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  1. 45 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

    'sup sdhornesq!

    It's not a good deal because they make less in the AAC than in the Big XII. They ridin' our coattails.

    Sup Rimbo

    No, I mean if the Big XII is going to die, how is this a bad deal for the rest of the teams?

  2. 3 hours ago, kopp0e said:

     

    I think being fully remote is even worse for these students. Can you imagine just being in your dorms 100% of the time with the "responsibility" of going to class virtually but not physically?  They have to be partying 100%, being drunk or high, and trying to get laid.  Surprised all of them don't have COVID already.

    Just keep the football players away from that.

  3. 32 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

    It would take me about 3 minutes to round up about 50 examples of the NCAA screwing over athletes.  They don''t give a shit about looking bad.  It's what they do best. 

    Historically, no, they don't. And it also wouldn't be shocked if they screw Bru over here. But I get the feeling that the general attitude at the NCAA has changed, even so slightly, toward the athlete with the O'Bannon case and other recent developments.

  4. 19 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

    SO FUCKING WHAT.  The NCAA has plenty of research that shows that forcing players to sit is bad for the player's welfare (phyche, grades, engagement, etc.), yet we still have these stupid archaic rules forcing players to sit out.  

    My suspicion is that the following arguments cumulatively win the day:

    (1)  Kingsbury sold him on his system and Kingsbury left without coaching any players or in any games without penalty. Why shouldn't Bru?

    (2)  He was only enrolled for a couple of weeks and both left USC before their drop class deadline and enrolled at UT before the enrollment deadline.

    (3)  He was released from his NLI by USC

    (4)  He committed to UT on or before NSD2 (should have just waited but 18 year old kids make decisions like 18 year old kids)

    I think neither USC or the NCAA want to deny eligibility this year under these circumstances. It would be a very bad look.

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  5. Just now, Elmer_Fudd said:

    What's timeframe on when we'll know if Bru gets to play this year or not?

    That's an interesting question.  Reports today were that USC is releasing him from his NLI and I read that that was the first battle that could take 30 days from Bru's request that they do so.  If they didn't, then Bru had to go appeal to the NCAA to play this year.  

    Is that where we stand if USC releases him, he can play? Or can they release him and he still needs to request USC if he can play this year and if they say no, he appeals to the NCAA?

  6. Just now, MonkeyDoughnut said:

    There is a penalty as instantly coach can block you from team functions and at end of semester revoke scholarship.

    Potential risk, but coach can and probably should be recruiting to stay. Plus if it gets out that the coach is anti-FA, that should diminish the attractiveness of that program to future HS recruits.

    The power has definitely shifted towards the players in that regard. Maybe not completely, but they definitely have more leverage.

  7. 1 minute ago, LTtxfan said:

    Think you might be misinformed.... Below is an article that discusses the issues.  

    Btw, going above the 25 limit is only allowed when you can take advantage of Early Enrollee count back rules....

    https://pistolsfiringblog.com/mike-gundy-on-transfer-rule-ncaa-got-a-little-ahead-of-themselves/

     

    The NCAA definitely did not think that so many kids would at least test the waters.  And, honestly, why wouldn't you unless you're starting.  Might as well test out FA and you could always retract w/o penalty.

    If the rules stay the same, can put name into portal w/o penalty, rather than having to forfeit your scholarship first before testing, other rule changes are going to need to happen. At the very least I see raising the total number of scholies and number of players that can be taken in any one year.  Also, do we move to perpetual recruitment of other teams' second strings and just treat the portal as a "waiver wire" and secondary source for recruits year in and year out?  Interesting times.

  8. 4 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    SIAP. But here's some perspective from the USC side on the Bru McCoy story.

     

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    So you may have heard: five-star wide receiver Bru McCoy has entered the NCAA transfer portal and his intended destination is Texas. There are obviously a lot of questions about how something like this could happen and what does it mean for USC, so we will do our best to answer all of that here.

