2013 NCAA football thread

[nik-]

A much bigger story than NCAA football. Private prisons are a moral abomination.

[Drake]

The Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a new football rule that requires players who target and contact defenseless players above the shoulders to be ejected, effective for the 2013 season. The change increases the on-field penalty for targeting by adding the automatic ejection to the existing 15-yard penalty.

The new rule in football means that discipline for those players flagged for violations will mirror the penalty for fighting. If the foul occurs in the first half of a game, the player is ejected for the remainder of the game. If the foul occurs in the second half or overtime of a game, the player is ejected for the remainder of the game and the first half of the next contest.

In an effort to address concerns when one of these plays is erroneously called on the field, the ejection portion of the penalty will be reviewable through video replay. The replay official must have conclusive evidence that a player should not be ejected to overturn the call on the field.

Additionally, a postgame conference review remains part of the rule, and conferences retain their ability to add to a sanction. The committee will also allow a postgame review to reduce a suspension if warranted.

The Playing Rules Oversight Panel also approved a new rule regarding blocking below the waist. In the past two years, the Football Rules Committee has adjusted rules governing these blocks in an attempt to reduce or remove potentially dangerous plays. But the changes have caused more confusion and inconsistency than intended. The new rule focuses on the block itself and will allow these blocks by stationary players in typical line play.


In other action, the oversight panel denied the Football Rules Committee’s proposal to require an institution’s jersey or pant color to be different from the field of play, citing concerns that it did not enhance the image of the game. Additionally, the panel denied a proposal to move the down and distance markers to the other side of the field for the second half.

A number of football rules changes were approved, however, including:

• To add a 10-second runoff with less than a minute remaining in either half when the sole reason for the clock stoppage is because of injury.
• To establish three seconds as the minimum amount of time required to be on the game clock in order to spike the ball to stop the clock. If one or two seconds remain on the clock, there is only time for the offense to run one more play.
• To require a player that changes numbers during the game to report this to the referee, who will announce it.
• To preclude multiple players from the same team from wearing the same uniform number (for example, two quarterbacks on the same team are not allowed to have the same number).
• To allow the use of electronic communication by the on-field officiating crew (the practice was used successfully on an experimental basis by the Southeastern Conference). This is a permissive rule and not a requirement.
• To allow instant replay to adjust the clock at the end of each quarter. Previously, this provision was in place only for the end of each half.
• To clarify uniform rules as follows: “Jerseys must have clearly visible, permanent Arabic numerals measuring at least 8 and 10 inches in height front and back, respectively, and be of one solid color that itself is clearly in distinct contrast with the color of the jersey, irrespective of any border around the number.” This rule goes into effect for Football Bowl Subdivision teams in 2013. Football Championship Subdivision, Division II and Division III teams will have until 2014 before the rule becomes effective.

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/...ty+in+football

[ResAlien]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...cording-report

Auburn's football program changed players' grades to secure eligibility, offered money to potential NFL draft picks so they would return for their senior seasons, and violated NCAA recruiting rules under former coach Gene Chizik, according to a report by former New York Times and Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts

Sounds like Auburn should get the full fledged SMU treatment. When they strip Newton of his Heisman does the runner up get it or does it go unawarded?

[valo403]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...cording-report



Sounds like Auburn should get the full fledged SMU treatment. When they strip Newton of his Heisman does the runner up get it or does it go unawarded?

Unawarded. There is currently no listed 2005 winner.

[Senator Clay Davis]

I love seeing Auburn fans ripping Selena Roberts apart (check out her Wikipedia page)...you know, Auburn graduate Selena Roberts? She's not some Tide fan pushing an agenda here. I think a lot of people had strong suspicions about that Auburn team (Cam in particular), so its not like any of this should be shocking.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Annnnnd it gets worse for Auburn

The 2010 national champion Auburn Tigers were gripped by an epidemic of synthetic marijuana use that led to a rash of failed drug tests and a decision at the highest levels of the university's athletic department to keep the results confidential, ESPN has learned.

