Some highlights from ESPN's "wall to wall" brawl coverage last night:
Lou Holtz mentioned "institutional control" issues at Miami. Sure, Larry Coker has lost control of his team.......much like Lou Holtz did in his last year at South Carolina. 13 arrests, a brawl to end the season with Clemson in which South Carolina players hit police officers and were encouraging Clemson fans to come out on to the field and 3 years NCAA probation for recruiting violations.
Holtz also left damaged goods behind at Notre Dame:
"The NCAA put Notre Dame on probation in December 1999 after finding the athletic program guilty of major rules violations ........The violations involved three situations: a woman booster romantically involved with several football players who gave gifts and others items of value to the players' teammates; a player who was found to have offered complimentary tickets to his girlfriend in lieu of paying her back a loan; and a player who was found to have paid a tutor to write a paper for him."
These violations all took place while Lou Holtz was the Irish Head coach. Holtz must still be upset that the Miami fans were counting down the clock in a 24-0 win in 1987 when Holtz still had a time out to burn, which he used with :01 second remaining. Once a weasel, always a weasel.
Woody Paige, a Tennessee graduate again called for Miami's program to be shut down for " 3 or 4 years" on 1st and ten. I repeat in the interest of fairness, since January 2005, Tennessee has had 24 players arrested while Miami has had none. Now tell me which program should be shut down!
While Miami certainly has some problem children in the NFL like Jeremy Shockey and Clinton Portis (two players I detest even though they attended Miami, much like I detest Doug Johnson even though he attended UF) Tennessee alumni in the NFL is an embarrassment to any so called institution of higher learning. Dwayne Goodrich and Leonard Little have both been found guilty of being involved in the deaths of innocent people, and Jamal Lewis, and Travis Henry have both faced major substance abuse related suspensions within the past two seasons. And of course, Albert Haynesworth showed more violence on the football field than any Miami or FIU player did the other night.
In between segments where they discussed being "all jacked up," on one ESPN's many manufactured NFL programs, Southern California graduate Sean Salsbury took a shot a Miami for brining in street thugs to its program. Only Southern California under the leadership of Pete Carroll would allow a murderer like OJ Simpson (as found by a CA Civil Court) to visit practice and speak to the team. This was going on while Dwayne Jarret was receiving cut rate housing and Reggie Bush was being bought by an agent. Besides this, no school in America has more thugs on its team than Southern California. Any wonder why the respectable element in LA roots for UCLA?
It has been pointed out to me fairly that two years ago ESPN conducted a similar witch hunt against Ohio State. While I am not fan of the Buckeyes, the same critics who have ties to rival schools of Ohio State seem to be all over Miami. I have even received some emails from Buckeye fans asking me to keep up the good work in exposing ESPN's hypocrisy. To you Bucks fans, welcome aboard and hope you enjoy the rest of the content on our website!
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Debunking the ESPN Agenda
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Don't forget about our buddy Lawerence Phillips and the high standards at Nebraska too.
A direct correlation exists between thugishness and winning. Sad to say but true. Oklahoma fired Barry Switzer and cleaned up the program but lost for ten years. When Bob Stopps became the coach, he invited Switzer to the sidelines and wa la, OU was back on top!
Southern Cal was a total thug program in the 1970s but lost their edge until Pete Carroll came in and did what you described and wa la they are back on top again.
Butch Davis cleaned up the Miami program. He also was the least accomplished UM coach of the last 30 years because you can't stay on top playing by the rules.
Everyone cheats. Everyone has thugs. ESPN is out to get Miami because Miami is a big time program everyone talks about. Miami gets higher TV ratings than anyone except Notre Dame and Michigan. Just realize that this is just helping Miami. You should be thanking ESPN for giving you some great PR in a year when you guys suck.
Good stuff. Let's get the truth out there about Tennessee. That's a program that needs to be shut down for good.
Phat Phil can then work for food at the Golden Corral!
Kartik- You have a good website hear and normally make strong points and even when we disagree I respect your opinion. This is my first post because you are way off base playing sympathy for OSU. Miami, I agree is getting a bad rap, but OSU should be on probation but instead we hear how unbeatable they are from ESPN. Remember they stole a title from you guys also!