    First, why would McCoy leave USC after being in school for less than three weeks? Talking to our sources very close to McCoy, there were a number of factors that went into his decision and it starts with some of the turnover on the USC coaching staff. McCoy loved Tee Martin and it was a big blow when he was fired. But when Kliff Kingsbury entered the picture, McCoy was extremely excited. McCoy loved Kingsbury’s offense and felt that was going to be a great fit. The impression we got was that with Tee gone, McCoy was much more likely to end up someplace like Texas. But when USC brought in Kingsbury that sort of sealed the deal. The optics of the timing of Kingsbury’s departure, just two days after the first day of classes, was strange, though we don’t believe that was any sort of factor in the decision.

    Timing aside, McCoy did feel misguided by Kingsbury, and fair or not, that carried over as a lack of trust in USC. Kingsbury sold McCoy his offense with Kyle Ford, JT Daniels, and Bryce Young all in the room during his official visit to campus. Kingsbury did a great job drawing similarities between his offense and the offense McCoy had played in at Mater Dei. When that vision was dashed after Kingsbury's departure to the Arizona Cardinals, there was very little communication with the players and the coaching staff at USC, who were mostly out on the road recruiting. McCoy was uneasy about what type of offensive system USC would run and how he fit into it going forward. The lack of communication was underscored when USC was caught completely blindsided by the rumors that McCoy was ready to leave this week.

    But to be fair, when McCoy was originally asked about transferring two weeks ago, he denied having any desire to leave. As recently as Wednesday, McCoy told people in the program that the rumors of him transferring were not true. This falls in line with McCoy telling reporters at the All-American Bowl that he had not signed a letter of intent during the early signing period when he in fact did. So, while McCoy had a right to feel out of the loop about the offensive coordinator situation at USC, he was also self-serving by not putting all of his cards on the table with the coaching staff two weeks ago.

    We were told that McCoy loves Clay Helton as a person. He has been the one consistent presence in his recruitment as Helton began personally recruiting McCoy in the eighth grade. His relationship with Helton made this decision even harder, with JT Daniels and Amon-Ra St. Brown also trying to change McCoy’s mind during Wednesday's meeting. But how will that relationship and goodwill with USC play out in front of the NCAA? McCoy now has to paint a picture of hardship to petition the NCAA in order to be eligible to play next season after he transfers. His full release granted by USC is somewhat of a moot point, although it's important to note there are those in the program that feel it sets a bad precedent for recruiting moving forward.

    McCoy's appeal to the NCAA will be a crapshoot, although we are told his family hired a lawyer to work out a case for hardship back when Kingsbury left USC. Typically, an assistant coach leaving isn’t considered a hardship, so McCoy will have to state another grievance or issue that developed during his time at USC. Seeing that this move looks somewhat plotted and planned, stemming from Kingsbury's specific departure, McCoy is going to need a good lawyer. Still, the family has given various sources the impression that will be playing for Texas next fall.

     

    Having granted Bru his full release, Bru's lawyers should pressure USC to join Bru in his petition to play in 2019.  

    We have entered the wild, wild world of college athlete free agency now and if USC wants to recruit the best athletes, they cannot be seen as unreasonable dicks.

  9. 9 minutes ago, 4Pete said:

    Urb is as big of a POS as Old Zach, but Urb's just not as coked-up and unstable.  There's a lot to be said for handling your shit when you want to be a super villain.  

    If not for the whole Aaron Hernandez thing, I'd debate the whole "Urban is a POS" thing.  It think, at best for him, he has a weird and misplaced sense of loyalty to people who are clearly bad people.

    With Zach, the loyalty is to Earle Bruce who was fired at least in part due to his own mental instability and grudges he held against others.  What has been clear looking at the rest of the Smith clan via Twitter last night (Zach and brother Colin T., in particular) is that Zach's behavior is not a one off.  This is pretty much how the Smith clan rolls.  I thought I had determined through my internet research that Colin T. is a young lawyer with a firm in Dayton, OH.  But I couldn't confirm that.  If I could confirm that, I was going to suggest that he not follow his brother's lead and spread rumors and other defamatory statements on Twitter to avoid not only being sued but so that he could have a successful legal career.  

    Urban covered up for Zach so many times and brought him along with him from UF to tOSU (back home--family reunion).  It would be interesting to see what debts Urban feels he owes the Bruce family other than his outsized sense of loyalty.

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