'09 COLLEGE FOOTBALL OFF-SEASON THREAD-recruiting/Coaching Changes/Transfers

Originally Posted by Bigmike23

Marve wants to go to tennesse so bad he may just walk on?

Yeah basically, he can't receive a scholarship from them until next year because their was word that Tennesse contacted him while he was still underscholly.
 
He most likely will walk on for a year and get a scholly after.
I think Purdue is offering him a scholly. he had over 40 scholly offers from what I understand.
supposedly Marve's pops and Monte Kiffin are friends from Tampa.
so there is a prior relationship.
 
Originally Posted by Bigmike23

so if he walks on and gets a scholly the year after miami cant do anything about that?

Nope nothing they can do. thats why the 1 yr wait is there

edit, todays college football live was real good.
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catch the re-run if u can
 
[h2]College football's top workout warriors[/h2]

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Spring football has wrapped up, and most teams have conducted their offseason testing programs. Here is the annual Freaks list of the top workout warriors in college football, thanks to the help of many coaches and sports information directors around the country:

1. Taylor Mays, USC, safety: Whenever someone in the media visits a USC practice and comes away gushing about the Trojans' stash of blue-chip athletes, there's a good chance the buzz started building after he noticed Mays, a frightening combination of size and speed. Just ask Arizona coaches how frightening he is. Last season, Mays KOed three Wildcats during their game against USC. And perhaps the only things more impressive than Mays' highlight reel of brutal hits are the numbers the 6-foot-3, 238-pound Trojan puts up in the USC strength program. Mays vertical jumps 41 inches, does a standing broad jump of 11 feet and 4 inches, can bench-press 225 pounds 29 times and in the spring of 2008 ran an electronically timed 40-yard dash in 4.32 seconds. He didn't get timed in the 40 this spring because coaches didn't want to risk his pulling a muscle.

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Baylor Athletics Robert Griffin is adding more strength and size to his package of speed and athleticism, making him a fearsome prospect for opposing Big 12 defenses.
"I didn't run, but I feel faster this year," Mays says. "Seriously, I am. I ran that time last year coming off ankle surgery, and this year I've taken better care of my body during the season, and my diet has been more consistent." He has strived this spring to become more flexible and has focused on drills to increase his hip flexibility.
"[Former USC linebacker] Keith Rivers told me safeties have to play a lot of man in the slot [in the NFL], and I've also worked on getting better at tackling in the open field and becoming more fluid in my backpedal."

Mays, who says his body fat is about 5 percent of his total weight, plans to trim down to around 230 pounds in time for the season and has another idea to boost his flexibility: "My girlfriend and I are going to start taking that [Bikram] yoga."

2. Allen Bailey, Miami, DT: On a wall inside the UM football offices are the team bests for each exercise by position. When you get to defensive linemen, almost all you see is one Bailey head shot after another. Some UM fans have taken to calling him "Freakzilla," thanks in part to his awesome athleticism but also to his Bunyanesque background that has created some legendary tales. Such as how he once killed an alligator with a shovel.

Bailey, who last season battled through a torn pectoral muscle while making the transition from linebacker to defensive line, had nine tackles for loss and five sacks. Now that he's healthy and more comfortable playing at defensive tackle, expectations around Coral Gables, Fla., are soaring. Some inside the program think the junior will restart Miami's streak of first-round draft picks. Lord knows he should test well at the NFL combine next year.

This spring, Bailey vertical jumped 39 inches despite weighing 288 pounds. He ran a 4.65 40 time. He power-cleaned 375. Longtime UM strength coach Andreu Swasey, who has trained the likes of Willis McGahee, Kellen Winslow II, Sean Taylor and others, gives Bailey perhaps the ultimate praise: "He is the freakiest of all the freaks since I've been here," Swasey says. "When he got here, he weighed 270, and I told the coaches, 'He's going to be 300, but it'll be a 300 like you've never seen before.'"