Here is the rap sheet under Tressel:
Disciplinary problems under Jim Tressel
AP
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COLUMBUS (AP) -- Players and coaches who have had legal or disciplinary problems during Jim Tressel's tenure as Ohio State's head coach (does not include common traffic offenses):
May 21, 2005--Defensive lineman Tim Schafer is charged with disorderly conduct after police twice had to break up early-morning fights between him and another man. The 6-foot-5, 295-pound Schafer, who started five games as an offensive lineman last season, and the 5-8, 200-pound other man were both bloody, had bite marks and smelled of alcohol.
May 18, 2005--Redshirt freshman running back Erik Haw was cited after a university police officer said he saw him smoking a marijuana cigarette while standing outside a dormitory. Haw, expected to compete for the starting tailback job, faces a court appearance on Friday in Franklin County Municipal Court. Ohio State officials said he would enter a drug education program and undergo frequent testing.
May 11, 2005--Kicker Jonathan Skeete is charged with marijuana trafficking. Skeete, who was not expected to play for the Buckeyes, was suspended from the team. He was bound over to a grand jury and was later released from jail on $10,000 bond.
Feb. 16, 2005--Offensive coordinator Jim Bollman is reprimanded by Ohio State for trying to arrange for a car and a loan for a recruit and for getting him a tutor. Tressel also received a letter of admonishment because he is Bollman's supervisor. Ohio State determined that helping the recruit get a tutor for a college entrance exam in 2002 was a secondary NCAA violation. Tressel and his staff were given a reprimand in 2001 for providing a jersey to a prospect.
Dec. 20, 2004--Ohio State suspends starting quarterback Troy Smith from the Alamo Bowl for accepting around $500 from team booster Robert Q. Baker. After a lengthy NCAA investigation, Smith also is forced to make restitution to a charity and sit out the team's 2005 season opener against Miami (Ohio).
Oct. 22, 2004--The all-nude strip club Pure Platinum files a complaint against Ohio State tailback Lydell Ross for passing fake in-house currency at the suburban club a few hours after the team lost its third game in a row the previous Saturday at Iowa. No charges are filed, but Ross is suspended from the team for the Indiana game and is dropped on the depth chart behind freshman Tony Pittman.
May 1, 2004--Sophomore backups Louis Irizarry and Ira Guilford are arrested and charged with robbery after a student is assaulted and his wallet is stolen at 3 a.m. They are held in Franklin County jail through the weekend. Both plead innocent to the robbery charge, with Guilford released after paying a $25,000 bond. Irizarry is held pending a hearing to determine if he had violated his probation from an earlier assault conviction. He later pleads guilty and is given a three-year prison sentence. Guilford is sentenced to two years probation for his role in the robbery, punching the student before Irizarry took the wallet.
Nov. 16, 2003--At 3 a.m. after a win over Purdue and six days before the Michigan game, wide receiver Santonio Holmes and quarterback Troy Smith are charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct after a fight in a parking lot on campus. A window in a car is kicked out and one woman reported her jaw was broken. At least one other prominent Buckeye is at the scene, but is not charged. Holmes is held out of the starting lineup at Michigan but returns to play most of the game. Holmes also started in the Buckeyes' Fiesta Bowl game. He pleads innocent to the disorderly conduct after the team returns to Columbus. The disorderly conduct charge is dismissed against Holmes on March 30, 2004. Smith is found guilty of the charge.
Oct. 27, 2003--Irizarry is charged with three counts of first-degree misdemeanor assault after three people sustain minor injuries during a fight in a Park Hall dorm room. Irizarry is suspended two days later. He is found guilty of one charge each of assault, negligent assault and disorderly conduct and pays $404 court costs and is put on probation. He is later reinstated to the team and is listed as the second-team tight end on the 2004 spring depth chart before he is suspended indefinitely after the May 1, 2004, arrest.
April 2003--Running back Maurice Clarett reports that a car he has borrowed from a local used-car dealer was broken into and thousands of dollars in cash, CDs, stereo equipment and clothing was stolen. The car was in the parking lot at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center and Clarett calls police from a telephone in Tressel's office. Clarett was later charged with lying to police about the value of the stolen items and is charged with misdemeanor falsification of the police report on the theft. Clarett pleads guilty on Jan. 14, 2004, to the reduced charge of failure to aid a law enforcement officer. He is ordered to pay the maximum fine of $100 and serves no jail time.
