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Where I believe we are differing is that I believe this is going on everywhere, not just Miami. At least at FBS schools it is. And yes it's an unfair advantage to some of the other universities. Let's take the money out of the equation. Do you think that Miami or VT is comparable to say, William & Mary? The entire problem with this country is we want it to be an even playing field. And the issue is, no matter what anyone does, it's not. There will always be the have's and have not's. People try to say it's not fair to the smaller schools. But it's really not fair to the players.
Take for example our own Michael Cole. At 19, he'll never play football or any other contact sport again due to an injury he suffered in a VT game. And what does he have to show for it? A scholarship to VT for the remainder of his undergraduate degree. That's all. Just my 2 cents.
Eh, we did it last Saturday when it was still kind of fresh, but yea the angle is terrible. I heard there was a lot more people there than what it looked like in the video though.
You're not alone.
I agree that the current PSU football players got a raw deal because it wasnt football related, but something needed to be done to make a example. Most of the kids im guessing knew nothing about it, but the NCAA punishes them more than anybody. I would have have been fine with them clearing house of all involved(anything that deals with joe pa) that knew any little detail of the situation, and fining the school more then they did. Come up with a number that punishes the program beyond the 60 million over 5 years they were fined. That hurts, but they will easily make that up over that term.
Now the Miami situation deals everything about football related. I agree that that athletes deserve to see consumption from the money they bring in for the university. Paying recruits to basically to sign the dotted line is an unfair advantage to other universities. If you read the report that came out, it directly points out taking these kids to clubs on visits, showing them the best time about miami night life, throw a lady their way, get payed for playing good, etc.= be a king of miami. not even some of the dolphins players were receiving compensation equal to some of the da U players. so how is a couple of years of self imposed bowl bans equal to what SMU went through when they did the same thing. The NCAA has screwed this up, so i see Miami getting off easy because of their lack of investigation skills and know how. You never know though, because if they don't send a message; what is it telling other programs?
im not sure he remembers man
Love that he knows the exact height of our D-line, gotta tell you he's at least leaning VT's way.
I think the mouse over identification in the tape is hilarious. Other than that, I hope we can get him. I like his quote about the measurables of our current guys, seems interested enough to do his homework.
Viral dances are turrible... unless they involve Oregon or Arizona State cheerleaders!
We'll take any improvement we can get, after last year
So?
If the NCAA should be afraid of Shalalololololol for being a peace corps volunteer than they should never get involved with Mike London. He was a cop!
"This isn't about being fair, it's about who yells the loudest."
Great work, HD. It's people like you that make me ashamed to be an American. Keep spewing all your girl-power crap and continue to make it so I can't stand to be on ESPN anymore.
I think that Grimes isn't going to fix all the problems but he will get them in the right direction for sure. I know these aren't his recruits but he will get them ready. If we can make that adjustment the rest will fall in line with potential game changing powerful running backs like Edmunds and Harris coming in. That will open up Thomas to hit Coles, Knowles and hopefully guys like Caleb and Stanford can step up. If we can get any swagger and knock guys of the line of scrimmage we could be a good team.
Last time I checked, the iraniacs still wanted to slit our throats...
Try State D5 playoffs.
During the last 20 years, each of the two has had a 4-year state title streak, it's ridiculous.
Ok, so I'm probably going against the grain here, but I think it's time for the NCAA just to say that the U has been punished enough and let them go on their merry ways. Honestly, the recruiting and player violations as what went on at Miami happen EVERYWHERE. It's really a load of horseshit. The problem is that the U let it get outta control and too many people knew about them. Why do you think that over the past few years the NCAA has revamped rules allowing "stipends" and "reimbursements" to be paid to players? Why have they loosened up on the text messages/emails/phone calls? It's really too much to police. Am I saying that CFB players need to be making $5MM a year? No, I'm not. But it's hard to ignore the fact that they are bringing in huge amounts of money that directly impact the school. Just look at this past year and VT. The Stinespring fiasco finally came to a head. Donors were preparing to pull money from the school because, for the first time in nearly 20 years, we weren't a 10 win team. Coach Beamer had to do something. Now take our situation and compare it to Alabama. If we're naive enough to sit back here and think that the players on that team are not getting "perks" for winning a NC in 3 out of 4 years, well, then I've got some Grade A swampland I'd like to sell you.
