USC Appeal Denied
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/15164463/ncaa-denies-usc…
(Sorry if I missed this somewhere else)
That's hilarious. I can't wait to see their six [ed: fifteen] person class in 2012.
Too bad it's not Ole Miss or Alabama hit with a fifteen limit. That would be worth watching.
"Scholarship limits will prohibit USC from signing more than 15 players in their next three recruiting classes"
Open season on USC commits and SoCal recruits...
ND is going to have a nice recruiting class coming out of CA this year, I would like to think its at the expense of USC
Considering they took 30 kids for the 2011 class, I think they'll be ok...can we make that limit retroactive to include the 2011 recruits?
No doubt that 30 man class was in preparation for exactly this. Does anyone know how many of those guys will make it to campus? Does the Pac 10 not have rules about that stuff?
I work with a serious USC homer. They signed 31, but eight of them enrolled early and counted against the previous year's class. Only 23 count for this season. Pete Carroll used to sign really small classes if he didn't get everyone he wanted.
On the plus side, the 75 scholarship max for next season limits them to something like six total signees for this year. USC is going to be in serious pain in 2014...too bad only one or two people who were at USC during the violations were actually punished.
OK, that's fine, but in the Big Ten you can't sign 30 players, no matter how many you EE.
It's not USC's fault that the Big 10 restricts itself. No one on USC is going to need to get a medical redshirt or get cut to make room for the class, so I really don't see the problem.
Obviously I wouldn't ask USC to follow Big Ten rules, I was asking a question if anyone knew what the Pac 10 rule was, if there is one at all.
My guess would be that the NCAA rules that allow backdating for early enrollees (I thought that was legal in the Big 10 too) and no more than 25 new players on campus in the Fall.
In the Big Ten you can back date early enrollees, but you still can only sign 28 total LOIs.
I thought backdated players counted for the previous class and had nothing to do with the current class. I think I'm confused.
The official limit is 25 in a class, but that can be extended to 28 as up to 3 early enrollees can be backdated to the previous class. That only works though if there's room to fit them under the 25 maximum. So If we signed 22 the year before, we could sign 28 as there would be room to fit the extra three from this class in the last one. If we signed 25 the year before, we'd be at a maximum of 25 this year.
And that's only the yearly maximum, without considering the overall maximum of 85.
I tried a few times to write this out and that's the clearest I can make it. Confusing as hell. I'm not even 100% sure what I said was right...
Yes, that's correct. I think the part he didn't understand is that if we signed 20 the year before, we cannot sign 30 this year, even if 5 enroll early and we have 30 spots available in the 85 overall limit. This is what USC did, and in the Big Ten that would be a no-no. Apparently the Pac Ten hasn't such rule.
EE's don't sign LOI's because they are already enrolled and taking classes on signing day. They sign financial aid papers instead the year prior.
How does that make a difference? The point is, for a given recruiting class, you can't bring in more than 28 guys, no matter whether or not they enroll early or what kind of paperwork they sign.
They had a ton of EE's, I don't remember the Pac12 having limit
Anybody wanna make a list of recruits we're going head to head against USC for? I know Magnuson comes to mind.
That would be a better list. Now that it's permanent, maybe some minds will change...
... the provision that allows Trojans seniors to transfer to another FBS school without sitting out the usual one-year penalty will remain.
Ronald Johnson? How old is Nick Perry? Come home, guys!
We're already trying to crunch numbers for our recruiting class, I don't see how we'd make room for transfers too.
Due to the post-season ban, NCAA rules allow any USC players who only have one year of eligibility remaining to transfer without sitting out a year. So, if someone like Ronald Johnson wanted to come to UM and we are not currently at our 85 scholly limit, we could take him. And it would only be for one year, so it will not impact how many kids we can sign in the 2012 class.
Except that Ronald Johnson already played 4 seasons of college football at USC.
I just grabbed his name as an example because it was suggested by the person to whom I was responding. My point was that USC players who have only one year of eligibility remaining can transfer without sitting out a year. If RoJo is out of eligibility, he is out of eligibility.