3. Robert Griffin, Baylor, QB: A bunch of blazing-fast football players have legit track speed (Clemson's Jacoby Ford, Florida's Jeff Demps and LSU's Trindon Holliday all come to mind), but when have we seen a guy with world-class speed who was a legit college quarterback? Never. Griffin made this list last season, when he was an early-enrolled quarterback on the brink of almost making the U.S. Olympic team as a hurdler. Turns out he's proven to be an even bigger freak athlete, as last season he set an NCAA record for the most passes to start a career without an interception. He also has made Baylor football relevant again. Oh yeah, and Griffin, who has packed on almost 20 pounds (up to 210) since arriving in Waco, Texas, in the winter of 2008, says he's even more explosive now.

Baylor strength coach Kaz Kazadi says Griffin arrived with so much top-end speed but has really enhanced his quickness and ability to change direction. "This is one of the hardest-working young athletes you'll ever see," Kazadi says. "He's just got that quiet-storm demeanor. The guy always shows up on time. Always ready to work, and he just loves to compete." Watch out, Big 12, the Bears aren't pushovers any more.

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Florida State AthleticsFlorida State's Dekoda Watson isn't the biggest linebacker in the ACC, but he's surely one of the most athletic.

4. Nate Solder, Colorado, OT: A handful of five-star recruits have come to CU in the past few years. Solder wasn't one of them. He was deemed an average tight end prospect by the online recruiting services, but man, has he blossomed in Boulder. He's now a chiseled 6-8, 300-pound junior with a staggering 8.3 percent body fat according to the school, which had him tested in the Bod Pod, a system for measuring body composition. The guy practically makes Dwight Howard look like a Van Gundy. Solder's workout numbers are just as impressive: He power-cleans 407, hang-cleans 445, back squats 622, vertical jumps 34 inches and runs the 40 in 4.86 seconds.

5. Zach Brown, North Carolina, LB: There could've been a couple of Tar Heels on this list, as Butch Davis has infused a ton of athleticism into this program. Brown, a 6-2, 220-pound sophomore, has really blossomed in his first full season at UNC, having won the starting weakside linebacker job this spring. He'll be part of what is arguably the fastest linebacking trio in the country. According to UNC strength coach Jeff Connors, all three can run the 40 in less than 4.5 seconds. The Heel closest to Brown in the Freak quotient is strongside 'backer Bruce Carter, who made four consecutive blocked punts last season. (Carter set the UNC linebacker record with a 40½-inch vertical jump. He also clocked a 4.45 forty.)

But I'm going with Brown, a former stud prep wrestler who went 29-0 with 17 pins and also ran for more than 1,500 yards as a high school senior. The first time Brown ran the 40 at UNC, Connors did a triple take at his stopwatch. It read 4.28. "I was shocked by that time," Connors says. So the veteran coach had Brown run it again, and that time he had four other guys use stopwatches to clock it. Same thing. 4.28 on four of the five watches. The other guy had Brown clocked in the low 4.30s. Connors pointed out that the team was tested running on a faster Mondo track surface, which he estimated might be worth five-hundredths of a second to one-tenth of a second. Regardless, Brown is still blazing-fast. He's also pretty strong, having upped his bench press from 315 to 380 this year. "He hasn't even scratched the surface," Connors says.

6. Jeff Owens, Georgia, DT: The Dawgs really missed the anchor of their defense and one of the leaders of their team after Owens was lost for the 2008 season with a knee injury. However, the 6-3, 300-pounder is probably in better shape than he was before he went down, according to Georgia coaches. His 4.86 40-yard dash time this spring should get Bulldogs fans excited, and he proved he got even stronger. He bench-pressed 225 for 41 reps and maxed out at 535.

