Ole Miss Fighting Transfers
I thought I would throw this out there before April Fools Day. That way there is no confusion. Ole Miss will be fighting the "immediate eligibility" of those that are requesting transfers. Yes, that means Shea Patterson. Let's just say Ole Miss came out firing with their rebuttal to the NCAA. They are not going to admit any wrong doing or grant approvals for the players in question.
Michigan could have been more aggressive and used more documentation that was made available to them from Shea's attorney. Furthermore, Michigan may submit additional documentation if they can (not guaranteed). They are going to need it. Shea's attorney is far less optimistic than he was a week ago. Hence the statement, he is referring all future inquiries to Michigan's David Ablauf. For the first time in weeks, I am starting to think this going to be a 50/50 decision at best.
Attorney's advising Michigan are adamant that they miscalculated the Ole Miss response. Brace yourselves for the worst and pray for the best. We know what the right thing to do is, but we are now dealing with a corrupt instituition (Mississippi) and an organization (NCAA) with a less than stellar track record in making the right decisions!
Need to burn Ole Miss to the ground
Looks more like Mr. Patterson will not be the starter next year. The incompetence of the ncaa and their disdain for anything Michigan will see to it. Screw ole miss and the ncaa!!!!. Only hope the next man up is at least somewhat serviceable.
I saw the thread title and thought "oh, good, they've finally listened to all the people complaining about that damn Confederate battle flag and they're changing their nickname."
Honest question, since the NCAA clearly has no teeth, what really happens if he actually shows up at Michigan and Michigan plays him? I mean, REALLY what happens? Burn the institution to the ground.
All this money being wasted on attorneys on both sides and all the NCAA had to do, months ago, was allow Shea (and others) to be eligible. No one would be hurt by such decision.
Let's just say Ole Miss came out firing with their rebuttal to the NCAA. They are not going to admit any wrong doing or grant approvals for the players in question.
This would be the expected response from Ole Miss though, I would think. Even in the face of serious allegations from the NCAA itself, their official reply is going to be "Nothing to see here. Keep moving." as the place slowly catches fire. What I wonder is whether or not the NCAA can simply dismiss any argument that Ole Miss might present based on that. Someone out there who knows more than I will hopefully explain the mechanics of this.
It is in the NCAA's hands to decide and they haven't had the best track record when it comes to rational decisions. See North Carolina, PSU etc. I would have much rather Ole Miss said nothing or didn't put up a fight at all. However, you are right. This should have been expected.
My one question is whether Michigan did not come with guns fully blazing bc, whatever that means, it could compromise their position in a later situation where someone wants immediate eligibility transferring away from Michigan.
NCAA is going to make a decision with or without input from Mississippi and that decision will occur at some point, probably before the start of the season.
Attorney is overly optimistic about his case and now the outcome is less certain.
Michigan will have a QB to play against ND.
I wave my private parts at their aunties.
Hopefully they just want to say "we didn't do anything wrong" and then, after parties complain, move on to "ok we'll benevolently let you go because we've always had your best interests at heart "
I hope I am wrong, but I never thought Shea would be eligible. It just opens up a can of worms for the NCAA anytime this happens in the future. Its BS, but I have kept my expectations extremely low. Yes, it stings a bit after some early camp rumors, but I suspect we will see Peters or DM at Notre Dame..unless Speight comes back.
1. Michigan now looks stupid for not making a stronger case to do Ole Miss a service
2. Ole Miss is pathetic
3. How can Michigan, as an institution with the alumni network and tradition not have enough pull to make things like this happen no matter what
The NCAA cannot come down on the side of Ole Miss. They penalized Ole Miss, and letting the players be eligible this year should follow with the penalties. We can see they we mislead about how severe the penalty would be.
Having said that, we might be seeing Dylan McCaffrey vs Notre Dame on September 1.