Knight_Dive

I thought there were to be no partial qualifyers for Big East teams. Unless he makes grades, I would be really interested in seeing how "Leavitt would get him in."

The closest I have ever been to the USF campus is driving past it on Fletcher Avenue so it would be hard to see anything.

Yea, so they single out USF. I have never been to USF for a baseball game, could it be that bad?

Facilities that is. The announcers were saying what a ride its been and the exact comment: "From sitting outside in a press box at South Florida to coming here to baseball heaven, its been a great ride." Very nice. ;D

Cuban, those numbers are a bit misleading considering the score at the time. UAB was so far behind they could only pass the ball if they had a chance and it seemed every play Pitt ran was a long pass.

. I know this is going to come across as a flame, but its not intened too. Its more of a flame at Bien, just a question. Why is it when a kid flames out at another school, its coaching, but at USF, its the kids fault?

The only way Andre Hall gets more than 50 yards against PSU is if its a complete blowout and PSU has their third team in. I don't think you guys realize just how good that PSU defense is.

Triple, I don' t see UM or UF giving FAMU 50% of revenue above a certain number of tickets.

The reasoning is simple. Jim Leavitt gives the AD certain teams he will play out of conference. They either have to be so good that USF knows they will lose(see Miami) or they have to be so bad that he knows they will win(see Nicholls State, FAMU.) This is the reason why he will not play UCF after the 2006 and pick up FIU instead. So now FAMU is coming to town and the only reason is its an easy win and they have a good band. USF is willing to pay FAMU more than any other team booking them.

If you listened to Dan Ceilio this morning, he was going over the UM schedule.  He said that UM is looking to add FAMU to one of their future schedules.  He went on a tirade about playing FAMU and said "why no just play Stetson instead."  At least he gets it.

Well if they did deny my application, I did not have to drop to USF.

Dawg, watch what happens with the FAMU game. Right now the Bull fans are saying 40,000 plus. Now if they don't get that, there will be some mitigating factor to explain why, because we all know that it just can't be because its USF vs. FAMU. If they do get over 40,000, they will be ******** about how there was more FAMU fans there and they will come up with some reasons as to why the USF fans did not show up. Either way, there will be some excuse coming from the bulls fans.

Bien, I hope there are 10,000 people at the USF game. Why would I want USF to make any money. UCF is getting same same amount whether there is 10,000 or 40,000. I think its funny that USF fans are banking on FAMU fans to give them a high attendance. What is being over looked is, USF will be the visitors in their own field. IF there are over 40,000 people at the FAMU game, and USF normally gets around 20,000 real people to the game, its safe to say that FAMU will have more fans there than USF.

So its 200 instead of 400, that has got to make you feel much better. 200 violations, no wonder you guys don't think its that big of a deal, why would you, your USF fans.

83, keep up on your current events. They will release the lastest 200+ from this past year, and just last year they releases 196 vilolations. Now I know that you went to USF, but 196 plus 200+ most likely means over 400. Triple, only you would bring out a burning cross, but than again, if its not a graffic, you bring nothing. What a moronic loser you must be.

Cuban, something to realize, those schools you list were not on probation when they committed their second act. Bama had 16 violations and four secondary violations. By comparison, FAMU has committed over 400 violations in the past year. Now we don't know what of those will be considered primary violations and secondary violations, but I hardly think there will be 400 secondary violations. Because of those violations, Bama self imposed a reduction of 25 scholorships for football over a three year period, reduced its official paid visits to recruits amongst other changes. As I said, what Colorado did was horrible, but they were not on probation at the time, therefore the death penalty would not be an option. Do I think FAMU will get the death penalty, no, but for obvious reasons. But if the NCAA does not use it on FAMU, they will never be able to threaten any school with it again.

I think its more on your offensive line. If they perform, one of your QBs should be able to step up better than last year. If your O line struggles, it does not matter who your QB is.