A six-month investigation by ESPN The Magazine and "E:60" into the spread of synthetic marijuana at Auburn reveals that a dozen students on the football team, including its star running back, Michael Dyer, failed tests for the designer drug.

The school did not implement testing for the drug until after it won the national championship in January 2011, and as many as a dozen other seniors who used synthetic marijuana were never caught, the investigation also found.

The drug -- also referred to as "spice" -- has been linked to paranoid delusions, hallucinations, and, in rare cases, deaths.

In one extreme case, a freshman tight end, Dakota Mosley, failed seven consecutive weekly tests for the drug, but never was punished. (He was suspended for three months in a separate incident after he tested positive for marijuana.) The Arkansas native says he learned he'd failed a sixth test on the same day he was scheduled to meet with NCAA investigators to discuss a probe into potential recruiting violations.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...etic-pot-tests

[valo403]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Annnnnd it gets worse for Auburn

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...etic-pot-tests

Is "spice" a banned substance?

[Senator Clay Davis]

Spice was not banned at the time of the alleged occurences (it is now). In fact the article you should read is the actual ESPN the Mag story on it. Pretty sad stuff about how dangerous Spice really is.

http://espn.go.com/espn/e60/story/_/...-espn-magazine

So to me the legality of Spice isn't entirely important, its more the lack of control that appears to be a pattern at Auburn. If USC, Ohio State and Miami all got hammered because of the "Lack of institutional control", I gotta imagine Auburn will too.

[valo403]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Spice was not banned at the time of the alleged occurences (it is now). In fact the article you should read is the actual ESPN the Mag story on it. Pretty sad stuff about how dangerous Spice really is.

http://espn.go.com/espn/e60/story/_/...-espn-magazine

So to me the legality of Spice isn't entirely important, its more the lack of control that appears to be a pattern at Auburn. If USC, Ohio State and Miami all got hammered because of the "Lack of institutional control", I gotta imagine Auburn will too.

Yeah, players failing tests for something that wasn't banned isn't an issue, but the fact that they had so many players on their team smoking the stuff certainly is. If they can pin down payments to players the sanctions could get pretty severe.

The funny thing is I wonder if the fan base would see it as being worth it considering they won a national title. Vacated later or not they still got to enjoy the ride.

[browna]

Pretty cool moment for Nebraska to end their spring game...7 year old battling brain cancer gets the final handoff.

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports...-game/related/

[Stay Golden]

ouch for MSU #4 nation ranked WR Drake Harris welcome to Michigan!
I think he just made became enemy#1 with the MSU secondary.

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/inde..._joins_mi.html

[Senator Clay Davis]

We're getting to be pretty close to the 2011 BCS National Championship Game being "Vacated" versus "Vacated". And the proof Oregon is gonna get slammed as if Chip Kelly bolting wasn't proof enough.

Documents released by the University of Oregon show the school and the NCAA agree "major" violations were committed by the football program, both The Oregonian and Portland, Ore., television station KATU reported Monday.

The documents focus heavily on Will Lyles, who ran a recruiting and scouting service and has been widely reported to be at the center of the investigation, according to the reports. Most of the alleged violations cited occurred during the tenure of former Ducks coach Chip Kelly, who left Oregon in January to become the coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Both The Oregonian and KATU received the documents after filing a public records request.

"There were underlying major violations coupled with failure to monitor violations involving the head coach (2009 through 2011) and the athletics department (2008-2011)," NCAA enforcement staff wrote in the report, according to KATU.

However, the documents also state NCAA enforcement staff said they had "no finding of lack of institutional control and no finding of unethical conduct," key points when it comes time for punishment to be considered, KATU reported. Oregon is expected to appear before the NCAA's committee on infractions sometime this year.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...otball-program

[Stay Golden]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

We're getting to be pretty close to the 2011 BCS National Championship Game being "Vacated" versus "Vacated". And the proof Oregon is gonna get slammed as if Chip Kelly bolting wasn't proof enough.


http://espn.go.com/college-football/...otball-program

many of us said the wagons were circling which is part of why Kelly jumped ship to the NFL.
Just like when Carroll did.