FWIW, if Kiffin "assured" any commits signed in the 2011 class that the appeal would be successful, those players also might be able to get out of their commitments a la Seantrel Henderson. No guarantee, but it depends on what the kids were told and how badly USC wants to retain (and fight in public with) kids who do not want to be there.
Kyle Murphy OL from San Clemente
Max Tuerk OL from Santa Margarita committed to USC
Andrus Peat OL from AZ
Jordan Payton WR from Westlake
kiffin should've insisted on a out clause in case the appeal was denied.
On the other hand, I think there's at least a chance Kiffin was hired into the official position of "fall guy." Let him sweat out the terrible sanction years, then drop him once they're in the clear.
just broke out a box of expensive cigars.
Hahahahahahaha I need to call my brother-in-law FUCK HIM hahahahahaha.
I love this.
I need to call all of my friends who are sc homers. I'm going to be having some fun at the expense of the homers at the bars this weekend.
SC tickets will be easy to find cheap these next few years, because when SC's not good, nobody goes to the games. Hell, outside of ND and UCLA, the stadium isn't that close to full even in good years. I've seen 3 Pac 10 games at the Coliseum, and none of them were more than about 80% full.
I'm glad that the games I went to were not full. Have you ever been backed up in that terrible gameday traffic? I would not go to the games if I didn't know people who went to school or lived nearby. Walking there and eating bacon wrapped hot dogs is the best way to go.
SC fans and Laker fans are one in the same. Show up late and leave early.
Do they come with a side of butter and a stent?
Clearly you've not had a roadside dirty dog in LA. Not all food is healthy Tater, including most of the best tasting.
Joking aside, some of the places (and by places I mean Hispanics with a cart on the sidewalk) will put mayo on your dog, but I don't do that.
Not all food is healthy Tater, including most of the best tasting.I would accept that as an axiom. If it tastes good, chances are it's bad for you.
USC's reaction to the NCAA: what's your deal?!
Can somebody answer this, when does this apply? Do the recruits who signed a LOI this year (2011) still get to stay on board? So this will be the 2012, 2013, and 2014 classes?
My understanding is that the penalties could not be enforced until the appeal process was over which is why they were able to sign 30 this past class. So the scholarship reductions will be applied to the '12, '13 and '14 classes.
They already have 8 commits for '12 so they're over halfway done. That makes me smile...
They are also subject to a limit of 75 players rather than the normal 85, so depending on how many guys they still have on the roster including the incoming 2011 guys they might not even be able to sign the full 15.
I can't wait to see what happens to OSU and Auburn.
What's your deal?
as 350 players a year come out of Los Angeles area high schools to play in the conference.
I take it this number includes every sport. There's no way 350 scholarship (and walk-on) football players per year join the Pac-10/12 conference out of Los Angeles.
Yeah, there might not be 350 players, from anywhere on Earth, who commit to Pac 12 schools in football every year. That would be over 29 players per school.
That's a lot of walk-ons.
That must be the stat. There is no way that 350 D-1 football players emerge every year from the LA school system.
That said, teams from Oregon and Arizona definitely need to take advantage of this ruling and grab the talent. And if UCLA held any dreams of becoming relevant again, the time is now to make their move.
Where do we stand with Andrus Peat???
Class of 2010 = 17 signed LOI - 6 played as freshmen leaving 11 with potential 5th years
Class of 2011 = 30 LOI - way to find a loophole and go all SEC.
Class of 2012 = 15
Class of 2013 = 15
Class of 2014 = 15
By the time the Class of 2010 gets to their 5th year, there will be 86 scolar-athletes on the squad barring any transfers, injuries, failures to qualify, decommits, etc.. And we all know there's never any transfers, injuries, failures to qualify, or decommittments.
Good luck Trojans. You and OSU can commiserate with each other.
So if someone transfers, fails to qualify, or leaves after he's signed his LOI, does USC get that scholarship back? If so it seems like certainly beat the system on this one.