7. Dekoda Watson, Florida State, LB: The Noles have plucked some great athletes out of South Carolina in recent years, and Watson might be as special as any of them. Watson isn't huge for a linebacker at 6-2, 226, but he's probably as well-proportioned as you'll find. According to a school spokesman, his chest is 48 inches and his waist is 26 inches, which is enough to put him on this list. Plus, he recently gave the Orlando Sentinel one of the better quotes of the offseason:

"Right now I've been doing ab workouts like it ain't nothing," Watson told the Sentinel. "I've got abs to my throat almost. My legs are feeling great. It's just the elbow right now. The elbow is going to take a long time to heal. I take that scar with pride. That's the closest I'm going to get to a tattoo. … I'm scared of needles."

FSU Rhodes scholar and defensive back Myron Rolle is a fan of Watson's: "Aside from [cornerback] Pat Robinson, Dekoda is the best athlete on the team. He is extremely explosive, can jump out of the gym and he is very strong. He has the best takeoff on the team, which is why he blocks punts so easily. If he stays healthy, I believe he will test incredibly well when he comes out next year."

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Maryland Media Relations Maryland strength coach Dwight Galt described Bruce Campbell as the "offensive line version of Vernon Davis."

8. Bruce Campbell, Maryland, OT: The Terps have been good for a few workout warriors, and the 6-6, 306-pound Campbell is a supersized version. Maryland strength coach Dwight Galt calls him "one of a kind." Campbell certainly has the bloodlines. His father, Bruce, starred for the Providence College hoops team in the '70s before he was drafted by the Nets.

Earlier this month, Campbell bench-pressed 490 pounds, which is impressive, especially considering the length of his arms. He also ran a 4.82 40. "Bruce looks like a Greek God," Galt says. "He almost looks like a bodybuilder. He's the offensive line version of Vernon Davis."

9. Brooks Reed, Arizona, DE: Reed is another under-the-radar recruit who has shone. The 6-3, 260-pounder notched eight sacks last season in his first year as a starter for the Cats, who relied on his exceptional explosiveness and burst. Reed power-cleans 450, squats more than 600 and ran a 4.62 40-yard dash this spring. The only thing the Zona sports info people figured he was missing was a great nickname. They're touting the long-haired Reed as "Mr. Freeze," in part because of his initial B.R. as in … never mind. Pac-10 offensive coaches probably have other names for him.

10. Marcus Cannon, TCU, OT: About a month ago, I asked TCU All-American DE Jerry Hughes whether there were any freak athletes in the Horned Frogs program. He paused for a moment, then began to shake his head and tell a story. Turns out Cannon, TCU's 6-5, 350-pound starting right tackle, offered to bet Hughes a few years ago over whether the mammoth offensive lineman could pull off a double front flip off a diving board. Hughes jumped at the bet, then watched in amazement as the TCU big man went all Cirque du Soleil on him. "I can do a double front flip, a one-and-a-half and some other stuff off the board," Cannon later explained. "I used to be a lifeguard."

At the very least, this might earn Cannon the title of being the world's most improbable diver since Rodney Dangerfield climbed up poolside. Cannon is a pretty good shot-putter, too. Earlier this month, he finished third overall with a personal-best throw of 54 feet, 4 inches at the Texas Invitational. On the field, he has emerged as one of the Mountain West Conference's top linemen, and he is coming off a near-flawless performance in TCU's 17-16 Poinsettia Bowl victory over Boise State.

Just missed the cut: Jacoby Ford, Clemson, WR; Adrien Robinson, Cincinnati, TE; Stephen Paea, Oregon State, DT; Arist Wright, Kansas, LB; Brandon Graham, Michigan, DE; Bruce Carter, UNC, LB; Ali Villanueva, Army, WR; Carlos Dunlap, Florida, DE; Jake Sharp, Kansas, RB; Cooper Taylor, Georgia Tech, S; Brandon Brooks, Miami (Ohio), OL; Martez Wilson, Illinois, LB; Everson Griffen, USC, DL; Kyle Parker, Clemson, QB.

Bruce Feldman is a senior writer with ESPN The Magazine. His book, "Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting," is on sale now.
I need to go buy Meat market.
 
