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Bucky Katt;1491245; said:
Or this one:
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Or...... if their avatar is a hamster. Just got to be something wrong with them... :biggrin2:
 
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AuburnBuckeye;1491320; said:
Or...... if their avatar is a hamster. Just got to be something wrong with them... :biggrin2:
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You have failed to recognize a bearded bunny with a pancake on its head.

There's a big difference.

However, you are correct about that poster having some real issues. :wink2:
 
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AuburnBuckeye;1491320; said:
Or...... if their avatar is a hamster. Just got to be something wrong with them... :biggrin2:
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A hamster? :tic:

BB73;1491323; said:
However, you are correct about that poster having some real issues. :wink2:
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You don't even know the half of it.

AuburnBuckeye;1491341; said:
Half-right's not bad.
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Beats the hell out of half-wrong!
 
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The last part of the request seems to give them reasonable grounds, but the other schools cited don't have the history that Alabama has with the NCAA.

SI.com

Alabama asks NCAA to restore 21 vacated wins to football program

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- The University of Alabama formally asked the NCAA to restore 21 vacated wins to the football program in a 29-page appeal on Tuesday.

The appeal said the penalty was "so excessive as to constitute an abuse of discretion."

The Committee on Infractions' levied the penalty stemming from 201 student-athletes in 16 sports obtaining textbooks they weren't entitled to under their
scholarships.

The appeal also argued that the penalties in football and men's tennis and women's track were a departure from precedent in similar cases and in vacating wins.
The violators included 22 "intentional wrongdoers" -- among them seven football players -- who obtained more than $100 in supplies for other students.

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Among the university's arguments were that the Committee on Infractions "arbitrarily, capriciously and irrationally departs from the penalties imposed in prior textbook, vacation-of-wins and other cases." The appeal also noted that there were no coaches or administrators involved.

Alabama's appeal cited four major infractions cases involving violations of the textbook rule, all since 2005. The schools -- Ball State, Temple, Weber State and Texas State -- did not have wins vacated.

All but Temple were cited for lack of institutional control. Alabama was found guilty of the lesser violation of failure to monitor.
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And here's a fish story out of Alabama. A guy with a bad back paid for a fishing trip on the Gulf Coast with star WR Julio Jones and RB Mark Ingram, but didn't know they were Bama players, and he's not a Bama booster or fan.

SI.com

Alabama man asked to stay away from Tide players after fishing trip

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama has asked an Athens man to stay away from two Crimson Tide football players he took on a Gulf Coast fishing trip, though the university didn't report any NCAA violations or penalize itself over the outing.

The university investigated the trip that Curtis Anderson took this past spring with star receiver Julio Jones and running back Mark Ingram and forwarded its findings to the Southeastern Conference.

Anderson, who has a condominium in Gulf Shores, has been asked to end his relationship with the players during their playing careers, and Jones and Ingram were told not to contact him. He paid for the trip.

"The university is aware of Mr. Anderson, and has taken appropriate steps," said Alabama spokeswoman Deborah M. Lane. "Mr. Anderson is not affiliated with UA. He is not a UA booster, fan or alumnus, and is not a UA season ticket holder. In fact, Mr. Anderson told us that all of his family are fans of another SEC school."

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Somhow, I don't think this will really bug them so much right now.

CBS

NCAA decision to strip Alabama of victories stands

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The NCAA has denied Alabama's appeal of a ruling vacating 21 football victories from 2005-07 and records from three other sports for widespread violations involving free textbooks.

The NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee announced Tuesday that the Committee on Infractions' ruling in June 2009 stands. Alabama President Robert E. Witt expressed disappointment with the "inconsistent decision."

Alabama had argued that no other case involving textbooks had resulted in vacated victories and that the penalties were "so excessive as to constitute an abuse of discretion." The NCAA vacated the football wins, one postseason win for men's tennis and several individual and team records in men's and women's track.

The NCAA countered in the decision released Tuesday, stating that "two cases are seldom exactly alike and that the Committee on Infractions must have latitude to tailor the penalties to the specific facts of each case."

The Alabama case involved 201 athletes in 16 sports who obtained textbooks they weren't entitled to under their scholarships, including 22 "intentional wrongdoers" in football, track and tennis who knowingly exploited the system to get books for others.
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The vacated football wins include:

-2005: Middle Tennessee, Southern Mississippi, South Carolina, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Utah State, Mississippi State, and Texas Tech (Cotton Bowl).

-2006: Hawai'i, Vanderbilt, Louisiana-Monroe, Duke, Mississippi, and Florida International.

-2007: Western Carolina, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Houston, and Mississippi.

The penalties don't affect Alabama's wins over Tennessee or against Colorado in the Independence Bowl in 2007.

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