yep. About USC. Still worried about Wallace and Seastrunk though. We will see. Just like SMU, once recruiting goes national and you take people from other big program's backyards, those programs start alerting the NCAA about you. They are all scared of how quick Oregon's rise is right now. They don't want a dynasty here, but fuck 'em.
Wallace is connected to Flenory, and Seastrunk is connected to Lyles. Flenory and Lyles, for practical purposes, are rivals competing to attract kids to their respective football camps. Every top school signs players connected to street agents. This is the biggest bunch of nothing I can remember. Cowherd isn't even talking about it anymore, other than the "text message" he got, which has been proven to be a rumor started last week.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6179423 Looks to me like UO probably found a way to do a technically illegal thing in a technically legal way. I doubt the Ducks will be hit with any sanctions, but I wouldn't be surprised if this investigation ends up resulting in some rule changes.
I was on the road to Bend and lost 95.5 right as Canzano was going off air. Is this a big deal? Seems like UO couldn't be so stupid as to actually make illegal payments from their own coffers and leave a paper trail. If this is what Cowherd was talking about, then a lot of schools are in trouble, because Auburn, for one, also pays for Lyles' service.
I think the issue isn't so much that they paid for his services but how much. If UO paid him five times the normal rate for what he can legitimately provide, then it makes sense that it would raise some eyebrows.
Don't like this article... Documents: Oregon paid pair with ties to recruits http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news;_ylt=AsxQlxhFj62Crou_J9sGfUMcvrYF?slug=cr-oregon030311
Ducks saying fuck you... Ducks say payments for recruiting services OK http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-oregon-recruits
Lyles accompanied Trent Richardson on his 'Bama visit. Richardson's mom was moved into a $200k house shortly after Richardson signed. LSU has at least five 4-to-5 star players via Lyles, and has paid him on numerous occasions. That's the real story here, but the NCAA can't kill their golden SEC goose.
http://media.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/other/CSS_001.pdf Well look at that. Looks like the ducks were telling the truth.
The thing is, they can put down whatever they like on the check. There's no way of really being able to prove guilt or innocence here unless Seastrunk comes forward and says he was steered.
I don't think it even matters if Seastrunk says he was steered, so long as Oregon didn't know about it. Lyles accompanied Trent Richardson on recruiting trips to Alabama and LSU, and even went with Seastrunk to USC. In terms of NCAA violations, unless there was no "service" actually bought, this is a non-story. Of course, if the NCAA decides that they want to address the issue of street agents/recruiting services, and schools paying for them, then that's another story entirely. At this point, as I look at various boards, the only fans still screaming for blood are Husky Honks and some USC bittermen. Oh, and George Schroeder of the Register Guard, who is still trying to convince people that this was all a scam.
