I'll put my money on ND or Illinois. Seriously how did Zook that level of player to Illinois when they were 2-10 year after year.
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Major D-1 University Is About To Be In Hot Water
February 24th, 2011 at 3:47 PM
#102
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February 24th, 2011 at 3:49 PM
#103
Is there any word
On the time period that these violations took place?
February 24th, 2011 at 3:54 PM
#104
Tennessee
My money is on Tennessee.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:10 PM
#105
There has been no word on
There has been no word on that.
February 24th, 2011 at 3:52 PM
#106
Man...there are so many...
Man...there are so many schools in which I would like to schadenfreude (yes, I know it isn't a verb).
Let's see here...I hate OSU...MSU...ND...and as much as it would help recruiting, I can't root for it to be one of them. It seems just to close to home...plus, even blind people can see that those schools are moral and ethical leaps and bounds ahead of the SEC West.
Please, please, please be any or all of the following: Auburn, Alabama, LSU, Arkansas, Ole' Miss, South Carolina. Regardless of oversigning, the business of recruiting and educating student-athletes is a joke in the SEC, but especially among those schools. Hell, if you've got the president of a member school (and arguably the most powerful, if not most then top tier) writing an open letter to SI because the rules have been bent and broken so badly.
Please just give Bama and Auburn the Death Penalty and I'll be more than happy. I'm tired of the media comparing that rivalry to the M-OSU rivalry just because that state is filled with dumber and more vindictive people with free time.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:00 PM
#107
Please, please, please be
Please, please, please be this.
February 24th, 2011 at 7:52 PM
#108
what about kentucky?
my wishlist is:
1. Alabama
2. Kentucky
3. Auburn
4. Florida
5. Ole Miss (unfortunately not a DI power in anything major)
6. South Carolina or Clemson (same deal)
February 24th, 2011 at 3:52 PM
#109
"They have to get all of
"They have to get all of their facts straight before coming out with it."
Well we know it's not the Freep, then.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:21 PM
#110
Another clue . . .
A "major news outlet" is about to break the story. Surely that entails actual journalists and a readership in triple figures, at least . . .
February 24th, 2011 at 5:26 PM
#111
Your "readers in triple
Your "readers in triple figures" reference made me laugh out loud in class. Well worth the ineffective +1 I can send you in return.
February 24th, 2011 at 3:54 PM
#112
My top 5:
1.)
My top 5:
1.) Clemson
2.) Stanford
3.) Cal
4.) Virginia
5.) Nebraska
February 24th, 2011 at 4:02 PM
#113
Top 25 class this year out of
Top 25 class this year out of nowhere including Brandon Phelps, who chose Virginia over Ohio State, Michigan, LSU, Penn State and Nebraska, among others. Granted he is local and may have wanted to stay closer to home but how does Virginia randomly start nabbing recruits?
February 24th, 2011 at 5:23 PM
#114
Because Brandon Phelps'
Because Brandon Phelps' parents both went to UVA. And literally almost everyone else in the class is from either Virginia or a private school in Maryland - those schools are UVA pipelines on and off the athletic fields.
It'll be Virginia Tech before it's Virginia.
February 24th, 2011 at 3:59 PM
#115
Oh,
how I do wish it were Stanford. I have an unhealthy hatred for that school that may or may not stem from being rejected by them. Twice.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:10 PM
#116
Clemson would be an obvious
Clemson would be an obvious choice after this past NLOID. If it were Stanford, that would explain how Harbaugh got them up and running so quickly. No one could say that we didn't dodge a bullet there. I think the other ones are iffy at best.
February 24th, 2011 at 3:54 PM
#117
Clemson? They keep pulling in
Clemson? They keep pulling in top class after top class.
February 24th, 2011 at 3:59 PM
#118
That was my first thought as well
That was my first thought as well
February 24th, 2011 at 3:56 PM
#119
Damn it its slippery rock.
Damn it its slippery rock. Theyre a major program, they always get announced at all of our home games so they must be a major program.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:00 PM
#120
I heard it is the Naval
I heard it is the Naval Acadamy...
February 24th, 2011 at 4:29 PM
#121
West Point
It has to be the Black Knights. I mean, their players are trained marksman in numerous weapons, for chrissakes! Teaching college football players to shoot heavy machine guns and artillery has to be against some kind of NCAA rule, right?
February 24th, 2011 at 5:37 PM
#122
Actually, the academies DO
Actually, the academies DO pay their players. They're active duty military.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:00 PM
#123
I got a dollar on Stanford.
I got a dollar on Stanford.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:59 PM
#124
It fits the criteria of a
It fits the criteria of a school that people would not expect. It might not get the attention that it deserves because people in Palo Alto don't care about football.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:02 PM
#125
OMG INSIDERZ, are you guys
OMG INSIDERZ, are you guys getting clues? Where are they pointing?
