RECRUITING VIOLATIONS HAVE A CODGER EXEMPTION

who is this Russ fellow and does he know that LSUfreek and Holly will cut him for stepping in their territory?

If Monte doesn’t commit a recruiting violation on his visit, does Robey get to take his dollar?

So a throw away line is now an actual recruiting violation, good thing there are no facts behind it. Par for the course.

Go Monty Go! Dept:

I’m just glad to read legendary Monty is out there workin’ it, tryin’ to get recruits. For a second there, I thought Monte was just living off his reputation and chugging cups of hot water at home.
Go man! Go!

Has anyone else seen or heard stories suggesting that Lane was involved in the recruiting and/or recruiting violations of Reggie Bush when he (Lane) was an assistant at USC? If that’s the case, it can’t be good for USC. Right?

USC’s AD: Glad to see you NCAA, we’ve cleaned house and brought in a new committment to following the rules.

NCAA: Great, we’re here to talk about violations committed in part by Lane Kiffin.

USC’s AD: /blank stare…presses “send” on the blast email containing his resume/

I’m just so, so, so happy that the Knoxville Circus has parked at my school’s most hated rival. Hopefully it’ll still be there in November.

Kiffin delenda est.

Please do not let it go unnoticed that Willie Martinez was trying to recruit a 5’7" cornerback. He will soon be attempting to enter his 2007 Camry in the 24 Hours of Daytona.

They also hired a horrible compliance crew

When was that? I’ve always assumed that when people ask Mike Garrett about the Compliance office, he gestures towards a series of cubicles which, on closer inspection, are staffed with mannequins.

Wow, Nickell was that attached to Big Willie. So was it his perfection of the "Terry Schiavo" soft zone or a promise that Nickell would never have to wrap anybody up that sealed the deal?

Given the option, the Florida courts would never have allowed the plug to be pulled on Willie.

#3, or it’s a joke and you’re oversensitive. Lighten up. If someone commits secondary violations at an unprecedented rate and then a high school at the situation mentions that, why are you surprised?

If Bill Belicheck ever flames out in New England, he would make a perfect USC assistant coach — in charge of “scouting” opponents.

Patience, my fellow seekers of NCAA justice/ineffective slap fighting. In Villes such as Knox, Gaines or Stark violations of this type take on a war crimes aura. But in LA? Please. The fact is that when Pete Carroll was caught feeding dead hookers to his black market-imported giant squid by the maid at his private Malibu whorehouse it hardly merited back-page mention in Variety.

Ohio dawg @5: Nobody has mentioned Kiffen as being involved in any Reggie Bush recruiting violations since noe have ever been charged (by anyone serious).

The cloud around Bush deals with an agent paying his father (and presumably him) to leave USC early.

That is a very different thing that a recruiting violation.

@14

Yer damn right!

Just ask Antonio Langham, Gene Stallings, Hootie Ingram and the Roll Tide “Repeat Offenders? Nous?” Roll Perpetual Paranoia Club.

UGA fans will take this as an opportunity cost of not having Willie Martinez around.

Get out of my head, Swindle. That is precisely what I’ve been thinking.

Nickell Robey is the least of the people or things I would gladly trade for emancipation from Willie Two Thumbs.

ocphil – thanks for the clarification. Was Kiffin at USC at that time, or had he already moved on to Oakland?

hell bama got put thru the ringer for 400 bucks w/ Langham, imagine what 300k will do for U$C….

I am disappointed that Bama’s BCS Trophy viewing was not worked into that Wal Mart photo.

Never noticed it before but Monte looks like the bastard child of Stan Laurel and Mama Fratelli.

@14 OC Phil—that would be the agent that was allowed unfettered access to the locker room by Pete and crew? You’re right, nothing weird about that.

@13 Jack Fact—In Pete’s defense (and the NCAA’s), there is no specific rule against coaches feeding dead whores to giant squids.

@ Ohiodawg: Kiffin was OC when the Bush thing happened.

@JTG: USC’s practices and Heritage Hall were open to EVERYBODY most of the time. It was a key part of the coolness of the program and hopefully KIffen won’t have to change that too much.

@DC Trojan: I know it’s easy to slam the compliance people but I’ve dealt with them over a long span of time, first as an athelete and then as a booster. From everything I’ve seen they are serious about doing a good job and for the most part I think they do

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