ESPN's Adam Rittenberg on today's presser

Hooray for sound reasoning and common sense!

A voice of reason. Rich's fate will be determined on the field. End of story.

I think it is telling that outside of the Freep building, anyone who follows this story seems to think it is largely a non-issue.

A reporter used Logic and Reason! I thought that was not allowed!

If we lose scholarships over this I am going to fuck.shit.up.

again, if we lose scholarships for this minor infraction, what happens to USC? Probation? Loss of wins?

We're not losing scholarships over this. If we do Brandon will just yell Kiffin!!!!! and then direct them to Columbus.

In the event of scholarship loss...

What does scholarship loss mean?

How many? For how long? How do they decide who loses their scholarship?

Do we know any of these?

Woj has a similar take

http://detnews.com/article/20100223/OPINION03/2230425/U-M-s-Rich-Rodrigu...

I was about to rag on Rittenberg for just saying that Rodriguez' job will come down to winning games (something we've all known for years now), but then it occurred to me that maybe it's not as obvious as it seems. After all, the Freep's been missing that point since day one.

They allow voice of reason media I never knew that.
signed the free press

After reading the NCAA Notice of Allegations a couple times (i'm unemployed, time is abundant during the day), I pretty much decided that the notice makes things sound WAY worse than they actually are.

While the "going over the limit in practice time" seems to be minor, yet still valid, the biggest thing to come out of today's presser are the 5 QC staff members who appeared to be "running the show" when the coaches weren't around. WELL, in reality, this is not the case whatsoever. And I'll base this on a purely hypothetical, yet entirely plausible situation:

Greg Robinson tells Kovacs he needs to be quicker on his feet. Kovacs breaks up a pass during a drill. Adam Braithwaite tells him good work, and even comments on his footwork when he sees him in the video room.

Rules violated: ALL OF THEM

All the NCAA has to do is ask a player if Adam was ever around, and if he ever gave input into their play. A simple yes brings about ALL these allegations, no matter how minor his actually input truly was.

In reality, these QC guys were extra help for the coaching staff, who occasionally gave input to players and helped "run the show" when Greg would, let's say, have to go to the shitter during the middle of practice. I highly doubt Rich Rod would knowingly have NON-coaching staff members run practices... given that they... AREN'T coaching staff members, and don't have the experience to help run a tier 1 football program.

Here's to betting Drew Sharp's resignation on the fact that I'm right.

If Michigan looses scholarships over this, USC most certainly will be treated to the Death Penalty (like SMU in the 80s). That however would force Seantrel Henderson to look around ;-)

This whole NCAA thing is about picking fly shit out of pepper!

I've read the allegations, pretty damn weak and foolish!

I guess that is what helps justify having an NCAA.

The NCAA is a business who above all else will protect its money makers. Any sanctions imposed on us will in turn will be the measuring stick for USC. Last I checked the Rose Bowl and its sponsors pay alot of money to be part of the BCS. I will guarantee you the NCAA won't take away that bowl's two most prestigous programs.

Maybe I do want the government to crack down hard on the BCS/NCAA. I was against government intervention in the college sports world, but now I want to see a headline titled "NCAA/BCS Hit with Major Anti-Trust Infractions". Yeah, how about that happening tomorrow? Then this can just sink into the background.