OT: UNC Recruiting?

16 posts / 0 new
Login or register to post comments
Last post
January 28th, 2011 at 4:42 PM
#1
Dreisbach1817
Dreisbach1817's picture
Joined: 01/12/2010
MGoPoints: 5849
OT: UNC Recruiting?

More news today that UNC is making a major push for Savon Huggins.  It's just one more potential success for this UNC class that is pretty solid (#14 on Rivals, #18 Scout). This recent success reminds me of a famous movie quote:

"Doesn't anybody notice this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills! I invented the piano key necktie, I invented it!"

Didn't UNC get into massive trouble with recruiting violations, agent contacts, cheating on exams, and so on?  Didn't that happen in September?  Didn't it?  What the hell happened?

Here are my questions:

1) Has the NCAA made any ruling on this?  If not, what happened?

2) Are they expected to soon and how is UNC deflecting this in recruiting?

3) How can UNC being doing so well considering the severity of these allegations?  This is USC type allegations.  And while USC is able to maintain a very good recruiting class even after sanctions, it's very hard to imagine UNC doing the same.

EDIT:  Huggins to Rutgers.  Big pick up.

 

Top
Tags:

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.
January 28th, 2011 at 4:48 PM | Answer to all of this: the (Score:1)
MichiganStudent
MichiganStudent's picture
Joined: 08/27/2008
MGoPoints: 2788

Answer to all of this: the NCAA is a joke. 

January 28th, 2011 at 4:48 PM | http://www.sportingnews.com/n (Score:1)
BostonWolverine
BostonWolverine's picture
Joined: 11/13/2008
MGoPoints: 2421

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/feed/2010-08/unc-investigation/story/north-carolina-expanding-academic-misconduct-investigation

 

They're "still investigating" and "using it to do a full-scale investigation of the entire program."

In other words, "Taking as much time as is humanly possible so the NCAA will either forget about it and move on, or we can delay whatever punishment needs to be doled out for as long as is humanly possible."

January 28th, 2011 at 5:12 PM | You would think that recruits (Score:1)
RickH
RickH's picture
Joined: 11/01/2009
MGoPoints: 948

You would think that recruits would at least be turned off by it though.  Amazing how people think when you know the school will get in trouble, yet you go there anyways.

All I want for my next 10 birthdays is for the NCAA to stand the fuck up and start doing what they're suppose to.  I can see 50 years ago when every little thing wasn't under a microscope, but people know about everything these schools do now, give them the fucking violations.  Ugh, pisses me off sooooo much (I hateeeeeeeed cheating as a kid and I still do now).

January 28th, 2011 at 5:07 PM | But god forbid that your coach buys a recruit a Happy Meal (Score:1)
Don
Don's picture
Joined: 06/30/2008
MGoPoints: 19222

The NCAA will come down on your ass in 15 minutes talking serious penalties.

If you're a losing program, that is.


January 28th, 2011 at 5:16 PM | Not to be irritating because (Score:1)
RickH
RickH's picture
Joined: 11/01/2009
MGoPoints: 948

Not to be irritating because people constantly say it, but stretching time limits.  Seriously?  How about they do something?  How about come down on Ohio State with their million self reported, secondary violations.  O yeah, they reported it so we'll reward their guiltiness by doing nothing?

And yes, this wouldn't be as big of a deal if we were winning and all, but our current ways, it gets much more irritating getting back on top when people chose to snap in half the rules.

January 28th, 2011 at 5:22 PM | This won't do your health any good at all. (Score:1)
LB
LB's picture
Joined: 09/26/2009
MGoPoints: 5077

Just let it go. After all, it isn't like they did something heinous like stretching for too long.

May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift

January 28th, 2011 at 5:36 PM | Recruits don't care about the violations, (Score:1)
jblaze
jblaze's picture
Joined: 08/29/2008
MGoPoints: 3177

look at USC's class. The sanctions don't even kick in until the entire appeal process is over, which could take another 2-3 years.

"They're stuck with that quarterback (sophomore Braxton Miller) for the next two or three years, that's fine with me. He throws worse than (Tim) Tebow. - Steve Everitt

January 28th, 2011 at 5:37 PM | I was wondering about this (Score:1)
DGDestroys
DGDestroys's picture
Joined: 01/05/2010
MGoPoints: 18176

I was wondering about this too, but I mean....I guess the NCAA just takes months and months and potentially years to 'fully investigate'. I mean...when did Reggie Bush leave school again?

Twitter // Recruiting Work// Email

January 28th, 2011 at 5:58 PM | UNC (Score:1)
Noahdb
Joined: 07/21/2008
MGoPoints: 344

Butch Davis is telling everyone that he had NO idea that his DL coach was pimping players to an agent (which isn't true). And he's telling everyone that he had NO idea that a tutor was doing the work for a player (which isn't true).

They have blocked a lot of the reporting about what's going on in Chapel Hill and when it comes out, they are so screwed. But in the mean time, they're putting together a nice recruiting class.

January 28th, 2011 at 5:59 PM | Recruits have shown in a (Score:1)
AnthonyThomas
AnthonyThomas's picture
Joined: 11/13/2010
MGoPoints: 4206

Recruits have shown in a number of occasions that possible NCAA sanctions don't have a big pull on them. I know it isn't the same situation, but recruits said that the possibility of UM being sanctioned didn't have an effect on them back when we were still in limbo about that.

January 28th, 2011 at 6:03 PM | From Carolina fans down here, (Score:1)
JC3
Joined: 07/17/2009
MGoPoints: 1316

From Carolina fans down here, it sounds like some of the initial reports were blown out of proportion. They got rid of Blake, who is a very shady, nasty recruiter, and that helps. Plus, it's like USC- if the NCAA is investigating, and no rules are handed down, you keep recruiting! 

Twitter l Contact 

January 28th, 2011 at 6:09 PM | getting rid of the bad apple (Score:1)
Dreisbach1817
Dreisbach1817's picture
Joined: 01/12/2010
MGoPoints: 5849

doesn't erase the violation.

January 28th, 2011 at 6:37 PM | Not at all (Score:1)
JC3
Joined: 07/17/2009
MGoPoints: 1316

I think it was more the blown out of proportion part of it. I still think the NCAA will lay some smack-down in this situation, just not sure how much yet.

Twitter l Contact 

January 28th, 2011 at 7:03 PM | They're doing a good job, but (Score:1)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
MaizeAndBlueWahoo's picture
Joined: 07/02/2008
MGoPoints: 11823

They're doing a good job, but they have lost recruits because of the investigation, too.  For example it's one of the biggest reasons that one of the top five CBs in the country - Demetrious Nicholson - dropped them and committed to UVA instead.  He was a UNC lean for most of the summer and early fall.

"We've beaten Michigan the last four years.  So where's the threat?"

- Mark Dantonio

Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<

January 29th, 2011 at 9:17 AM | Actually, the UNC fans are (Score:1)
maizenbluenc
maizenbluenc's picture
Joined: 07/21/2009
MGoPoints: 2678

Actually, the UNC fans are pissed about Cam Newton, the other schools with agent violations, and even the OSU players getting five games. While note quite as publically forthcoming, UNC took (or wants to look like they are taking) the responsible, transparent, and self accountable route like we did. I think they wrapped up the agent portion, and are still working on the tutoring portion. Or maybe they are already in the waiting period where they prepare to go meet the NCAA.

Theme provided by Roopletheme; sidebars adapted from Chris Murphy.