Saban Cheating Again...

[RWS]

Yet keeping your streak alive of never seeing a game in BDS

Touché.

[JR4AU]

I understand that, and I also don't agree with it either. For that matter, Foster transferred much for the same reason that Paige did. He could get more credits at an Alabama school. The only difference is, he did it with the intention of graduating early. 

Here's the deal. What it sounds like is that Paige wasn't happy with the way that Washington was handling his academic situation. Maybe he thought that the school wasn't trying hard enough to help him, but maybe he is too dumb for the school to do anything for him as far as schedule change, etc. So he tells Pruitt that he might not qualify. Pruitt goes to the administration to ask them what the deal is. I don't think it is uncommon for student athletes in high school to have an academic plan (I had one in 8th grade before I started my freshman year), and I don't necessarily think it is wrong for a coach that is recruiting an athlete to be concerned with that plan. But if Pruitt specifically suggested Foley, that is what I have a problem with. Maybe he only suggested Foley because it is the closest Alabama high school. I don't know. But he shouldn't have. Let the family figure that out. That is something they would have easily figured out on their own, and it doesn't look improper.

tl/dr

[GH2001]

I was thinking about going to the Jerry Dome, but I'm working that day. 

Yeah, thats it. That's why you aren't going. If only you had that day off. 

  My wife is 20 weeks pregnant.

Does the goat know youve been cheating?

[Kaos]

Does the goat know youve been cheating?

She gets PAID to do the wild thing. 

[ssgaufan]

She gets PAID to do the wild thing. 

 

[The Prowler]

Rws, do you really want to play the lets see who's grade fixing game. There's another name that I left off the ”off the top of my head” list and that's Jalston Fowler...care to tell us the uat spin on his case?

[Pell City Tiger]

Funny, you didn't bat an eye when longtime Alabama fan Reuben Foster suddenly transferred to Auburn High for his senior season, then flipped to AU. Odd how two AU coaches have kids that play ball at that particular school as well. I bet he came up with that idea ALL by himself. Hey, I wonder how he paid for that tattoo?

Foster was eligible to play ball in Georgia. Paige is not eligible in Florida. That's a huge difference in the two. Paige was moved to Foley so he could be "taken care of better" by his academic monitors.

[AUChizad]

National News now.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2012/08/ex-coach-says-alabama-assistant-pushed-recruit-to-transfer/1#.UCL2f4l5mc1

[War Eagle!!!]

National News now.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2012/08/ex-coach-says-alabama-assistant-pushed-recruit-to-transfer/1#.UCL2f4l5mc1

Now it has legs...

[Pell City Tiger]

Tic-Tock Tic-Tock Tic-Tock Tic-Tock Tic-Tock

[Kaos]

Over/under on the amount of time it takes Don Kausler or Jon Solomon to write an article explaining why it's all perfectly cool and there's no issue whatsoever. 

14 hours.

[JR4AU]

Over/under on the amount of time it takes Don Kausler or Jon Solomon to write an article explaining why it's all perfectly cool and there's no issue whatsoever. 

14 hours.

Don't forget, that anybody trying to push it is just fucking nuts.

[Townhallsavoy]

Over/under on the amount of time it takes Don Kausler or Jon Solomon to write an article explaining why it's all perfectly cool and there's no issue whatsoever. 

14 hours.

Not sure how to play this game since we're posting at different times.

But I bet it's the first article posted to al.com tomorrow morning, and I bet it stays on the front page all day long. 

Further, the over/under for the rest of the media to forget about this scandal is set at noon. 

[Buzz Killington]

Over/under on the amount of time it takes Don Kausler or Jon Solomon to write an article explaining why it's all perfectly cool and there's no issue whatsoever. 

14 hours.

I'm taking the under.  And adding Izzy Gould to that list...

[AU_Tiger_2000]

National News now.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2012/08/ex-coach-says-alabama-assistant-pushed-recruit-to-transfer/1#.UCL2f4l5mc1

USA Today?  I bet Danny Sheridan is behind this.  He always has the hot scoop.

[GH2001]

Don't forget, that anybody trying to push it is just fucking nuts.

I bet you Gregg Doyel would run with it. Or on a lesser degree, Brooks.

[AUChizad]

Not on al.com yet, but IBleedCrimsonRed was all over it yesterday.

http://www.ibleedcrimsonred.com/2012/08/quotable-darius-paige-transfer-to-foley.html

Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Quotable: Darius Paige transfer to Foley is “on the up-and-up”

image The controversy that wasn’t: Alabama football commitment Darius Page of Pensacola, Florida is transferring to nearby Foley High School, located no more than 30 miles as the crow flies from his original panhandle home.

The controversy? His former coach and former athletic director accused Alabama coach Jeremy Pruitt of steering him to Foley for nefarious purposes like improving his chances of academically qualifying to play.

Them cheatin’ Bammers, PAWWWLLL!!!

Pruitt and Alabama can’t defend themselves against allegations like this because NCAA by-laws expressly forbid them from discussing prospective student-athletes that they may or may not be recruiting.

So, allow me.

Hell Yeah, Pruitt steered Paige to Foley and there’s not a damned thing anyone can do about it, because there’s absolutely nothing wrong with it. There are no NCAA by-laws forbidding him or anyone else from answering an inquiry about steps a kid can take to become eligible to play college football. That includes advice on which schools are better suited to getting him where he needs to be.

So screw all y’all raising the ruckus over Paige’s midnight move across the state line. Whatcha gonna do about it?

Instead, go look into Reuben Foster’s transfer to Auburn High School and subsequent commitment switch from Alabama to Auburn. Want to know why Foster transferred? Because he needs help to qualify academically and he was leaving a program that just lost its coach. Sounds a lot like the Paige deal, doesn’t it?

It’s all on the up-and-up, folks. Don’t ask me. Ask John Infante, author of the only blog dedicated to coverage and discussion of NCAA compliance rules.

“Not only does this transfer appear to be on the up-and-up, but the explanation given is even commendable. If a kid needs to play catch-up with the eligibility requirements, you’d much rather he do it in a regular classroom,” Infante said today on Twitter.

“Regular classroom” means during the normal fall semester setting rather than summer school, which is much less structured. It also means in a “block system” that allows a player to take additional courses (eight rather than six) and improve his academic performance. His old school didn’t offer that. His new one does.

So, Hell Yeah. Pruitt not only (probably) did steer Paige to Foley, he did the kid a great favor in the process and does so with the blessing of the NCAA.

Exit Question: When was the last time a Nick Saban led football program was placed on probation for recruiting violations? I’ll hang up and listen.

[Snaggletiger]

BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

[AWK]

Weapons of Mass Destruction are "on the up- and- up"

[AWK]

Milli Vanilli is "on the up- and- up"