The Way Sports SHOULD Be Reported
We’re very familiar with Steve Spurrier. We’re also very familiar with seeing Steve Spurrier without a shirt on.
And since we’re all familiar, Spurrier had no problem going shirtless during South Carolina’s practice yesterday. And though the picture is blurry, we definitely know a shirtless Spurrier when we see him.
Former UNC safety, Deunta Williams isn’t too happy about the punishment the NCAA handed down to the school. Williams was suspended 4 games in 2010 for accepting improper benefits, but says that it’s not even close to what the SEC does.
Punishment has finally been levied on North Carolina by the NCAA. Here’s what the NCAA has reportedly handed down:
- Public reprimand and censure.
- Three years of probation
- Three-year show-cause penalty for the former assistant football coach, John Blake prohibiting any recruiting activity.
- Postseason ban for the 2012 football season.
- Reduction of football scholarships by a total of 15 over three years.
- Vacation of wins during the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
- $50,000 fine.
- Disassociation of both the former tutor and former student-athlete who served as an agent runner.
Former Georgia tight end Orson Charles was arrested early this morning on DUI Alcohol and driving at a minimum speed charges in Athens. Seeing as though Charles is thought to be the #1 tight end in the draft and with the draft a mere month away, it’s pretty obvious that this certainly isn’t the best timing.
Everyone likes to hear stories of the woman trying out for the man filled football team. But this particular story is a little different. Mo Isom is a former soccer player that can really kick a ball a long way (which will be evident later). Throw in the fact that she has already been working out with the team and we may actually have something here boys.
Ray Small is back in the news again but this time it’s not Ohio State related. Small was pulled over for speeding and then arrested and charged with possession of the narcotic oxycodone. Police accuse Small of having more than 200 oxycodone pills in the car with him. Things are not looking so good for Small who is already a hated man in the state of Ohio.
With National Signing Day over and spring practices getting ready to start up, here are 5 teams that I think have the most prove going into the 2012 season.
Fresh off the controversy he stirred up in Atlanta with the 2012 class, Nick Saban is back creating a stir in Atlanta with the 2013 class. He kicked this cycle off by sending an Atlanta recruit 105 letters in a 24 hour period. And now he has reportedly gone after one of Georgia’s top recruits. But not exactly how you think he would.
During an unofficial visit in Tuscaloosa, Saban summoned Sandy Creek High School defensive back Shaq Wiggins to his office. Saban did his usual buttering up a recruit and whatever else Saban does to entice a recruit to sign with the Tide. Then, something unusual (or maybe not so unusual for Saban) happened. Saban offered a scholarship to Wiggins contingent upon Wiggins committing to Alabama that day.
Saban, you sly devil you.
Just when you think you’ve heard it all, there’s a story that proves that you haven’t. Meet Preston Bailey. He is, or should I say was, an offensive lineman at Middle Tennessee State. Instead of Bailey using his scholarship money on normal things student athletes use it on, he used it to start up a marijuana dealing business.
It’s not every day that we get to go behind the scenes on what goes on in the world of recruiting. But luckily for us, Oklahoma assistant coach Jay Norvell gave us a glimpse of what really goes down in recruiting on his Twitter page.
It was there that Norvell fired off tweet after tweet to recruits offering scholarships, inviting recruits to Oklahoma’s “Jr. Day”, proclaiming that Oklahoma has the best offense in the nation, and even giving out his personal cell phone number.
Of course, the tweets have been removed, but as we all know, the internet never forgets.
Via @miggiesmalls
