OFFICIAL 2020 COLLEGE FOOTBALL OFFSEASON THREAD

[IATT]

Is the SC writing on the wall?

thought it was notre dame.. but i dont think anyone is shocked this dude is coming back

 

[nako xl]

Is the SC writing on the wall?

He had dinner last week with a USC admin and an unnamed person who sounds like Leinart.

 

[IATT]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmm so if you get couple endorsements you cant be a good teammate?

 

[atlsfinest]

 

[elpablo21]

 

[finessence]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmm so if you get couple endorsements you cant be a good teammate?

**** Tebow. You went to a private school and came from money. You were traveling abroad, as kid. Many children haven’t even been on planes, let alone travel. Let them earn money. Not all college athletes will make it, professionally.

MAKE THE GAMES FREE THEN!

 

[elpablo21]

https://247sports.com/college/alabama/board/116/Contents/alfano-135458083/?page=1
BamaOnLine has a long thread with some new details. I think he's gone, apparently he hasn't been to practice in 2 weeks and hasn't taken a snap this season.

Saban's cryptic statements about make it sound like the kid got in trouble

I can see him going someplace closer to home. I know Penn State was one of his finalists.

 

[IATT]

 

[sho3tym]

Say what you want but I love Jay Bilas!

As a HS basketball coach, I've sent a number of players to play at the Division 1 level and I couldn't as much as buy them a pizza! The system in it's current set up is wrong. They're not getting a Free Education, last time I checked Free meant you get something and nothing is expected in return. This scholarship means they own your time while you're at school.

 

[MVP]

Timmy sound crazy as hell

 

[IATT]

 

[spacedoodoo]

Like clockwork.

 

[fahqu001]

 

[dacomeup]

LOL. Tebow grew up in a position of privilege and experiencing the world in a way that most of his teammates couldn't dream of, but he's bragging about how he didn't want a dollar from jersey sales.

 

[kickz4242]

LOL. Tebow grew up in a position of privilege and experiencing the world in a way that most of his teammates couldn't dream of, but he's bragging about how he didn't want a dollar from jersey sales.

Tebow a clown for those comments. His situation is vastly different that most, smh

 

[elpablo21]

 

[nako xl]

Former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has not entirely ruled out the possibility of returning to the sidelines in the future. In an interview with Cleveland.com, Meyer addressed if he'd consider taking a coaching job offer in 2020.

"I'm not there at the moment," Meyer said. "Like you said, next year can I say that? We'll talk again next year and we'll see."

This week, rumors started swirling over whether Meyer would return to coaching at either USC or Tennessee next year. USC's athletic director Lynn Swann resigned on Monday and Meyer spoke highly of the traditions at Tennessee and its previous success last weekend.

 

[IATT]

 

[elpablo21]

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Fifty years after 14 black football players were kicked off the University of Wyoming football team for seeking to wear armbands to protest racism, eight of them returned to the Laramie campus to commemorate the anniversary as the school takes another step toward reconciliation.

University officials planned to unveil a plaque at War Memorial Stadium commemorating the so-called Black 14 on Friday. The marker will join an alleyway mural in downtown Laramie that was dedicated last year and ceremony caps five days of ceremonies and discussions about the infamous dismissal of all the university’s black players in 1969.

They are now being recognized as leaders in the tradition of protest in sport. It’s a pantheon that includes US track and field athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who raised their fists on a 1968 Olympics medal podium to protest racism and injustice.

More recently, former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick accused the NFL of blackballing him for kneeling during the national anthem before games to protest police violence against African Americans.

Protest is appropriate for athletes who want use their fame and visibility to be heard, Black 14 member Tony Gibson said.

“You can judge them any way you want. But when they’re saying things that matter or are trying to draw your attention to things that might need addressing, I think it’s very important,” Gibson said.

On October 17, 1969, Wyoming head coach Lloyd Eaton summarily dismissed the players and revoked their scholarships after they met with him to propose wearing black armbands during an upcoming game against Brigham Young University.

The players wanted to protest racism some of them experienced in previous games against BYU and how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the time-barred African Americans from the priesthood. Eaton would have none of the idea — and was backed up by the university’s board of trustees and Gov. Stan Hathaway.

They never got a chance to mention the armbands before Eaton lit into them about coming from fatherless families and saying they would only be accepted by traditionally black colleges if they weren’t at the University of Wyoming, they said.

“Our side is coming out. All these years everybody thought we protested and stuff and we never did,” said Black 14 member Ted Williams

The healing and reconciliation is not complete for some of the men who came back to campus this week. Some struggled for years after they were labeled as members of the Black 14.

Lionel Grimes said the episode repeatedly came up during job interviews and he wondered how many job opportunities he missed because of it. The anger has taken years to overcome, he said.

“I was angry about the fact that I had to pay to go to school. I was angry at how the coach had insulted not only me, my fellow teammates, my ancestry,” Grimes said.

Most of all, not being able to learn why Eaton acted as harshly as he did bothers Black 14 members. Eaton could have defused the situation simply by telling the players they couldn’t wear the armbands, Grimes said.

“We would’ve just played football. He never gave us the opportunity to sit down and talk to him,” Grimes said. “We were very respectful then.”

Wyoming had won the Sugar Bowl the year before and was off to a 4-0 start before that day. The now all-white Cowboys went on to beat BYU and San Jose State but lost their last four games.

After Wyoming finished 1-9 in 1970, Eaton was demoted to assistant athletic director. He died in 2007, leaving the Black 14 without an apology or explanation.

“To me, the disappointment, my greatest disappointment, is I never had a clear understanding of his mindset. I never had a clear understanding of what compelled him to act against, as I understood years later, some of the wishes of his coaches,” Black 14 member Guillermo Hysaw said.

Eight of the 14 were starters. Eaton’s legacy isn’t confined to the Black 14 episode, Black 14 member John Griffin said.

“He destroyed the Cowboys football team for a decade or so. He is the one who prevented blue-chip players from coming here,” Griffin said. “That was on him, not us.”

Griffin and some of the others have been back to campus over the decades, including for a 1993 event honoring the best players from each previous decade, but until the past several years reception for the Black 14 was lukewarm, Griffin said.

“Now it’s very sincere welcome back: ‘We’re glad to have you back and we’re sorry,’” Griffin said.

Never knew about this


You come from fatherless families because you want to protest racism with armbands though, amazing

 

[IATT]

 

[nako xl]

Never knew about this


You come from fatherless families because you want to protest racism with armbands though, amazing

There was a gameday special about it a couple years back

 

[atlsfinest]

Tebow a clown for those comments. His situation is vastly different that most, smh

Tebows entire argument is "because I didn't want or need the money, no other student-athlere should want or need the money". Tim, if you want to play for free, then by all means go for it. But don't block other players from wanting to make money.

Then he went on a weird tangent about players being bad teammates if they can make endorsement money. He went on to mention his grandfather wanting to see Florida winning SEC championship and taking that away. No one is taking it away, what is he even talking about? Does he have CTE?

It's just bizarre and very poorly thought-out.

 

[N41D]

Golden child Timmy getting flambe'd... Ya hate to see it.

 

[witnesskb24]

That dude just never goes away just fade away Tim you’re trash now


Anyways, why is ESPN saying this Wake/UNC game is non conference?

 

[JustBlaze.]

Yeah, I still don't get how this game is non-conference but whatever.