NCAA Football '12-13

[CountDeMoney]

JERRY SANDUSKY. JERRY SANDUSKY! HAH! I NURSED HIM THROUGH TWO DIVORCES, A COCAINE REHAB, AND LITTLE ASSFUCKED KIDDIES.  GOD'S CREATURE, RIGHT? GOD'S SPECIAL CREATURE? HAH!

[jimmy olsen]

Sandusky was never divorced. 

[Ed Anger]

Aspies gotta aspie.

Also tim, you are a fucking idiot.

[sbr]

After an exhaustive search, the Ducks will officially promote offensive coordinator mark Helfrich to head coach in about an hour.  They will promote WR coach and ex-Nebraska QB Scott Frost to OC.

It is risky to hand the reins of a Top5 program to someone who has never been a head coach before, but prmoting the OC is how the Ducks roll.  Mike Bellotti was Rich Brooks OC, and Chip Kelly was Bellottti's OC.  Bellotti had been a head coach at some small school in California and Kelly had never been a head coach before.  I hope the third time is still a charm.

[Valmy]

After an exhaustive search, the Ducks will officially promote offensive coordinator mark Helfrich to head coach in about an hour.

Heh yeah I was going to say, this promoting the OC thing has worked so well why change it up now?

[MadBurgerMaker]

Scott Frost

Scott Frost?  Nebraska?  Roll left.

WIDE OPEN BABY

E: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x3DmBfQrIE

[sbr]

http://deadspin.com/5978386/?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

NCAA Had Nevin Shapiro's Defense Attorney On Its Payroll, Suspends Miami Investigation

Not a good day for the NCAA. The enforcement program, the hired guns responsible for investigating and recommending penalties for NCAA infractions, has come under its own scrutiny. The probe into the University of Miami booster scandal has been put on hold today, as president Mark Emmert announced a number of problems with the investigation. Most notably: Nevin Shapiro's attorney was paid by the NCAA to obtain documents that they weren't legally allowed to have. Improper conduct all around!

You remember the Miami scandal. Shapiro, a booster currently behind bars for his role in a Ponzi scheme, was alleged to have provided cash and gifts to numerous players and recruits. The NCAA's only source seemed to be Shapiro himself, who was pushing a book and was bitter toward the university for turning its back on him. In a teleconference with reporters today, Emmert revealed that investigators had relied on information gathered from Shapiro's bankruptcy proceedings—something the NCAA isn't supposed to have access to.

The information was obtained through Shapiro's defense attorney, who was on the NCAA's payroll. Curiously, Emmert said that nobody in Indianapolis had approved the attorney's hire, and the payouts were only discovered when a bill showed up months later.

The NCAA has retained an outside law firm to examine what happened here, and will not proceed with the Miami case until that investigation is finished. Miami, meanwhile, has banned itself for the past two postseasons with self-imposed sanctions.

"To say the least, I am angered and saddened by this situation. Trust and credibility are essential to our regulatory tasks," said Emmert. "My intent is to ensure our investigatory functions operate with integrity and are fair and consistent with our member schools, athletics staff and most importantly our student-athletes," he added.

There was not nearly so much self-examination after it emerged that an NCAA investigator had made up her mind about UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad even before a ruling was made. That came to light when the investigator's boyfriend loudly boasted about how the NCAA would declare him ineligible, a conversation overheard on an airplane.

That investigator was fired, and judging from the NCAA's reference to "former" enforcement staff members in the Miami case, there are a few more people out of work today.

Like we said, not a good day for the NCAA, but a great day for anyone who believes the system is fundamentally broken and unfair. It'd be nice if the whole thing were blown up, but expect some cosmetic fixes before the cartel carries on. Considering the NCAA only expects this investigation to last 7-10 days, they'll be back to business soon enough.

Can they blow it up and start over yet?

[grumbler]

The people who are constantly whining about the NCAA and calling for it to be "blown up" don't seem to understand that the NCAA is the university presidents of the member schools, and is a voluntary organization.  If it were "blown up," what makes any of the whiners think that the presidents wouldn't simply re-create it very much as-is?

