OSU DB dismissed for "violation of team rules"
OSU DB and recognized Scholar-Athlete Najee Murray was reportedly dismissed for the dreaded "violation of team rules." Murray tore his ACL last year and was one of the lower rated recruits in Meyer's first recruiting class. Potential All-American Bradley Roby is still on the team after his assault charge though. And Murray has reportedly already found a landing spot at Louisville with former Florida and Meyer assistant Charlie Strong. I will let you draw your own conclusions.
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2013/08/24487/ohio-state-football-najee-murray-dismissed-from-team
August 10th, 2013 at 1:24 PM ^
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August 11th, 2013 at 8:46 AM ^
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August 11th, 2013 at 9:35 AM ^
*of course it does
(you can't out-smart smart phone technology)
August 10th, 2013 at 1:26 PM ^
August 10th, 2013 at 1:30 PM ^
That's just Urban bringing SEC ethics to the Big10.
August 10th, 2013 at 1:31 PM ^
That'll teach him to go to class.
August 10th, 2013 at 1:31 PM ^
The part of Football where they play the games can't get here soon enough.
I understand the rivalry, but this crap gets really old. I'd at least like to wait for a few facts before we go all M-Live and start putting double quotes around everything.
August 10th, 2013 at 1:36 PM ^
Seriously. If we don't get negs back soon too I'm going to be pretty upset.
August 10th, 2013 at 1:47 PM ^
I don't understand why people get so worked up over small things. The interesting part to me is that when OSU has dismissed players under Meyer so far, it has usually been for generic things like violation of team rules where no specifics are given and most are non-contributors or low rated recruits (Najee Murray, Tyrone Williams, DerJuan Gambrell, Timothy Gardner). But in cases where there are specific criminal charges or investigations for starters or star recruits, most of those players have gotten second chances (Bradley Roby, Carlos Hyde, Storm Klein, Jake Stoneburner, Jack Mewhort, Marcus Baugh, Brionte Dunn).
August 10th, 2013 at 1:52 PM ^
I'd upvote this if I had the capacity.
August 10th, 2013 at 2:03 PM ^
with facts and everything. I'm certainly not suggesting that Meyer isn't the antichrist, or that no one attends that place who is not a choirboy.
What makes me go arrrrrrrgh are all the hurr-durr assumptions.
It might just be a matter of stance. I hold it to be self-evident that Columbus and everything darkened by it's shadow is evil. I don't need to constantly reinforce that, and I really like the football team to take care of the rivalry, not fans.
August 10th, 2013 at 2:10 PM ^
Spoken like a true closet Buckeye fan.
August 10th, 2013 at 3:08 PM ^
The fans are the biggest part of any rivalry - players and coaches come and go - the fans are the constant
August 10th, 2013 at 2:06 PM ^
August 10th, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
August 10th, 2013 at 2:44 PM ^
Urban Meyer, right or wrong, already had a reputation for playing favorites with lax and inconsistent discipline from the University of Florida. He has done nothing at Ohio State so far to dispel that notion. The point I was making was that starters and incoming star recruits who have had public arrests and criminal charges have been given second chances. Most of the players he has dismissed so far have been noncontributors for unspecified violation of team rules where some of these players had no arrests or academic trouble (like in Najee Murray's case). That is going to open you up to speculation.
Given what some of the other starting players received as punishment, what could Murray have possibly done to get dismissed from the team? He was a Scholar-Athlete so poor academic performance is unlikely. There is no arrest record that we know of. Multiple drug violations is unlikely as he received no previous suspension in the past that we know of.
August 10th, 2013 at 2:51 PM ^
Facts are..he is off the team for violation and no reason was given. OSU now has even less depth at cornerback. Talk about what that means for them on the field because they now have less depth with Roby maybe out for a few games if you want ...but Im not sure why we need to do posts that just are based on speculation with no facts along with a competition to see who can be the biggest comedian.
August 10th, 2013 at 2:59 PM ^
Pearlw, can you please just admit that you are a closet Bucknut trolling our board?
Come out of the closet.
August 10th, 2013 at 3:13 PM ^
Oh ffs, he's one of the only reasonable people in this thread. Comments like this just make us look bad.
August 10th, 2013 at 5:06 PM ^
I may have confused pearlw with keepemhonest. Sorry for the confusion, pearl.
Go16blue- it must be nice to live in the naive world that you live in. I'm sorry if I don't assume that everything Urban does is on the up and up, like you do. It's pretty telling when even several in the delusional Buckeye fanbase are starting to question the validity of this latest dismissal, while letting others slide. Besides, if this kid is so bad that he can't play for OSU, why is Urban calling his buddy at Louisville and telling him that the kid is good enough to play for them, just not his team?...is it just to find a nice landing spot for a kid that wasn't cutting it at OSU...and recovering from a blown out ACL? These are valid questions, given Urban's behavior of allowing those in the circle of trust to get away with much more.
