FRANCHIONE ADMONISHED, POSSIBLE NCAA VIOLATIONS REPORTED

Oh, what better time to be facing a team with the potential to beat you by 70: Texas A&M will be going into their matchup against Texas Tech with self-reported violations chasing them after a press conference today regarding the exclusive newsletter sold by Dennis Franchione to a select group of boosters for $1,200 a year.
Aggie officials ordered the shutdown of CoachFran.com and "admonished" Coach Fran this morning in the press conference. In case you're reaching for the thesaurus right now, never mind. Just put on a straw hat, a fake handlebar mustache, and waggle your finger firmly at yourself in the mirror while calling your reflection "a scandalous rapscallion scamp of a tramp's son!" That's admonishment, and one can only hope the meeting between Franchione and officials took place in exactly this manner.
The emails are now out, and in scoping through them the Harold Hill shenanigans of Franchione's weekly game preps are detailed lovingly by the actual author of the emails, Mike McKenzie, Franchione's longtime assistant and one of the guys who helped get Mike Price $22 million dollars from Sports Illustrated. Our favorite thus far involves a group of Rangers staging a mock abduction in the middle of a team meeting.
...two of the Rangers burst into the room portraying terrorists bearing (wooden fake) weapons. They "captured" Scott in front of the group and tied him up and blindfolded him, while the others held the players hostage. They were loud and chaotic and maniacal. Everyone was mesmerized.
Then suddenly, eight other Rangers in full field dress, as the good guys, sprang into the room's three entrances and overpowered the terrorists, freed Scott, and secured the room. Their exercise started with a bang--a fake gas bomb (a balloon they exploded) that certainly got everyone's attention.
Coach Fran loves commandos! He promised he'd kill you last...BUT HE LIED.
It's Medieval Times every day with Dennis Franchione! Live performances! Stunning surprises! Pat Benatar playing in the back room! With showstopping skills like this, Franchione's success as a future mogul in Branson, Missouri is guaranteed.
Seriously: he's fried? Toast? Done, right? May we assume the Tuberville, Gruden, and other rumors may begin in earnest? And that with Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri still on the schedule, the only commando raids happening in the Aggie locker room will be from hired guns doing boosters' bidding and doing a little extraordinary rendition on Fran? He could be in a Syrian prison by November at this rate. EXCELSIOR!!!
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Thank God there are still coaches out there that make Paterno look good.
by tru-blu-psu on Oct 11, 2007 12:26 PM EDT reply actions
We really, really need to cut Dad off after one o’clock.
by Orson Swindle on Oct 11, 2007 12:30 PM EDT reply actions
Despite the very manly form, that guy moves in a very feminine way (the ass slapping at the end is particularly disturbing, even for an LSU fan).
by Unhappy Monkey on Oct 11, 2007 12:36 PM EDT reply actions
Junior? Junior, go back to your room! You don’t need to see Daddy like this. Daddy’s very sad!
by Oops Pow Surprise on Oct 11, 2007 12:45 PM EDT reply actions
So, when do the rumors about Alabama’s current coach leaving for the fertile recruiting grounds of Texas and the opportunity to rebuild a long-suffering traditional program for $4.5 million/year begin?
by Southern Papa on Oct 11, 2007 12:47 PM EDT reply actions
Wow. Just, WOW. I still think Lou Holthz ith a better danthser though.
by Brian on Oct 11, 2007 12:47 PM EDT reply actions
Ah, the sweet smell of Schadenfreude in the morning.
Smells like the dog-humpers got problems, and that brings a tear of joy to my smiling face.
Karma – it is what is for breakfast, Fraud-meister.
(Bitter, who me, no)
by BamaTaxMan on Oct 11, 2007 12:48 PM EDT reply actions
I still can’t believe “excelsior!” doesn’t have it’s own tag on here yet.
BTW – I think there’s a guy out in El Paso who might like to coach a BCS conference team again.
by Eric on Oct 11, 2007 12:55 PM EDT reply actions
arnold is a fucking quote machine in commando…not that he isn’t every movie.
“let off some steam bennett.” (steam coming of a pipe arnold just shoved throught his sternum"
“can i have a pillow for my friend?? he’s “dead” tired" (no actually he’s dead b/c you just broke his neck and now you have to ride on an airplane next to a dead black man)
by gerry dorsey on Oct 11, 2007 12:58 PM EDT reply actions
It’s a shame ABC is only sending Saturday’s Tech/Aggy game to 15% of the nation. The rest of you won’t get to see Aggy’s biennial destruction in the Jones live.
by Raider Red on Oct 11, 2007 12:59 PM EDT reply actions
Somewhere in Texas Franchione is soaking in a bath searching desperately for Froggy
by ProfKid93 on Oct 11, 2007 1:02 PM EDT reply actions
Leach’s pirates are going to run up and down the field on the ags, especially after that fatass Lane started spewing. Mike Price would be a smart hire, which of course means the ags won’t do it.
