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2009 TSUN News (football only discussion)

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Inconsistency plagues Michigan's defense, especially versus Big Ten foes | Detroit Free Press | Freep.com

The Wolverines are 72nd in total defense (yardage allowed) and 58th in scoring defense nationally. But that includes games against Eastern Michigan and Delaware State, among the worst teams in their respective divisions.

The numbers look far worse when analyzing games against Big Ten opponents. U-M is last in scoring defense (31 points per game) and eighth in total defense (411.8 yards per game). The No. 9 and No. 10 teams in total defense are within 5 yards per game of U-M.

"I think we're a great defense. The only problem is we're not consistent," U-M defensive back Troy Woolfolk said Monday. "I noticed at Iowa we pretty much shut them down the whole game. It was just little problems with not being accurate. We allow people to score -- it's not they're scoring on us. The long touchdown pass to the tight end at Iowa, someone didn't cover that. They take opportunities off our mistakes, versus just them driving down the field."
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NCAA tells U-M it believes major violations might have occurred | detnews.com | The Detroit News#
'Reasonable cause'

David Price, vice president of enforcement for the NCAA, who issued the notice of inquiry, also informed the university he's heading the investigation, along with Thomas Hosty, NCAA director of enforcement, and Jackie Thurnes, associate director of enforcement.
NCAA officials, as is association policy, would not comment on the specifics of the investigation. But a spokeswoman did say any notice of inquiry means that the NCAA has uncovered "reasonable cause to believe that major violations have occurred."
"The NCAA enforcement staff initiates an investigation only when it has reasonable cause to believe a university has violated rules and the NCAA has reasonably reliable information that a major violation may have occurred," said Stacey Osburn, associate director of public and media relations for the NCAA. "The enforcement staff will then begin a review to determine the credibility of that information, and whether a major violation has taken place."
Experts said that might well not be a major development.
"I think this is just a natural sequence of events that should occur when you have numerous former and current players making allegations that there have been rule violations, in this case, practices too long," said Rick Karcher, a sports law expert at the Florida Coastal School of Law.
"It's just a first step."
The next step would either be a determination by the NCAA that the accusations are baseless, or a formal "Notice of Allegations" detailing precisely what is supported by evidence.
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Well, scUM fans hoping that this was all behind them were apparently dead wrong. Given the NCAA's track record, I still doubt much comes from this, but, heaping this on top of rr's already spotty track record at um (in many people's eyes anyway) is not a good thing. Having the NCAA sniffing around when you already have significant on the field issues is never fun.
 
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NFBuck;1577409; said:
Anybody else find the timing of Bill Martin announcing his retirement days before the NCAA's announcement a little convenient?
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He's certainly in line for the scapegoat role.

Another article on the topic says that the NCAA plans to complete the investigation by the end of this calendar year.
 
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I was just checking out "Michigan Monday," Tony Gerdeman's weekly column on the o-zone.net, and laughed my arse off while reading his bit on Stevie Brown:

I picture the Penn State offensive staff in a coaches' meeting and one of them says, "Man, it's too bad they don't have that Stevie Brown kid on the team anymore." And then they all chuckle and talk about him like he was the town drunk. "We could get him to do anything. Once he ate fries straight from the oil because we dared him too. You couldn't even tell where his fingers ended and the fries began. It was awesome." And then one of the coaches notices that Michigan has a new #3 playing linebacker and his name is also "Brown". Then they think, "Man, wouldn't that be great if this was the same guy." And then all of the coaches look at each other like they all just solved cold fusion at the same exact time. They frantically start paging through Michigan's media guide on their laptops and lo and behold, they get the best news they've had all day: Stevie Brown is still playing college football--and he's doing it on defense!

Here's the link:
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Fiu's suggestion as to how TSUN could handle the NCAA investigation.

CFN

The NCAA has asked Michigan to do more to look into the whole extra practice time thing that allegedly happened before the season. Michigan should throw a threat back the NCAA?s way that if there are any sanctions, no matter how light, Delaware State will be on the schedule for each of the next ten years.
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Bye-Bye to Boo-Boo

CB Boubacar Cissoko kicked off U-M's team
By MARK SNYDER
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER

Sophomore cornerback Boubacar Cissoko has been kicked off the Michigan football team, his high school coach, Thomas Wilcher of Detroit Cass Tech said tonight.

"He missed class, missed workouts," said Wilcher, who said he spoke to a U-M assistant coach and Cissoko today.

Cissoko, a 5-foot-9, 177-pounder, was suspended three weeks ago by U-M coach Rich Rodriguez, missing the Iowa and Delaware State games. He slowly worked his way back into the lineup and was reinstated late last week, playing a bit at cornerback against Penn State on Saturday.

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The news about Cissoko is not shocking to me at all.

I think this might be an addition by subtraction type of deal.

He was highly regarded and recruited by colleges out of high school because he was a very talented athlete, not because he was a very talented football player.

He didn't have any major red flags as a high school prospect like arrests, troubles with academics, or troubles in school like suspensions, fights, etc., etc..

I guess he just decided to become a head-case when he got to Michigan.
 
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