The coach had contact with a recruit's parent during a recruiting dead period. No contact is allowed, no matter who initiates it. :fp:Quote:
Originally Posted by razorback44
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The coach had contact with a recruit's parent during a recruiting dead period. No contact is allowed, no matter who initiates it. :fp:Quote:
Originally Posted by razorback44
Yeah, some of these had their place and reason at one time and some still do (some of the recruiting dead periods and no contact, but there has to be some common sense with this crap, which unfortunately the NCAA completely lacks.
I think that most (if not all) of the rules still have a place. But it's like the 15-yard facemask penalty. There's a penalty when you crank on it and a penalty when you brush it. Intent is not considered (AFAIK). I don't know that there would have been a difference between Meyer saying "Good luck" and Meyer reading him War & Peace. Maybe the latter would have been a major violation.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
Secondary violations, based on this list, simply aren't even worth noting.
Which is the good thing, that secondary violations usually only result in training sessions/classes, nominal sums of money being paid back, etc. If 46 violations for Ohio State is "normal", though I'd hope any university and compliance department worth paying for would be trying their damnedest to try and stop these violations from ever happening from year to year, then I assume we'd see just as many from any other university around the nation, so thankfully the NCAA has some bit of common sense there in treating these secondary violations as just minor bumps and requiring minor things like classes and small sums money being paid back, and not trying to come down with the hammer as they do when it comes to major violations.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
the only school who's had the hammer given to them for a major violation in recent years has been usc.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
every other school who's been in the news recently has gotten a slap on the wrist.
Good to see the CWS have some fresh faces in it like Kent State and Stony Brook. They'll definitely be the fan favorites in Omaha.
I haven't seen so many people disappointed here in Baton Rouge since the day after the BCS Championship.
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GAMECOCKS WIN!!!! Final Score 3-2 victory over Arkansas! South Carolina will head back to the CWS Finals for the third straight year!!
Congrats to South Carolina.
Congrats Naitch! I had to get to sleep last night since I had to be into work at 3am this morning, so I didn't get to watch the comeback (it was 2-0 Arkansas when I went to sleep), but I was hoping South Carolina would come back and win it. With Kent State eliminated, South Carolina was the next team in line that I wanted to see win it all, so I'm happy to see they'll get a chance to win that third straight title.
Quit the year so far Nature Boy, first the Kings and now maybe the College WS.
Unfortunately for Naitch, I will not be supporting his amazing year continuing into the fall. As a Broncos fan, I can not legally root for the Raiders to win the Super Bowl. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by psuexv
Thanks guys. It's still hard to believe South Carolina is just two wins away from a 3rd straight National Championship. I have had a good run by my favorite sports teams so far this year. All I can say is it's about freakin' time. lol. Being a SC, Kings and Raiders fan, I've had to sit through a lot of shitty years. The lone bright spot has been the Lakers but they had some very crappy years during the 90's. Unless something major happens, I don't see them winning anymore NBA Championships for a very long time.
:D SmoothPancakes, I don't think anyone has to worry about rooting for the Raiders winning a Super Bowl anytime soon. Heck, if they could just make the playoffs this season, I would be a happy camper.
:up: :South_Carolina: It's been a great three year run by South Carolina. Back to Back National Titles and they made it all the way back to the CWS Finals again this year. They came up short tonight but they have nothing to be ashamed of.
Wait? You mean you were still a fan when they weren't winning?Quote:
Originally Posted by NatureBoy
:D oh shut upQuote:
Originally Posted by psuexv
This is why I love being a fan of a military academy.
Posted on the Navy Athletics Facebook page.
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The Navy men's lacrosse team flew back to BWI airport today after playing Notre Dame in a fall lacrosse game on Saturday. While at BWI, the team encountered 67 World War II veterans. After having the opportunity to shake their hand and thank them for their service, the team lined up and saluted them as their buses passed by. It put the entire trip in perspective.
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God Bless Our Troops.
they dont get near the respect that they should. at least not by the media.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
No mention of the score? Oh wait, ND won. ;)
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Well, yes and no. The academies get more air time than a school of their football prestige would get, were they not named Army, Navy or Air Force. So they get a healthy amount. That said, they do deserve more. But I don't mean more games ... I think the media services really need to do more behind-the-scenes type stories with the academies. Most college students (let alone the average CFB fan) is completely oblivious to how different academy life is.Quote:
Originally Posted by baseballplyrmvp
Like for instance, the feature length documentary film 'A Game of Honor' that Showtime and CBS Sports made last year before and during the season, ending with the Army-Navy game. 2 1/2 hours (at least on CBS Sports Network with commercials) of Army and Navy life, from I-Day, Plebe Summer, Beast Barracks, games throughout the seasons, both Army and Navy's games against Air Force, the countdown to Army-Navy, Army-Navy game day, and after.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Here's a link, where you can watch both the 23 minute Prelude: The Making of 'A Game of Honor' and a 3 1/2 minute clip from Army-Navy game day.