Karma indeed.
by bitterhorn on Oct 11, 2007 1:07 PM EDT reply actions
$18000 for “server lease” and “rackspace + hosting”?! Somebody was getting ripped off or paid off.
by bitterhorn on Oct 11, 2007 1:19 PM EDT reply actions
So, uh, has Franchione reported the income he made off the website? I wouldn’t worry too much if I were him, though. It’s not like the IRS likes to give people a financial anal probe if they’re hiding income. And they’d never send a coach to jail for tax evasion (Right, Pete Rose?)
by Brewster Crew on Oct 11, 2007 1:19 PM EDT reply actions
Maybe we can start calling him “Name Renditioned” if actually does end up in a Syrian and/or Texas prison…Texas is a different country right…no?! fuck..
by ness on Oct 11, 2007 1:24 PM EDT reply actions
I’m thinking Franchione is more like Milo Minderbinder.
Fulmer to A&M! He hears the BBQ is to die for.
by Dave on Oct 11, 2007 1:29 PM EDT reply actions
#17
Well, some are trying to turn Texas back into another country.
by NoleinTexas on Oct 11, 2007 1:32 PM EDT reply actions
For the record, the Tuberville rumors have been flying for a good week and a half.
by Off Tackle Tom on Oct 11, 2007 1:33 PM EDT reply actions
one thing is for sure….the aggie/pirate rivalry is heavily underrated. i for one will be glued to that game on saturday. the fans in lubbock are fucking lunatics.
by gerry dorsey on Oct 11, 2007 1:33 PM EDT reply actions
You know it has to suck for Coach Fran’s wife Kim who had to subscribe and pay for the VIP newsletter herself! I guess offering a night of endless Dirty Sanchezes and a case of Shiner Bock wasn’t enough to get the inside scoop!
by Touchdown74 on Oct 11, 2007 1:36 PM EDT reply actions
What happened to Sully?
I let him go.
Sigh… Arnold and Rae Dawn Chong are at the height of their game right there…
by Kahuna on Oct 11, 2007 1:43 PM EDT reply actions
I clicked on to some of the documents posted by A&M and was surprised that they left a whole bunch of personal information on the non-disclosure agreements. Would you like the personal email address of Franchione’s daughter? It’s right there. There is no reason they couldn’t have whited-out that stuff before releasing. I have no problem with releasing the names of the people who subscribed, but why the additional information?
It appears there is an epidemic of poor judgment going on at TAMU.
by baconboy on Oct 11, 2007 1:48 PM EDT reply actions
Would you like the personal email address of Franchione’s daughter?
Is she hot?
by Dave on Oct 11, 2007 1:50 PM EDT reply actions
- - I love the reference, but do you really think Coach Fran could scheme a way to buy eggs for 7 cents, sell them for 5 cents, and make a profit? He can’t even figure out how not to get ripped off for webhosting.
by Year2-Dave on Oct 11, 2007 1:52 PM EDT reply actions
Damn you all for listing “Commando” quotes before I could.
by robert on Oct 11, 2007 2:00 PM EDT reply actions
Jackie Sherrill laughs at Fran’s elaborate motivational tricks!
by hailstate on Oct 11, 2007 2:04 PM EDT reply actions
“Why don’t they just call him Girl George? It would cut down on the confusion.”
by Touchdown74 on Oct 11, 2007 2:07 PM EDT reply actions
@26,
You may be right. But I can imagine the players going into the locker room to suit up and instead of finding their shoulder pads, reaching into their lockers and pulling out shares for D&F Enterprises.
by Dave on Oct 11, 2007 2:14 PM EDT reply actions
A lone tear runs down Mike Lupica’s face as he ponders the upcoming 80-ish point beatdown of the Collie Cult in Norman. Then he gingerly covers the toilet seat before he sits down to pee.
by Bud Barry & Bob on Oct 11, 2007 2:14 PM EDT reply actions
I’m calling it right now. This is what Herbie will say on Saturday morning, 2 minutes after ESPN runs a piece on what’s going on in Aggieland:
“The national media is paying a lot of attention to what’s happening at Texas A&M. The team is going to use that to rally together and pull off the win against Texas Tech.”