Oct. 13, 2002--Linebacker Fred Pagac Jr. is charged with persistent disorderly conduct. Pagac was arrested at 3:45 a.m. after police said he was intoxicated and had a role in a fight involving two women outside a campus-area bar about 12 hours after the Buckeyes' homecoming victory over San Jose State. The police report said an officer told Pagac to stop but he continued to fight. Pagac was suspended for the team's next game at Wisconsin. Pagac pleaded innocent. In December, before the team's national championship game against Miami in the Fiesta Bowl, Pagac was acquitted in a jury trial.
Aug. 17, 2002--Defensive lineman Quinn Pitcock is charged with underage drinking in his hometown of Piqua. He is suspended from the team for the three weeks of preseason workouts, then worked out with the team and is not held out of any games.
Aug. 24, 2002--Flanker Chris Vance, the Buckeyes' second-leading receiver from 2001, is suspended from the team before the season opener for what Tressel called a violation of team policy. Vance was with the team on the sidelines but did not play against Texas Tech.
July 29, 2002--Wide receiver Angelo Chattams is investigated for the alleged theft of a set of golf clubs from a sport utility vehicle in West Carrollton. Prosecutors approve but do not file a theft charge, permitting Chattams to enroll in a program for nonviolent, first-time offenders and avoid a charge.
July 26, 2002--Police find Branden Joe, a sophomore fullback, asleep in a car on a highway ramp near campus. The police report says he refused to take a Breathalyzer test. He was suspended for the three weeks of preseason camp and the team's season opener against Texas Tech, then returns to the team although his playing time is limited by injuries.
April 27, 2002--Linebacker Marco Cooper is arrested hours after the Buckeyes' annual intrasquad scrimmage and charged with felony drug abuse and carrying a concealed weapon in his sports-utility vehicle. Cooper pleads guilty to two charges in November and is put on probation.
March 2, 2002--Tight end Redgie Arden is arrested on a charge of drunken driving in his hometown of Ironton. The redshirt freshman is found guilty and is sentenced to three days in jail and fined. Suspended indefinitely from the team, he does not participate in summer workouts before the 2002 season but is reinstated before the start of the 2002 season and played in 11 games.
Nov. 15, 2001--Quarterback Steve Bellisari is arrested two days before the Illinois game for drunken driving. Tressel suspends the Buckeyes' three-year starter indefinitely and then reinstates him to the team three days later. A senior, he practiced with the team for the Michigan game but did not play, then came off the bench to play most of the team's Outback Bowl loss to South Carolina. He later served a weekend in jail.
March 21, 2001--Cornerback Derek Ross is arrested on charges of driving without a license and providing false information to police, giving an incorrect name when pulled over for speeding. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail. He is suspended from Ohio State's 2001 spring practices, then played most of the 2001 season, leading the Big Ten in interceptions and earning second-team all-conference honors. Left team to make himself available for the NFL draft a year early.
Jan. 18, 2001--Tressel is hired.
I enjoy watching the Homies fight. I'm going to the Duke Miami game this weekend. I wonder if Duke can beat Miami's second string?
blue and gold... needs to get a life!
Theismann's son, Joe, pleaded guilty in 2002 to a felony charge of dealing cocaine and a misdemeanor charge of possessing drug paraphernalia. He was fined and received a 10-year suspended prison term, plus five years of probation.
I'll go one step further! F$#k you all Nole lovers! You wanted death penalty again & didn't get it! UM has more in the pro's than you. UM has twice as many 1st round picks as you! UM will win another NC before you guys get around to it! The penalty has been handed down & imagine that? You all don't agree with it!
I will bring up the BS your programs have pulled in recent years! FSU doesn't have a leg to stand on in this debate! There own players were robbing each other by years end, so I hope you finally did suspend players "when it didn't really matter anymore"! Janikowski was selling X & GHB & never missed a game? Warrick stole from Dillards & no one mentioned the 3 karat diamond earings in his ears for the press conference he couldn't afford! Warrick won your second NC for you! I know, I lived in Tally at the time! Your players are rolling in Escalades! How? Tell me how these same thugs that we get who come from slums can afford Escalades? Sell shit somewhere's else!
THUG U EXPOSED AND OUTED:
HERE IS THE ARTICLE DESCRIBING THE POLICE BLOTTER OF THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (FIU) AND THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM:
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/Issues/2005-08-11/news/korten.html
The Canes always create the impression that it is us against the world. No need for perception anymore, it is truly us against the world. Outside of the locker room, nobody in the country is standing behind the Canes. What better way to shove it in faces of the critics/haters than running the table and winning the ACC. The U can't control the opinions of others, they can only control the play on the field.
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