August 10th, 2013 at 3:30 PM ^
August 10th, 2013 at 4:06 PM ^
as the other person said, its posts like this that make michigan fans look bad and this is the type of stuff that we criticize msu and osu fans about.
August 10th, 2013 at 4:20 PM ^
His post is perfectly reasonable (frankly, regardless of whether he's a Buckeyes fan -- which doesn't seem to be the case -- or not).
August 10th, 2013 at 4:34 PM ^
If Michigan dismissed the 3rd or 4th string CB from the team for violation of team rules, would people here be speculating about the reason why he was dismissed or the impact on the field?
For as tight-lipped Hoke has been, all player dismissals under him have been laid out pretty clearly. Stonum was suspended for a year before he was dismissed. Same deal Will Hagerup finds himself in now with a year long suspension with another violation leading to dismissal. And these players were starters.
August 10th, 2013 at 4:40 PM ^
I didn't say speculation was unreasonable, I said his post was reasonable. Which it is. I'm fine with the speculation, but someone being willing to give him the benefit of the doubt doesn't make him a Buckeyes fan. Real life example: I'm incline to believe that Urban is probably using a double-standard, but I also think it's possible that, at least in this case, there isn't one. Arrests and problems that occur in the public eye aren't the only ways players can get kicked off a team or have problems.
You're right that Stonum and Hagerup have been handled well by the coaching staff/administration, but it's not like any more details were provided in those instances. Hagerup was suspended for "violation of team rules", and Stonum for “behavior that is unbecoming of a Michigan football player.”
August 10th, 2013 at 5:42 PM ^
You're right. The reason is that Hoke cares more about a reserve player than opening up a scholarship. Urban has already shown multiples times that ethics are not important when compared to winning...and most Ohio fans are fine with that.
August 10th, 2013 at 3:11 PM ^
"i dont know so its a waste of time for me to give my opinion on this."
so why do you keep giving it?
August 10th, 2013 at 3:57 PM ^
No reports of Murray ever being suspended before. Najee Murray is not even in the two deep on the depth chart so there is no point in even talking about what effect it has on the field.
August 10th, 2013 at 8:03 PM ^
August 10th, 2013 at 8:10 PM ^
Sure, "pearlw," because nobody EVER speculates on a sports blog. Oh, the horror...
August 11th, 2013 at 8:14 AM ^
August 10th, 2013 at 5:04 PM ^
Being up a great question. What exactly was said violation?
August 10th, 2013 at 5:35 PM ^
How many chances did Darryl Stonum get? How many chances has our punter gotten? Frank Clark? Arrington was still on the team after getting a DV incident.
August 10th, 2013 at 2:03 PM ^
Name-dropping M-Live is also crap that gets really old. "Oh, here's a post I don't care for, I'd better mention M-Live so everyone understands my disapproval."
August 10th, 2013 at 2:06 PM ^
What is your preference? I'll try to drop in a few of those in the future.
August 10th, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
You could always post on hineygate if you don't like it here. Just sayin.
August 10th, 2013 at 2:09 PM ^
He was quoting the article, guy.
"The Steubenville native’s exit was due to a violation of team rules."
August 10th, 2013 at 2:14 PM ^
How did "dreaded" make it's way in there? Are you the OP's mom?
August 10th, 2013 at 2:42 PM ^
The quotations were meant to be tongue in cheek but more for the overused violation of team rules in college football.
August 10th, 2013 at 3:00 PM ^
that my sense of humor needs to be recalibrated. Note that I didn't downvote your post. I really didn't mean my comment to read like "ZOMG I TOTALLY CANT BELIEVE HE SAID THAT".
August 10th, 2013 at 6:10 PM ^
Nice, a mom comeback. So he used "dreaded". I don't see how that has anything to do with my reply to your original post. Also, you are pulling a 'Mr. Rager' here and getting all bent out of shape over one word. Take it easy champ. Sit the next couple of plays out, if you know what I mean.
August 10th, 2013 at 4:05 PM ^
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August 10th, 2013 at 1:31 PM ^
Urban: "Whelp, if the media's going to hold me accountable for this discipline thing, I might as well make it work for me!"
(Scans roster for unproductive backups).
August 10th, 2013 at 1:31 PM ^
I'm not going to make any assumptions......However, so far 2 lower rated recruits are gone and the contributors are allowed to be waited on. So yea that sounds about right for Urbs.