February 24th, 2011 at 4:24 PM
#126
Ask the Hardley Boys
They usually have raging clues pointing somewhere.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:02 PM
#129
If its not a B1G team.
I really would like to see it be an SEC team preferably LSU!
February 24th, 2011 at 4:26 PM
#130
I was thinking a SEC school
I was thinking a SEC school like LSU, Alabama, or Auburn.
February 24th, 2011 at 5:02 PM
#131
The caveat is that we all
The caveat is that we all expect schools like Bama, Auburn and LSU to be dirty programs.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:05 PM
#132
What makes everyone thiink
What makes everyone thiink it's a Big 10 school? The excerpt Dirk Diggler posted above doesn't indicate that.
Surprised no one's mentioned Texas. Obviously a major program, and would definitely be surprising as Mack Brown is widely considered to run things pretty cleanly. Yet, in the end, would really not be *that* surprising....anyone that saw the Pony Excess documentary knows how shady Texans can geet when it comes to their football.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:14 PM
#133
The reasoning behind it is
The reasoning behind it is that Bill Greene (the man who posted it) is a midwest analyst for Scout. You could be right, though.
February 25th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
#134
That plus "major news outlet"
That plus "major news outlet" points to Chicago Tribune to me - so hoping ND. Then again, there have been enough statements and issues leaked from tUOS that there is something to start with, however that would make it less of an unexpected surprise.
Iowa, Wiscy, or PSU maybe. The respect for Jo Pa makes PSU more likely I guess.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:11 PM
#135
maybe it's the Freep?
and the whole story will turn out to be totally overblown.
February 25th, 2011 at 10:55 AM
#136
NEWSFLASH
The Freep is reporting that South Dakota State University is being investigated for "major" issues involving their football program.
One source indicates that the third string long snapper was issued a warning ticket for J-walking. The student reported, "but I was on a 2-track in the middle of the forest. There wasnt a soul near me for 2 miles and I looked both ways before I crossed." There was a Volunteer Student Compliance Officer watching and reported this Major Violation to the NCAA.
DISCLOSURE: We, at the Freep, are committed to fairness, honesty and integrity in all of our reporting. Please stay tuned for this breaking story.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:23 PM
#137
As long as it's not Michigan
And I don't see any way it could be us. PSU or ND would be a real surprise. Is it definitely for football? Basketball recruiting seems shadier.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:25 PM
#138
There was stuff about Auburn
There was stuff about Auburn a while ago? Who knows. We'll see soon enough.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:44 PM
#139
Auburn
The OP stated it was a school most people wouldn't expect. I'm guessing most people wouldn't be surprised if Auburn (or any other SEC school except for maybe Vandy) was caught with major ncaa violations.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:27 PM
#140
I have it on good authority
I have it on good authority that it's not Temple.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:32 PM
#141
Well, I think it is safe to say that Ted Oakley
does not think much of the hiring practices in the SEC!
February 24th, 2011 at 4:37 PM
#142
TCU
Put me down for TCU.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:43 PM
#143
I'd be cool with Wisconsin
I'd be cool with Wisconsin after last night and Bielema's dickery all the time.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:49 PM
#144
It's kind of funny
reading posts where people think it might be a southern school. The OP states that it's about a school not many people would expect. Do people really think southern schools don't cheat? I don't think to many people would be surprised if an SEC school got nailed for cheating.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:54 PM
#145
Just spitballing here but
It's probably the ESU Timberwolves.
February 24th, 2011 at 5:10 PM
#146
I can't believe
More people haven't said Auburn.
February 24th, 2011 at 5:14 PM
#147
It's supposed to be
It's supposed to be surprising.
February 24th, 2011 at 5:32 PM
#148
Honestly, if this school is
Honestly, if this school is supposed to be a "surprise" then it isn't going to be anyone in the South (maybe Florida or Georgia), and it won't be OSU or probably even us, simply because there have been well published if not overblown violations in the last few years.
Notre Dame gets recruits because they're the Dallas Cowboys of college football. Everyone around the country wants to play for them and people will pick them to be good even when all evidence shows otherwise. I don't think you can look at their recruiting success and point to violations. It could be them but I don't think they're recruiting success would be the reason.
I think it's too early to make any real predictions outside of those.
February 24th, 2011 at 5:18 PM
#149
Put Me Down.....
For Clemson!
February 24th, 2011 at 5:35 PM
#150
He said it wasn't an obvious
He said it wasn't an obvious choice. Any school in a former confederate state save Vanderbilt is an obvious choice.
February 24th, 2011 at 5:20 PM
#151
My first thought was Oregon.
My first thought was Oregon. I think they realized the shit that USC was pulling and figured the only way to compete was to go with the crowd. They probablyy even picked up the tab on a couple of Usc transfers