Originally Posted by November33rd

[h2]College football's top workout warriors[/h2]

Comment Email Print By Bruce Feldman
ESPN The Magazine
Archive

Spring football has wrapped up, and most teams have conducted their offseason testing programs. Here is the annual Freaks list of the top workout warriors in college football, thanks to the help of many coaches and sports information directors around the country:

1. Taylor Mays, USC, safety: Whenever someone in the media visits a USC practice and comes away gushing about the Trojans' stash of blue-chip athletes, there's a good chance the buzz started building after he noticed Mays, a frightening combination of size and speed. Just ask Arizona coaches how frightening he is. Last season, Mays KOed three Wildcats during their game against USC. And perhaps the only things more impressive than Mays' highlight reel of brutal hits are the numbers the 6-foot-3, 238-pound Trojan puts up in the USC strength program. Mays vertical jumps 41 inches, does a standing broad jump of 11 feet and 4 inches, can bench-press 225 pounds 29 times and in the spring of 2008 ran an electronically timed 40-yard dash in 4.32 seconds. He didn't get timed in the 40 this spring because coaches didn't want to risk his pulling a muscle.

ncf_e_griffin_300.jpg

Baylor Athletics Robert Griffin is adding more strength and size to his package of speed and athleticism, making him a fearsome prospect for opposing Big 12 defenses.
"I didn't run, but I feel faster this year," Mays says. "Seriously, I am. I ran that time last year coming off ankle surgery, and this year I've taken better care of my body during the season, and my diet has been more consistent." He has strived this spring to become more flexible and has focused on drills to increase his hip flexibility.
"[Former USC linebacker] Keith Rivers told me safeties have to play a lot of man in the slot [in the NFL], and I've also worked on getting better at tackling in the open field and becoming more fluid in my backpedal."

Mays, who says his body fat is about 5 percent of his total weight, plans to trim down to around 230 pounds in time for the season and has another idea to boost his flexibility: "My girlfriend and I are going to start taking that [Bikram] yoga."

2. Allen Bailey, Miami, DT: On a wall inside the UM football offices are the team bests for each exercise by position. When you get to defensive linemen, almost all you see is one Bailey head shot after another. Some UM fans have taken to calling him "Freakzilla," thanks in part to his awesome athleticism but also to his Bunyanesque background that has created some legendary tales. Such as how he once killed an alligator with a shovel.

Bailey, who last season battled through a torn pectoral muscle while making the transition from linebacker to defensive line, had nine tackles for loss and five sacks. Now that he's healthy and more comfortable playing at defensive tackle, expectations around Coral Gables, Fla., are soaring. Some inside the program think the junior will restart Miami's streak of first-round draft picks. Lord knows he should test well at the NFL combine next year.

This spring, Bailey vertical jumped 39 inches despite weighing 288 pounds. He ran a 4.65 40 time. He power-cleaned 375. Longtime UM strength coach Andreu Swasey, who has trained the likes of Willis McGahee, Kellen Winslow II, Sean Taylor and others, gives Bailey perhaps the ultimate praise: "He is the freakiest of all the freaks since I've been here," Swasey says. "When he got here, he weighed 270, and I told the coaches, 'He's going to be 300, but it'll be a 300 like you've never seen before.'"

3. Robert Griffin, Baylor, QB: A bunch of blazing-fast football players have legit track speed (Clemson's Jacoby Ford, Florida's Jeff Demps and LSU's Trindon Holliday all come to mind), but when have we seen a guy with world-class speed who was a legit college quarterback? Never. Griffin made this list last season, when he was an early-enrolled quarterback on the brink of almost making the U.S. Olympic team as a hurdler. Turns out he's proven to be an even bigger freak athlete, as last season he set an NCAA record for the most passes to start a career without an interception. He also has made Baylor football relevant again. Oh yeah, and Griffin, who has packed on almost 20 pounds (up to 210) since arriving in Waco, Texas, in the winter of 2008, says he's even more explosive now.

