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Derek Dooley's Defense of Oversigning is Self Serving
Derek Dooley isn't happy about the SEC's new rules that attempt to restrict oversigning. He feels that the practice of oversigning has a bad rap and needs to be defended by coaches who want to do it. He attempted to do just that in the AJC yesterday, but he came off sounding entirely self-serving....
Cincinnati Bearcats Recruiting Signing Day Eve Oversigning Update.
Follow Down The Drive on Facebook/twitter and check out the store. Back in December the issue of over signing was breached the the Bearcats. I had this to say on the matter. The problem isn't with the 25 part of the rule, its going to be with getting to 85. If everything holds to form between now...
Penn State Recruiting Class of 2012 Signing Day Primer: Only One Week Remaining
Only seven days left in the Class of 2012 recruiting period, which culminates on February 1 with National Letter of Intent Day, commonly referred to as Signing Day, the first day that high school seniors can officially state their intent to play college football with a certain school. Until then,...
Academic and Athletic Scholarships Are Not the Same
Today's post on oversigning raised a debate in the comment section that often follows close behind when the topic is raised: isn't pulling a player's athletic scholarship for not playing up to the coach's standards comparable to a student losing his or her academic scholarship for not making high...
2012's First Oversigning Controversy Comes At Alabama, But It Won't Be Last
In 2011, the topic of oversigning and roster management in college football hit a critical mass. The presidents of Florida and Georgia wrote op-eds condemning schools for aspects of it, and the SEC adopted new rules regarding graduate transfers, medical exemption scholarships, and the number of...
BlogPoll Preseason College Football Top 25 Rankings: Why Limit Ourselves to Looking Ahead to 2012?
(Author’s Note: The rankings following the jump are intended in jest. Bring your sense of humor with you. You have been warned.) Our good friend (and soon-to-be conference coeval) Bill Connelly, of whom I made mention earlier today after he gave Mark Richt the credit due him (and thereby almost...
Corn Flakes: Don't Rank Nebraska in 2012 - We're Not Pretty Enough
I am in an irritated mood today. Only part of it can be blamed on Alabama. More of it (by percentage) can be blamed on the hangover from the 2011 college football season, which I'm glad is over. And then even more of it can be blamed on the idea that we're already talking about next season when I...
Seven Cincinnati Bearcat Commits Enroll Early, Oversigning Still Looms
Follow Down The Drive on Facebook/twitter and check out the store. One of the stories that I have been tracking over the last month and a half or so is the Bearcats battle to keep the roster to 85 scholarship players and to keep the class of 2012 to the NCAA mandated 25 signees. Currently they are...
2011 SEC Media Days: Mark Richt Brings Message of Hope to the Georgia Bulldogs Faithful
Despite being asked a question by center Ben Jones, Mark Richt didn’t say much that mattered at SEC Media Days today, but how he said it mattered a great deal. In less tumultuous times, Coach Richt’s even-keeled demeanor was seen as a strength; his preternatural calm, on display at critical moments...
The Problem with Oversigning: The Case of Bryce Sherman
By now, most of you probably know that Bryce Sherman is no longer with the football team. What you might not know is that Sherman is apparently the latest victim of oversigning. Sherman has been told that his scholarship, which he earned for the 2010 season after walking on in 2009, would not be...
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