Duron Carter to Redshirt

[Tiger Wench]

A kid with every opportunity in the world and he is still apparently an academic loser. If I had Chris Carter's money, and my son had even a modicum of football talent, I would have hired him tutors and paid for remedial classes myself and kept him from not qualifying academically, and not waited until the last fucking second because he was dumb as a fucking post.

Barring a major surprise, the season-long Duron Carter Watch is officially over for 2011.

The JUCO wide receiver transfer to Alabama (and son of NFL legend Cris Carter) has been waiting for full academic clearance since the day of his enrollment in Tuscaloosa, having eventually received the go-ahead to practice but still not to play. That clearance has been believed to have been an "any day now" development for weeks, but Nick Saban told reporters Wednesday that he no longer expects it to arrive this season.

"There's one piece of information that we did not receive, have not ever received and may not ever receive," Saban said. "It doesn't look like he will be eligible for this season."

Carter remains enrolled in school, available for practice and, according to Saban, will be eligible after a year of residency. He will redshirt in 2011 and still have two seasons of eligibility remaining beginning in 2012.

How big a blow Carter's ineligibility will prove to be for the Tide depends on how you view two factors: how good he might be, and how badly the Tide need him. On the downside, Carter was a former blue-chip recruit who contributed (if not quite "shone") during a true freshman season at Ohio State and flashed further potential in his single year at Coffeyville (Kan.) C.C. And aside from senior Marquis Maze, the Tide have few proven downfield threats of the kind Carter represents.

On the upside, though, Maze's season is off to an outstanding start, steady senior Darius Hanks has returned from a two-game suspension and had two receptions a week ago, and there's still time for young wideouts like Kenny Bell or DeAndrew White to develop into legitimate playmakers. And even if the Tide's need for Carter was desperate, there's no guarantee that after missing much of fall camp and the first several games of the season, he'd be capable of making more than a token impact.

At this point, we're leading more towards the latter viewpoint than the former; the way the Tide defense has begun the year, the offense could start a collection of well-trained collies at wideout and still be a national title contender. But if Alabama does find itself locked in a tight battle against Arkansas this Saturday and needs that extra bit of playmaking oomph Carter might have been able to offer him, that missing "piece of information" could prove costly all the same.

[Buzz Killington]

So, does this mean Danny Woodson Jr. will get his scholly back?

[points]

Oh hell no

[JR4AU]

It's been funny to hear all the bammers drooling over this fucking idiot like he was to be the next great WR, and I'll wager he never sees the field again.   Double or nothing, Nick blames someone other than the kid.

[AUTailgatingRules]

How did he even get into Tuscaloosa without the proper "qualifying" transcripts?

[AU_Tiger_2000]

How did he even get into Tuscaloosa without the proper "qualifying" transcripts?

A lot of money and a famous daddy.  Just like this guy (one on the right, I don't know who Mal Moore's dad is).

[Pell City Tiger]

Holy shit! If this dude couldn't qualify at bammer, he must be dumber than a sack full of hammers. I'm talking "can't spell your own name dumb". Chapman and a couple of others that start on "the greatest defense ever to step on a field" allegedly scored so low on the ACT that they wouldn't have been eligible at a JUCO somehow (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) "got it" and aced the test in order to get into bammer.

Color me shocked at this development.

[jmar]

Holy shit! If this dude couldn't qualify at bammer, he must be dumber than a sack full of hammers. I'm talking "can't spell your own name dumb". Chapman and a couple of others that start on "the greatest defense ever to step on a field" allegedly scored so low on the ACT that they wouldn't have been eligible at a JUCO somehow (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) "got it" and aced the test in order to get into bammer.

Color me shocked at this development.

Baby Bowden 'll put him in the rotation today.

[Snaggletiger]

Holy shit! If this dude couldn't qualify at bammer, he must be dumber than a sack full of hammers. I'm talking "can't spell your own name dumb". Chapman and a couple of others that start on "the greatest defense ever to step on a field" allegedly scored so low on the ACT that they wouldn't have been eligible at a JUCO somehow (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) "got it" and aced the test in order to get into bammer.

Color me shocked at this development.

Hey, hey Josh....what's the answer to #4?  Old McDonald had a ______________?  What the answer Josh.

Damn Duron, you stupid.  A farm.  Old McDonald had a farm.

Oh oh yeah, right..a farm....wait, Josh....how you spell that?

Duron you stupid.  It tell you in the song.  Old McDonald had a farm.  E-I-E-I-O