Report: Rucker Reinstated to MSU Team

Submitted by Geaux_Blue on

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.]

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dahblue

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.

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Plegerize

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...

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locd32

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).

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locd32

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!!!!!!

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switch26

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

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gihurdler1

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. 

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MI Expat NY

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.

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Blue_Sox

October 28th, 2010 at 7:14 PM ^

via Dan Kilbridge of Spartan Tailgate:

Dan Kilbridge

Dantonio said "Zero tolerance means exactly that. We have no tolerance for Chris L. Rucker's actions."
Dantonio also said "Zero tolerance does not mean automatic dismissal."
 
This is absolutely unbelievable. Talk about a guy having no clue. He must not understand what the entire world thinks Zero Tolerance means. This is ruining the brightest moment for that program.

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dwags

October 28th, 2010 at 8:18 PM ^

Caputo's sidekick says MSU's season is tainted....Seriously?

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.

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Yooper

October 28th, 2010 at 7:18 PM ^

I am not naive about what goes on in football programs in the Big 10 but at some point there are standards expected and demanded of Big 10 programs. The everybody does it defense fails at some point. MSU is an embarrassment.

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dahblue

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):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za5wwChsCwg

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