[valo403]

Originally Posted by Stay Golden

ouch for MSU #4 nation ranked WR Drake Harris welcome to Michigan!
I think he just made became enemy#1 with the MSU secondary.

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/inde..._joins_mi.html

Meh, I'll wait for UM to actually do something on the field before I get worked up about them.

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by Stay Golden

many of us said the wagons were circling which is part of why Kelly jumped ship to the NFL.
Just like when Carroll did.

There is something that seems so wrong with cheating your way to success in college sports, leveraging that success for a big pay day in college, then jumping ship for another big pay day in nfl and leaving behind the college to suffer through sanctions and clean up your mess.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Whoops

With a couple days to go before the NFL draft, agents would be wise to remind all their clients: Don’t say anything stupid on Twitter. Or anywhere else, for that matter.

Unfortunately for former Alabama offensive tackle D.J. Fluker, a likely first-round draft pick on Thursday night, a tweet saying he took money from agents while he was playing college football went out on his Twitter account on Monday:

“Yea I took $ n college so wat. I did wat i had to do. Agents was tryin to pimp me so I pimped them. Cast da 1st stone,” the tweet from @DJFluker76 said.

His agent, Deryk Gilmore, quickly explained that Fluker was the victim of a hacking, and that the account would be re-activated “after the draft.”

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...y-from-agents/

[valo403]

Well this is a new one. MSU lost a pretty highly touted WR recruit to.....rap.

Jay Harris decided to quit football to pursue his rap career (apparently a bit of a mutual decision with MSU when some of his tracks were heard by admin, not exactly family friendly). Probably the best choice for the kid if he was burnt out on football, which seems to be the case as he said he wanted to quit a couple years ago. Still, it's gotta be tough to tell your parents you're not going to accept that free Big Ten degree that's on offer.

http://deadspin.com/michigan-state-s...or-r-506091112

[Senator Clay Davis]

Chip Kelly escapes and Oregon basically walks. 1 scholarship? Thats the punishment? And the NCAA wonders why people think its a corrupt joke of an organization?

The NCAA has placed Oregon's football program on probation for three years and taken away a scholarship for recruiting violations under previous coach Chip Kelly.

The NCAA's Division I Infractions Committee released a report on Wednesday that found Kelly and the university failed to monitor the program.

The NCAA has been looking into Oregon's recruiting practices since questions arose over a 2010 payment of $25,000 to Willie Lyles and his Houston-based recruiting service, Complete Scouting Services. Lyles had a connection with an Oregon recruit.

The NCAA also reduced Oregon's official paid visits from 56 to 37 for the next three academic years, reduced its evaluation days for each of the next three seasons and banned the program from using recruiting services during the probation period.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...es-scholarship

[FlamingLonghorn]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Chip Kelly escapes and Oregon basically walks. 1 scholarship? Thats the punishment? And the NCAA wonders why people think its a corrupt joke of an organization?

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...es-scholarship

It really pisses me off. Unlike others, I don't think every one of the powers in college football runs a dirty program. Oregon should have the book thrown at them instead the NCAA does nothing once again. I guess they didn't want to get Phil Knight upset.

[Drake]

WTF? That is seriously ####ed up ####.

While Nashville police have yet to release details of a sex crimes investigation that led to the dismissal of four Vanderbilt football players, allegations are starting to emerge through other channels. Former Volunteers quarterback Erik Ainge disclosed some of those details this morning on his Tennessee Sports Radio program, and they're ugly.

Ainge opted not to reveal any names, saying only that four players were involved and that after a night of drinking one player "allowed" the other three to rape his girlfriend. "They were out," Ainge said, "they were drinking, boyfriend Vandy football player had sex with his girlfriend, then allowed his three teammates with him to also have sex with his girlfriend, and she did not want that to be the case."

The case is being taken seriously enough by authorities, certainly; the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is involved and testing evidence in its crime lab.

http://deadspin.com/radio-host-vandy...ium=socialflow