I'll Be Nice to Ole Miss Today
Everyone knows my long history of disdain for Ole Miss, so I won't even rehash that.
I'll give the town its props. Oxford's a beautiful town and the Square has perhaps the highest concentration of hot young college chicks of any other place in the U.S. Yes, in the entire United States. I said it, there.
Mid-2008 Mississippi State is set to come of NCAA probation which would mean the SEC would be probation free for the first time in over 20 years.
Big Bill and I have been chatting who will be the first team to get the SEC back into trouble after we get off probation. The smart bet is always Tennessee. They might as well put razor wire at the top of Neyland Stadium and turn it into a medium security prison.
BB also points out that within a few weeks of arriving at Bammer, Nick Saban was seeing how close he could get to crossing over the line of what's acceptable and what's not.
However, in my mind, Ole Miss is pushing itself to the top of the list. By working as many angles as possible to get two super-stud players (Chris Strong and Jerrel Powe) academically eligible I fear they are getting close to a problem area. Chris is not the sharpest pencil in the bucket and you've prolly already read my rants on Jerrel, the boy is learning disabled and is functionally illiterate. To me, that's making a phucking mockery of any university that this tool can get to an institution of higher learning with ZERO credentials. Well, duh. He play da football really guud.
To the NCAA's credit, these guys still have one more hurdle to clear before the NCAA approves them to actually enroll and play at Ole Miss.
So here's my advice. Coach O, I understand you feel you HAVE to win. And in the SEC that's true. But man, you can't dispose of all logic to make it happen. These guys are gonna be trouble. Best case scenario, both these kids are gonna flunk out of Ole Miss. Worst case scenario, you'll be ridden out of Oxford in a grade fixing scandal. Ask Tennessee about that one.
I'm sorry, but I just don't see any good coming out of this. Getting these guys into school is asking for trouble.
The only things that might keep Ole Miss from getting the SEC back in trouble are:
1. These kids are denied entry by the NCAA
2. Nick Saban and Phil Fulmer have had more time to figure out ways to get into trouble-- ie, they got a head start
I'll give the town its props. Oxford's a beautiful town and the Square has perhaps the highest concentration of hot young college chicks of any other place in the U.S. Yes, in the entire United States. I said it, there.
Mid-2008 Mississippi State is set to come of NCAA probation which would mean the SEC would be probation free for the first time in over 20 years.
Big Bill and I have been chatting who will be the first team to get the SEC back into trouble after we get off probation. The smart bet is always Tennessee. They might as well put razor wire at the top of Neyland Stadium and turn it into a medium security prison.
BB also points out that within a few weeks of arriving at Bammer, Nick Saban was seeing how close he could get to crossing over the line of what's acceptable and what's not.
However, in my mind, Ole Miss is pushing itself to the top of the list. By working as many angles as possible to get two super-stud players (Chris Strong and Jerrel Powe) academically eligible I fear they are getting close to a problem area. Chris is not the sharpest pencil in the bucket and you've prolly already read my rants on Jerrel, the boy is learning disabled and is functionally illiterate. To me, that's making a phucking mockery of any university that this tool can get to an institution of higher learning with ZERO credentials. Well, duh. He play da football really guud.
To the NCAA's credit, these guys still have one more hurdle to clear before the NCAA approves them to actually enroll and play at Ole Miss.
So here's my advice. Coach O, I understand you feel you HAVE to win. And in the SEC that's true. But man, you can't dispose of all logic to make it happen. These guys are gonna be trouble. Best case scenario, both these kids are gonna flunk out of Ole Miss. Worst case scenario, you'll be ridden out of Oxford in a grade fixing scandal. Ask Tennessee about that one.
I'm sorry, but I just don't see any good coming out of this. Getting these guys into school is asking for trouble.
The only things that might keep Ole Miss from getting the SEC back in trouble are:
1. These kids are denied entry by the NCAA
2. Nick Saban and Phil Fulmer have had more time to figure out ways to get into trouble-- ie, they got a head start
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