Credit Card Fraud Update: Smith and Telfort Gone

[rogdochar]

is blooding a word?

.... passed tense of bleeding.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

.... passed tense of bleeding.

He blooded to death?

 

[CapitalGator02]

He blooded to death?

It's what happens after you're jumped into the Bloods...you've been "Blooded." Sort of like "Knighted."

 

[Durty South Swamp]

It's what happens after you're jumped into the Bloods...you've been "Blooded." Sort of like "Knighted."

 

[rogdochar]

He blooded to death?

.... excess ecchymosis.

 

[CapitalGator02]

Aside from the fact that college football gives me one day a week where I can shotgun multiple beers without being judged, it doesn't have much else going for it these days.

 

[Chomper]

With all these suspensions just before opening the season vs. a very tough and well-coach Michigan team away from The Swamp makes it feel to me like the season is over before it has begun. Really down about this. Do we have anything to look forward to? And the beat goes on, and on and....

 

[jdh5484]

 

[stephenPE]

Lets condense it. Mac has suspended a bunch good players before we play a real game.
Some think it it his fault this is going on. He still has two years worth of the other guys recruits and
older guys usually are the leaders. Im not excusing anyone for what they did. They were stupid
as sh#t. At that age stupid as sh#t is not that unusual. Specially being away from home to the first time
and growing up with people telling you "how great you are? Let this sh$t play out. Its not like Afganistan
with the never ending story. Now the rubber meets the road Saturday. Players now have histories.......
I hope if they do not finally fly right he sends their butts home.

 

[jdh5484]

Aside from the fact that college football gives me one day a week where I can shotgun multiple beers without being judged, it doesn't have much else going for it these days.

But, there's always that!

 

[Durty South Swamp]

He still has two years worth of the other guys recruits and
older guys usually are the leaders.

so far it looks like all mac recruits, freshman and sophs, and of course junior callaway.

 

[stephenPE]

Maybe the Champ recruits are trying to sabotage this program cause they ran their guy off.
They are not being good leaders for the young guys Why do they care?

 

[8802Gator]

They didn't "work the system". They attempted to steal from the university that is providing them with the greatest opportunity of their lifetime. They're f*cking thieves!

Ok. Wording aside my answer to your question is still the same. If I'm the head of a company I'm not firing employees that make me millions because of a couple hundred dollars.

 

[T REX]

Lets condense it. Mac has suspended a bunch good players before we play a real game.
Some think it it his fault this is going on. He still has two years worth of the other guys recruits and
older guys usually are the leaders. Im not excusing anyone for what they did. They were stupid
as sh#t. At that age stupid as sh#t is not that unusual. Specially being away from home to the first time
and growing up with people telling you "how great you are? Let this sh$t play out. Its not like Afganistan
with the never ending story. Now the rubber meets the road Saturday. Players now have histories.......
I hope if they do not finally fly right he sends their butts home.

Yup, it's Muschumps fault.

Somehow you made an analogy to Afghanistan.

 

[FireFoley]

With all these suspensions just before opening the season vs. a very tough and well-coach Michigan team away from The Swamp makes it feel to me like the season is over before it has begun. Really down about this. Do we have anything to look forward to? And the beat goes on, and on and....

For those of us on one side of the argument, we are looking forward to this falling at the feet of Butters somehow and he is shown the door immediately if not sooner!!!!

 

[B52G8rAC]

So they were stupid. According to the law they are adults responsible for their actions. When I was an undergrad, on ROTC scholarship, one of my fellow cadets figured out a clever way to make money. The scholarship paid tuition, fees, and books in addition to a monthly stipend. This clever man registered for 22 hours of courses, bought the books and then dropped several courses. He then returned the books for those courses and kept the return money. Clever, huh? Except it was federal money and the FBI did the investigation. He didn't go to jail but he didn't get a commission either, nor a security clearance, nor a federal job, nor a federal contract. If a young man is representing me at my university, I expect his cleverness to be mitigated by his morality and common sense. Youth and inexperience is only an excuse if you are Michael Dukakis.

 

[gator1946]

And how do you suggest Mac should act? Urban had ~31 arrests under his tenure at UF and it probably should've been a lot more. He had the opposite of an "aw shucks" persona and look how that worked out.


At worst, he can kick a player off of the team. What greater punishment can a head coach dole out? California has the death penalty and yet it had the highest murder rate of any state in 2014 (last published by CDC). You are dealing with entitled athletes who have heard for years that they are the best at their sport. They either A) think they can get away with it or B) if they are caught, someone will get them out of the jam because they are collegiate athletes. There is very little anyone on the coaching staff can do to change this mentality.

I'm not talking about the presser after the deeds are done. I'm talking about general interaction with the team and setting the boundaries. I hope when the discussion comes around to expected behavior ,what I saw at the press conference is not what the players see behind closed doors.

There is a time to be a friend (up to a point). There is a time to be supportive. There is a time to mentor. There is a time to resolve disputes. But when it comes to a discussion of expected behavior, that discussion, in my opinion, should be as serious as a bad heart attack. The message: Don't jeopardize your future. Don't ruin your reputation, Don't harm this University's reputation. Don't embarrass your teammates or your coaches. You're fine men, We expect and require you to act like fine men

Not a smile should be cracked. Not a "you know" or, God forbid, a chuckle should be uttered during that discussion.

Will everyone suddenly get religion? No. But some will, and you'd better get their attention.

 

[chuckmcphail]

it's not a misdemeanor toolbag. if it's more than $100 then it's a felony.

I thought it was $1000 hence the original Felony investigation on Smith, then he saw that was going to be a felon and started snitching on everyone!!!

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Maybe the Champ recruits are trying to sabotage this program cause they ran their guy off.
They are not being good leaders for the young guys Why do they care?

What in the bloody hell is this drivel?

Muschamp's recruits are sabotaging the program because mac recruits are involved in a CC fraud ring? You've got to be trolling at this point.

 

[chuckmcphail]

If those employees made me as much money as fb players make their university I could overlook them trying to work the system for a couple hundred bucks. They didn't sneak into the AD's office and palm a watch out of his desk. I'm not defending what they did because it was really really stupid, and they deserve what they are getting, but running all these kids out of town for this would be a mistake imo.

They should have to earn their scholarship back just like a walk on. They should go ask Garcia or the WR that was bagging groceries the next day at publix how having a full ride would change their lives completely!!