FULMER CUP: CORRECTIONS

My Photoshop hurts from all the thinking and counting.

roll tide

Well, maybe we can hold onto some type of lead after all in the 4th quarter.

I think there could be more cups in the future, to compliment the Fulmer Cup: a) for alumni of a program, i.e., Jamelle Holieway, Kendall Washington, Peter Gardere; b) recruits that aren’t technically in the program yet, like Mr. Jarboe.

Is there any official statement that Washington had been dismissed from the team prior to his getting down and getting stupid?

If not, count those points, baby!

#4

Now, I do believe UT’s former qb only had only one DUI? That’s not much…

For #5: Yes, the WVU SID said yesterday that Washington was dismissed by the team after Spring practices. I assume that was part of Stewart’s program to take out Rodriguez’s trash, but no further details were provided.

This post confused the crap out of me until I looked up the Charleston article and read the following (I’m guessing OrsonSpencer meant to put this in but ended the cut and paste too soon):

“Washington, however, is not a member of the WVU team. The coaches dismissed him after spring drills.”

NOW it makes sense. Row, Todd!

http://wvgazette.com/Sports/WVU/200807300775

Told you WVU would blow a late felony.

Once again the officials cave to the pressure of all mighty Alabama.

Bama still #1.

Huzzah…

I would love to be wrong here, as a fan of the Mounties, but here is a cached snapshot of the official WVU athletic site’s football roster as of July 25th.

http://64.233.169.104/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnsportsnet.com%2Fpage.cfm%3Fsport%3Dfootball%26show%3Droster

Notice that Kendall Washington is mysteriously on that version and not on the current version. Maybe just an oversight that had a stronger reason to be corrected lately. The google knows all.

So WVU, apparently one of the top two teams in the country and destined for a shot at the MNC, once again blows it at the last second and is no longer in contention to be one of the top two teams.

History repeating itself, folks….

Jimmy Johns was getting ready to assault the warden to ensure the number one spot, too. Thankfully he didn’t have to.

To be fair, I think some points should be given to Michigan since DickRod recruited him and would have probably stolen him if he had had a chance.

Great. Just fucking great. How am I supposed to un-burn all those couches?

@Jesus – He’ll probably still do it.. .just for shits and giggles.

@ Doug — +1 cocktail.

Doug – Morgantown Salvation Army Thrift Store:
(304) 296-3525. Hours of operation: 8 AM – 5PM.

Hmmm… that’s interesting, EchoWhiskey.

Still, schools don’t always update their online rosters during the off-season, so it’s possible that was just an oversight.

Or, to be similarly generous, that Washington was kicked off in the spring, but with some sort of lifeline from the coaching staff to “earn” his way back on the squad (i.e., comm. service, good behavior, good grades, etc.), and thus, he wasn’t removed immediately from the official roster.

But that sure looks suspicious…

If he’s on the official roster, he’s on the team, and points count. If it was a Gator, you know Orson would count it. I’m just sayin’

What the fuck?

In that case, Jimmy Johns has not been a member of Alabama’s squad since roughly 5 minutes before he started slanging the yayo, thus negating his Ellis T. Jones impression.

Interesting article on Deadspin on recruiting and how much schools spend. Top spender? The other UT- Tennessee, then ND and Florida. I was surprised Texas was only #12. We lost our top 5 partying ranking and now only 12 in $ in recruiting. We are fallng way behind in everything…

http://chronicle.com/free/v54/i47/47a00102.htm#spenders

It seems to me that WVU is trying to “backdate” his dismissal to make them look better in the public eye.

There was no announcement of his being dismissed, and he was a scholarship athlete, which is usually announced pretty quickly to make room for incoming recruits.

This is bullshit.

Steve – I have a strong recollection of someone posting about this incident in early July. There was some reference to as yet unknown WV football player being investigated for a robbery. Maybe WV got wind of it – were told of it – and removed him from the squad before he was actually arrested. Watergate….college football style?

