Reply With QuoteI wouldn't read the SEC's statement as a "no" to A&M. I think Andy Staples is right on in his interpretation.
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I wouldn't read the SEC's statement as a "no" to A&M. I think Andy Staples is right on in his interpretation.
I think you're right, and I think most UT fans agree as well. The level of laughing on the message boards is quite small still. What time is the aTm Board of Regents meeting going to finish tomorrow?Originally Posted by Tupac Shakur
Nor would I. My post above was scuttlebutt from before Machen made his statement.
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The "10" story is out. This can't end well for Miami.
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I like you're thoughts on the Big 10, Guy... except my Badgers will (hopefully) not get blindsided (again) by MSU!
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Oh holy ****.At a cost that Shapiro estimates in the millions of dollars, he said his benefits to athletes included but were not limited to cash, prostitutes, entertainment in his multimillion-dollar homes and yacht, paid trips to high-end restaurants and nightclubs, jewelry, bounties for on-field play (including bounties for injuring opposing players), travel and, on one occasion, an abortion.
I'm a touch too young to remember the whole SMU thing, but based on the "30 For 30" documentary, wouldn't these allegations rise to the level of the Death Penalty (assuming, of course, the NCAA hadn't sworn off such penalties)?
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SMU != The U. Miami will get some years of probation and be right back in the thick of things again. Heck, that didn't even sound all that bad compared to what the late 80s U may or may not have done... at least it wasn't coaches getting prostitutes for the players after all
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"KELLEN WINSLOW CRASHED A JETSKI INTO A BOAT
End satire. Life wins forever."
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"The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud
I bet Al Golden wishes he were still coaching at Temple
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"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
Can we get Tressel reinstated yet?Oh holy ****.
I'm a touch too young to remember the whole SMU thing, but based on the "30 For 30" documentary, wouldn't these allegations rise to the level of the Death Penalty (assuming, of course, the NCAA hadn't sworn off such penalties)?
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SMU only got the death penalty because it made the mistake of crossing Texas. You don't show up the Longhorns and walk away unscathed.
More bullshit.
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NO.
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"The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud
Why would he? I'm pretty sure the NCAA isn't going to force UM to move to Philadelphia for this.I bet Al Golden wishes he were still coaching at Temple
Solomwi is very wise. - Imran Siddiqui
I wonder if Larranaga is enjoying his time in the ACC so far.
I'm waiting for when Joe Pa retires or dies or leaves or whatever and it's revealed that Penn State is actually just a bordello for their players.
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'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburger
Well I don't know how bad this is or where it could go but if it's like USC... Al Golden would have a better chance at the post-season with... ah... Temple
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
Yes, but he'd have to move back to Philly for that. Home in Miami for bowl season is better than escaping Philly to go to the Military Bowl or Humanitarian Bowl. Besides, it's not like he's going to have to produce results at UM anytime soon.
Solomwi is very wise. - Imran Siddiqui
It's the "Famous Idaho Potato Bowl" now.
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
Good lord. Still, I don't know that it's any worse than the GoDaddy.com Bowl, or (perhaps my favorite) the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.
Solomwi is very wise. - Imran Siddiqui
It's the transition from "Humanitarian Bowl" that gets me.
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
I think its like the atomic bomb - the NCAA had no clue how powerful it was until they actually used it. If it didn't completely destroy SMU's football program, Alabama likely would have gotten it in the mid 90s (they likely deserved it as much as SMU).
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I think Imran's right, though Miami may be a test case for whether it's even a credible deterrent anymore. Of course, the biggest effect the DP had at SMU was mobilizing the academic side to exert more control over the football program, basically making a conscious decision not to go back to being a big-time program. That wouldn't even be a consideration at Alabama. Imran, are you talking about the Albert Means probation? That was early 00s. The mid 90s was Antonio Langham signing with an agent before he was done playing and being declared ineligible.
Solomwi is very wise. - Imran Siddiqui
That was some wild stuff happening in Miami...
What a piece of **** football team. Has been like that for decades.
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Missed this before...
In my more sober, pre-bowl game atrocity moments, I pegged Michigan at likely 8-4 this year, simply on the strength of getting nearly every starter back (plus a couple would-be starters on defense who had been out all 2010 with injuries). With the very definition of addition-by-subtraction via the loss of GERG at DC, I think 9-3 is reasonable.
Really, there isn't a game on the schedule where they've got no chance; the flipside, of course, is that there are only a few where they've got a sure thing.
As to OSU, I think SI just pegged them at the same record as I did, so apparently I'm not alone. Not necessarily right, but not alone.
"My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
"The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud
Please don't make jokes about Philly, it invites Alby to post in the thread.
Now if only the BIG would learn from Iowa and Iowa State, (I just vomited typing that)
http://espn.go.com/college-football/...rophy-replaced
"JOHNSTON, Iowa -- The new trophy designed for the winner of the annual Iowa-Iowa State gridiron showdown was scrapped Tuesday as organizers acknowledged it had too much to do with corn and not nearly enough to do with football."
It isn't too late to rename the divisions!
Thank god. The new Cy-Hawk trophy was nearly as stomach-churning as the new Iowa-Nebraska "Heroes Game".
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