his case did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment.
Illinois football coach Tim Beckman called Creer's arrest unfortunate but said it should not reflect on Scheelhaase.
"(Scheelhaase is) a great young man and I know he'll be able to work through the situation," Beckman said. "Nathan can (only) control what Nathan can control."
Scheelhaase said preparing for Saturday's game at Penn State has helped him to not get too rattled by what his father is facing, according to the (Champaign) News-Gazette.