Friends of the Program

The NCAA is Dropping the Hammer on LSU

December 5th, 2012 · 2 Comments

Long has the LSU football program been a rouge outfit of scofflaws and cheaters who have blatantly ignored the the NCAA rules and regulations.  Until now, they have escaped much in the way of investigation or persecution for their misdeeds, but finally the long arm of Johnny Law has caught up with the Tigers and [...]

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Tags: LSU football

Alas, the Great Billboard Wars End on a Technicality

June 21st, 2012 · 1 Comment

As WOPR found out in War Games…no one wins in Global thermo-nuclear war The great billboard wars of Mississippi that have waged on for a fortnight…or at least a couple of months, may in fact end, not on the bloody Lamar-financed battle fields of Interstate 55, but at the hands of the NCAA and it’s [...]

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Tags: Mississippi State Football · Ole Miss Football

The Great Mississippi Billboard Wars: Enter the Southern Aggressors

January 19th, 2012 · 1 Comment

You fight with facts…this is not fair Just as the two warring factions in the now infamous Billboard Wars of the Magnolia state came word that a rag tag bunch of a misfit’s militia has sent volleys at both sides of this great conflict with intents to enter the fray.  Southern Miss, they of the Top [...]

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Tags: Mississippi State Football · Ole Miss Football · Southern Miss

South Carolina’s NCAA Violations Just Got Upgraded to at Least an Executive Suite

September 19th, 2011 · No Comments

Either South Carolina football players have found some sort of Hilton Honors Points loophole that the rest of us are not aware of or they’ve been receiving impermissible benefits from a certain Columbia hotel…the NCAA, via this letter, thinks it’s the later.  Add in some recruiting violations that include boosters paying for trips and incidentals [...]

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Tags: SEC Football · South Carolina

The NCAA Has Impeccable Timing

July 19th, 2011 · 3 Comments

The NCAA, in an effort to make Les Miles’ visit to Birmingham for the SEC Media Days as uncomfortable as humanly possible, has scheduled a conference call to discuss the school’s internal investigation into illegal contact between a coach and a former recruit. LSU had self reported the violation and imposed sanctions on itself.  The [...]

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Tags: LSU football

Sex, Lyles, and Videotape

March 15th, 2011 · No Comments

LSU, turning over all tapes in their possession to the NCAA In the wake of the report that Oregon paid recruiting service owner and reported “Street agent” Will Lyles upwards of $25,000 for recruiting tapes that it hasn’t yet publically produced, it was also revealed that LSU had paid for Lyles services, or more specifically [...]

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Tags: LSU football

The Cam Newton Case Was Not Taken Pro Bono

February 10th, 2011 · No Comments

Oh, you have some outstanding legal bills?…[HT: Ghost of Roy Hobbs for the pic] AL.com reported today that Auburn has spent approximately $170,000 defending Cam Newton’s eligibility during the 2010 football season.  In a prepared statement, Cecil Newton, Cam’s father, responded “Christ! That’s almost enough money to bring a dilapidated house of worship up to code!” [...]

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Tags: Auburn Football · College Football