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Oklahoma State Cowboys (official thread)

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BigWoof31 said:
Apparently this is going to be the next whirlwind NCAA Investigation.

SI has concluded a 10 month investigation and it will be made public tomorrow morning when the most recent magazine hits the stands.
http://insidesportsillustrated.com/...t-to-launch-tuesday-september-10-at-9-a-m-et/

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I think the SI writers got confused. They were told by their editors to go investigate OSU and drag up stuff because it sold a lot of magazines last time. Oregon State can thank it's lucky stars.....until next time...:dance:
 
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When does the sex stuff come out? this money stuff is boring

It's gonna be hairy around the LSU locker room... when those players find out The Hat knows how to operate and if they're not getting their fair share.. all hell's gonna break loose
 
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60 players interviewed, improperly cited quotes and admission of guilt implicates 11 of them, all 11 (according to Okla St fans) were players that were kicked off the team, gave up football after injury, left for other personal issues, or lost their starting jobs (Pogi) and transferred.

Tatum Bell's Twitter timeline is hysterical.

tatum bell ‏@tspeedtx 1h
@six3kennylee @OkieFields crazy. I'm still trying to figure out who the Hell Girtman, Mickens, and Johnson [are].
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Also interesting ...

https://twitter.com/WhitlockJason

Jason Whitlock ‏@WhitlockJason 2h
Oh My God. Just saw on Peter King's twitter feed Thayer Evans has something to do with this Okie State story. Holy cow. H O L Y C O W

Jason Whitlock ‏@WhitlockJason 2h
My God, this might be the journalistic crime of the century. Boomer Sooner got to write takedown of Okie State. Unreal. #plushesahack

Jason Whitlock ‏@WhitlockJason 2h
Yes, I'm not speculating about his incompetence. RT @MinnickTaylor: Wasn't Thayer Evans a colleague of yours over at Fox Sports

Whitlock is apparently on ESPN 98.1 FM in OKC right now blasting Thayer and SI.
 
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Whitlock on the warpath today. :booyah:

Jason Whitlock ‏@WhitlockJason 3h
Let me tell you what's easy: supporting pack journalism, the cliche, gutless crap that wins awards for 30 straight years.

Jason Whitlock ‏@WhitlockJason 3h
Tell Deitsch being the court-appointed stenographer for the good-old-boy network ain't remotely courageous or journalism.
 
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Dryden said:
Whitlock on the warpath today. :booyah:

Jason Whitlock ‏@WhitlockJason 3h
Let me tell you what's easy: supporting pack journalism, the cliche, gutless crap that wins awards for 30 straight years.

Jason Whitlock ‏@WhitlockJason 3h
Tell Deitsch being the court-appointed stenographer for the good-old-boy network ain't remotely courageous or journalism.
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I wasn't paying attention, but I assume he went on a similar warpath back in 2011, right? right??
 
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Buckeye86 said:
I wasn't paying attention, but I assume he went on a similar warpath back in 2011, right? right??
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It sounds like Thayer Evans' involvement is his biggest beef with this week's "story":

“But then in addition to that, having worked with Thayer Evans at Fox Sports, having followed his work for some time, I am completely and utterly flabbergasted that a legitimate news outlet would allow Thayer Evans to be involved in some type of investigative piece on college football that tears down a program, and particularly one that tears down Oklahoma State when it is no secret what a huge, enormous, gigantic Oklahoma homer Thayer Evans is. This is just incredible. Knowing the lack of competence that’s there with Thayer Evans, knowing the level of simplemindedness that’s there with Thayer Evans, to base any part of the story on his reporting is mind-boggling.
“ … When I learned Thayer Evans was involved, I just said, there’s no way I’ll read this because there’s no reason to trust this reporter on anything of any substance. If you go back and look at his track record of reporting and the consistent controversy that surrounds his reporting – he made a name for himself at the New York Times by writing these annual stories about some top high school football recruit that he would buddy up to, follow around with a tape recorder and then report what some immature 17-year-old kid said about the recruiting process. These kids tended to come from single-parent families with the mother working and busy, so there wasn’t the normal oversight and anybody with a brain could see the exploitation that was taking place. … It doesn’t surprise me there are sources in this story saying the reporting was heavy-handed and leading. I don’t want to make the whole thing about Thayer Evans, but there’s just no way to avoid it. I’ve worked with him. He’s simpleminded. He’s a hack that can’t write. This isn’t personal, I promise. I have no reason to dislike Thayer Evans personally, and I don’t. But I’ve read enough of his work this guy isn’t qualified for this job and by now Sports Illustrated and anybody else should be well aware of this. Type his name into Google, read his previous work, read how his previous work has been rebunked and there’s just no surprise. This story will be shrouded in controversy.
“ … I can’t disparage (other writer George Dohrmann) because I have never worked with him.

“ … Let me end by saying this and I honestly mean this without malice. It wouldn’t shock me if Thayer Evans couldn’t spell cat and I say in all seriousness.”
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http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Jason_Whitlock_slams_SI_writer_Thayer_Evans/11-22173

Thayer Evans is everything that is wrong with today's sports media.
 
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I read the story and to put it mildly: It is complete and utter shit.

* Granted, I came into reading it with my own bias knowing that Dohrmann was involved. I can't just let the raffle story (WHICH GARNERED A FUCKING SI COVER) from 2011 go. It was intended to be a "Hit Piece" and it turned into a "Miss Piece." The fact that Thayer Evans was the primary reporter made me question it even more before I ever read it.

The entire story is based on verbal accounts from former players during various stretches between 2001-2010. By most accounts, each of these players left Oklahoma State on bad terms. There is no objective evidence in the story in the form of receipts or other documentation proving the allegations. There is no opposing viewpoint presented. The story cites contact with several players who were implicated and denied the allegations. These players were not quoted. They were mentioned and summarily dismissed at the end of certain acccusatory paragraphs.

Evans and Dohrmann were not interested in being objective. It's not a "story" if the allegations aren't true so they report them as fact when they don't have the evidentiary base. There were several instances of commentary associated with the story that were utilized to make Oklahoma State look bad.

In order to access the story, you need to get through a gatekeeper ad that SI just unloaded today, specifically for this story. They're milking it for all it is worth. They're calling it "The Dirty Game" and they plan to make a killing off magazine sales for the story.

The allegations contained in today's story (and those teased in the upcoming story) are little more than basic regurgitations of what went on at UNC (without the evidence to support NCAA findings). Yet SI is pumping this shit up to be the story of the fucking century. It is a goddamn joke.
 
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