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Or Jake MF Ryan...

The sentiment was dead on even if the reference was not quite.

You mean

MOAR stud linebackers from Holland, Michigan right?

On #5

Are we sure it wasn't a triple deflection?  Looks like Beyer may have gotten a piece from the get go...

Seth MacFarlane

says "I see what you did there...."  In the fine tradition of Lois getting smacked in the mammary.

+1, Truth

+1, Truth

This comment

is a nice example of the state of our country.

Yes, but

From what has been released, A&M was the source of the suspension and other remedial aspects, and the NCAA merely said it was ok with him playing thereafter.  A&M wasn't stupid like SC re: the Reggie Bush deal-- its lawyers did a better job of taking a firm but conciliatory approach.  I would be very suprised if the NCAA would ever impose a half game ban for anything-- as an enforcement remedy it would be embarassing, whereas as a self-punishment it is more a show of good faith.  The reality is that the NCAA couldn't prove the significant violation of taking money/value (even though it seems very likely that it happened), and it would have been silly for the NCAA to issue a punishment for the secondary violation (of allowing the sale of the autographs, etc. for someone else's profit).  http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=209242479

Actually that's not my logic

Actually that's not my logic at all.  What happened here it appears is that the NCAA decided that there was not a sufficient basis (or maybe any basis) to continue an enforcement action to the point where they would impose any sanctions.  That decision may have been based on A&M deciding to suspend him for a half, or it may have been the same decision even if A&M had decided to take no disciplinary action.  I strongly suspect that A&M decided for its own purposes that some kind of suspension was warranted, but since those purposes were self-interested, they made it a meaningless suspension.

Schools may submit proposed punishment or they may just impose punishment, either way hoping that it suffices or at a minimum convinces the NCAA that the school takes the issue seriously (versus USC who basically gave the NCAA the finger and therefore got banged for it).

I'll say it again...
This isn't an NCAA enforcement action.

The school suspended him, not the NCAA.  In theory to punish him for bad judgment in who he interacted with and to discourage others from doing the same.  Doesn't mean the NCAA isn't hypocritical or inconsistent, but it's not a direct comparison to discipline the NCAA has issued in other circumstances.

This isn't an NCAA enforcement action

The school suspended him, not the NCAA.  In theory to punish him for bad judgment in who he interacted with and to discourage others from doing the same.  Doesn't mean the NCAA isn't hypocritical or inconsistent, but it's not a direct comparison to discipline the NCAA has issued in other circumstances.

We are screwed

If someone tips off Child Protective Services to that stiff-arm on #17.

Bad HS tackling happens all the time...

Runs like that do not.

#2

All the more reason to give him #2 when he hits campus.

I can live with trimming the locks...

as long as no one is messing with his sword hand.

Oh I don't know...

... Poo Poo Turde might just fall in the "so far beyond bad to come back to good" category.  Kind of like the liquor selection on major airline dometic flights.