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LooseGoose wrote:Charles Matthews is just the fifth transfer for Kentucky under John Calipari

Consequently, the odds were forever going to be stacked against him receiving meaningful minutes. The 6-foot-6 guard averaged only 1.7 points and 1.6 rebounds in 10.3 minutes per game as a freshman. On paper, there's no reason to think he would've played more next season.

Turtleneck wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:Charles Matthews is just the fifth transfer for Kentucky under John Calipari

Under the tutelage of JB he will be National Player of the Year

Signed,

Poster The Dude

** ‘Amateur hour’ in Ann Arbor? … We spoke to a source on Sunday that was at both Ohio State's one-day camp on Friday and Michigan's camp on Saturday.

This source has stake in both programs so there is no bias, making it interesting what he had to say about each.

"I was at Michigan on Saturday and they had some impressive people there. Former NFL and Michigan stars helping to instruct various position groups. The quarterback camp they ran there may be one of the best in the country and the talent on hand was top notch across the board.

"But my biggest observation in going to both of the camps was just how professional the Ohio State one was. I mean Michigan's was run OK, but OSU's made it look like amateur hour. Everything from …

* Everything from what? What exactly set Ohio State’s camps apart from its rival’s?

verbosedutch1 (151) 3 months
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MSU received good news when Brandon Clemons was granted a 6th year, this seems to have greatly offended Seth Fisher, Assoc Editor of Mgoblog. Seth has been banging the drum for over 5 months that MSU has no cause to seek 6th years for Knox/Clemons/Davis. I conversed with him on Twitter pointing out he doesn't have access to their medical records and his response is MSU's player profiles show the red-shirts were voluntary.

So today I tweeted him letting him know Clemons had been granted his 6th year. I decided to check his tweets only to see a total shit show. Seth decided to inquire with an NCAA Compliance staff member to inquire how Clemons appeal was approved. He even went as far as to ask if the appeal was open to public review (No, Seth, academic and medical regards are protected information - you shouldn't need to ask that question). Dude topped that off with this dandy, "@NCAACOMPLIANCE What kind of liability would a school be assuming if they submit falsified medical records for an extra year of eligibility?"

I know this isn't probably the correct thread to throw this subject matter into, however I'd hate for anyone to miss the extreme lengths an editor of Mgoblog is going to in hopes to affirm his stance and the fact he's essentially implying MSU/Dantonio violated serious NCAA rules and committed fraud.

However there's a mention in a 2012 rivals article that Clemons played against CMU in 2011 "but retained his redshirt." That means they came up with an injury that year, which is a common enough practice. The NCAA let themselves be made rubes in using that as a basis for a 6th year, but at least they're going with a precedent. It also means MSU was prepared back in 2011 to present a medical case for Clemons being unable to compete as a true freshman. So it wouldn't require fabricating new records long after the fact like it would for Davis.

That means this ruling doesn't signal Ed Davis will get his 6th year, but it suggests how MSU is going to try: ironically to get the 6th year of eligibility they have to show he PLAYED in 2011 The problem is there is no evidence Davis played a snap in 2011, and since Davis was just normal-redshirting they would have had to have had some major foresight to fabricate medical documentation.

If they did, it suggests they were doing that for a lot of players, which is not only a MAJOR major violation, but the conspiratorial nature would up it to nuclear levels. I twittered today with a D2 compliance guy who writes on compliance issues and the gist of that conversation was that MSU's liability if caught making up injuries and presenting them in a 6th year case is "huge." The ol' play him them shelf him gambit is common, but getting caught would be more than a Tressel-level offense.

This whole thing is still very weird but unless Davis is actually cleared for a 6th year in fall it seems it's still just the usual weird.

Assoc. Editor & Business Manager, MGOBLOG

If you read the story of Jaguars running back Denard Robinson asleep in his car, sinking in a pond at 4:20 a.m., with local cops finding nothing wrong and thought the whole thing a little strange, you’re not alone. ...

Specifically, he wants a few more details about what happened, which seems a reasonable request when a professional football player sleeping in a car which is sinking in a pond leads his cops to think everything is perfectly normal.

