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cincibuck;1961486; said:
If you round out the C in Chip, it becomes O.
And if you take the line from in front of the p it becomes o too.

The result is Ohio. NCAA has reason to be suspicious.
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Where is that tin foil hat emoticon when you need it? I believe in this conspiracy 151%
 
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This article mentions the fact that the recruiting info was outdated, and that Harris was speeding in a car that was rented by a University employee.

SI.com

Oregon opens camp amid NCAA investigation

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- While questions swirled about his recruitment to Oregon, running back Lache Seastrunk set about preparing for the upcoming season with the Ducks. Seastrunk reported to fall practice on Monday with his teammates, who are hoping to build on last season's success. But hanging over the Ducks is the NCAA investigation into a $25,000 payment made by Oregon last year to Willie Lyles and his Houston-based recruiting service for what appeared to be outdated information.
Lyles has said he had a mentoring relationship with Seastrunk, who came to Oregon last year, shortly before the payment was made. It would be an NCAA violation if Lyles guided a recruit to the Ducks.
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Cornerback and return specialist Cliff Harris has been suspended from the team indefinitely after he was cited for driving 118 mph on a suspended license in June. The car he was driving had been rented by a university employee.
At the very least, Harris will sit out Oregon's season opener against LSU and after that his status will be dependent on his adherence to the football program's rules.
Linebacker Kiko Alonso, projected to be a starter this season, was also suspended indefinitely after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges of trespassing and criminal mischief. Alonso was arrested in early May after he broke into a home and fell asleep there.
Kelly said it's an "ongoing evaluation process" when it comes to those two players.

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scooter1369;1966493; said:
Oregon currently not even on ESPN's radar.
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I mentioned this in another thread earlier today, but Nike had revenues of over $20 billion in their recently ended FY2011. Their annual advertising budget is around $2.5 billion, I'm not sure how much of that goes to the ESPN/ABC family, but I'd wager it's measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

It's not hard to imagine Phil Knight telling somebody at Disney/ABC/ESPN to lay off of Oregon and it having an impact at how hard they try to report negative things in the program at Eugene.

CleveBucks posted this in the Yahoo/Tattoo thread - a guy in Ohio sent a FOIA request asking Oregon how many FOIA requests they had received from ESPN.

Standing.Outside.ESPNs.Lines

I sent a public records request to the University of Oregon media relations department to specifically get a copy of each and every records request that it has received from ESPN since December, 2010 about the Ducks football program.

Two weeks ago came back the answer: two. The first request was a list of all the revenues and expenditures from the athletic department. The second was for a list of anyone who received complimentary sideline passes since 2007. ESPN refined its first request when Oregon sent them back a financial report, by asking for expenditures the athletic department made for recruiting services. Ultimately though that's the extent of their investigation into Oregon.

Contrast that again with the literally volumes of materials they've requested from Ohio State (as ESPN itself acknowledged in the lawsuit against Ohio State) and ask yourself whether ESPN really is being the fair and balanced outlet they claim to be.
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Oregonian

California releases portion of what it paid Willie Lyles $5,000 to provide

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The 4-page document lists names and basic information about 49 players listed as 2010 Texas recruits.

"Although none of the players on this list ultimately enrolled at Cal," said Alan Kolling, Cal's public records coordinator, "the information included in the report includes the data necessary to begin an evaluation of whether or not to pursue these prospects for scholarship consideration."

Two players who committed to Oregon were among those listed: Running backs Lache Seastrunk and Dontae Williams. Williams left the program for personal reasons earlier this year. Seastrunk's relationship with Lyles is what first drew NCAA scrutiny to Oregon.
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The invoices submitted to Oregon and Cal indicate the packages were to include game film and highlight film from the same 22 states.

Oregon has not been able to produce any video as part of what it says it received. Cal did not release any video Monday night but said a DVD is ready for distribution.

LSU previously released 32 DVDs of video it says Lyles provided as part of a junior college package focused on California and Kansas. ESPN's review of the footage showed it contained outdated, poor-quality video that was of little use in identifying prospective players.

LSU's package is listed as having been shipped on Nov. 8, 2010. Oregon's is listed as having been shipped on Feb. 22, 2010. Cal's is listed as having been shipped on March, 23, 2010.

Seastrunk and Williams signed with Oregon on Feb. 3, 2010.

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Oregon's is listed as having been shipped on Feb. 22, 2010. Cal's is listed as having been shipped on March, 23, 2010.

Seastrunk and Williams signed with Oregon on Feb. 3, 2010.
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So Oregon paid 25K for the video's that were shipped 3 weeks after the kid signed?
 
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Jaxbuck;1967043; said:
So Oregon paid 25K for the video's that were shipped 3 weeks after the kid signed?
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What part of "no tattoos" do you not understand?

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