Supposedly, the scuttlebutt going around the internet right now is that there will a DVD/Blu-ray release sometime in the coming months. As for when it actually will ever get released on DVD/Blu-ray, who the hell knows. 'A Game of Honor' aired on Showtime on December 21st, 2011, and was on CBS Sports Network two or three times throughout January 2012, and has not been seen a single time on any TV channel since then.
Personally I don't know what the hell Showtime and CBS Sports are waiting for. This is Army and Navy we're talking about. You could ship 50,000 copies to Annapolis on a Saturday afternoon during football season and every single one would be sold and gone before kickoff. Same for West Point. Same for Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, etc with the tens and hundreds of thousands of Army and Navy fans, former Army soldiers and Navy sailers, those currently in the Army and Navy. Showtime and CBS Sports would rake in millions. But they refuse to release the damn DVD/Blu-ray. That would be either an instant pre-order for me online, or I'd be hunting like a mofo around every damn place that sells DVDs in a 50 mile radius trying to find a copy at a store the very day it came out.
Now when the DVD/Blu-ray of 'A Game of Honor' does come out, if it ever does at this rate, hopefully they'll look at doing some more behind the scenes stuff at the academies.
Fixed. My point exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
From ElevenWarriors.com
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There were 26 rule changes that were proposed on Saturday, 25 of which were passed. Here's the rundown of the big changes.
Coaches are granted unlimited phone calls and text messages to eligible recruits. Somewhere, Kelvin Sampson bemoans that this was not done sooner.
Restrictions on printed material/advertisements to recruits have been lifted as well.
Social media contact is now equivalent to traditional media contact (i.e. phone calls, texts, mailers). Coaches are allowed unlimited contact via Facebook and Twitter (however discreetly).
Recruits are permitted to receive outside sponsorship of competition-related expenditures without compromising eligibility. Remember Sharrif Floyd's "bake sale"? Totally above board now, provided the donor is not an agent of any kind.
The "Baton Rule" is no more. Now, programs can have any number of coaches on the road recruiting as they please.
Recruits can be considered "student athletes" after the National Letter of Intent is signed and faxed. This makes them eligible for any permissible benefits that can be provided once athletes step foot on campus for classes.
This all sounds like the NCAA has essentially liberalized recruiting, short of signing high school athletes to professional contracts with free shoes bonuses.
Wow. The NCAA just opened a ridiculous large can of worms. :smh:
Yeah. I can understand wanting to pare down the rule book, but they just made recruiting a 24/7 competition. That's not a good thing. Those assistant coaches just lost any free time they had left.
Yup. It was bad enough as it was with the invasion into people's twitter and facebook stuff, but now it's going to be 24/7 non-stop insanity with that shit. What is there that says these coaches can't hit up these kids in junior high now? Sure as hell sounds like they can if they want to.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Musberger signed a poster of Kathryn Webb for an Iowa State student :D "she's a 10"
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I was always indifferent to Brent until the BCS Championship. Now I like him. He kept it real and is handling the backlash like a G.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
I agree. You can tell he's not going to fall in line to be PC and isn't running & hiding like most would in the situation. He did nothing wrong, so why not?Quote:
Originally Posted by souljahbill
I love how he seems to sneak in references to sports lines and betting in broadcasts more and more. I crack up every time.
Tyrann Mathieu told an NFL team in a draft interview that he failed TEN drug tests before LSU suspended him :smh:
"....the Oakland Raiders select...."Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
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Basically.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
At least he was honest.
Or my Cowboys.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Nevermind.
Completely forgot that bdoughty had posted the link elsewhere.
Damn good Softball game going on right now. OU and Tenn in the Championship - game one. 10 innings of goose eggs and then Tenn hits a 3 run HR and OU somehow pulls out 3 runs in dramatic fashion to tie it up. To the 12th inning we go.
Boom.... two run walk off HR by the best power hitter in all of softball and she is only a Sophomore. OU wins game one. Great game and hats off to the Tenn pitcher for holding OU scoreless for 10 innings.
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Gordon Gee retires from Ohio State over his insensitive remarks.
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I will miss his popcorn.
All this over some semi-funny comments during a private function. Go fuck yourself media.