Syracuse Up Next for the Violations

[Gurleyman]

Anyone find it curious that there isn't a single opinion piece on the North Carolina report on ESPN.com? Just the AP article from yesterday. Roy Williams making a trip to Kansas is on the front page, but the 20 year academic scandal where fake grades were issued to 1,500 athletes is somehow not newsy enough to have anyone actually write a single word about it.

It's really puzzling. They did do an Outside the Lines piece on Rashad McCants making these allegations in June. Wonder if ESPN execs woke up with a horse's head next to them.

 

[upstater]

Malachi Richardson doesn't like the sound of any of this.

 

[Fishy]

Who was the kid who ended up at Iona under weird circumstances? I think that was the last straw for them.

That was DeShaun Williams.

He transferred to Iona after fighting half the Syracuse campus, needing papal intervention to keep him academically eligible, knocking up Preston Shumpert's girlfriend and then actually punching out Otto the Orange at a bar on his way out the door.

 

[Gurleyman]

That was DeShaun Williams. He transferred to Iona after fighting half the Syracuse campus, needing papal intervention to keep him academically eligible, knocking up Preston Shumpert's girlfriend and then actually punching out Otto the Orange at a bar on his way out the door.

In fairness, he was nominated for a Nobel Prize for punching Otto the Orange. The Nobel Committee didn't really have a category for it, but they were thankful enough that they created one.

 

[Walker11]

I'd be o.k. if the NCAA hammered Cuse to take attention off their UNC white washing.

 

[CAHUSKY]

It's really puzzling. They did do an Outside the Lines piece on Rashad McCants making these allegations in June. Wonder if ESPN execs woke up with a horse's head next to them.

Outside the lines yesterday was entirely spent discussing the UNC scandal.

 

[Deleted member 3149]

4>0

 

[formerlurker]

I accidentally dragged in that picture but I figured i would just leave it.

That's the warlord in charge of handing out the 26-0 t shirts, no?

 

[UconnU]

4>0

Yep. Worst case scenario now is 4>1*

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

I kind of feel bad for Syracuse....Never mind i just remembered all the shit they gave us for APR issues see you never Cuse

 

[zls44]

That was DeShaun Williams.

He transferred to Iona after fighting half the Syracuse campus, needing papal intervention to keep him academically eligible, knocking up Preston Shumpert's girlfriend and then actually punching out Otto the Orange at a bar on his way out the door.

Hat trick! Punching Otto is just an extra bonus.

 

[Fishy]

Even worse, there was a girl in the Otto costume at the time.

 

[Samoo]

I feel like once McMurphy reports it, that's when you know it's legit.

That's when you know they can't sweep it under the rug.

 

[zls44]

Even worse, there was a girl in the Otto costume at the time.

Preston Shumpert's GF?

 

[Danzz]

Anyone find it curious that there isn't a single opinion piece on the North Carolina report on ESPN.com? Just the AP article from yesterday.

Roy Williams making a trip to Kansas is on the front page, but the 20 year academic scandal where fake grades were issued to 1,500 athletes is somehow not newsy enough to have anyone actually write a single word about it.

CNN is killing them on this; even had an interview with McCants. Most critical were one of the talking heads who is an alumnus (cant remember her name) and Topper whose father was a prof at UNC. ESPN has disappeared on this story.

 

[upstater]

Cuse's penalties, if any, will be capped by what's going on at UNC. Cuse will get 1/2 of what UNC gets. What's half of nothing?

 

[WestHartHusk]

How ironic that Cuse voted to keep UConn out of the last Big East tournament while their house was a @&ing mess. God I hate those tundra-people.

 

[UConn9604]

How ironic that Cuse voted to keep UConn out of the last Big East tournament while their house was a @&ing mess. God I hate those tundra-people.

This is great. Even Pasqualoni may be involved.

http://www.syracuse.com/orangebaske...all_football_programs_alleged_violations.html

 

[WestHartHusk]

This is great. Even Pasqualoni may be involved.

http://www.syracuse.com/orangebaske...all_football_programs_alleged_violations.html

I would worry about UConn potentially having to vacate all of PP's wins, but....

 

[MadisonSquare Gordon]

I would worry about UConn potentially having to vacate all of PP's wins, but....

Just think though - if this actually happened, we'd literally be able to say the PP era never happened at UConn. I can't imagine anyone would be all that upset.

 

[CTBasketball]

"The NCAA has concluded that Syracuse will receive 1 loss of scholarship - the main reason is because the players who accepted those benefits and did academic dishonesty, are no longer attending Syracuse. It doesn't make sense to punish someone who left the school 5-10 years prior."

Watch. It's gonna happen.

 

[Danzz]

"The NCAA has concluded that Syracuse will receive 1 loss of scholarship - the main reason is because the players who accepted those benefits and did academic dishonesty, are no longer attending Syracuse. It doesn't make sense to punish someone who left the school 5-10 years prior."

Watch. It's gonna happen.

Now that would be very inconsistent with the way UConn was treated but the NCAA has always lacked logic in their decisions. I never bought in to the UConn paranoia about being singled out but if the NCAA doesn't come down at least as hard on Cuse as they did on us then add me to the paranoid camp.

 

[Danzz]

Just think though - if this actually happened, we'd literally be able to say the PP era never happened at UConn. I can't imagine anyone would be all that upset.

It is only 2 or 3 wins, no big deal.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

Anyone find it curious that there isn't a single opinion piece on the North Carolina report on ESPN.com? Just the AP article from yesterday.

Roy Williams making a trip to Kansas is on the front page, but the 20 year academic scandal where fake grades were issued to 1,500 athletes is somehow not newsy enough to have anyone actually write a single word about it.

Grantland hasn't touched it either, and they're supposed to be the ones who write the long, analytical pieces. Oh well. I've always kinda chuckled at the notion of ESPN bias but this is pretty bad.

 

[donyell34]

Man that Williams was quite the guy.

 

[MadisonSquare Gordon]

It is only 2 or 3 wins, no big deal.

We've all tried to forget that era anyway, so we could look at it as the NCAA actually doing something nice for us for a change.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Grantland hasn't touched it either, and they're supposed to be the ones who write the long, analytical pieces. Oh well. I've always kinda chuckled at the notion of ESPN bias but this is pretty bad.

I think ESPN sent a clear message to Grantland when they suspended Simmons. If you want any reporting on this, you may have to look to FoxSports.

 

[jibsey]

Jim and Roy may have a lot more time for golf soon.

 

[ThetaZoo]

Anyone find it curious that there isn't a single opinion piece on the North Carolina report on ESPN.com? Just the AP article from yesterday.

Roy Williams making a trip to Kansas is on the front page, but the 20 year academic scandal where fake grades were issued to 1,500 athletes is somehow not newsy enough to have anyone actually write a single word about it.

And last night on the ESPNU ticker the breaking news was, 'Steve Nash out with back injury'.

 

[CL82]

Think about it with UNC and Cuse both serving a justifiable death penalty ESPN's investment in the ACC has dramatically a deminished return. I suspect that they will work to shape public opinion in a way that protects their assets.