((HT: ESPN/Delsohn))
Yes, the HQ knows you're shocked and stunned...
Steve Delsohn over at the Mothership has been chasing the problems at the University of North Carolina involving their alleged joke of an African-American Studies Department and how it was, basically, an assembly line for not attending class and getting good grades as long as you played along.
McCants and as many as 14 other players were involved in the major and he even had an appearance on the Dean's List with that as his major.
The Raleigh News and Observer reported that basketball players were in the major back in that championship season of 2005 in their initial reporting back in 2012.
Here's a snippet of McCants interview
And here's the initial Sara Ganim report on CNN with UNC whistleblower Mary Willingham
Obviously, the University is refuting McCants' claims and Willingham's study into the department.
CBS' Gary Parrish caught up with Williams, via Parrish's Twitter is the response:
“In no way did I know about or do anything close to what he says.”
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Thursday, March 27, 2014
Vandy News: 3 Footballers Wouldn't Have Made Academics, Went To Happy Valley
((HT: The Dirty South Sports Report))
Here's another round from contributor Jackson Martin and paragraph 2 is the more interesting part...
The biggest news out of the AD office today is that Vanderbilt has offers from three different BCS schools to play a future home and home series with the Commodores. A potential matchup with Stanford — new Vanderbilt head coach Derek Mason’s former employer — is the most exciting possibility by far, but some fans would rather see less successful programs in Georgia Tech or Boston College on the schedule. Vanderbilt has never played Stanford in football, but has played Boston College three times (most recently defeating the Eagles in the 2008 Music City Bowl) and former SEC-member Georgia Tech 37 times (most recently in 2009).
Another potentially shocking story comes from our source who says, ”Three of the six recruits that Franklin ‘stole’ from Vandy were denied admission on academic grounds.” What isn’t known is the timeline here: did the recruits flip and then were denied by the school, or did they flip because they were denied?
Our source also told us, “DW and all SEC ADs are opposed to 9 game SEC schedule. Some coaches are in favor.” That’s unfortunate news to this writer, who would be in favor of adding an extra conference game so that teams don’t see non-rivals from the opposite division only once every six years.
A small bit of uniform-centric news: the team will not have names on the back of the jerseys in the fall. Former head coach Bobby Johnson was a big believer in the “team-first” mentality and didn’t have names on the jerseys either, though Franklin did put the names on the uniforms during his tenure.
Dime Store Analysis:
The HQ isn't all that shocked that coaches would have their prospects flip from old school to new school, but the timing will turn out to be interesting...
John Stuetz from the Daily Collegian detailed some of the flippers around National Signing Day and it included OL Chance Sorrell and Ashburn, Virginia QB Trace McSorely.
The others, according to the Collegian, are Tampa-Gaither DB Amani Oruwariye, The Lovett School (Atlanta) CB Grant Haley, and Park Ridge, Illinois OT Brendan Brosnan. LB Troy Reeder from Wilmington-Salesianum out of Delaware had an offer from Vandy as well.
Here's Franklin addressing his NSD2014 with the media...
((HT: Centre Daily Times))
Here's another round from contributor Jackson Martin and paragraph 2 is the more interesting part...
The biggest news out of the AD office today is that Vanderbilt has offers from three different BCS schools to play a future home and home series with the Commodores. A potential matchup with Stanford — new Vanderbilt head coach Derek Mason’s former employer — is the most exciting possibility by far, but some fans would rather see less successful programs in Georgia Tech or Boston College on the schedule. Vanderbilt has never played Stanford in football, but has played Boston College three times (most recently defeating the Eagles in the 2008 Music City Bowl) and former SEC-member Georgia Tech 37 times (most recently in 2009).
Another potentially shocking story comes from our source who says, ”Three of the six recruits that Franklin ‘stole’ from Vandy were denied admission on academic grounds.” What isn’t known is the timeline here: did the recruits flip and then were denied by the school, or did they flip because they were denied?
Our source also told us, “DW and all SEC ADs are opposed to 9 game SEC schedule. Some coaches are in favor.” That’s unfortunate news to this writer, who would be in favor of adding an extra conference game so that teams don’t see non-rivals from the opposite division only once every six years.
A small bit of uniform-centric news: the team will not have names on the back of the jerseys in the fall. Former head coach Bobby Johnson was a big believer in the “team-first” mentality and didn’t have names on the jerseys either, though Franklin did put the names on the uniforms during his tenure.
Dime Store Analysis:
The HQ isn't all that shocked that coaches would have their prospects flip from old school to new school, but the timing will turn out to be interesting...
John Stuetz from the Daily Collegian detailed some of the flippers around National Signing Day and it included OL Chance Sorrell and Ashburn, Virginia QB Trace McSorely.
The others, according to the Collegian, are Tampa-Gaither DB Amani Oruwariye, The Lovett School (Atlanta) CB Grant Haley, and Park Ridge, Illinois OT Brendan Brosnan. LB Troy Reeder from Wilmington-Salesianum out of Delaware had an offer from Vandy as well.
Here's Franklin addressing his NSD2014 with the media...
((HT: Centre Daily Times))
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
OSG High: Entire Football Team Suspended, Spot Earned Back Through Service
((HT: KSL-TV))
Roosevelt-Union (UT) High has had an interesting week...
They are 3-2 heading into their homecoming game this Friday, but after the coaching staff thought the team was going in too many different directions mentally, all the players on the squad were suspended. They had to earn their spot on the roster back through service to their school, parents, and community.
Last Friday was a loss to Judge Memorial Catholic. And when coaches found out that their athletes were cruising in class and even encouraging bullying through an anonymous website, they had had enough. The student that was the point of the bullying was not a member of the Union High team.
Head coach Matt Labrum told the team to hand in their jerseys...
So, it's been an interesting week of not practicing...
This is a rare example of showing that football is a privilege and not a right...
And if Roosevelt-Union High School sounds familiar, this was the school that had police go after students who were doing a traditional haka dance as a part of their football games last season. Police used pepper spray on students and it turned into a big mess...
Roosevelt-Union (UT) High has had an interesting week...
They are 3-2 heading into their homecoming game this Friday, but after the coaching staff thought the team was going in too many different directions mentally, all the players on the squad were suspended. They had to earn their spot on the roster back through service to their school, parents, and community.
Last Friday was a loss to Judge Memorial Catholic. And when coaches found out that their athletes were cruising in class and even encouraging bullying through an anonymous website, they had had enough. The student that was the point of the bullying was not a member of the Union High team.
Head coach Matt Labrum told the team to hand in their jerseys...
So, it's been an interesting week of not practicing...
This is a rare example of showing that football is a privilege and not a right...
And if Roosevelt-Union High School sounds familiar, this was the school that had police go after students who were doing a traditional haka dance as a part of their football games last season. Police used pepper spray on students and it turned into a big mess...
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