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Restful offseason, you’re out. Pearl clutching, you’re back in.
That’s because the NCAA notice of allegations draft against Michigan football for the Connor Stalions scheme was leaked to ESPN and many of the usual offenders are screeching about ‘cheating!’ and the harsh penalties they would give if they were judge, jury, and executioner. But many top pundits aren’t taking the same bait they were back in Oct. 2023.
On Monday, Colin Cowherd reacted to the news of the NOA draft, and he couldn’t work himself up to outrage. While basically stating ‘everyone does wrong in college football, ‘ Cowherd noted that things that were once thought to be outrageous enough to cancel a program aren’t only legal, but now encouraged.
“So for years and years as a college football fan, we all know the one thing you couldn’t do, it was a death penalty,” Cowherd said. “And I’ll pause for a second — what was the one thing you couldn’t do? And then three years ago, you could suddenly do it, and you were encouraged to do it, and rewarded for doing it — buying high school players.
“That’s why my entire career, 30 years of doing this — I have been saying this for 30 years — everybody’s paying everybody. Stop being a do-gooder. Buckeye fans pointing fingers. Oh yeah, you’re not doing it. Michigan, everybody, SEC, Georgia, everybody. I mean, it’s kind of well-known that when Pete Carroll was rolling at USC, Ed Orgeron was his defensive line coach. Boy, USC could get defensive linemen like nobody else. I’ll leave it at that. But people that know they got busted for Reggie Bush. You think it was the only thing? And I’m supposed to be a USC homer. Go look at John Wooden’s track record, his No. 1 booster. That’s why Bobby Knight, to the end, resented him.
“The truth is, I’m told to be outraged by pot and sports gambling, and I…
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Author : Wolverines Wire
Publish date : 2024-08-05 23:23:27
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