Baylor strength coach Kaz Kazadi says Griffin arrived with so much top-end speed but has really enhanced his quickness and ability to change direction. "This is one of the hardest-working young athletes you'll ever see," Kazadi says. "He's just got that quiet-storm demeanor. The guy always shows up on time. Always ready to work, and he just loves to compete." Watch out, Big 12, the Bears aren't pushovers any more.

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Florida State AthleticsFlorida State's Dekoda Watson isn't the biggest linebacker in the ACC, but he's surely one of the most athletic.

4. Nate Solder, Colorado, OT: A handful of five-star recruits have come to CU in the past few years. Solder wasn't one of them. He was deemed an average tight end prospect by the online recruiting services, but man, has he blossomed in Boulder. He's now a chiseled 6-8, 300-pound junior with a staggering 8.3 percent body fat according to the school, which had him tested in the Bod Pod, a system for measuring body composition. The guy practically makes Dwight Howard look like a Van Gundy. Solder's workout numbers are just as impressive: He power-cleans 407, hang-cleans 445, back squats 622, vertical jumps 34 inches and runs the 40 in 4.86 seconds.

5. Zach Brown, North Carolina, LB: There could've been a couple of Tar Heels on this list, as Butch Davis has infused a ton of athleticism into this program. Brown, a 6-2, 220-pound sophomore, has really blossomed in his first full season at UNC, having won the starting weakside linebacker job this spring. He'll be part of what is arguably the fastest linebacking trio in the country. According to UNC strength coach Jeff Connors, all three can run the 40 in less than 4.5 seconds. The Heel closest to Brown in the Freak quotient is strongside 'backer Bruce Carter, who made four consecutive blocked punts last season. (Carter set the UNC linebacker record with a 40½-inch vertical jump. He also clocked a 4.45 forty.)

But I'm going with Brown, a former stud prep wrestler who went 29-0 with 17 pins and also ran for more than 1,500 yards as a high school senior. The first time Brown ran the 40 at UNC, Connors did a triple take at his stopwatch. It read 4.28. "I was shocked by that time," Connors says. So the veteran coach had Brown run it again, and that time he had four other guys use stopwatches to clock it. Same thing. 4.28 on four of the five watches. The other guy had Brown clocked in the low 4.30s. Connors pointed out that the team was tested running on a faster Mondo track surface, which he estimated might be worth five-hundredths of a second to one-tenth of a second. Regardless, Brown is still blazing-fast. He's also pretty strong, having upped his bench press from 315 to 380 this year. "He hasn't even scratched the surface," Connors says.

6. Jeff Owens, Georgia, DT: The Dawgs really missed the anchor of their defense and one of the leaders of their team after Owens was lost for the 2008 season with a knee injury. However, the 6-3, 300-pounder is probably in better shape than he was before he went down, according to Georgia coaches. His 4.86 40-yard dash time this spring should get Bulldogs fans excited, and he proved he got even stronger. He bench-pressed 225 for 41 reps and maxed out at 535.

7. Dekoda Watson, Florida State, LB: The Noles have plucked some great athletes out of South Carolina in recent years, and Watson might be as special as any of them. Watson isn't huge for a linebacker at 6-2, 226, but he's probably as well-proportioned as you'll find. According to a school spokesman, his chest is 48 inches and his waist is 26 inches, which is enough to put him on this list. Plus, he recently gave the Orlando Sentinel one of the better quotes of the offseason:

"Right now I've been doing ab workouts like it ain't nothing," Watson told the Sentinel. "I've got abs to my throat almost. My legs are feeling great. It's just the elbow right now. The elbow is going to take a long time to heal. I take that scar with pride. That's the closest I'm going to get to a tattoo. … I'm scared of needles."

FSU Rhodes scholar and defensive back Myron Rolle is a fan of Watson's: "Aside from [cornerback] Pat Robinson, Dekoda is the best athlete on the team. He is extremely explosive, can jump out of the gym and he is very strong. He has the best takeoff on the team, which is why he blocks punts so easily. If he stays healthy, I believe he will test incredibly well when he comes out next year."

