All I can say is THANK GOD the SEC doesn't shoot themselves in the foot like the Big 10 does. Your own "over signing" high and mighty moral rules only serve to make Michigan and the rest of the Big 10 poorly competitive, as exemplified by Bama's crushing of Michigan State 49-7. Everywhere I looked on Michigan's blog sites where fans are lamenting "over signing", you could smell their insane jealousy of the SEC and of Bama/Saban in particular. Why is Saban such a demon to you guys? He's not broken any NCAA rules. Ole Miss has the most over signed this year, but they are not being crucified. If you crunch the numbers over the past 4 years, Auburn even has more "over signed" players than does Alabama. You don't hear the players who leave the team due to medical hardships, the guys who transfer out because they just couldn't compete with the talent level of their college, etc. whining like you guys in the Big 10 are. At least they understand that college football is big business and it isn't a pansy world where "life is fair". They understand very well that if you can't compete, you're going to be on the bench. Should they stay on the bench at their beloved university of choice or, for the good of the team, transfer out for more playing time at a less competitive school? Saban says he hasn't forced any player to move on. He sits down with them and explains reality to them and then gives them options. Rodriguez, I assume, does the same thing. Then the coaches have to try to get enough signees to reach their total tally of 85 scholarship players. Who is hurting the kids more... 1. Saban, who tells kids what their chances of playing really is and offers the injured ones a medical hardship scholarship for a college education or a transfer to another school where they'll likely have a better shot at playing, or 2. Rodriguez who can't even give borderline academic high quality players like Demar Dorsey a shot to play because of dumb self-imposed rules by the Big 10? The trouble with the Big 10 is that you are a bunch of whiners who believe somehow that you are on a higher ethical plain than everybody else!. If you want to sit on your pedestal and cry about other conferences figuring ways to have the best football teams while at the same time being realistic with the kids, just keep at it, for all the rest of the NCAA cares. According to the numbers everywhere I looked, Michigan had 17-19 scholarships available going into recruiting season, but somehow, magically, through transfers and losses of great players like Demar Dorsey because of Michigan’s "academic standards", Rodriguez signed 20 players total. So he "over signed" one to three players, anticipating team members' transfers, drop outs, and academic non-qualifiers. How THE HECK can you whine and complain with a straight face? Rodriguez isn’t somehow better than Saban, he’s just in a conference that has chosen to keep their coaches with one hand tied behind their back? Both coaches "over sign", and have legitimate reasons as to why they do it they way they do. As long as the numbers come out to be 85 scholarships by the beginning of the football season, you're within NCAA regulations, PERIOD. So the SEC over signs more than the Big 10... sooooo what!? Spurrier said that over signing is "helpful" because so many of the players in the state come from underprivileged backgrounds and may not qualify academically. He said the Big Ten, which has curbed over signing for decades, is making a mistake by doing so. "I think that really hurts them a lot," Spurrier said. "They end up giving scholarships to a lot of walk-ons." Keep whining Wolverines... and being irrelevant in competition to boot.
All I can say is THANK GOD the SEC doesn't shoot themselves in the foot like the Big 10 does. Your own "over signing" high and mighty moral rules only serve to make Michigan and the rest of the Big 10 poorly competitive, as exemplified by Bama's crushing of Michigan State 49-7. Everywhere I looked on Michigan's blog sites where fans are lamenting "over signing", you could smell their insane jealousy of the SEC and of Bama/Saban in particular. Why is Saban such a demon to you guys? He's not broken any NCAA rules. Ole Miss has the most over signed this year, but they are not being crucified. If you crunch the numbers over the past 4 years, Auburn even has more "over signed" players than does Alabama. You don't hear the players who leave the team due to medical hardships, the guys who transfer out because they just couldn't compete with the talent level of their college, etc. whining like you guys in the Big 10 are. At least they understand that college football is big business and it isn't a pansy world where "life is fair". They understand very well that if you can't compete, you're going to be on the bench. Should they stay on the bench at their beloved university of choice or, for the good of the team, transfer out for more playing time at a less competitive school? Saban says he hasn't forced any player to move on. He sits down with them and explains reality to them and then gives them options. Rodriguez, I assume, does the same thing. Then the coaches have to try to get enough signees to reach their total tally of 85 scholarship players. Who is hurting the kids more... 1. Saban, who tells kids what their chances of playing really is and offers the injured ones a medical hardship scholarship for a college education or a transfer to another school where they'll likely have a better shot at playing, or 2. Rodriguez who can't even give borderline academic high quality players like Demar Dorsey a shot to play because of dumb self-imposed rules by the Big 10? The trouble with the Big 10 is that you are a bunch of whiners who believe somehow that you are on a higher ethical plain than everybody else!. If you want to sit on your pedestal and cry about other conferences figuring ways to have the best football teams while at the same time being realistic with the kids, just keep at it, for all the rest of the NCAA cares. According to the numbers everywhere I looked, Michigan had 17-19 scholarships available going into recruiting season, but somehow, magically, through transfers and losses of great players like Demar Dorsey because of Michigan’s "academic standards", Rodriguez signed 20 players total. So he "over signed" one to three players, anticipating team members' transfers, drop outs, and academic non-qualifiers. How THE HECK can you whine and complain with a straight face? Rodriguez isn’t somehow better than Saban, he’s just in a conference that has chosen to keep their coaches with one hand tied behind their back? Both coaches "over sign", and have legitimate reasons as to why they do it they way they do. As long as the numbers come out to be 85 scholarships by the beginning of the football season, you're within NCAA regulations, PERIOD. So the SEC over signs more than the Big 10... sooooo what!? Spurrier said that over signing is "helpful" because so many of the players in the state come from underprivileged backgrounds and may not qualify academically. He said the Big Ten, which has curbed over signing for decades, is making a mistake by doing so. "I think that really hurts them a lot," Spurrier said. "They end up giving scholarships to a lot of walk-ons." Keep whining Wolverines... and being irrelevant in competition to boot.
