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Masoli and other Ducks' legal issues

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Gatorubet;1740697; said:
Ryan Smith was a non-factor in the 2006 season. :paranoid:
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NCAA Statement Regarding Graduate Transfer Rules - NCAA.org

If a student-athlete wants to transfer and immediately compete as a graduate student, the college or university they are transferring to would need to seek a waiver, because in most cases they would have to sit out a year before competing under NCAA transfer rules and would not have any remaining eligibility. One of the factors our members have determined is appropriate for a graduate student waiver is if the transfer is academically motivated.
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Buckeye Nut;1740959; said:
Even his home state school of Hawaii(a team that certainly needs a player of his caliber more) wanted nothing to do with him, but the SEC sure as hell will take him!:lol:
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I don't know enough about the offense now run by the Bows to know if he was a fit or not....all other issues aside. They are back to New Mexico State status on my radar.
 
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Stewart Mandel is not pullling his punches on this one.

SI.com

Masoli move latest proof Houston Nutt is a certifiably dirty coach

College football fans love to toss around the word "dirty." Pete Carroll was "dirty," they'll tell you, because one of his former stars took a bunch of money. Urban Meyer must be "dirty" because so many of his players get arrested. Lane Kiffin is presumably "dirty" because ... well, duh.

The definition of "dirty" seems to vary based on one's affiliation, but surely we can all agree on at least one designation: A dirty coach is willing to eschew his integrity if doing so might pay off in a couple more W's. He's not so much a winner as a survivalist. He's not even necessarily a rule-breaker because he creates his own loopholes.

Which is why Ole Miss' Houston Nutt -- more so than any of the aforementioned names -- is a certifiably dirty coach.
Nutt's controversial decision to add trouble-plagued Oregon exile Jeremiah Masoli to his roster on the eve of preseason camp is so transparently pathetic in its desperation you wonder how he can make it with a straight face. And yet we should hardly be surprised.

This is, after all, the same man who hired a high school coach he didn't want just to keep a quarterback recruit he wound up losing anyway; turned the practice of oversigning into such a farce that the SEC had to make up a rule just to curb him; and, just last year, welcomed another high-profile castoff with a checkered past only to watch him run afoul of the law again before playing a down with the Rebels.

The so-called "Right Reverend" has voluntarily gone down the wrong path again.

Masoli, the star quarterback for Oregon's 2009 Rose Bowl team, was desperate to find a new football team following his June dismissal, and Ole Miss just happens to be in desperate need of another quarterback following the transfer of second-stringer Raymond Cotton. And so, thanks to a convenient NCAA loophole, Masoli, a recent sociology grad, may wind up starting for an SEC team less than six months after being charged for second-degree burglary, and just three months after getting caught with marijuana while already on suspension from his former team. As an added bonus, he'll get to pursue his lifelong dream of attaining a master's degree in Parks and Recreation Management.

Only in America. Or at least in one dirty coach's pocket of it.

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And now this from CFB News:

REBELS TAKE PRESSURE OFF ATHLETES

The University of Mississippi announced today that classes will henceforth be optional for football players.

Mississippi's provost, Hugh Kares, determined that football players were having a detrimental effect on academic performance of non-football playing students across the board.

"Fer the most part football players ain't even tendin' class. And them what is pays little attention, disrupt class, bully the skinny dudes and harass female students what don't know enuff to do what theys told" said Kares. "And what's the point? Players needs to concentrate on what is really portant to the University - and the State - of Mississippi. And that sure ain't gittin edicated."

When asked to comment Rebel football coach Houston Nutt said "Don't bother me now, I'm trying to read a text message from the dean of women's studies - one handed."

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A transcript of an interview with Chip Kelly, by Dan Patrick.

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Q&A with Oregon coach Chip Kelly

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DP: Did you try to keep [Jeremiah] Masoli?
CK: Did I try to keep him? No. We have standards here at school that are straightforward, plain and simple. People have asked me, "Was it a hard decision?" No, it wasn't. He knew [he would be suspended] if he pled guilty. I had talked to him the day before. "If you plead guilty, you're suspended for the season. That's a decision you're making." He pled guilty and he was suspended for the season. We put a plan in place of zero-tolerance. If you can adhere to that plan, you'll have the opportunity to come back in 2011. And he didn't, so he's gone.

DP: Is he a bad kid?
CK: No, he's not a bad kid. He's made some bad decisions, but he's not a bad kid.

DP: How surprised are you that [Ole Miss head coach] Houston Nutt is going to give him another chance?
CK: I don't know. They're the ones who have to make that decision. In today's society, I'm never surprised at anything.

DP: Would there be a heads-up you give to Houston Nutt about Masoli?
CK: No, I talked to Houston. I think he did his due diligence and called around. I know he had talked to our offensive coordinator earlier. I actually talked to Houston last Thursday. He called and reached out while we were at our Pac-10 media stuff. I had a chance to share some thoughts with him.

DP: What did he want to know when he called you?
CK: He just wanted to know about Jeremiah as a person. We didn't talk about football. There was no: How fast is he? How strong is he? How does he read this coverage?

DP: Did you caution him at all about taking Masoli?
CK: No. It's kind of between me and Houston, but I just shared with him what happened and the events that happened here.

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Dunno man, does not look that bad to me. If my helmet was ripped off twice by a db during a scrimmage, I'd be pissed too. I've thrown a punch in practice. Not cold cocked a guy like that incident - that was low class - but in practice, all kinds of stuff would go on sometimes. That's just football.
 
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Gatorubet;1749593; said:
Dunno man, does not look that bad to me. If my helmet was ripped off twice by a db during a scrimmage, I'd be pissed too. I've thrown a punch in practice. Not cold cocked a guy like that incident - that was low class - but in practice, all kinds of stuff would go on sometimes. That's just football.
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Wet blanket.
 
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