[+] Enlarge
Maryland Media Relations Maryland strength coach Dwight Galt described Bruce Campbell as the "offensive line version of Vernon Davis."

8. Bruce Campbell, Maryland, OT: The Terps have been good for a few workout warriors, and the 6-6, 306-pound Campbell is a supersized version. Maryland strength coach Dwight Galt calls him "one of a kind." Campbell certainly has the bloodlines. His father, Bruce, starred for the Providence College hoops team in the '70s before he was drafted by the Nets.

Earlier this month, Campbell bench-pressed 490 pounds, which is impressive, especially considering the length of his arms. He also ran a 4.82 40. "Bruce looks like a Greek God," Galt says. "He almost looks like a bodybuilder. He's the offensive line version of Vernon Davis."

9. Brooks Reed, Arizona, DE: Reed is another under-the-radar recruit who has shone. The 6-3, 260-pounder notched eight sacks last season in his first year as a starter for the Cats, who relied on his exceptional explosiveness and burst. Reed power-cleans 450, squats more than 600 and ran a 4.62 40-yard dash this spring. The only thing the Zona sports info people figured he was missing was a great nickname. They're touting the long-haired Reed as "Mr. Freeze," in part because of his initial B.R. as in … never mind. Pac-10 offensive coaches probably have other names for him.

10. Marcus Cannon, TCU, OT: About a month ago, I asked TCU All-American DE Jerry Hughes whether there were any freak athletes in the Horned Frogs program. He paused for a moment, then began to shake his head and tell a story. Turns out Cannon, TCU's 6-5, 350-pound starting right tackle, offered to bet Hughes a few years ago over whether the mammoth offensive lineman could pull off a double front flip off a diving board. Hughes jumped at the bet, then watched in amazement as the TCU big man went all Cirque du Soleil on him. "I can do a double front flip, a one-and-a-half and some other stuff off the board," Cannon later explained. "I used to be a lifeguard."

At the very least, this might earn Cannon the title of being the world's most improbable diver since Rodney Dangerfield climbed up poolside. Cannon is a pretty good shot-putter, too. Earlier this month, he finished third overall with a personal-best throw of 54 feet, 4 inches at the Texas Invitational. On the field, he has emerged as one of the Mountain West Conference's top linemen, and he is coming off a near-flawless performance in TCU's 17-16 Poinsettia Bowl victory over Boise State.

Just missed the cut: Jacoby Ford, Clemson, WR; Adrien Robinson, Cincinnati, TE; Stephen Paea, Oregon State, DT; Arist Wright, Kansas, LB; Brandon Graham, Michigan, DE; Bruce Carter, UNC, LB; Ali Villanueva, Army, WR; Carlos Dunlap, Florida, DE; Jake Sharp, Kansas, RB; Cooper Taylor, Georgia Tech, S; Brandon Brooks, Miami (Ohio), OL; Martez Wilson, Illinois, LB; Everson Griffen, USC, DL; Kyle Parker, Clemson, QB.

Bruce Feldman is a senior writer with ESPN The Magazine. His book, "Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting," is on sale now.
I need to go buy Meat market.


wasnt carlos Dunlap 1st on this list last yr?
 
Nah.

I think it was Orakpo
Marve is nice.. Idk what yall are talking about

He's better than the black qb all the miami fans like..

Well, Neither one of them really did anything of note last year to separate one from the other.

Marve was deemed the malcontent of the two.
 
Originally Posted by thetruth03

Marve is nice.. Idk what yall are talking about

He's better than the black qb all the miami fans like..
Physically yeah....but if you hear stories of him out getting wasted in Knoxville the night before he has to start in the Florida game don'tbe surprised. Dude is a headcase.
 
Originally Posted by November33rd

Originally Posted by thetruth03

Marve is nice.. Idk what yall are talking about

He's better than the black qb all the miami fans like..
Physically yeah....but if you hear stories of him out getting wasted in Knoxville the night before he has to start in the Florida game don't be surprised. Dude is a headcase.
why does that make him a headcase? I know he does some stupid stuff in college, but that happens way more than you probably think on collegecampuses. i've seen it and heard of ppl doing it, and then go out and ball out on Saturdays. Doesn't really matter what he does off the field, as longas he produces on the field.
 
