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Boise St -18.5 at Toledo (ov/un 58.5) Fri 8 ET, ESPN

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I would like Joe Tessitore to know that I did read the document that Boise State received from the NCAA recently, which put them on probation and took away 3 scholarships for 3 years.

When discussing the football-related violations, the NCAA made a point of the competitive advantage gained by having incoming students spend time with future teammates prior to their enrollment. And the football coaches were directly involved with finding players willing to accommodate the new guys that were receiving improper benefits in housing and transportation.

During the summers of 2005 through 2009, assistant football coaches and football
staff members arranged summer housing and transportation in Boise, Idaho, for
63 then prospective student-athletes with then current student-athletes in order for
the young men to participate in summer workouts.
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A majority of the football student-athletes reported that assistant football coaches or
football staff members, either directly or indirectly, arranged for them to reside with
football student-athletes for various time periods during the summer prior to their initial
enrollment at the institution. For example, typical responses from student-athletes
included, "One of the coaches asked players if they wanted to help us out, and the
coaches told me who I would be living with," or "coach set it up (referencing summer
housing) with a quarterback so I got to know the offense." These then prospective
student-athletes were provided impermissible transportation and free or reduced-cost
housing by their hosts for time periods ranging from one week to two months.

The primary reason these prospective student-athletes arrived early was to participate in voluntary summer workout program for football student-athletes using the institution's facilities. In addition, returning football student-athletes also conduct player-run-practices (PRPs) where the student-athletes participate in voluntary drills without the supervision of the football coaches or institutional staff members. Prospective student-athletes were informed of the summer activities by student-athletes or coaches and also received a letter from the football staff in May that described the summer program. Many of the prospective football student-athletes who had signed National Letters of Intent (NLI) to attend the institution participated in some portion of the summer workouts from 2005 to 2008.

While some of the prospects during this time period may have had pre-existing
relationships with the football student-athletes with whom they resided, others required
the assistance of football coaching staff members to facilitate their summer housing
arrangements. Football coaches and staff members would connect prospects with
football student-athletes who were willing to host prospects at their residences.
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Getting a competitive advantage with the coaches being involved with arranging the improper benefits for 40 football players over several years - excused as a few guys sleeping on couches.

And out of the blue Rod Gilmore chipped in with "Boise State gets Lack of Institutional Control, what about Ohio State"?

And the LOIC was because there were many sports involved, cross-country, track, and men's and women's tennis. Women's tennis involved a coach handing between $1000 and $2500 cash to a women's tennis player on more than 1 occasion, and having a young girl that wasn't a Boise State student play for Boise in an NCAA tennis competition.

Rot in Hell, ESPN.
 
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MaxBuck;1991997; said:
Boise State so far looks like a far superior team to Ohio State. They have some actual imagination with respect to offensive game planning.
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My Dawgs are no great shakes, but I'm telling you -they might be Truck Driver U, but they can freakin' play. And Petersen is a hell of a coach. 20+ Seniors too.
 
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MaxBuck;1991997; said:
Boise State so far looks like a far superior team to Ohio State.
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I wouldn't go that far. Moore has been more impressive than Bauserman & the play calling seems to be superior, but that's about it.

If Scott catches that ball over the middle, we're looking at a different ball game.
 
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