As for comparing it to the death penalty at Penn State? It's no comparison. I even think the NCAA went way overboard in how PSU was punished. Punish the people involved with criminal charges (which is/has been done so far). And honestly, I think the initial report commissioned investigating Sandusky was flawed. Oh, I fully agree that Sandusky is a shitbag and should have his nuts chopped off. But I believe there were liberties taken with regards to who knew what and when. Much of it is subjective 10 years+ after the fact. I just can't see the allegations/violations at Miami even being on the same page as PSU. What happened at Miami involved consenting adults at a bunch of parties. A few vehicles here and there and some money. At PSU? We all know what happened there. PSU got a 5 year bowl ban. Miami has already served 2 years and some folks are advocating for 2 or 3 more? I just can't see it.
They'll be complaining about being treated unfairly and saying they'll be "back" anyways no matter what happens.
Yeah, like how people just "forget" his game against Miami and those ridiculous numbers. Or the quite solid game he had against UVA. Sure, his receivers bailed him out a few times, but he also made some excellent throws (as a matter of fact, he made some excellent throws this year as well). I fully expect to see a more polished, confident, effective LT3 this year with some more experience/effort/consistency at receiver and some more attitude on the O-line.
We've gone international!!
Why does she mention "Peace Corps volunteer" as if that's something to be afraid of???
1st - With regards to the U of M $50MM contract suit, the difference here between Maryland exiting the ACC and the other schools (A&M, Mizzou, WV, etc.) is that the other conferences didn't balk at the schools leaving. It was more or less a "good riddance to bad rubbish" type of deal. The other conferences looked at it from the viewpoint of "Let's get them out of the conference as quickly as possible and come to a mutually agreeable monetary value of this arrangement so that we can move on to recruiting other schools to take their place." At the opposite end of the spectrum, you have the ACC. As one of the oldest and generally most stable conferences in the nation, it cuts to the core that the B1G robbed one of its charter members. The ACC will make UM/B1G pay for leaving the conference. They are looking to make UM stay as long as the contract dictates and pay the full exit fee. They always have the alternative of staying in the ACC wherein they would not have to pay the fee.
2nd - While from a football standpoint, going to the SEC seems like the best thing, IMHO, the SEC and VT are not a good fit. The values that are represented in the SEC are not the values that VT is founded upon. You do not see the academic excellence in the SEC that you do throughout the ACC and at VT. Wherein most of the ACC are known as research institutions, how many of the schools in the SEC have that same vision and reputation? And it's really a tough sell from a distance/traveling/fan base standpoint. Right now, dedicated alumni can drive to a good portion of the VT football games each year provided they live in the VA/NC area (which a good chunk of them do). If we move to the SEC, UT, UGA, and USC are really the only road games that are possible on a weekend if they are driving. Comparatively, if I live in the VA/NC area, I can make it to Clemson, NCSU, UNC-C, Duke, UVA, WFU, UM (for another year), probably GT, and possibly Pitt. Sorry, but it's really hard sell to me to move to the SEC.
Auburn's HC was worse than Tech's last year too.
A certain young buck at UVA knows this quite well.
Even though I'm a little behind the times, I spent a good half hour last night watching these from a bunch of different schools. Oregon and Georgia have really good ones too. After that experience, I still don't understand these either, other than they are somewhat entertaining to watch.
It's TOB they should really be afraid of. Dude was a marine. Hmm... maybe that's how that hire makes sense: UVA is just assembling an epic butt-kicking team to set the NCAA straight when they come down hard on the Hoos for recruiting violations.