3. Robert Griffin, Baylor, QB: A bunch of blazing-fast football players have legit track speed (Clemson's Jacoby Ford, Florida's Jeff Demps and LSU's Trindon Holliday all come to mind), but when have we seen a guy with world-class speed who was a legit college quarterback? Never. Griffin made this list last season, when he was an early-enrolled quarterback on the brink of almost making the U.S. Olympic team as a hurdler. Turns out he's proven to be an even bigger freak athlete, as last season he set an NCAA record for the most passes to start a career without an interception. He also has made Baylor football relevant again. Oh yeah, and Griffin, who has packed on almost 20 pounds (up to 210) since arriving in Waco, Texas, in the winter of 2008, says he's even more explosive now.

Baylor strength coach Kaz Kazadi says Griffin arrived with so much top-end speed but has really enhanced his quickness and ability to change direction. "This is one of the hardest-working young athletes you'll ever see," Kazadi says. "He's just got that quiet-storm demeanor. The guy always shows up on time. Always ready to work, and he just loves to compete." Watch out, Big 12, the Bears aren't pushovers any more.
RG3...
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Originally Posted by The Wizard

Originally Posted by November33rd

Originally Posted by thetruth03

Marve is nice.. Idk what yall are talking about

He's better than the black qb all the miami fans like..
Physically yeah....but if you hear stories of him out getting wasted in Knoxville the night before he has to start in the Florida game don't be surprised. Dude is a headcase.
why does that make him a headcase? I know he does some stupid stuff in college, but that happens way more than you probably think on college campuses. i've seen it and heard of ppl doing it, and then go out and ball out on Saturdays. Doesn't really matter what he does off the field, as long as he produces on the field.
That's really just the start of it. I'd go on an post about all the dumb +%$# this kid has done but he's not even a Cane anymore so Icouldn't care less. I hope he goes to UT. Let him be their problem. That's if he even has good enough grades to be able to transfer there.
 
yea we can laugh at Marve and what maybe him actin a fool or not producing up to everyone's expectations but here's a look at some of Miami's lastfew Highly ranked QBs recruits coming out of HS :

Marc Guillon 4 * #7 QB
Kyle Wright 5 *, #1 QB
Kirby Freeman 4 *, #6 QB
Robert Marve- 4 *, #8 QB

thats not even mentioning UF transfer Brock Berlin (5* I believe) ...

They all have one thing in common, not producing at Miami, now there are other factors involved of course but it doesnt seem like that position is beingcoached up at all down in coral gables
 
any rebel fans on here???
How's Mccluster lookin, is he gonna be playin more at WR or RB???
cuz he had 655 rushing & 625 receiving.
 
hes a WR that plays the wildcat and runs alotta reverses.


[h1]Legislation would bring Rooney Rule to Oregon[/h1]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)-About the only guy in town who seemed upset when Jerry Glanville was hired as Portland State's football coach a couple years back was Sam Sachs.

Glanville, a gregarious and well-liked man who had NFL experience, was widely hailed as someone who would raise the Vikings' profile both on and off the field.

But Sachs saw Glanville's swift hiring as an example of what's wrong with college football.

A graduate student at Portland State at the time, Sachs said he had no personal stake in the school's hiring decision but was nonetheless dismayed to see a white coach sweep into the job without consideration of minority candidates.

Two years later, Sachs is the driving force behind proposed legislation that would require Oregon universities to seek diverse applicants for coaching positions.
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Sachs' proposal, inspired by the NFL's Rooney Rule, comes at a time when some are calling on the NCAA to adopt a similar policy, especially when it comes to college football. Nine of the 120 head football coaches in FBS programs are minorities.