Deadspin is, as usual, wrong in its reporting when it says that the documents that the NCAA received from Shapiro's lawyer were documents "that they weren't legally allowed to have."  The NCAA isn't a branch of government, and can obtain documents (in this case, documents filed in an open bankruptcy hearing) in any way that doesn't break the law.  What Emmert is "disappointed" about is that investigators didn't clear the potential conflict of interest (on the lawyer's part, not the NCAA's) with the home office before they authorized paying the lawyer for the time it took her to copy and mail the documents.  Emmert knows that it looks bad, even though it is legal.

The NCAA sucks in so many ways for us as fans, but it does what its "owners" want it to do:  cheaply provide the ground rules for reasonably fair competition in college athletics, so the presidents can get on with their own jobs and not spend much time regulating athletics at their schools.  I think that the presidents understand that there will be some cheating, and regard that is just a price to pay.

[sbr]

"@Sports_Humorist: @ESPN_Colin I see the U.S. Postal Service is following in the footsteps of Big East Football; both have stopped delivering on Saturdays."

[CountDeMoney]

 

4 Ala. football players arrested after robberies

Three University of Alabama football players have been charged with knocking students unconscious and stealing their wallets, while a fourth player has been charged with using a stolen debit card, officials said Tuesday.

Linebacker Tyler Hayes, 18, and safety Eddie Williams, 20, confessed to robbing a student who was punched in the head and face and kicked in the ribs and back early Monday morning, according to court documents. Williams said D.J. Pettway, 20, a defensive lineman, and Hayes waited in a nearby vehicle about an hour later while he knocked out and robbed another student. Williams and Hayes both admitted to their involvement, according to the documents.

Williams and running back Brent Calloway, 20, both admitted to using a stolen credit card to buy snacks from vending machines inside a dormitory, the documents said.

All four students were indefinitely suspended by coach Nick Saban.

Pettway and Hayes were charged with second-degree robbery. Williams was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card and second-degree robbery. Calloway was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card. Williams was released on $65,000 bond, while Hayes and Pettway were released on $60,000 bond each. Calloway was released on $5,000 bond.

``This behavior is unacceptable for any student-athlete at the University of Alabama and not representative of our football program,'' Saban said in a news release.

All four players were backups last season for Alabama, which has won two straight national titles and three of the past four. Williams didn't play in 2012. But he was one of the nation's top prospects the previous year and moved from receiver to safety.

The first student reported having his Apple Macbook Pro stolen from his backpack. Both sustained mild concussions, cuts on the face and heavy swelling, and had their wallets taken, according to documents.

University police posted an advisory Monday saying two students reported being approached by two men who asked for a light for a cigarette.

Police also said Williams had been arrested on a charge of carrying a pistol without a permit a day before his arrest on the robbery charges. Tuscaloosa police Sgt. Brent Blankley said in a news release that a clerk at a gas station called police early Sunday, telling officers that Williams threatened that he had something in his trunk after a fight about paying for gas.

Officers who pulled over Williams found a pistol in his pants pocket, the release said. In that case, he was released on $500 bond.

Jail records did not show whether any of the players had an attorney.

Pettway, who was a redshirt freshman, played in 13 games and had 2 1/2 sacks and eight tackles.

Hayes had 14 tackles as a freshman.

Calloway played mostly on special teams but gained 63 yards on 10 carries. He has moved around on the field, working as a linebacker, tight end and H-back since Alabama signed the onetime Auburn commitment.

Calloway was arrested on a charge of marijuana possession in October 2011 during a redshirt season.

The Associated Press

[MadImmortalMan]

See, if they were paid a small fraction of the cash they make for the school and the NCAA they wouldn't need to go around robbing people. 

[lustindarkness]

Wow, how stupid.

[derspiess]

One of the Bengals video interns got contacted by Western Kentucky today for a job while we were out for drinks.  Guess who he gets to be interviewed by next week? 

[CountDeMoney]

Your Blue Hen Buddy just hit the jackpot today.

[derspiess]

Your Blue Hen Buddy just hit the jackpot today.

I was hoping for more