NCAA issues Rutgers football with notice of rules violations
Seven possible violations, all under Kyle Flood's watch.
The NCAA charges that Flood provided former cornerback Nadir Barnwell with an impermissible extra benefit by directly contacting a professor seeking special consideration for Barnwell in an academic course relating to the 2014-2015 academic year. In addition, it's believed that Flood is charged with failing to promote an atmosphere of compliance in the football program, violating the principles of NCAA head coach responsibility legislation.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:27 PM ^
Lol they need all the help they can get.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:29 PM ^
I'm sure they can get OSU, their "powerful ally," to help them out of this jam.
Seriously, they keep finding new ways to hit rock bottom. At some point, they're going to sink so low they'll hit Earth's molten core and disentigrate upon impact.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:57 PM ^
Someone has to pay for OSU's violations. i guess it's Rutgers' turn in the barrel...
December 20th, 2016 at 4:50 PM ^
Yeah, that Rutgers secret society that gave Harbaugh an Co. an official warning earlier this year said that they would be aided by OSU, their "powerful ally."
Pretty sure that the 58-0 drubbing you got from OSU means they couldn't give two shits about you, Rutgers....
December 20th, 2016 at 4:19 PM ^
Aka Earths Molten Core
December 20th, 2016 at 1:28 PM ^
That's enough for me. Kick'em out. (I really don't need an excuse for this course of action.)
December 20th, 2016 at 1:29 PM ^
at least they don't have to worry about having wins to vacate
December 20th, 2016 at 1:53 PM ^
jakerblue from the top rope!
December 20th, 2016 at 1:59 PM ^
You win MGoBlog today
December 20th, 2016 at 2:18 PM ^
Great line. Best of the day.
December 20th, 2016 at 3:41 PM ^
This is their new bold strategy - force the NCAA to vacate their losses.
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December 20th, 2016 at 5:50 PM ^
Having no wins to vacate is really the most Rutgers thing ever.
December 20th, 2016 at 6:41 PM ^
They probably went winless on purpose to stick it to the NCAA.
December 20th, 2016 at 7:31 PM ^
If you vacate losses as well they may be better off committing horrible violations so that they can keep these seasons off the books.
December 20th, 2016 at 9:15 PM ^
he actually made 5 tackles in the 2014 game, so...
December 20th, 2016 at 1:29 PM ^
Playing bad football is a violation.
December 20th, 2016 at 6:41 PM ^
The NCAA alleges that Rutgers played 4 full games without an offense this year. That's a violation - you need to play offense.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:29 PM ^
maybe the flood gates to recruiting NJ will finally open up
/s
December 21st, 2016 at 12:40 AM ^
gates? I sea what you did there.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:30 PM ^
Rutgers is the poker player who keep aces up his sleeves and still loses all his money.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:30 PM ^
Rutgers even sucks at cheating
December 20th, 2016 at 1:32 PM ^
Cheating but they still suck.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:30 PM ^
Looks like they're gonna have to forfeit that win.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:35 PM ^
Hey now don't disrespect those guys!
They got two wins, not one.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:31 PM ^
What are they guilty of? Impersonating a football team?
December 20th, 2016 at 6:44 PM ^
Stretchgate part deux!! As it surely wasn't more practice time.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:31 PM ^
Rutgers has more NCAA violations than B1G wins since they joined.
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December 20th, 2016 at 6:11 PM ^
but Rutgers will take the punishment for them.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:32 PM ^
In addition, it's believed that Flood is charged with failing to promote an atmosphere of compliance in the football program, violating the principles of NCAA head coach responsibility legislation.
That seems fairly non-specific.
Hard facts or shut the fuck up NCAA.
I would think that anyone who saw Rutgers play would realize they're already being violated weekly.
December 20th, 2016 at 2:14 PM ^
That's a catch all charge for a coach, similar to the dreaded lack of institutional control. It's a way of saying that the specific violations were not isolated events. It's purposely not specific.
December 20th, 2016 at 2:32 PM ^
Their play is a violation on my senses. That should be listed in the NCAA letter as well!
December 20th, 2016 at 1:33 PM ^
Nooooo....now they just have more excuses for their losses.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:34 PM ^
seems like the next logical step in some kind of regression
December 20th, 2016 at 1:41 PM ^
The slow dismantling of their entire program?
December 20th, 2016 at 7:34 PM ^
What is Rutgers 2016 Football?
December 20th, 2016 at 1:33 PM ^
This is from two years ago? Man, the NCAA is on top of it!!!!
December 20th, 2016 at 2:19 PM ^
contacting the professor. The NCAA just moves slowly. They tend to be fast (relatively) only when eligibility is an issue. Rutgers has already fired Flood and the AD and will probably avoid serious punishment. Could be a show cause for Flood.
December 20th, 2016 at 5:50 PM ^
Was anyone going to interview Flood even without the show-cause?
December 20th, 2016 at 6:08 PM ^
I think based on his win-loss record alone, he would be coaching somewhere, maybe even Rutgers. His suspension let everyone know that NCAA issues might follow him.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:34 PM ^
is playing football in the first place and charging fans to watch it....
December 20th, 2016 at 1:35 PM ^
Can you imagine the score if they had not cheated??
December 20th, 2016 at 2:03 PM ^
They beat us 26-24 that year, didn't they?
December 20th, 2016 at 2:26 PM ^
negged for not drinking enough to forget
December 20th, 2016 at 2:34 PM ^
Yes, I was there.
December 20th, 2016 at 4:25 PM ^
We made Rutgers ragret that!
downvoting myself for spelling it right the first time and killing the joke with an edit.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:35 PM ^
Sanctions on Rutgers football could take them from dumpster fire to FCS level.
December 20th, 2016 at 1:37 PM ^
Why would you insult the FCS like that?
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December 20th, 2016 at 1:47 PM ^
FCS teams would thump them like...uh... things that are known to ... thump other ... things....
December 20th, 2016 at 1:37 PM ^
So what? What are they going to do? Impose a bowl ban?
December 20th, 2016 at 1:48 PM ^
retroactively kick them out of the B1G, so Sparty would have NO conference wins for this past season....