Then after the Raiders win by 40+, ok Kirky McBigtenhomer will mysteriously forget to talk about it.
by Hobnail_Boot on Oct 11, 2007 2:15 PM EDT reply actions
- - Are you kidding, as if he’ll take away time from slobbering Ohio State’s top 5 ranked knob on national tv?
by Out of Conference on Oct 11, 2007 2:25 PM EDT reply actions
Why am I not suprised to see Bama getting bashed in the emails?
pg. 20 lower left
I see a trend developing.
by bada-bing on Oct 11, 2007 2:35 PM EDT reply actions
Didn’t they ban the tortillas, or has that been lifted?
by bitterhorn on Oct 11, 2007 2:53 PM EDT reply actions
Captain Mike and his scurvy ridden crew will have their way with the land lubbers of the Texas A & M. If that is not successful in removing the traitorous Fran, Admiral Stoops and Commander Brown await the turncoat out in the open sea to send him to the briny deep.
by Anonymous IV on Oct 11, 2007 2:55 PM EDT reply actions
- - There aren’t enough strip clubs in College Station to satisfy him.
by The Last Dragon on Oct 11, 2007 3:00 PM EDT reply actions
For the record, the Tuberville rumors have been flying for a good week and a half.
Paul Finebaum = Patient Zero
The one and only source for that rumor.
by HFS on Oct 11, 2007 3:05 PM EDT reply actions
Lupica isn’t peeing at the moment. A runny yeast infection has made urination too painful. And it’s all George Bush’s fault. Well, that and racism.
by sherlock hemlock on Oct 11, 2007 3:12 PM EDT reply actions
Umm, why do the phone records show a call to Auburn? Bottom of page 4. I’m not insinuating anything. I wouldn’t know what to insinuate. But weird.
From another board, poster says the number is AU’s weight room. (334) 844-9876?
by Tater Salad on Oct 11, 2007 3:17 PM EDT reply actions
Franchione is to crafty for any of us mere mortals:
“He said the official didn’t like what he said,” the e-mail said, “but the plan was counter-subconscious espionage; get the official to think subconsciously about what he might be thinking about subconsciously…well, you get the gist.”
Dennis “And I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for you meddling kids” Franchione
by Brian on Oct 11, 2007 3:20 PM EDT reply actions
NoleinTexas @ #19
That would make aTm vs. TTech the appropriate Texas bastardization of Army vs. Navy.
by Unhappy Monkey on Oct 11, 2007 3:20 PM EDT reply actions
Umm, why do the phone records show a call to Auburn? Bottom of page 4. I’m not insinuating anything. I wouldn’t know what to insinuate. But weird.
From another board, poster says the number is AU’s weight room. (334) 844-9876?
He was obviously calling to get his manhood back from the 2002 Iron Bowl.
by HFS on Oct 11, 2007 3:21 PM EDT reply actions
Bill Byrne needs to hire Paul Johnson. Period.
Aggie fans’d cream their sister’s panties seeing the flexbone.
by Albino Tornado on Oct 11, 2007 3:49 PM EDT reply actions
#46
I WOULD cream my sister’s panties! And I’d give you two days to draw a crowd!
by Laugh on Oct 11, 2007 3:57 PM EDT reply actions
45 – I think kleph said he was gonna use one to cook something next year.
by Oops Pow Surprise on Oct 11, 2007 3:58 PM EDT reply actions
Yes , Paul Johnson in College Station running his tried and true Over-the-Shoulder-Boner-Holder type offense would truly be awesome.
Why would Tommy Tuberville be calling from the Auburn weight room? Was he interviewing for the job with the AD on the down low? Would Houston Nutt go to Auburn? Would Petrino, by chance, go to Auburn if offered? Where would Fulmer go? IS Ray Perkins still availible? With all the coaching changes, will any end up in the AAFL? Whats up with all the Florida players from 94 still wanting to put on the pads for 12.00 an hr?
by Mr Pelican Pants on Oct 11, 2007 4:04 PM EDT reply actions
Rumor has it Dennis is on “Double Secret Probation” and if he does one more thing he is out of there like shit through a goose
by Mitch Cumstein on Oct 11, 2007 4:21 PM EDT reply actions
Starving A &M faithful “Count de money!! Count de money!”
Coach fran" Its de monet, de monet!"
by ness on Oct 11, 2007 4:44 PM EDT reply actions
If you look at the numbers, there were calls made to both Auburn’s and Arkansas State’s strength and conditioning dept.
Looks like Franbone was looking for yet another S&C coach.
by King Puppy on Oct 11, 2007 6:08 PM EDT reply actions
“Looks like Franbone was looking for yet another S&C coach.”
Lane ate the old one. Then ate the Arkie State S&C coach while he was on the line with Fran.
24, have you seen what’s been going on at the A&M bioweapon research labs? Actual transcript:
[Military safety inspector] Holy crap, are you aware that you just pricked yourself with a dirty syringe that contained ebola?
[A&M lab worker] Ebola? Aw it ain’t ter bad, I done it a’fore an ain’t never got sickified yit!
by KongHorn on Oct 11, 2007 9:10 PM EDT reply actions
I actually called one of the originating numbers, and it is in fact Coach Fran’s office. Fun!
by LouHoltzLithp on Oct 11, 2007 9:16 PM EDT reply actions

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