From: boisseau@chpc.utexas.edu (John R. Boisseau (Jay))
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Re: SWC Preview for Games on 10/3
Date: 1 Oct 92 21:39:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: chpc.1992Oct1.213901.28124
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC

In article <1992Oct1.184458.10273@den.mmc.com> kevin@traffic.den.mmc.com (Kevin Rodgers) writes:
>In article <1992Oct1.035738.25564@chpc.utexas.edu> boisseau@chpc.utexas.edu (John R. Boisseau (Jay)) writes:
>>Unfortunately, SMU
>>suspended 18 players this week, including a few starters (most notably
>>Kevin Shepherd, the RB who played well agianst TCU) for selling their
>>old books (paid for out of their scholarships) back to the bookstores
>>and keeping the money.
>
>Is there an NCAA rule against this?  And why should books bought by an
>athletic scholarship be treated differently than those bought by a
>college loan (like the federal and state guaranteed loans I took out
>just a short, uh, 12 years ago)?  [sarcastic remark about the NCAA
>deleted]

Of course it's illegal. If it wasn't, don't you think 'dirty' programs
would find a way to get their athletes to enroll in classes that they
aren't really going to take, buy the books, and sell the books back to
make money? Some classes require over $100 of books just for that class.
This would be difficult to monitor as many schools have _very late_ drop
deadlines (some schools give you until the last day).

I'm not saying that it should be illegal in theory, but I can understand why
it is because of how it could be practiced. The current rule is that the
books can be sold and credited back to their scholarship  in some way that
I don't completely understand...

>>(If SMU _really_ wants to win, Rossley should castrate a _bear_
>>before the game. If that doesn't fire up his players, nothing will.)
>
>What happened to Forrest Gregg, and where was I when it happened?

I give up... where were you? ;-) It was made public that last year would be
his last, as he was going to give up the reigns to focus on being just the
AD. It's pretty much the same situation with Teaff at Baylor right now.

>>OKLAHOMA STATE at TCU
>>---------------------
>>TCU is coming off of 2 rather embarrasing losses and a tie. OSU is
>>2-1 and feeling pretty good after that 0-10-1 season last year (at
>>least a graduate of OSU named Goober is). TCU used a blitzing defense
>>against SMU that worked for a while, but they failed to adapt when SMU
>>went to shorter/quicker routes. They have bigger problems on offense,
>>where Leon Clay, Curtis Modkins, Derek Cullors, and the talented
>>receiving corps are not playing anywhere NEAR their potential... or
>>even the level they reached last year. OSU is a running team so the
>>game will probably depend on if TCU can stop the run, and _finally_
>>get Leon Clay untracked. Goober picks the Aggies, but Jay is going
>>for the upset, refusing to believe that TCU will lose yet again to
>>a less talented team.
>>
>>Predictions: Goober Okie State 27, TCU 14  (Teresa Barley Merklin assured me
>>                                            that the Aggies win)
>>             Jay    TCU 24, OSU 21
>
>Teresa is right as usual, and Jay must have done too many mullet-with-
>cheese-sauce bong hits if he believes that TCU has more talent than OK
>State.  Goober's pick looks good to me.

Mullet-with-cheese-sauce bong hits? ;-) Sounds interesting...

I say TCU has more talent based on the offensive side of the ball. Whereas
OK State went a pathetic 0-10-1 last year (or something like that), TCU
went 7-4, largely as a result of having a receiving corps that was
recognized as one of the best in the nation by many mags, a QB who set
some NCAA passing records (when he wasn't injured), and a RB who is also
highly touted (Modkins; Cullors is new to me, but he actually looks
better). Thus, with no evidence of any talent at all for OK State based
on last year's record, and _recognized_ talent (at least on the offense)
by the "experts" on the TCU team, I say TCU is more talented. 

Of course, OK State is 2-1, and TCU is 0-2-1, so they are on track to
reverse records, and I'll probably say the reverse next year. ;-)
Nevertheless, I stand by my upset pick (like I said, I know it would
be an upset, technically), especially since Goober and I _have_ to 
disagree an 'Aggies' as much as possible (and I couldn't really predict
a TAMU loss with a straight face).

Jay


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  John R. Boisseau ("Jay")       
  Department of Astronomy        
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