OH Christ, now you are a member of the NCAA investiation team.  So what you're telling me is you know what they will announce. Because they list a few of the violations, does not mean that is the complete list. Also, they were using ineligible players, how did those players become ineligible? Was it only grades, or was it they were paid, who knows. What I do know is, the NCAA death penalty is suppose to be for those school that commit violations while still on active probation. Do you know for a fact that they have not been paying players? If USF was not playing FAMU, you would not be so quick to defend them.  Even if you want to defend them, FAMU is a bankrupt school.  The only reason they don't get the death penalty is because of an issue that has already been addressed here.

Triple, if USF is hanging their hats on the FAMU game to set their attendance record, than you and USF have much more problems than anything concerning me or UCF.  I could care less about FAMU, their athletic programs are about to be shut down, their academic institution is being questioned to the point of losing accredidation.  What bothers me is special treatment.  If it is true that FAMU has committed another 200+ violations, on top of the 100+ just a year ago, and they committed those violation while on their current probation, than they deserve to get the death penalty.  This is not affirmative action here. If BCC can do it right and build a solid sports program as they have, than FAMU can as well.

Because, as I said, they are not alumni of FAMU. If you have ever been to the Florida Classic you would see that more than half of the people there never go inside the stadium. Its an event, a party. Football is just a back drop to what is happening.

As for your PC police comment, just turn it around. So the next time a non black college gets into serious trouble, the will throw the race card as well. this is not a black issue, this is an NCAA issue and there is not a more corrupt program in the country than FAMU. The administration is corrupt, the academics is corrupt and the sports are corrupt. Something tells me the NCAA is the least of the problems heading towards FAMU.

If the NCAA does not kill the FAMU program, they will lose all credability and most likely will never be able to sanction programs in the future. We are talking about over 300 violations here. When UF got hit in the mid 80's, they only had 106.

Ask SMU about the death penalty. FAMU has committed over 300 violations in a little over a year. If FAMU does not get the death penalty, than no one ever will.

Could FAMU get the death penalty? Florida A&M will report "well over 200" violations by the athletic department to the NCAA and recommend scholarship cuts in every sport after a nearly three-year internal investigation. The announcement Thursday comes just days after football coach Billy Joe was fired for purported recruiting and eligibility violations. The school's findings were forwarded to the NCAA earlier this week, with a list of recommended restrictions, sports information director Alvin Hollins said. "We're cutting scholarships in virtually every sport. At least one will be cut in every sport, some will have more than one cut," Hollins told The Associated Press. "Some sports will definitely have some restrictions in recruiting. We're also making some severe cuts in our operating budget." The NCAA is still in the midst of its own investigation of Florida A&M, and a ruling on the infractions and any restrictions is expected this fall. Among the violations announced by the school in a release Thursday were: Ineligible athletes allowed to compete, improper conduct of coaches concerning a change of grade, recruiting violations and violations of practice time rules. "We could be looking at multiple years of probation," said Hollins, who added that the school may be forced to refund money from NCAA basketball tournament appearances. The investigation was the continuation of the one that showed 196 NCAA rules violations throughout Florida A&M's athletics program and led to the school stripping itself of 11 conference titles, including two in football. Hollins said that was the midpoint of the school's investigation, and the school feels that the number of violations is now "well over 200." "Compliance and academic support, our failure to upgrade those areas, led to a lot of the problems we have had. ... We just didn't have the proper institutional control," Hollins said. Joe was one of the school's most successful coaches. "I think in his case this was a direct result of recruiting violations, exceeding practice times ... violations of NCAA rules were definitely the dynamic in moving Coach Joe," Hollins said. "We held him accountable for the program. You can't afford to look like you're just slapping people on the wrists." The football program has had a series of problems, beginning when it made an ill-advised attempt to jump to Division I-A. The move was aborted and the school will return to the I-AA Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference this season. "The timing probably couldn't be any worse," Hollins said. Financially, athletic programs are struggling and the department budget was cut 20 percent last year. More cuts are probably likely, Hollins said. "We were at least $3 million over budget last year, and based on the income projection it's not looking like we're going to balance the budget," he said.