Report: Rucker Reinstated to MSU Team
Now before this gets out of hand, this does not necessarily mean he will play but, rather, that he is likely free to practice, travel and suit up on Saturday. The Ticket is currently melting down with Spartan fans calling in yelling Stonum so I figured the post should be created with the caveat above before Michigan fans begin muddying the issue.
Edit: Dantonio on Chris L playing on Saturday
"That's up to Rucker - there's risk involved."
Likely referring to the possibility of injury, not knowing the scheme but... alluding to the fact he's not necessarily being held out via disciplinary reasons
[FA Edit: Rather than trying to moderate every response to the troll(s), I'm just locking this thread. It's MSU news anyways, so it's not really important. I tried deleting several, but some comments worth saving were being deleted, too.]
October 28th, 2010 at 8:15 PM ^
and even more misspellings, haha.
October 28th, 2010 at 8:17 PM ^
FYI...grammar and spelling are two totally different things.
October 28th, 2010 at 8:33 PM ^
Wow really? Did you learn that at UofM - Flint or Western?
October 28th, 2010 at 8:42 PM ^
I'm not sure about the OP, but FWIW, I learned that in elementary school.
October 28th, 2010 at 8:34 PM ^
October 28th, 2010 at 7:58 PM ^
More scUM ignorance...
October 28th, 2010 at 8:07 PM ^
really?
October 28th, 2010 at 8:11 PM ^
yarly
October 28th, 2010 at 7:00 PM ^
As much as I think Dantonio is a pompous, smug piece of shit, I didn't think even he'd stoop this low. A one-game suspension (I don't count a game missed due to, you know, being in jail, to be a "suspension")? That's it? And no suspension following jail???
I expected maybe a 3-game suspension (which would still be a breach of his earlier vow). Frankly, reading the report on Rucker's crash, he doesn't seem all that bad. Dantonio, however, merits punishment.
October 28th, 2010 at 7:01 PM ^
What a fucking surprise!
For real what type of message does this send? What kind of image does this construe for Michigan State as an institution? All my Spartan friends complain about how Michigan fans are condescending towards them and their education, yet the people running their university are doing them no favors.
Oh well, all I have to say is that the kid better not see a down of football for the rest of his career or else Dantonio is going to have a lot of explaining to do...
October 28th, 2010 at 8:01 PM ^
Who exactly does he have to explain anything to? He's not breaking any laws by letting his players play. He's perfectly in his rights to reinstate Rucker. You act like he's obligated to do what you want him to do. Arrogance at it's best (or worst).
October 28th, 2010 at 9:03 PM ^
So we're clear: because there's no statute that says people shouldn't be d-bags, the head coach of a D-1 football team can be a d-bag, right?
October 28th, 2010 at 9:08 PM ^
Explain to me how he is a d-bag.
October 28th, 2010 at 7:01 PM ^
Hmmm, seems about right with Dantonio. The only people kept off the team are players that are useless to the depth chart.
October 28th, 2010 at 8:03 PM ^
Yeah, MSU's starting running back, starting safety, 3rd string running back and starting DT were really useless to the depth chart. But man Fred Smith, the man with no position buried deep with the FB's as the 4th stringer who Dantonio kept on the team really gives us great minutes!!!!!!
October 28th, 2010 at 7:04 PM ^
saw that one coming.
Reinstated is fine, but he shouldn't play a single down.
October 28th, 2010 at 7:06 PM ^
'nuff said.
October 28th, 2010 at 8:44 PM ^
Staters gonna State?
October 28th, 2010 at 7:07 PM ^
MSU fans can complain about stonum.. he didn't get wasted and go drunk driving after a big game during the middle of the season..
Dantonio the "Dean of Discipline" like that idiot B10 commentator said during their ILL game lol.. is at it again..
Pathetic if he plays
October 28th, 2010 at 7:13 PM ^
Comparing everything their team does to something Michigan has done? Weird! Sounds like they may have a complex.
October 28th, 2010 at 8:04 PM ^
And yet you are the ones with 5 different threads about MSU on your front page....
October 28th, 2010 at 7:12 PM ^
I thought they said he was the "king of discipline"? In any event, maybe "warden" is more accurate.
October 28th, 2010 at 7:08 PM ^
guys guys, it's ok...
mike valenti said rucker was being nice to the cop. so it's fine.
(to be fair, mike stood by his view that he should be kicked off the team.)
October 28th, 2010 at 7:45 PM ^
October 28th, 2010 at 7:57 PM ^
the guru of michigan football
October 28th, 2010 at 8:05 PM ^
He was live on the scene of Hurricane Katrina and wrote about Teddy Ruxpin.
October 28th, 2010 at 7:11 PM ^
I think he will play against Iowa Saturday. It's all too convenient that this is their last real test before the end of the season. I hope I'm wrong though.
