Three more msu players plead guilty

"All 11 current or former Michigan State players charged in the case have pleaded guilty and await sentencing." 11 out of 85. 13%. Dantonio is such a great father...

School A gets penalized when they make sure their students attend class but School B can have over 10% of their team arrested for assault and receive no punishment

Don't throw stones...because there's a lot of shit talking about our program going on right now. Every program has players that get in trouble. That's college football.

While it is strange that MSU is getting off relatively scot-free with respect to this assault, the NCAA has limited jurisdiction and my guess is that they have limited recourse against a school if its players go on a punching spree. Of course, if MSU is found guilty of any other type of violation that the NCAA has more control of (perhaps, I don't know, spending more than 20 hours a week doing "football-related" activities), the NCAA could consider this history of repeat violence as a lack of institutional control. So while MSU might be getting off relatively clean right now, I would be amazed if this didn't bite them in the end. And let's not forget, UM is a much, MUCH bigger fish in the sea compared to MSU. Same with FIU and SDSU. The NCAA knows that people care if a major program like UM, USC, or Alabama seemingly had an improper advantage - if MSU, SDSU, or FIU are guilty of breaking the rules, at best that equated to making some third-tier bowl game or winning 4 games instead of 3 in a season. History and prestige seems to matter to the NCAA, so MSU being overlooked somewhat may also be a by-product of their general irrelevance in football.

People who participate in group criminal activity typically end up falling in quick succession after the first domino is pushed over.

To be honest I’m a little tired of the MSU assault bashing stuff. I’m not saying that this isn’t a valid topic, as I think if this is any Big Ten team it has an effect on Michigan and can make a legit board topic. However, like Raback said above me, it’s bad to throw stones at a time like this. I’m not equating what’s going on with us to what’s going on with them, but neither is good. Let MSU fans can call us scUM (the worst insult ever) and our coach Dick Rod, but please leave the Dumbtonio (the second worst insult I’ve ever heard) and assault bashing stuff alone. I feel like our main objective is to worry about Michigan, not another school, because, to be honest ever sense we’ve started having losing seasons it seems like we are more worried about what’s going on at MSU then we used to be. I think winning will turn our focus back on ourselves, but just because we had a couple bad seasons doesn’t mean we need to be so caught up in this stuff. And yeah, I understand I only have like 50 points and don’t really have a rite of passage as some of the more prevalent around here, but I felt it should be said.

LOLtercation

the Freep article said that Chris L Rucker attempted to kick somebody, but missed. I bet that somebody was wearing a McNutt Iowa jersey, faked left then cut right for the easy reception.

if you've been following this team the last few years: 2003 LaTech 2003 Michigan (Chris Perry) 2004 Michigan (Braylon) 2005 Ohio State (Blocked FG) 2006 ND (the epic collapse) 2009 CMU 2009 ND 2009 Iowa 2009 Minn 2009 Texas Tech hopefully that's the last of it

It used to be more fun joking about the potluck melee, but our recent NCAA trouble (no matter how minor in comparison to the actual crimes at MSU) has taken the joy away.