NCAA football, 2013-14

[grumbler]

And on any other forum, Grumber calling ohio state 'ohio' world have a pack of Buckeyes braying for his blood.

Tell the team that plays in Ohio Stadium and spells out script Ohio with their band* that their name isn't "Ohio." 

* a tradition borrowed, with permission, from its inventors in the Michigan Marching Band.

[MadBurgerMaker]

ESPN has seen video of Johnny Hancock signing stuff and turning down "additional" money for personalized autographs:

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/9544137/broker-says-johnny-manziel-took-7500-autographing-helmets

An East Coast autograph broker told ESPN on Tuesday that Johnny Manziel was paid $7,500 for signing approximately 300 mini- and full-sized helmets on Jan. 11 and 12 while he was attending the Walter Camp Football Foundation event in January.

The broker played two cell phone videos for ESPN showing Manziel signing white Texas A&M helmets and footballs laid out on a bed in a hotel room. The video does not show Manziel accepting any money.

The broker said the room was at The Omni in New Haven, Conn., during the Camp event. He said the signing took place at three different times on Jan. 11-12, totaling about an hour.

The broker and his partner originally requested money to release the videos for use on ESPN, which ESPN declined to pay. The broker did allow ESPN's Joe Schad to view the videos. Later, the broker said he had decided not to sell the videos.

The broker said the videos, approximately nine minutes in length in total, were initially shot only to be used as proof with authenticating company PSA/DNA.

On the videos, which the broker said were recorded without Manziel's knowledge, ESPN heard Manziel say "you never did a signing with me" and that if the broker were to tell anyone, he would refuse to deal with him again in the future. Manziel, who appeared comfortable throughout the video recordings, also said if asked, he would say he had simply been approached by various autograph seekers.

At one point, ESPN heard a broker ask Manziel if he would take additional cash to sign with special inscriptions, but Manziel declined, indicating he had done that before and it led to questions. The video does not show Manziel accepting cash, which the broker alleges happened three times. The broker told ESPN Manziel said he wanted money for new rims for his vehicle.

The broker said he secured so many autographs from Manziel that not all of them had been listed for sale. He stated some had been sold on Ebay and some had been passed on to dealers. He also said that Manziel's friend and personal assistant -- Nate Fitch- - was not present or involved in the alleged transactions.

The broker said he does not intend to cooperate with the ongoing NCAA investigation involving Manziel and autographs, originally reported Sunday by Outside the Lines.

In that report, OTL said the NCAA was looking into Manziel getting paid for signing hundreds of autographs on photos and sports memorabilia around the time of the Discover BCS National Championship game in Miami. Two sources said they witnessed the signing, but neither saw the actual exchange of money.

Three sources told "OTL" that Manziel signed photographs, footballs, mini football helmets and other items at the request of an autograph broker named Drew Tieman. Two sources, who are aware of the signing arrangement, told "OTL" that Tieman approached Manziel on Jan. 6, when he landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to attend the game between Alabama and Notre Dame the next day.

After that meeting, three sources said, Manziel, accompanied by Fitch, visited Tieman's residence and signed hundreds of items in the main room of the apartment despite the fact that there were many people in the room. Before Manziel left South Florida, after taking in the title game, he signed hundreds of autographs more, one source said.

The source also told "OTLs" that James Garland, the NCAA's assistant director of enforcement, in June contacted Tieman and at least one person associated with the signings. The source said Garland, who did not return calls from "Outside the Lines" for comment, told the person that he wanted to talk about Manziel signing items that had appeared for sale on eBay. An NCAA spokeswoman cited NCAA policy to "Outside the Lines" and declined to comment on Sunday.

If the NCAA investigation finds that Manziel has violated NCAA Bylaw 12.5.2.1 -- accepting money for promoting or advertising the commercial sale of a product or service -- he could be ruled ineligible.

[Valmy]

Here MBM to help you get fired up: http://www.texassports.com/news/2013/8/6/FB_0806130619.aspx

A&M is clearly too sloppy in their cheating to be in the SEC.  Cam Newton never would have gotten caught on tape.

[MadBurgerMaker]

New website?  Not MackBrown-Texas Football.com anymore?  I know it's there as the title, but that used to be the actual address.   

Thanks for the video.  Mad Dog is ridiculous, but it's good to see the Horns again. 

A&M is clearly too sloppy in their cheating to be in the SEC.  Cam Newton never would have gotten caught on tape.

I think Johnny just doesn't give a shit. 

[Ed Anger]

Isn't Johnny's father loaded?

[MadBurgerMaker]

Yes.

[Valmy]

New website?  Not MackBrown-Texas Football.com anymore?

Yes, and as you can imagine everybody was flipping out about the implications when they made that move

[MadBurgerMaker]

   I can imagine. 

I don't know if I like the new design, but I do like that it's now Texas Sports instead of Mack Brown.  Not because I think he's getting fired or retiring suddenly or whatever, but because...why did the website have his name on it in the first place? Nahmean?

[PDH]

Wyoming starts off by playing Nebraska (ouch), then a few games against pansies.  Then the conference games against stronger teams.  Later on Boisieie State gets to paint the University of Wyoming Blue and shove a football up the Cowboy's ass.

For many, this is the time of year of high hopes.  I have been a Wyoming fan for those anymore.

[CountDeMoney]

Wyoming. 

And I thought my Terpiness was Quixotic.

[PDH]

You gotta love the team you first loved.  Hell, they are my Alma Mater and I came back and I now teach a class there.  I am Wyoming to the core, but I just know they will scrape along and get to a bowl every few years.  They will never be great again (they were kind of in the 1960s), and they will always cause me pain.

[CountDeMoney]

I am Wyoming to the core,

Just like Liz Cheney.

[PDH]

I am Wyoming to the core,

Just like Liz Cheney.

I got my fishing license a LONG time before she did.  Plus, Jackson isn't really in Wyoming.

[Ed Anger]

I was going through the Ohio State schedule to see which games I could go to. It looks like only one, the 11/23 Indiana game. And the one might not be possible.



And one Wittenberg Tigers game. To get the youngsters acclimated to going to fooseball games.

[grumbler]

Yeah, the only Michigan game this year for which tickets are even possible for me is when they visit Penn State! 

Hurrah for huge stadia with fickle fans.