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Another ISU Scholarship.
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lake Camelot
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It is hard to tell from stats alone. But that is a very unimpressive resume. Are you sure he isn't a walkon?
AZ BU Fan
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New math being taught at Illinois State U?
13+1=13
Q. If Coach Mueller has 13 scholarship players and adds one more, how many scholarship players will Coach Mueller have now?
A. 14 until the NCAA starts nosing around, then 13 once they figure out who gets Janked!
Q. How will ISU-R determine who gets Janked?
A.
13+1=13
Q. If Coach Mueller has 13 scholarship players and adds one more, how many scholarship players will Coach Mueller have now?
A. 14 until the NCAA starts nosing around, then 13 once they figure out who gets Janked!
Q. How will ISU-R determine who gets Janked?
A.
No one really knows... seems as though the NCAA may be trying to screw with this kid.
From my understanding, John was originally ruled a 2012 recruit by the NCAA. Then they re-reviewed his Barbados transcripts and decided after his one year of school in Indiana, that he was a high school graduate, which moved him to a 2011 recruit. Major schools were eyeing him as a 2012 recruit after some Chicago high school events in the summer of 2011 but once he was re-classified to a 2011 recruit, ISU landed him.
http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/high-school/post/_/id/1345/illinois-state-lands-barbados-jones
The Pantagraph said in Nov. 2011 that he was cleared to practice and be on scholarship, but not yet cleared to play: http://www.pantagraph.com/blogs/red...cle_c4242d9c-08e4-11e1-a6a2-001cc4c002e0.html
That is really the last thing in print about the issue... ISU fans have just assumed it was taken care of and he would have 4 years of eligibility (using last year as a RS). One poster on RBF said he is hearing the NCAA will be/has ruled him eligible but only for 2 years to play... no clue on the validity of the post or the rationale behind the potential ruling though...
tornado
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Getting back to Geoffrey Allen - does anyone know why he sat an entire year in 2011-2012 then transfers, instead choosing any of several different options that would have worked out way, way better??
Like ...maybe enrolling at a juco, or returning to EWU, or simply asking for his release back in fall of 2011 and transferred then,
Had he gone to juco & "rehabbed" and now gone D-I - not only would he not have had to sit out another full year, but he also would still have THREE years left of eligibilty.
Had he gone to juco and played a little last year - he'd have had the chance to build his resume and still been immediately eligible at D-I this coming year with 2 years left.
Every one of the multiple other choices would have preserved all of his eligibility - except for the choice of sitting out the full year, then transferring, which forces him to sit out another year.
Like ...maybe enrolling at a juco, or returning to EWU, or simply asking for his release back in fall of 2011 and transferred then,
Had he gone to juco & "rehabbed" and now gone D-I - not only would he not have had to sit out another full year, but he also would still have THREE years left of eligibilty.
Had he gone to juco and played a little last year - he'd have had the chance to build his resume and still been immediately eligible at D-I this coming year with 2 years left.
Every one of the multiple other choices would have preserved all of his eligibility - except for the choice of sitting out the full year, then transferring, which forces him to sit out another year.
lake Camelot
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The stuff I saw on twitter said Lincoln College. You sure you have the right school?
I was saying his grades wouldn't be good enough for him to qualify back in January. That's the reason no other school offered him. Jank's offer was a longshot hope that he'd turn things around in his final semester.
http://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=249381#post249381
Evan Thomas has a nice report on Aaron Simpson to Lincoln College-
http://www.rocwithme.com/college/aaron-simpson-lincoln-college
I am surprised and wonder why he didn't choose one of the many very good D1 junior colleges in Illinois that I am sure would have liked to have him.
http://www.rocwithme.com/college/aaron-simpson-lincoln-college
I am surprised and wonder why he didn't choose one of the many very good D1 junior colleges in Illinois that I am sure would have liked to have him.
CubbieBear
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Just a guess here...but since Simpson was recruited by Judson--and Judson remained on the ISU staff with Muller--I wonder if Judson didn't sort of "guide" Simpson to Lincoln? Ex ISU player Anthony Slack is a coach there (and Tanner Morris is there) and it is physically close to Normal.
it's boogie time
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Isn't there a Lincoln College in Normal, IL just off the interstate? Didn't the infamous Bobby Hill go there for a year?
You were (obviously!) definitely correct. Thats what I get for trying to remember the stuff and flip between screens on my phone
tornado
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there appears to be some answer - the Pantagraph says the NCAA has ruled John Jones has only TWO years of college eligibility...
they give no explanation at all but if the kid has five years to complete just two years of eligibility - (he's already redshirted one of those five years)
....then he might sit out again this year as ISU with Carmichael & Threloff probably just don't need him.
http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/co...cle_e192e78a-13ea-11e2-ba1b-001a4bcf887a.html
tornado
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well, the NCAA gives ISU transfer from EASTERN WASH. Geoffrey Allen a huge Halloween gift..
they grant him a waiver so he can be eligible right away and not sit out like all other transfers...
This is kind of illogical - so you gotta wonder why Anthony Fields & Omari Greer don't get the same waivers -- it's loony....
Did they apply for waivers?