((HT: KTVB-TV))
Bryan Harsin, the new Boise State head coach, went into the Chris Peterson playbook for a good dose of irony in their 38-30 win over Arizona in Glendale on New Year's Eve.
He even pulled out the reverse "Statue of Liberty" play for a TD in a handoff to Jay Ajayi for ther second of his three runs for score on the day.
The point was made that Boise is the Gonzaga of college football- it doesn't matter who they play, the Broncos get their pounds of flesh in whatever bowl game they play, regardless of opponent.
But one of the cool stories for Boise is that of Antoine Turner- the homeless junior college star that ended up getting a competitive waiver from the NCAA to be able to have a roof over his head, enroll in school and get playing for the university.
A great young man and a greater story...
Here's the interview with Turner off the win at the end of the longest season of football he has ever had...
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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Boise Gets To Help Homeless Future Football Player After All
((HT: KTVB-TV))
Antoine Turner is, for all intents and purposes, homeless- and he has to be...
Or, to be more accurate thankfully, "had" to be...
He is set to graduate from Fullerton (CA) College in a week or so and was going to head to Boise State to play football. But, because of the antiquated NCAA rules (who knew, right...?), he could not get any kind of advanced aid from Boise State University- his future home for education and football. Fans or boosters couldn't give him any kind of aid, either, because it would be construed as an improper benefit.
To recap: he lost his mom from cancer at the age of 4. His dad was no help and he got involved in the gangs in New Orleans. He was a runner for a while, but found football as an escape. He got a scholarship to play JuCo football in California, slept on park benches, and eventually found a roof over his head with his girlfriend's uncle.
But, once he got his scholarship to Boise, he has to leave the government-subsidized housing. He would either sleep in a motel when his girlfriend's family had money or in her car.
Here's the initial feature done by KTVB on Turner.
Public outcry and a profound lack of common sense in the situation got the NCAA to look at the 6-week gap in school transitions and, FINALLY, grant a waiver...
Jim Tust gets to show us that logic occasionally even gets to the NCAA
The HQ would like to thank the NCAA...
For everything...
Antoine Turner is, for all intents and purposes, homeless- and he has to be...
Or, to be more accurate thankfully, "had" to be...
He is set to graduate from Fullerton (CA) College in a week or so and was going to head to Boise State to play football. But, because of the antiquated NCAA rules (who knew, right...?), he could not get any kind of advanced aid from Boise State University- his future home for education and football. Fans or boosters couldn't give him any kind of aid, either, because it would be construed as an improper benefit.
To recap: he lost his mom from cancer at the age of 4. His dad was no help and he got involved in the gangs in New Orleans. He was a runner for a while, but found football as an escape. He got a scholarship to play JuCo football in California, slept on park benches, and eventually found a roof over his head with his girlfriend's uncle.
But, once he got his scholarship to Boise, he has to leave the government-subsidized housing. He would either sleep in a motel when his girlfriend's family had money or in her car.
Here's the initial feature done by KTVB on Turner.
Public outcry and a profound lack of common sense in the situation got the NCAA to look at the 6-week gap in school transitions and, FINALLY, grant a waiver...
Jim Tust gets to show us that logic occasionally even gets to the NCAA
The HQ would like to thank the NCAA...
For everything...
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