October 28th, 2010 at 7:14 PM ^
Am I the only one who thinks if Rucker does play he should be targeted early and often? I just can't see how practicing once in two weeks and then playing against a veteran QB in a hostile environment can go well. I think Dantonio handled this in the worst possible way from all angles.
October 28th, 2010 at 7:11 PM ^
Since I was one of those saying wait for the facts to come in, I guess it's time for me to say everyone was right. What a load of B.S. I can't even imagine how embarrassed I'd be if my school allowed a kid to go from a jail sentence during the week to the playing field on Saturday.
October 28th, 2010 at 7:48 PM ^
Stonum. Oh and just keep playing the high and mighty. Grady. :)
October 28th, 2010 at 7:12 PM ^
October 28th, 2010 at 7:14 PM ^
via Dan Kilbridge of Spartan Tailgate:
@MSUDanK Dan Kilbridge
October 28th, 2010 at 7:35 PM ^
he's not tolerating the behavior. Dantonio is really REALLY disappointed and will now only scowl at Rucker because he's no longer tolerating him.
October 28th, 2010 at 8:07 PM ^
Why would zero tolerance mean immediate dismissal? Zero tolerance means exactly that, a player will be punished for his actions (which Rucker was...).
October 28th, 2010 at 8:46 PM ^
How was he punished by the team for this incident?
October 28th, 2010 at 8:56 PM ^
He was suspended for one game and then sat out another game because he was serving his jail time....
October 28th, 2010 at 10:05 PM ^
not a poo joke, but a joke all the same
October 28th, 2010 at 7:17 PM ^
October 28th, 2010 at 7:16 PM ^
WIN AT ALL COSTS A POOR FORMULA FOR DANTONIO
October 28th, 2010 at 8:01 PM ^
"Dantonio makes exception to 0 tolerance policy to help Rucker get life turned around - a true molder of men. Swell guy - Rich could learn a thing or two. Speaking of Rich, you heard about this completely unrelated housing thing that's significantly more OUTRAGE?"
October 28th, 2010 at 8:07 PM ^
That's a really long headline...
October 28th, 2010 at 8:18 PM ^
If MSU has the season we think they'll have no one will remember this 3-4 years from now.
Does anyone remember these from the 1997/1998 Michigan season:
April 1997: Football players Steve Frazier and Aaron Shea are the target of an investigation after a dorm room fire leads to the discovery of an empty beer keg in their room. Both are underage.
November 1996: Football player Charles Winters is charged with assault with intent to commit murder, accused of beating his mother’s ex-husband with a baseball bat. Winters, then 22, a senior defensive back, is accused of attacking Horace Davis, 42, outside his mother’s home in Detroit. Winters allegedly knocked Davis down with the bat and then struck him another five or six times.
April 1996: Quarterback Brian Griese is suspended indefinitely for smashing a bar window in an “alcohol-related incident.” Griese tells police he broke a window after he had been locked out of a campus-area bar by its manager. He pleads to a reduced charge of malicious destruction, pays for the window and court costs, and agrees to undergo a substance abuse evaluation. Griese is suspended from the team for the remainder ofspring practice but reinstated in the summer
No, and rightly so.
October 28th, 2010 at 8:38 PM ^
Never again compare MSU to the 1997 Michigan team.
October 28th, 2010 at 8:10 PM ^
"Dantonio makes exception to 0 tolerance policy to help Rucker get life turned around - a true molder of men. Swell guy - Rich could learn a thing or two. Speaking of Rich, you heard about this completely unrelated real estate thing that's significantly more OUTRAGE?"
October 28th, 2010 at 7:18 PM ^
October 28th, 2010 at 7:38 PM ^
Since they went 8-0
October 28th, 2010 at 8:09 PM ^
Did you just drop the "everyone does it line"? Seriously? This coming from the program that is currently awaiting it's punishment for MAJOR violations with the NCAA and claim that "everybody does it"? ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL
October 28th, 2010 at 7:20 PM ^
someone really needs to beat iowa...
October 28th, 2010 at 7:26 PM ^
Dantonio, reading from a prepared statement, quoted in the Detroit News:
"The poor decision he made had need for serious consequences which he has now met and resolved from a team and legal perspective," Dantonio said Thursday evening...
Wait. He violated probation stemming from an assault/battery plea, drank, drove drunk and hit a car, cut a sweetheart deal, served 8 days, remains on probation for an additional 2 years...and all is square from a team and legal perspective?
So what was the point of his earlier "awaiting the process" statement? Did the process mean, "we can't put him in uniform while he's in jail"? He doesn't even get a fucking suspension? What were the serious consequences?
That being said (sorry, I don't know how to embed video):