Postby Deltamud77 » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:48 am
First of all, every SEC school in some way, shape, form or fashion cheaps -- how every slightly it may be. Secondly, if there is cheating going on at Ole Miss that is out of the ordinary, and I am not saying it is, you probably don't need to look definitively at Coach O but perhaps to the big money/ questionable character types that have their hands all over the football program. I will not say any names, but many of you know who I am talking about. Last but not least, if you are able to, look at the vehicles that the Ole Miss football players drive and honestly ask yourself if these kids can afford what they are riding around in. This is not an occurence that is isolated in Oxford either.
The thing that most any SEC fan (with the exception of UT) needs to worry about is the NCAAs apparent distain for the SEC and their apathy for schools such as Ole Miss and State. It has been said on here before and bears repeating, the NCAA will not bite the hand that feeds it. If you notice, the NCAA almost never goes after program that are extremely popular on a national level -- teams that draw game of the week type coverage on the networks. USC, Ohio State, and Florida State have all been accused of numerous violations in the last five years from credible sources and have all have players arrested for any number of criminal violations and nothing, I mean nothing, has happened to them. If the same happens to Ole Miss or State, at the very least you are cited for lack of institutional control and scholarships are reduced.
Ole Miss (and most of the rest of the SEC) really needs to watch the company they embrace because the NCAA would not hesitate to drop a bomb on the program.
In my lifetime the coach seems to get the blame for most violations, and perhaps rightfully so as "the buck stops here" but if you read further in to things when really harse penalties are announced it is almost always related to some over zealous "booster".