Hey Blon, I was too lazy to read the article… did it say anything about possible accounting differences between schools (i.e., who calls what a “rekrooting” expense)? It just seems like some of the schools that should be at the top aren’t.

I mean, I’m supposed to believe Syracuse spent more than UCLA, USC, Bama and LSU?

Like Kansas State University being in the top 10 in recruiting dollars? They aren’t getting much erturn for their dollars…well, I guess I shouldn’t say that. They beat Texas last year. Other than that, though, not much else stands out for that school.

Some of the large divide between numbers is the cost of traveling to recruiting visits. From the article:
 In the mid-1990s, when the Big 12 was still known as the Big Eight, homegrown athletes populated most of its teams. Coaches “would occasionally bring in a young person from California or Florida,” he says, “but that would be the rare exception to the rule.”

Now the conference reaches from Iowa to Texas, and more coaches are going after athletes outside the region.

Just as coaches are setting their sights farther, so are athletes. “Kids who 20 years ago wouldn’t dream of leaving the mid-Atlantic area, they’re getting [scholarship] offers around the country,” says Mr. Leckonby, formerly of Maryland. “And West Coast kids who would stay in the Pac-10 think nothing of coming East to Duke or Maryland.”

Orson should do an analysis tomorrow on Rumin-ations.

So did you take points of Bama’s total for people like Rashaad Johnson having their charges dropped or dismissed?

Of course, this is TOTAL recruiting dollars in the athletic budget. It isn’t broken down by sport. That will make a difference in football-related rankings.

Scroll down and it addresses increases in recruiting budgets of BCS schools.

#3: I haven’t had a diet-pepsi nasal enema in a while. Thanks for the laugh.

Oh, this has to be embarrassing for Saban…

From the report-
In 2007 the U. of Louisiana at Monroe spent $134,300 on recruiting, the least of any Division I-A institution.

That includes the football recruiting budget.

I spent more than that on douche.

MSNsportsNET usaully updates their roster at the start of spring drills and then at the start of fall camp when the freshmen arrive…so it makes sense that his name would still be there.

The no announcement thing is weird, but not totally uncommon. As displayed by the whole RR fiasco…the WVU SID is a total joke. Washington isn’t the first scholarship player to vanish from a WVU roster with no announcement…see Evan Rodriguez, RJ Grant, etc.

@NewAzTiger

Your welcome. As far as victories go, I guess we will take it. We still have a lot of month left since its is early in the 4th quarter. I was browsing last years FC in the archives on the right hand side, and Illinois took the title with 24 points on 8-29-2007. They had a decent year on the field. We shall see. With Prince Hall now suspended, I think recruiting for LB’s should be at an all time high….
Don’t know if that helped ILLlinois as in weeding out the bad apples, or that they had a stable full of wild horses they had to tame/break.

as a WVU alum, I demand we be given our lead atop the Fulmer Cup standings. Why? Because when it comes to thugs, moonshine, and burning second/third-hand furniture, the Mountaineers are the industry leader bar none.

Something doesn’t seem right. We earn those points. Who is paying this swindle guy?

PeterPumpkinHead – I mean, I’m supposed to believe Syracuse spent more than UCLA, USC, Bama and LSU?

It’s a couple thousand every time they de-ice the plane.

LEMSDAY!

My. Day. Is. Complete.

My head will rest gently on my pillow tonight knowing that Alabama will remain the most criminal program in the country.

Not only for this Fulmer Cup season, but for the All-Time Points lead as well. You guys really are the best…

31 – as if the billboard sign they put up wasn’t enough to rub it in, they beat alabama with a coach that makes less in one year than Saban does for walking from his car to his office on a Tuesday…now this. I love it.

Still – something is wrong when shooting a guy in the head gets 9 points while selling coke gets 20.

I think this relic of bloggery needs an overhaul to bring it up to modernity.

Looks like Arkansas needs some love…

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/sec/2008-07-30-arkansas-trouble_N.htm

GoVols, he settled by paying a $150 dollar fine.