[DooDooBird]

Nick Fairley, Mark Ingram, Demarco Murray, and Jake Locker are the four finalists to be on the cover of NCAA 12.

Really prefer Ingram or Murray out of this bunch. Fairley is a classless retard... and Locker just isn't very good. Seems like a nice guy though.

[Moth To A Flame]

I don't want a Sooner on the cover. Screw that.

[Moth To A Flame]

Originally Posted by DooDooBird

Colin Cowherd. Never cared too much for this guy. If he knew something.... why not say the actual school? Because he knows this is false information he pulled out of his ass.

Topic on his show tomorrow should be "What percentage of SportsNation thinks I'm full of shit?"

I listen to him on the radio. I enjoy his show.

[ShimmerAndSpill]

Mark Ingram deserves it more than any of them I would say, at least based on how well they've played.

[DooDooBird]

Originally Posted by Moth To A Flame

I listen to him on the radio. I enjoy his show.

I love SportsNation. Very entertaining show. But this guy never delivers accurate information. Back in December, he swung and missed badly on who the next Florida head coach would be.

[Moth To A Flame]

Originally Posted by DooDooBird

I love SportsNation. Very entertaining show. But this guy never delivers accurate information. Back in December, he swung and missed badly on who the next Florida head coach would be.

SportsNation is okay. Sometimes I find it annoying. I just enjoy his radio show. He can be pretty funny to me but guessing who the next Florida coach could be was tough and I bet majority of the media guessed wrong.

[Moth To A Flame]

The Oregon Ducks may be in trouble with recruiting violations.

[fourletterword]

Apparently Cowherd wasn't lying. While those following up on his report were mislead by Oregon (unless they truthfully hadn't heard anything yet), the Ducks are being investigated for possibly paying two "handlers". It's unclear if they are just a recruiting service (which is what Oregon is claiming is legal under NCAA regulations) or if they were/are pushing players to the school. Sources: Link, Link

From the sound of things it is looking like an AAU basketball type thing in the murkiness surrounding the relationships with all involved.

Edit: beat me to it

[DooDooBird]

I don't get why Cowherd didn't just come out and say Oregon.

[Moth To A Flame]

Maybe he/ESPN wanted to be more clear on whether the information was reliable/true enough.

[fourletterword]

Journalists, especially those that work for major corporations that deal in traditional means i.e. ESPN, can't just report things, they have to go through an entire process. Cowherd doesn't make a living breaking news, just commenting on it, so he saw no personal reason to follow up with sources and research it more. When Cowherd's claim reached an Oregon newspaper they immediately went to Oregon who said they knew nothing and it wasn't them, which made all reports say it was neither Oregon or Auburn who was the only school Cowherd said it wasn't. Reporters have been in the background working the story and once a Oregon player tweeted that he just spoke with NCAA investigators on twitter today all of the dots were being connected.

The process to solidify a story that has the implications like this one does is very involved. It's not saying a player will be traded or commit to a certain school. The repercussions run a lot deeper and must be treated like it.

Real Sports just did a story on Deadspin where they said reporters give them leads because they can't break a story for various reasons but once it is out there, they can comment so they give it to them to break the news.

[asdfgh2nd]

Originally Posted by Moth To A Flame

I listen to him on the radio. I enjoy his show.

I think Cowherd is an aquired taste. I didn't like him at first, and I still don't really care for some of what he has to say, but I'll give him credit, I listen to his show every morning. In the end, that's all he cares about.

Has anyone read that story in SI about the criminal records? I haven't gotten to it yet, but I thought it was kind of weird how it came out around the same time as the Oregon story...

[Moth To A Flame]

Originally Posted by asdfgh2nd

I think Cowherd is an aquired taste. I didn't like him at first, and I still don't really care for some of what he has to say, but I'll give him credit, I listen to his show every morning. In the end, that's all he cares about.

Has anyone read that story in SI about the criminal records? I haven't gotten to it yet, but I thought it was kind of weird how it came out around the same time as the Oregon story...

I suppose so. I share his sense of humor and most of his views (that I've heard).

I received that magazine. They were saying that 23.5% of a college team's record have a record.

[xsandwichesx]

Buckeyes started spring practice this morning! Looking forward to another spring game.

[gonz]

Originally Posted by xsandwichesx

Buckeyes started spring practice this morning! Looking forward to another spring game.

Reports coming out that Tressel knew about the players selling their shit eight months prior to when the university claimed knowledge. Great start to the spring...