Comments on: RASHARD MENDENHALL DISCOVERS BRACKETS, THE WORD REDACTED

By: Not Baghead

Not Baghead — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:51:54 +0000

Name Redacted blows. He’s a bum. A crooked bum. In the fullness of time, he will be revealed as the bum he is.

By: Duke of C-U

Duke of C-U — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:15:48 +0000

#12

So that team Zook inherited from Spurrier returned all those players?

Didn’t the same “team” Zook left to Meyer have two years to mature and gel into a national championship?

Your post seems to simplify a bit too much.

By: Grammar Police

Grammar Police — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:50:30 +0000

DaChief,
Did you obtain the same “quality education” that Walter received? Could you please explain to me what “would of” gotten means? Walter “should of” been playing in the MAC?
Would have. Should have.
Consider yourself educated.

By: DaChief

DaChief — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:30:29 +0000

Programs do not need to grant a “5th” year of eligibility. That’s what Walter would of gotten. It is common place in college football to not grant that 5th year especially if the player is not going to play. Walter should of been playing in the MAC…not the Big 10. He received a quality education for free.

By: MamaMendhall

MamaMendhall — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:49:16 +0000

There was no “suspected” about the “package deal” with Walter, it was made clear from the get-go that the two brothers were going to go to the same school. That’s the way they wanted it, they were very open about it from the beginning of the recruiting process.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:38:13 +0000

Hey Perry, what’s the secondary word in “coach”? “Ach”? “Co”? That’s solid info about the primary word in “coach” though so thank you.

It must have been painful after so much success with Spurrier to watch Florida struggle under Ron Zook. So it must have left a bitter aftertaste to that sweet victory in the National Championship game to know most of those players were Ron Zook recruits. But, well, I mean at least Florida won the National Championship right?

zzzzzzzzzzzooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook!

By: Illini FTW

Illini FTW — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:29:46 +0000

Keep in mind most of these are rumors I have heard on the internets.
The entire Rashard deal goes back a long way. Word is that his mom was riding the coaches to play Walter more often through out the entire season. Walter is not, and has not ever been all that good, and got about 4 carries the entire season. She apparently started telling the parents of a certain Illini player to transfer because their son will never get to play due to Zook’s favoritism.(read Eddie McGee?)

I do not believe that this would have gone over well with the staff.

Perhaps promises were made about Walter’s playing time, perhaps, not. Either way, we are forced to go into these sort of speculative fugues, because I doubt Mendenhall will go into any specifics.

By: 911doc

911doc — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:30:08 +0000

question: since it is possible to become ‘disgruntled’, how does one become ‘gruntled’. is it a process? is there a stage between ‘disgruntled’ and ‘gruntled’ and if so what is it called? ‘peri-gruntled’? ‘para-gruntled’? very, very important that you answer this… playing scrabble for big stakes.

By: Scarface Ron

Scarface Ron — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:53:27 +0000

I think its a little deeper than that. Walter(?), his brother was on the team UI team last year. Remember, Rashard was a highly regarded recruit. Many suspected Walter was a package deal. After Rashard went pro, I believe reading somewhere that Walter’s schollie was yanked. Ouch. Thats some tough stuff for a brother to have to go through. From all accounts in Pittsburgh, Rashard will play early and often simply because he is picking up blocking assignments fast. Could he be bitter about the false pub? I’d say the beef is with his brother’s handling. Google any of what I said cuz I’m not linking anything… and take the credit, b/c thats work. And Scraface Ron is a tom waits lyric, not the joker, um, zooker. I’m a Nittany Lion

By: Perry

Perry — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:12:18 +0000

Last I checked, the primary word in the word coach is COACH.

Zook went 9-5 with largely the same team that won the MNC for Florida. In fact he lost 5 games EVERY single year he was head coach of Florida, including the year he inherited a 10-2 Spurrier team from the year before.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:01:45 +0000

What’s with the “name redacted” nonsense? Didn’t Florida win a National Championship with a Ron Zook team? But I’m sure Florida will just keep getting better and better as Zook’s players filter out of the program. Which bowl game did they lose last year I can’t remember?

Anyway, Zook Zook Zook Zook Zook Zook Zook Zook

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:54:59 +0000

In the original article in deadspin which I can’t seem to find a link to Rashard says he thought of quitting football before the 2007 season. So unless he could foresee Zook bad mouthing him during the draft process I’m not sure your theory holds. Maybe he was just unhappy with how difficult it was for him to get into the starting lineup.

By: Uncle Remus

Uncle Remus — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:00:08 +0000

It’s the little brother issue.

By: Damon

Damon — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:25:14 +0000

He must not have been invited to one of those bitching water ski trips.

By: Brian O'Blivion

Brian O'Blivion — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:11:20 +0000

This is the funniest part of the whole thing:

Walter Mendenhall had one year of eligibility remaining at Illinois. He graduated in May and began to look for college playing options. At Illinois State, he will compete with returning starter Geno Blow.

How has Geno Blow not made it on any name lists on this site yet?