All I can say is THANK GOD the SEC doesn't shoot themselves in the foot like the Big 10 does. Your own "oversigning" high and mighty moral rules only serve to make Michigan and the rest of the Big 10 poorly competetive, as exemplified by Bama's crushing of Michigan State 49-7. Everywhere I looked on Michigan's blog sites where fans are lamenting "oversigning", you could smell their insane jealousy of the SEC and of Bama/Saban in particular. Why is Saban such a demon to you guys? He's not broken any NCAA rules. Ole Miss has the most oversigned this year, but they are not being crucified. If you crunch the numbers over the past 4 years, Auburn even has more "oversigned" players than does Alabama. You don't hear the players who leave the team due to medical hardships, the guys who transfer out because they just couldn't compete with the talent level of their college, etc. whining like you guys in the Big 10 are. At least they understand that college football is big business and it isn't a pansy world where "life is fair". They understand very well that if you can't compete, you're going to be on the bench. Should they stay on the bench at their beloved university of choice or, for the good of the team, transfer out for more playing time at a less competative school? Saban says he hasn't forced any player to move on. He sits down with them and explains reality to them and then gives them options. Rodriguez, I assume, does the same thing. Then the coaches have to try to get enough signees to reach their total talley of 85 scholarship players. Who is hurting the kids more... 1. Saban, who tells kids what their chances of playing really is and offers the injured ones a medical hardship scholarship for a college education or a transfer to another school where they'll likely have a better shot at playing, or 2. Rodriguez who can't even give borderline achedemic high quality players like Demar Dorsey a shot to play because of dumb self-imposed rules by the Big 10? The trouble with the Big 10 is that you are a bunch of whiners who believe somehow that you are on a higher ethical plain than everybody else!. If you want to sit on your pedestel and cry about other conferences figuring ways to have the best football teams while at the same time being realistic with the kids, just keep at it, for all the rest of the NCAA cares. According to the numbers everywhere I looked, Michigan had 17-19 scholarships available going into recruiting season, but somehow, magically, through transfers and losses of great players like Demar Dorsey because of Michigans's "achedemic standards", Rodriguez signed 20 players total. So he "oversigned" one to three players, anticipating team members' transfers, drop outs, and achedemic non-qualifiers. How THE HECK can you whine and complain with a straight face that he's somehow better than Saban? They both "oversign", and have legitamate reasons as to why they do it they way they do. As long as the numbers come out to be 85 scholarships by the beginning of the football season, you're within NCAA regulations, PERIOD. So the SEC oversigns more than the Big 10... so what!? Spurrier said that oversigning is "helpful" because so many of the players in the state come from underprivileged backgrounds and may not qualify academically. He said the Big Ten, which has curbed oversigning for decades, is making a mistake by doing so. "I think that really hurts them a lot," Spurrier said. "They end up giving scholarships to a lot of walk-ons." Keep whining Wolverines... and being irrelevent in competition to boot.
