Will Grier suspended rest of season for taking PEDs
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- Oct 21, 2014
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It's the "think" that blows my mind. If so, he's apparently much less bright than I imagined. [/QUOTE]
The kid was a 5 star that came in skinny and underweight. He took a redshirt year and I'm positive was under extreme pressure to get his weight up. The quote from Sat. night was from some guy named Joker. (Joker Phillips?) He was here last year probably pushing Grier to gain the weight and advising him on supplements he could take. Joker certainly has motive to turn the guy in as well.
This isnt like hes some freak of nature pushing everyone around because he's gotten bigger and stronger than everyone else. He's a still small 210lb. QB. If you guys think everyone else is clean I've got s bridge to sell you. Quit being so sanctimonious.
It's the "think" that blows my mind. If so, he's apparently much less bright than I imagined. [/QUOTE]
The kid was a 5 star that came in skinny and underweight. He took a redshirt year and I'm positive was under extreme pressure to get his weight up. The quote from Sat. night was from some guy named Joker. (Joker Phillips?) He was here last year probably pushing Grier to gain the weight and advising him on supplements he could take. Joker certainly has motive to turn the guy in as well.
This isnt like hes some freak of nature pushing everyone around because he's gotten bigger and stronger than everyone else. He's a still small 210lb. QB. If you guys think everyone else is clean I've got s bridge to sell you. Quit being so sanctimonious.
- Jun 13, 2014
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The Original DC;n295961 said:
We don't have to report to the NCAA what we're taking. We can take it and laugh at the NCAA while we're doing it. Will couldn't. He should've brought the full bottle to the medical staff and asked them if anything in the bottle was banned. Then he should've thrown it out.
- Jun 11, 2014
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maheo30;n295950 said:
You can watch that press conference and tell me that is for sure a kid that just made a mistake? He's guilty as hell, he knows it, and got caught.
Look, I think Grier is a great QB...could have been one of the better ones we've had in this school. But I'm hard pressed to believe Will Grier just took this on "accident."
- Jun 14, 2014
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Anybody else read this that he loses 1 year of eligability and sits out... so that means he comes back as a Jr?
https://www.ncaa.org/health-and-safety/policy/frequently-asked-questions-about-drug-testing
https://www.ncaa.org/health-and-safety/policy/frequently-asked-questions-about-drug-testing
- Jun 13, 2014
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Rumors of Will's "demise" vis-a-vis being booted out of UF, never playing again for the Gators, etc, have been greatly exaggerated.
- Jun 12, 2014
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Mac, still hilarious. The question was; "is there a reason you won't say what it was he was caught with, is that a student privacy issue?"
Mac: "no, it's just I don't know how to pronounce it or what it is."
Mac: "no, it's just I don't know how to pronounce it or what it is."
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Its hard for me to buy the "Aww shucks, it was just a mistake" line, but I'm willing to be opened minded.
- Jun 12, 2014
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KCgator;n295955 said:
I am constantly amazed at how much of an emotional mental midget you are. People watch Grier and Harris play the game, and come away with the opinion that Grier is a better QB. Period, dot, end of story. Harris doesn't throw the ball quickly enough and he's not as accurate and he doesn't throw it with as much zip. There is no throwing him under the bus, not one is quitting on him, its just an observation that he isn't as good as Grier and our team isn't as effective on offense with him in there. Hell, you even started an entire thread saying the same things yourself. Despite Harris' multiple suspensions, he has kept plugging along as a good Gator teammate and everyone will be pulling for him to light it on fire going forward.
- Oct 16, 2014
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I'm trying to think of worse Gator football news I have ever heard. Maybe Spurrier leaving, but that wasn't a complete total shock.
It is so disheartening because I was actually starting to think the UF was going to be REALLY GOOD the next few years and Grier could turn out to be one of the all time greats.
Damn. Just Damn. 6 years or so of trying to find a QB, we find one, and then this.
It is so disheartening because I was actually starting to think the UF was going to be REALLY GOOD the next few years and Grier could turn out to be one of the all time greats.
Damn. Just Damn. 6 years or so of trying to find a QB, we find one, and then this.
- Jun 12, 2014
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Mac: "we will show up, we'll walk out of the tunnel, or I'll pull them out of the tunnel."
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In 40 years here, I thought I'd seen and heard everything. Unreal. [/QUOTE]
Really, this is worse than September 1984 in Gator history??? In Gator history, NOTHING is worse than September 11, 1984 (I know the date, b/c my first son was born THAT day - I came home from the hospital, with wife and baby resting comfortably, turned on the ATL local news, and then . . . BOOM, Pell and his many, many, many violations was THE #1 story on the sports). Talk about a contradiction in emotions - a joyous day, and then, with regard to the Gators, a VERY sad and bad day.
Regarding the Gators, and being a Gator, NOTHING was worse than THAT day, and then having to endure the two years that followed that. NOTHING.
In 40 years here, I thought I'd seen and heard everything. Unreal. [/QUOTE]
Really, this is worse than September 1984 in Gator history??? In Gator history, NOTHING is worse than September 11, 1984 (I know the date, b/c my first son was born THAT day - I came home from the hospital, with wife and baby resting comfortably, turned on the ATL local news, and then . . . BOOM, Pell and his many, many, many violations was THE #1 story on the sports). Talk about a contradiction in emotions - a joyous day, and then, with regard to the Gators, a VERY sad and bad day.
Regarding the Gators, and being a Gator, NOTHING was worse than THAT day, and then having to endure the two years that followed that. NOTHING.
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I wonder what it was? I know kids can order that andro stuff that was banned a few years back from stores right off the internet that converts directly into testosterone right after the liver absorbs it. I have heard a lot of high school athletes have been doing that.
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[QUOTE='78;n295953]We all need to know the details in full, but it doesn't look good, not good at all. And in no way you can compare Harris' use of recreational drugs to another player trying to gain an edge on the field through cheating. It's the worst of the worst. I dare say Grier, even though he may be allowed back, can't come back to the Florida football team if it's found that he intentionally violated the rules in this regard and put the team's season in jeopardy in the process. How can this guy hope to be a leader on this team if he tried to circumvent the rules in this manner? [/QUOTE]
Well they let Harris come back. If it was really an over the counter med as they are saying then clearly it is not illegal. So yes you can compare it. Pot is illegal in Florida, there is no evidence that what Grier did is illegal, just banned by the NCAA. Harris knew his suspension could come just the same as Grier may have known. Harris is doing an illegal drug (even if you disagree), and you can go to jail for having it. Just becasue you like to lite up a joint does not mean one is a better mistake than the other. Clearly Harris did not get caught by the NCAA, just by UF.
Well they let Harris come back. If it was really an over the counter med as they are saying then clearly it is not illegal. So yes you can compare it. Pot is illegal in Florida, there is no evidence that what Grier did is illegal, just banned by the NCAA. Harris knew his suspension could come just the same as Grier may have known. Harris is doing an illegal drug (even if you disagree), and you can go to jail for having it. Just becasue you like to lite up a joint does not mean one is a better mistake than the other. Clearly Harris did not get caught by the NCAA, just by UF.