"I think it's a great step. I think the state of Oregon, by putting this into place, would cause other states to take notice. It would be a positive step in the landscape of a very difficult and complex issue of hiring," said Floyd Keith, executive director of the Black Coaches and Administrators organization. "The statement it makes is that they're asking for universities to be inclusive and diverse in the search."

In January, Sachs appealed to Rep. Mitch Greenlick, a Democrat from Portland, who introduced the legislation, SB 3118. It was originally aimed at football coaches, but a House committee expanded it to include all sports as well as athletic directors, Greenlick said.

It would require universities to interview at least one minority in each hiring process. The state's Board of Higher Education would enforce the legislation, but the bill specifies no penalties.

The bill easily passed the House. Should it be approved by the Senate and signed by the governor, Oregon would become the first state with such a requirement.

Incoming University of Oregon athletic director Mike Bellotti, who was replaced as Ducks coach by offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, said he supports the measure.

Portland State athletic director Torre Chisolm said his school is neutral on the legislation. He understands both sides of the debate.

"On the pro side, you can certainly say that statistics don't lie and in certain sports there is a big discrepancy between the number of minorities who play a sport and the number of minorities who have a chance to become coaches. Statistics don't lie," he said. "On the other side, every school is in a different circumstance, facing different challenges, so a one-size-fits-all rule potentially creates an unlevel playing field for certain institutions."

Chisolm, who was not the Vikings' AD when Glanville was hired, said while there are certain affirmative action rules in place when it comes to hiring, schools may obtain a waiver, for example, if an internal candidate has already been identified or to speed the hiring process in the interest of the student-athletes.

Keith knows some might consider such legislation an obligation to hire minority coaches.

"Where people get the wrong opinion is that they're trying to mandate hiring an African American, or a person of color, an ethnic minority, for every job. That is not what it is," he said. "It is that a person is legitimately considered, and then you take it from there. I see this as a landmark in terms of a state making a decision to be proactive about this."

Sachs suggested if Oregon paves the way, the NCAA may face more pressure to look more closely at diversity among its coaches.

Others also are looking to the NCAA to act.

New Jersey state Sen. Richard Codey, D-West Orange, introduced a resolution in January that urged the NCAA to adopt the Rooney Rule for college football.

"Adopting the `Rooney Rule' will greatly benefit college football programs by providing teams with a pool of talented, dedicated, and competitive head coach applicants that has gone virtually untapped, and will result in a leadership of college football programs that more adequately reflects the diversity of the student-athletes in those programs," the resolution said.

In a statement to The Associated Press, the NCAA said its member institutions have not given it the responsibility of regulating hiring practices.

But the statement did say: "The NCAA continues to stand behind its core purpose and values relating to all diversity issues. The Association-through its member colleges and universities, conferences and national office staff- shares a belief in and commitment to an inclusive culture that fosters equitable participation for student-athletes and career opportunities for coaches and administrators from diverse backgrounds."

As for Oregon's proposal, the statement said the NCAA "respects a state's autonomy to legislate and regulate."

The Rooney Rule, named after Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney, was adopted by the NFL in 2003.

Sachs, who sat down for an interview sporting a Steelers hat and watch, is white. He was a fullback at Western Oregon University, and is a former sheriff's deputy. He also has a degree in black studies, and teaches diversity at Portland's Police Academy.

"I felt like at some point we have to stop complaining and try to be part of the solution. We have to try to do something," he said. "I can't change the whole world. I can't change the NCAA. But I might be able to change Oregon, my part of the world."
 
Is Dexter really all that tho

I got some friends who go to Ole Miss and they're talking a mess about him being the Percy of the west
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Is Dexter really all that tho

I got some friends who go to Ole Miss and they're talking a mess about him being the Percy of the west image


tell them kill theyselves
no he's not all that
he's got sick feet.


but doesnt make decisions well its almsot bad to watch him run the wildcat after seein Dmac do damage at it. He makes ALOT of bonehead plays

hes not a good RB or a good WR.
 
Who's gonna be the most versatile player in the SEC west this yr???? other than Dexter or maybe trindon holliday if he gets good PT
 
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