Possible West Va Violations?

Submitted by DrewG32 on

I was listening to ESPN radio while working on a little homework, and during the most recent 20 minute sportscenter update, they mentioned something about an investigation at West Virginia about possible violations. And unfortunately they had to throw on the "under Rich Rodriguez's administration". Has anyone heard anything on this? And could it potentially have any implications on us?

DesHow21

April 13th, 2010 at 1:56 PM ^

A certain Bball has made his entire career based on that loophole.

I say RR make up serious shit and "self-report" the hell out of WVA.

Take that mofos!!

Dark Blue

April 13th, 2010 at 2:01 PM ^

Now this thread may be enough to cue a meltdown(No offense to the Amani Toomer thread).

The difference between this and John Calaparri, is the media is smitten with Calaparri, while RR in the last couple of years has become a punching bag.

thesauce2424

April 13th, 2010 at 2:04 PM ^

They probably figure if it happened here it must have happened at WV. I don't know the precedent on this, but I would imagine they try to find out just how long this sort of thing has gone on. I hope they give us our punishment before anything turns up at WVU. Can't help but wonder if something did turn up what it would do as far as our penalty goes( even though they should be viewed as separate institutional problems).

ChitownWolverine82

April 13th, 2010 at 2:06 PM ^

I'm done caring until we...

A) Lose scholarships
2. Are banned from post season play
D- Obtain a sub .500 record for a 3rd straight season

Once those start to happen, I will become much more concerned/enraged.

SpreadGuru

April 13th, 2010 at 2:09 PM ^

the NCAA visited West Virginia about possible rules violations that took place prior to December 2007? No wonder the NCAA cannot get around to USC and their lies of a "massive scale" under Tim Floyd, Pete Carroll and Mike Garrett. This is complete bullshit to me. If the violations are not RR's doing, then this is a complete farce. I'm sure the painter (Stewart) is involved and that's where the focus should be.

RedGreene

April 13th, 2010 at 2:10 PM ^

SonOfABitchFuckingDamnitShitCocksuckingBastardMotherFucker!

Ok, I feel better now. So, does anyone think Devin will start against UConn?

ChalmersE

April 13th, 2010 at 2:18 PM ^

if they find evidence that it occurred at WVa, then it may impact RR's credibility in the UM investigation -- and undercut some of the inadvertent arguments that were being made a few weeks back.

Geaux_Blue

April 13th, 2010 at 2:27 PM ^

if RR within the current UM investigation has said "i didn't know that was against the rules, it's how i've always been doing it" then of COURSE the NCAA is going to follow up on his prev coaching position. they're not looking for a body, they're just doing due diligence.

i legitimately couldn't care less.

Bosch

April 13th, 2010 at 3:14 PM ^

of doing what every other major program in the country is doing? Yeah, I'm going there!

I suspect that if they do some serious digging, that they will find that RR did similar things at WV that has come up in the UM investigation, because the accusations and finding are complete garbage.

Why doesn't the NCAA turn their attention on Florida, Alabama, USC, Texas, Oklahoma, etc. to see how many hours they fucking practice a week?

MI Expat NY

April 13th, 2010 at 2:18 PM ^

Until I hear otherwise, I'm going to assume that it was the same sort of issues we've had. Which would make sense, he didn't suddenly forget how to count stretching time. If there's nothing new and west virginia is just "guilty" of the same things Michigan was, I don't see how this makes one bit of difference.

Wolverine In Exile

April 13th, 2010 at 2:20 PM ^

sounds to me like NCAA doing due dilligence to see if there was a pattern of non-compliance by Rodriguez regarding practice time and the other accusations. Since there's no time associated with the NCAA visits of WV, I wouldn't be surprised if the WV story broke as a result of a flurry of FOIA requests flying around by various newspapers asking the extent of the NCAA's investigation into RichRod. If I was a jilted lover, er school, damn right I'm confirming that investigators talked to me about my ex.

Essentially, I'm just taking a "move along" approach until the final results and Michigan's response is presented.

Wolverine In Exile

April 13th, 2010 at 2:27 PM ^

Could be Rosenberg, Snyder, Beckett, some slappy from the Coal Mine Gazette... with the UM press conference where they acknowledged what the NCAA accusations were, it doesn't take a PhD in journalism to start sending out FOIA requets to every school Rodriguez was associated with to see if they were contacted by the NCAA.

The bottom line is: the witch hunt is on and will only stop (or be mitigated) by a slap on the hand by the NCAA AND a winning season in 2010.

TruBlue15

April 13th, 2010 at 3:24 PM ^

As of 3:12 PM Eastern time, I have been informed that this is the top page center story on a certain local papers website. I refuse to visit the site, so I can neither confirm or deny this report, but it came from my Father, so I would assume he was not lying to me.