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All I can say is THANK GOD the SEC doesn't shoot themselves in the foot like the Big 10 does. Your own "over signing" high and mighty moral rules only serve to make Michigan and the rest of the Big 10 poorly competitive, as exemplified by Bama's crushing of Michigan State 49-7. Everywhere I looked on Michigan's blog sites where fans are lamenting "over signing", you could smell their insane jealousy of the SEC and of Bama/Saban in particular. Why is Saban such a demon to you guys? He's not broken any NCAA rules. Ole Miss has the most over signed this year, but they are not being crucified. If you crunch the numbers over the past 4 years, Auburn even has more "over signed" players than does Alabama. You don't hear the players who leave the team due to medical hardships, the guys who transfer out because they just couldn't compete with the talent level of their college, etc. whining like you guys in the Big 10 are. At least they understand that college football is big business and it isn't a pansy world where "life is fair". They understand very well that if you can't compete, you're going to be on the bench. Should they stay on the bench at their beloved university of choice or, for the good of the team, transfer out for more playing time at a less competitive school? Saban says he hasn't forced any player to move on. He sits down with them and explains reality to them and then gives them options. Rodriguez, I assume, does the same thing. Then the coaches have to try to get enough signees to reach their total tally of 85 scholarship players. Who is hurting the kids more... 1. Saban, who tells kids what their chances of playing really is and offers the injured ones a medical hardship scholarship for a college education or a transfer to another school where they'll likely have a better shot at playing, or 2. Rodriguez who can't even give borderline academic high quality players like Demar Dorsey a shot to play because of dumb self-imposed rules by the Big 10? The trouble with the Big 10 is that you are a bunch of whiners who believe somehow that you are on a higher ethical plain than everybody else!. If you want to sit on your pedestal and cry about other conferences figuring ways to have the best football teams while at the same time being realistic with the kids, just keep at it, for all the rest of the NCAA cares. According to the numbers everywhere I looked, Michigan had 17-19 scholarships available going into recruiting season, but somehow, magically, through transfers and losses of great players like Demar Dorsey because of Michigan’s "academic standards", Rodriguez signed 20 players total. So he "over signed" one to three players, anticipating team members' transfers, drop outs, and academic non-qualifiers. How THE HECK can you whine and complain with a straight face? Rodriguez isn’t somehow better than Saban, he’s just in a conference that has chosen to keep their coaches with one hand tied behind their back? Both coaches "over sign", and have legitimate reasons as to why they do it they way they do. As long as the numbers come out to be 85 scholarships by the beginning of the football season, you're within NCAA regulations, PERIOD. So the SEC over signs more than the Big 10... sooooo what!? Spurrier said that over signing is "helpful" because so many of the players in the state come from underprivileged backgrounds and may not qualify academically. He said the Big Ten, which has curbed over signing for decades, is making a mistake by doing so. "I think that really hurts them a lot," Spurrier said. "They end up giving scholarships to a lot of walk-ons." Keep whining Wolverines... and being irrelevant in competition to boot.
All I can say is THANK GOD the SEC doesn't shoot themselves in the foot like the Big 10 does. Your own "oversigning" high and mighty moral rules only serve to make Michigan and the rest of the Big 10 poorly competetive, as exemplified by Bama's crushing of Michigan State 49-7. Everywhere I looked on Michigan's blog sites where fans are lamenting "oversigning", you could smell their insane jealousy of the SEC and of Bama/Saban in particular. Why is Saban such a demon to you guys? He's not broken any NCAA rules. Ole Miss has the most oversigned this year, but they are not being crucified. If you crunch the numbers over the past 4 years, Auburn even has more "oversigned" players than does Alabama. You don't hear the players who leave the team due to medical hardships, the guys who transfer out because they just couldn't compete with the talent level of their college, etc. whining like you guys in the Big 10 are. At least they understand that college football is big business and it isn't a pansy world where "life is fair". They understand very well that if you can't compete, you're going to be on the bench. Should they stay on the bench at their beloved university of choice or, for the good of the team, transfer out for more playing time at a less competative school? Saban says he hasn't forced any player to move on. He sits down with them and explains reality to them and then gives them options. Rodriguez, I assume, does the same thing. Then the coaches have to try to get enough signees to reach their total talley of 85 scholarship players. Who is hurting the kids more... 1. Saban, who tells kids what their chances of playing really is and offers the injured ones a medical hardship scholarship for a college education or a transfer to another school where they'll likely have a better shot at playing, or 2. Rodriguez who can't even give borderline achedemic high quality players like Demar Dorsey a shot to play because of dumb self-imposed rules by the Big 10? The trouble with the Big 10 is that you are a bunch of whiners who believe somehow that you are on a higher ethical plain than everybody else!. If you want to sit on your pedestel and cry about other conferences figuring ways to have the best football teams while at the same time being realistic with the kids, just keep at it, for all the rest of the NCAA cares. According to the numbers everywhere I looked, Michigan had 17-19 scholarships available going into recruiting season, but somehow, magically, through transfers and losses of great players like Demar Dorsey because of Michigans's "achedemic standards", Rodriguez signed 20 players total. So he "oversigned" one to three players, anticipating team members' transfers, drop outs, and achedemic non-qualifiers. How THE HECK can you whine and complain with a straight face that he's somehow better than Saban? They both "oversign", and have legitamate reasons as to why they do it they way they do. As long as the numbers come out to be 85 scholarships by the beginning of the football season, you're within NCAA regulations, PERIOD. So the SEC oversigns more than the Big 10... so what!? Spurrier said that oversigning is "helpful" because so many of the players in the state come from underprivileged backgrounds and may not qualify academically. He said the Big Ten, which has curbed oversigning for decades, is making a mistake by doing so. "I think that really hurts them a lot," Spurrier said. "They end up giving scholarships to a lot of walk-ons." Keep whining Wolverines... and being irrelevent in competition to boot.