You are a COI member....

[mount lefroy]

Do you:

1. Say, wow, The team we just ruled on doesn’t look so bad after all.

2. Say, wow, the public is going to expect HARSH penalties. Better add a couple more scalps.

 

[RocketDawg]

Neither. I don't think the basketball thing will affect the Bears' sanctions one way or the other, nor should it. But I guess we'll never really know since they won't tell.

 

[mount lefroy]

Neither. I don't think the basketball thing will affect the Bears' sanctions one way or the other, nor should it. But I guess we'll never really know since they won't tell.

I agree in principle. But this is one of those instances where perceptions affect reality. I cannot fathom that the members aren’t considering whether or not someone reasonable will consider the penalties to be less than deserved. Of course state fans will want blood. Of course om fans will consider a one year bowl ban severe.

I’m referring to national perception away from the south.

This could get ugly for ANY school that goes in front of the COI.

 

[Shmuley]

This is yet another repeat of my opinion .... The enforcement staff wanted a beaver head. Despite the fact that it took Mars dragging those ******** kicking and screaming to the point of finally firing his swaggart ***, in the end his firing is a significant part of what the enforcement staff wanted. The COI is just NOT going to hammer those pieces of **** as hard as their behavior justifies. 30-35 over 4, 2 yr ban, several show causes.

 

[pDigital32Dawg]

If there was ever a time to slip the death penalty back into play, now is it. They could drop death penalties on OM football, Louisville basketball, and who knows who is next. I'd find that to be reasonable

 

[mount lefroy]

This is yet another repeat of my opinion .... The enforcement staff wanted a beaver head. Despite the fact that it took Mars dragging those ******** kicking and screaming to the point of finally firing his swaggart ***, in the end his firing is a significant part of what the enforcement staff wanted. The COI is just NOT going to hammer those pieces of **** as hard as their behavior justifies. 30-35 over 4, 2 yr ban, several show causes.

I thin it goes to a 3 year ban, but everything else I concur. They want that 2015 classic my opinion.

 

[RocketDawg]

I wonder if Pitino is facing arrest? I suppose they would have already done it if they were going to. Or maybe he's too big a name to spring it on him like they did the other guys.

 

[Shamoan]

I suspect they drafted penalties shortly after the meeting when arguments were fresh on their mind...maybe not, but my money would be on the decision already being made.

 

[fedxdog]

in oxford last weekend for wife's high school reunion and heard from classmate that the chancellor had asked the ncaa to not release any findings till after the season...and the ncaa had agreed...to help keep down any violence at the egg bowl...just saying!

 

[RocketDawg]

Good thing the game's in Starkville this year. If it was in Oxford, there'd probably be a real danger of violence. We may have to worry more about vandalism.

 

[amcdan2000]

Think penalties have already been decided. If not I think they would have postponed hearing and re-opened the investigation to include Hookers by Freeze. Think penalties are harsh and they don't think they could do worse to them

 

[bulldognation]

Remind me again the last time MSU students/fans vandalized a campus building or athletic facility in Oxford...

(besides 55-20)

 

[muddawgs]

Agree. If the sanctions weren't bad, they would release them before egg bowl. I think it speaks volumes that they are waiting till afterwards.

 

[ezsoil]

This is yet another repeat of my opinion .... The enforcement staff wanted a beaver head. Despite the fact that it took Mars dragging those ******** kicking and screaming to the point of finally firing his swaggart ***, in the end his firing is a significant part of what the enforcement staff wanted. The COI is just NOT going to hammer those pieces of **** as hard as their behavior justifies. 30-35 over 4, 2 yr ban, several show causes.

That's what I think ...but I hate it because what they did was coordinated, rampant,and wide spread....and I bet it hasn't stopped....

 

[Bucky Dog]

I had a Rebel customer at dinner say that with all of this million dollar cheating stuff I basketball going on, thenbetter **** those programs down forever if they are going to give OM all the penalties they are expecting for $20-30K! I didn't feel like getting into the whole, that's minimally what they could prove and all they needed to hammer your *** but you know it's 20 times that much!

 

[tatedog]

I had a Rebel customer at dinner say that with all of this million dollar cheating stuff I basketball going on, thenbetter **** those programs down forever if they are going to give OM all the penalties they are expecting for $20-30K! I didn't feel like getting into the whole, that's minimally what they could prove and all they needed to hammer your *** but you know it's 20 times that much!

If I were an Ole Miss fan I'd be content to keep my trap shut and pray that the NCAA doesn't go full blown partners with the FBI on pending cases, because to me it appears that the Feds are no long turning a blind eye towards perjury on grant application forms (see the Opportunity Fund).

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Do you:

1. Say, wow, The team we just ruled on doesn’t look so bad after all.

2. Say, wow, the public is going to expect HARSH penalties. Better add a couple more scalps.

3. Save the K-Y for the basketball stuff. Go in dry on that recent football team.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Evidently the "Everybody is CHEATING" theory really is applicable in basketball. We cannot shut down totally the NCAA's cash cow, so we need to dry-17 the hell outta those bastards that are blatantly cheating & advertising their activity in football.

 

[Ishmael]

I've heard this said elsewhere, and I don't understand it. Why would sanctions against Ole Miss cause violence at the Egg Bowl in Starkville, and why would the Ole Miss Chancellor care, if so? Or is he concerned the Ole Miss players will be upset and take cheap shots?

 

[paindonthurt_]

I would be happy with that punishment