DWags wrote:http://247sports.com/Bolt/NBA-suspends-Mitch-McGary-for-five-games-after-failed-drug-test-46153382

DWags wrote:http://247sports.com/Bolt/NBA-suspends-Mitch-McGary-for-five-games-after-failed-drug-test-46153382

Floyd Robertson wrote:F'in weirdo.

Floyd Robertson wrote:F'in weirdo.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:We will probably be 7.5 pt dogs, too.

Robinson, 25, drove a Chevrolet Impala into the pond near Beach and Southside boulevards shortly after 4 a.m. on July 3, according to the crash report. Robinson and his passenger, Marissa O. Staples, 29, of Cincinnati, were assisted out of the vehicle by authorities.

Robinson was asleep at the wheel and Staples also was sleeping when an officer responded, according to the report.

Borgert later screened Robinson at the scene and determined a citation should not be issued, according to the report.

According to the report, Robinson and Staples were helped from the car as it was sinking into the pond. Robinson thought he was still on the road as an officer removed his seat belt and turned off the car.

The officer told Robinson multiple times his car was in a pond, and he had to convince him to get out through the passenger door because the driver side was submerged, the report said.

Neither person was injured, and they refused help from rescue workers, according to the report.

The report did not indicate how Borgert concluded Robinson was not impaired or what tests were done to determine that.

The Times-Union asked the Sheriff’s Office on July 6 about tests Borgert might have performed to reach his conclusion and what protocol he followed, but have not received any answers outside the fact that there is an ongoing investigation.

The Times-Union also asked if Robinson and Staples were too tired to recall what happened, if police knew where they were coming from and how the two left the scene the morning of the crash. None of those questions have been answered after more than a week.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:bump..

Rocinante wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:Matt Charboneau ‏@mattcharboneau 4m4 minutes ago
FWIW, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was only one of six coaches today not to mention passing of Mike Sadler and Sam Foltz

LooseGoose wrote:Matt Charboneau ‏@mattcharboneau  4m4 minutes ago
FWIW, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was only one of six coaches today not to mention passing of Mike Sadler and Sam Foltz

LooseGoose wrote:Matt Charboneau ‏@mattcharboneau 4m4 minutes ago
FWIW, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was only one of six coaches today not to mention passing of Mike Sadler and Sam Foltz

CHICAGO -- Jim Harbaugh's recent appearance in a rap video produced by hip hop artist "Bailey" made quite a few rounds at Big Ten media days in Chicago on Monday.

Harbaugh was asked several times why he decided to take part in the video and how he thought it turned out.

He was clear at the podium earlier in the day that he believed "cool people" were fans of his rap video.

Later, away from the stage, he discussed the type of people who don't seem to like it.

"I had fun writing some of the lyrics. I had some input in that. I was in the video, it was fun, the feedback has been great. I've gotten texts from people, people have stopped me and told me 'that's really good,' " Harbaugh said. "We did not embarrass ourselves with that. It was a respectable song and video. All cool people like it.

"It's only uptight white people that don't like it, man."

In the interview, conducted by David Kaplan, Harbaugh was asked who he’d root for in a hypothetical Indiana-Michigan basketball matchup for the Big Ten championship.

“I would, first it would be great if that happens, but I would be rooting for Tom Crean and the Indiana Hoosiers,” Harbaugh said after a pause. “The families always come first.

SpartanInNH wrote:Seriously, this is just fuckin' ridiculous. I hope we ream their asses hard and dry.

Daily Focus: Most underrated teams in preseason coaches poll

SpartanInNH wrote:Seriously, this is just fuckin' ridiculous. I hope we ream their asses hard and dry.

Daily Focus: Most underrated teams in preseason coaches poll

Jake from State Farm wrote:

SpartanInNH wrote:Seriously, this is just fuckin' ridiculous.  I hope we ream their asses hard and dry.  

Daily Focus:  Most underrated teams in preseason coaches poll

They should just award them the August National Championship and be done with it.

LooseGoose wrote:Ryan Ermani is a little dense.

Ryan Ermanni ‏@RyanEFox2
As long as Harbaugh is at U-M, MSU will NEVER even play for a Big Ten championship! Yeah I said it!