2011 NCAA Football Thread

JoeyJojo · Posted: Feb 17, 2011 7:52 am Post subject:

Ha! That didn't take long.

http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=14043957

So much for all the Bammer's saying an Auburn fan was just trying to frame them...
FB page http://www.facebook.com/people/Harvey-Updyke/1239559868

churchy · Posted: Feb 17, 2011 8:35 am Post subject:

His FB page says he is a retired state trooper... extra nice.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

well, that was quick. heard they are charging him w/ treeson.

JV · Posted: Feb 17, 2011 9:35 am Post subject:

HEY-O!!!

wakeboarderdave1 · Posted: Feb 18, 2011 9:58 pm Post subject:

Great read about street agents and college football. Could this bring about any action/punishment?

http://recruitocosm.fantake.com/2010/12/10/street-agents-in-texas-some-new-competition-for-will-lyles/

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

there's a lot of careful wording by the 247 guys, but yes - williams was uninvited to this weekend's junior day and isn't sure when/if he'll be invited back at a later date.

you guys came out of last weekend really well. i laughed at the "focusing on 2012 recruiting" last year, but it's definitely paid off for sherm.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

It seems like with so many different longhorn sites out there, they try to hint at stuff when they don't have much info. It sounds like there may be some smoke coming from texas, but the only thing substantial is that Auburn is recruiting him.

Yeah, I'm pretty excited about the guys we have committed so far. It's nice to get the first batch of kids you offer. That tells you how well you're recruiting more-so than the services. Last year we were 4-5 offers deep before we got someone. I still think we found some late bloomers, and under-rated guys, but you'd always like to get your first choice. We're killing on defense and O-line right now. I don't see why we can't get a couple stud skill players to jump on. A bona fide stud QB and WRs. If you look at our team, QB and WR development have been high on the list of things we've done well.

Looking like at least a top 10 class so far though.

One thing I've noticed is a lot of battles seem to be A&M, texas, TCU, rather than OU. TCU's stepping it up in recruiting big-time this year.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

yep - tcu is being super aggressive w/ kids they've never gone after before. i've noticed the lack of ou as well - kind of odd...where the hell are they looking?

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Here's what I got from my OU source:

OU has two commitments (Kyle Marrs - OL & Alex Ross - RB). OU has give out about 25-30 offers for 2012. Based on current numbers, this will be a very small class at around 15 scholarships. Here is how the OU staff currently would like to see the spots broken down as:

Quarterback - 1
Defensive Tackle - 1
Defensive End - 1
Linebacker - 2
Defensive Back - 2 - 3
Wide Receiver - 1- 2
Offensive Line 3 - 4
Running Back - 1
Athlete - 2
Tight End - 0 - 1

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

here's a quick way to check offers: http://oklahoma.247sports.com/Recruit/Index/2012/Football/Offers

just click the arrow under "ou" in the upper left and pick any school you want to see.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

Wakebrad, kind of big news on wheeler:

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6148972

Oklahoma's football team has been required to give players a week off from athletic training during the offseason after reporting a series of secondary NCAA rules violations.

The Sooners reported to the NCAA that four assistant coaches had improperly questioned players about their lack of participation in voluntary offseason workouts, and that some players had been working out more than the allowed eight hours per week.

The violations were included in documents released to The Associated Press on Tuesday following an open records request.

According to a letter sent to NCAA director of secondary enforcement Chris Strobel, the university started an investigation after a player refused to sign a weekly practice log and then provided Oklahoma's compliance director with a recording of defensive backs coach Willie Martinez asking why he had missed a voluntary workout.

The investigation found that receivers coach Jay Norvell and offensive line coach James Patton also discussed attendance at the workouts with players, and defensive tackles coach Jackie Shipp received reports from the strength staff on who was participating.

Oklahoma also informed the NCAA that secondary violations occurred when football players went through Pilates sessions in addition to their offseason workouts, when strength coaches observed players' independent agility training and when seven players were required to repeat a conditioning drill. All three resulted the players going over the NCAA's eight-hour weekly limit on guided offseason workouts.

Other violations included a handful of self-reported impermissible text messages and phone calls by assistant coaches to recruits and their fathers, and the team's website posting links to recruiting websites on signing day last year.

The men's basketball team, which was on NCAA probation until May and is again being investigated, also reported secondary violations resulting from two assistant coaches placing two impermissible recruiting calls apiece and three violations related to official visits by prospects.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

jt09, yeah I saw that. Sounds to me like they're pretty confident in Cayleb.

Are they going to go on triple super secret probation now? The NCAA always seems to have limp-d1ck when it comes to punishing OU.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

Corporate · Posted: Feb 23, 2011 8:43 am Post subject:

That 247 website is a bit of a joke, they have a baseball recruit showing up as a football commit for UW. Sad part is he probably would have started as a freshmen in the Willingham era Laughing

LFADAM · Posted: Feb 23, 2011 8:54 am Post subject:

VT finally has some coaching changes! Shane Beamer coming in will help recruiting a ton and will add some youth to the old staff, and THANK GOD Stinespring no longer has playcalling privileges! Our offense may actually reach its potential for once!

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

Corporate, 247 is easily the best of all the team sites overall. but each school is run by it's own team, so if there's bad info on a uw kid, it's the fault of the uw guys running that site, not 247.

you sure bishop's not going to play both sports?

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

The stadium renovation webcam is starting to get interesting- http://www.calbears.com/stadiumcam/

$300 million renovation and earthquake retrofit explained here- http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/12/st_calstadium/

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

scott a, damn! that's a pretty serious design around quakes. Good for them. Glad we don't have to deal with that crap. Sounds expensive.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

jt09,

yeah, we already have other crap to deal with.

Although those things are nice around mosquito season. I think they eat like 3x their body weight in bugs.

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Oklahoma State's new helmets Laughing

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=181&f=2336&t=7251975

BrtnDan · Addict Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 609

Trouble seems to be a'brewin for Oregon Football.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

Wakebrad, those are fake

http://www.orangepower.com/showthread.php?t=117530

Corporate · Posted: Mar 01, 2011 10:32 pm Post subject:

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

i think it's oregon. i also think it's just going to be nothing more than a more detailed writeup than the recruitocosm stuff i've posted here a half dozen times.

i'm loving all the new cam newton stuff though. i'm going to chuckle a bit when that title gets stripped. f*ing ncaa. Evil or Very Mad

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

Wakebrad, fran is stealing your kids now... de michael ebbitt is transferring to texas state.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

not the big article on the cheating, but here's one on football programs and crime

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/the_bonus/02/27/cfb.crime/index.html?eref=sihp

eeven73 · Posted: Mar 02, 2011 7:52 am Post subject:

Colin Cowherd is a punk. His show is so effin redundant. He spends an hour and a half saying the same thing over and over and over.

Whatever school it is, assuming there is even anything remotely like this about to break, it is quite lame to play the "I know a secret but i'm not telling card".

What are we 4?

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

eeven73, agreed on all accounts. first, it's not cowherds story - this has been out there for about 2 weeks now, and he's just now taking internet rumor and running w/ it. that's ok for me, a random internet poster to do - it's not ok for a national radio host to do, at least not in the way that he's doing it. second, if you have a story, run the damn story and quit teasing. third, cowherd just sucks in general - his show is unlistenable to me. he just wears me out w/ the repetition.

Corporate · Posted: Mar 02, 2011 9:30 am Post subject:

churchy · Posted: Mar 02, 2011 11:23 am Post subject: