Btw, if you're worried about whether you picked BYU or Utah, you can @ me here if you want everyone to know your picks, or PM me if you don't and I can let you know what you picked.
Hoffman said he chose to transfer to the Hokies to be closer to his mother Stephanie, while she recovers from a series of 2017 surgeries to remove a non-cancerous brain tumor. The surgeries saved her life, but she is going blind in her left eye, is deaf in her left ear, and suffers from facial paralysis.
Theoretically, Hoffman was the perfect candidate for the medical family hardship waiver, since he halved his commute by moving two hours closer to his family’s home in Statesville, North Carolina. Brock’s father Brian is a recruiter who needs to travel for work, and Brock regularly is responsible for driving his mother to her appointments in Winston-Salem. The NCAA’s initial grounds for denial—Blacksburg is five miles outside the accepted 100-mile radius for such waivers; Stephanie’s condition has improved over time—were bullcrap. Laid out, the process is reminiscent of the evil you’d find in a health-insurance horror story—except in this case, the NCAA isn’t even providing that for Brock’s mom, while it also superficially questions the circumstances that force her to keep working.
According to Mike Niziolek of the Roanoke Times, the NCAA questioned the seriousness of Hoffman’s mother’s condition and reasoned that it could not be all that severe since she hadn’t retired from her job as a schoolteacher. “We have almost a million dollars of medical bills,” Brian Hoffman said. “She’s a teacher and doesn’t have enough years to get full pay from her pension. We simply couldn’t afford it.”
The NCAA also denied the waiver because Brock initiated transfer procedures two years after Stephanie had her first surgery. A new rule, stating that transfers for family medical reasons “must occur within or immediately after the academic year,” was put into place over the summer.
The thing is, this ruling makes no sense from any perspective, because acting like the villain in a John Grisham novel has no benefit whatsoever. If Emmert was smart, he'd publicly grant the waiver, then go and fire all the people involved in the ruling on grounds of gross incompetence.
Hoffman said he chose to transfer to the Hokies to be closer to his mother Stephanie, while she recovers from a series of 2017 surgeries to remove a non-cancerous brain tumor. The surgeries saved her life, but she is going blind in her left eye, is deaf in her left ear, and suffers from facial paralysis.
Theoretically, Hoffman was the perfect candidate for the medical family hardship waiver, since he halved his commute by moving two hours closer to his family’s home in Statesville, North Carolina. Brock’s father Brian is a recruiter who needs to travel for work, and Brock regularly is responsible for driving his mother to her appointments in Winston-Salem. The NCAA’s initial grounds for denial—Blacksburg is five miles outside the accepted 100-mile radius for such waivers; Stephanie’s condition has improved over time—were bullcrap. Laid out, the process is reminiscent of the evil you’d find in a health-insurance horror story—except in this case, the NCAA isn’t even providing that for Brock’s mom, while it also superficially questions the circumstances that force her to keep working.
According to Mike Niziolek of the Roanoke Times, the NCAA questioned the seriousness of Hoffman’s mother’s condition and reasoned that it could not be all that severe since she hadn’t retired from her job as a schoolteacher. “We have almost a million dollars of medical bills,” Brian Hoffman said. “She’s a teacher and doesn’t have enough years to get full pay from her pension. We simply couldn’t afford it.”
The NCAA also denied the waiver because Brock initiated transfer procedures two years after Stephanie had her first surgery. A new rule, stating that transfers for family medical reasons “must occur within or immediately after the academic year,” was put into place over the summer.
The thing is, this ruling makes no sense from any perspective, because acting like the villain in a John Grisham novel has no benefit whatsoever. If Emmert was smart, he'd publicly grant the waiver, then go and fire all the people involved in the ruling on grounds of gross incompetence.
I’m thinking this only happens with football for some reason.......
No, this sort of gooseshit happens in all sorts of college athletics - there was a case a few years back where a top women's basketball prospect was denied a transfer after the coach that recruited her left.
Hoffman said he chose to transfer to the Hokies to be closer to his mother Stephanie, while she recovers from a series of 2017 surgeries to remove a non-cancerous brain tumor. The surgeries saved her life, but she is going blind in her left eye, is deaf in her left ear, and suffers from facial paralysis.
Theoretically, Hoffman was the perfect candidate for the medical family hardship waiver, since he halved his commute by moving two hours closer to his family’s home in Statesville, North Carolina. Brock’s father Brian is a recruiter who needs to travel for work, and Brock regularly is responsible for driving his mother to her appointments in Winston-Salem. The NCAA’s initial grounds for denial—Blacksburg is five miles outside the accepted 100-mile radius for such waivers; Stephanie’s condition has improved over time—were bullcrap. Laid out, the process is reminiscent of the evil you’d find in a health-insurance horror story—except in this case, the NCAA isn’t even providing that for Brock’s mom, while it also superficially questions the circumstances that force her to keep working.
According to Mike Niziolek of the Roanoke Times, the NCAA questioned the seriousness of Hoffman’s mother’s condition and reasoned that it could not be all that severe since she hadn’t retired from her job as a schoolteacher. “We have almost a million dollars of medical bills,” Brian Hoffman said. “She’s a teacher and doesn’t have enough years to get full pay from her pension. We simply couldn’t afford it.”
The NCAA also denied the waiver because Brock initiated transfer procedures two years after Stephanie had her first surgery. A new rule, stating that transfers for family medical reasons “must occur within or immediately after the academic year,” was put into place over the summer.
The thing is, this ruling makes no sense from any perspective, because acting like the villain in a John Grisham novel has no benefit whatsoever. If Emmert was smart, he'd publicly grant the waiver, then go and fire all the people involved in the ruling on grounds of gross incompetence.
From what I heard on Golic&wingo, the grounds for denial of the appeal weren’t even put into place until after the first request had been denied.
April- request denied
June- “100 miles” rule and “current academic year” rule put into place
Now- appeal denied based on new rules that look like they were specifically put into place to deny this kid
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The truest trap I have ever laid in this thread: making fans jump up to declare that no, in fact their favorite team is the actual most overrated team in college football.
I was late and couldn't advocate for my pre-season ranked team coming off the heels of a 4-8 season!
If you all need me, I'll be in the other room, curled up in a ball and dry heaving.
I'll be at my high school's opener. Kids think they're gonna get crushed.
Only a 15-0 loss! They got I think six first downs the entire game, fumbled four times, had a punt blocked, and shanked two more punts. Also took a safety when the QB decided running wide on a belly play was a good idea at his own 3.
Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
I would like to note that I would have picked South Dakota State straight up or against the spread vs. Minnesota. The Gophers being the trendy Big Ten West pick was the dumbest fucking thing.
Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
God dammit, I was watching that game and Purdue seemed like they were gonna be competent so I turned it off and went to sleep since I had been up since 3am. Why did I miss that gloriousness?!
Oh for sure and I’m confident I’ll come down by the time OSU has it’s token away loss to a B1GW or home loss to Sparty
Sparty's offense will not score 20 points in any Big Ten game.
Which is fine because their game plan is always summon bad weather and win in the final minute on some extreme bullshit
Btw already realizing nobody at OSU can coach good QB timing-via-footwork. Fields is just improvising every play and their O-Line is still playing on their back feet as a result and getting dominated by FAU’s line.
Oh for sure and I’m confident I’ll come down by the time OSU has it’s token away loss to a B1GW or home loss to Sparty
Sparty's offense will not score 20 points in any Big Ten game.
Which is fine because their game plan is always summon bad weather and win in the final minute on some extreme bullshit
Btw already realizing nobody at OSU can coach good QB timing-via-footwork. Fields is just improvising every play and their O-Line is still playing on their back feet as a result and getting dominated by FAU’s line.
Harbaugh HAS to do it this year.
We only have two DBs I have any faith in.
Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
Oh for sure and I’m confident I’ll come down by the time OSU has it’s token away loss to a B1GW or home loss to Sparty
Sparty's offense will not score 20 points in any Big Ten game.
Which is fine because their game plan is always summon bad weather and win in the final minute on some extreme bullshit
Btw already realizing nobody at OSU can coach good QB timing-via-footwork. Fields is just improvising every play and their O-Line is still playing on their back feet as a result and getting dominated by FAU’s line.
Harbaugh HAS to do it this year.
We only have two DBs I have any faith in.
I get that it’s opposite-year for Michigan, but unless OSU figures out a game plan that lets their O-line know what play is being run, they should be extremely vulnerable to pressure from just an average 4-man rush. I would expect Michigan’s youngsters to be up to that task.
Oh for sure and I’m confident I’ll come down by the time OSU has it’s token away loss to a B1GW or home loss to Sparty
Sparty's offense will not score 20 points in any Big Ten game.
Which is fine because their game plan is always summon bad weather and win in the final minute on some extreme bullshit
Btw already realizing nobody at OSU can coach good QB timing-via-footwork. Fields is just improvising every play and their O-Line is still playing on their back feet as a result and getting dominated by FAU’s line.
Harbaugh HAS to do it this year.
We only have two DBs I have any faith in.
I get that it’s opposite-year for Michigan, but unless OSU figures out a game plan that lets their O-line know what play is being run, they should be extremely vulnerable to pressure from just an average 4-man rush. I would expect Michigan’s youngsters to be up to that task.
That's our other issue!
Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
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especially when Arizona goes to kick a FG near the end
Yes.
The thing is, this ruling makes no sense from any perspective, because acting like the villain in a John Grisham novel has no benefit whatsoever. If Emmert was smart, he'd publicly grant the waiver, then go and fire all the people involved in the ruling on grounds of gross incompetence.
But then he's firing himself.
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No, this sort of gooseshit happens in all sorts of college athletics - there was a case a few years back where a top women's basketball prospect was denied a transfer after the coach that recruited her left.
From what I heard on Golic&wingo, the grounds for denial of the appeal weren’t even put into place until after the first request had been denied.
April- request denied
June- “100 miles” rule and “current academic year” rule put into place
Now- appeal denied based on new rules that look like they were specifically put into place to deny this kid
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I'll be at my high school's opener. Kids think they're gonna get crushed.
I was late and couldn't advocate for my pre-season ranked team coming off the heels of a 4-8 season!
This is somehow worse than I was expecting.
Only a 15-0 loss! They got I think six first downs the entire game, fumbled four times, had a punt blocked, and shanked two more punts. Also took a safety when the QB decided running wide on a belly play was a good idea at his own 3.
I’m laughing to stop myself from crying.
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That qb though. Man..he made a lot of awful throws
Would have been a real bitch if they had won a couple there and built that false hope up more.
God dammit, I was watching that game and Purdue seemed like they were gonna be competent so I turned it off and went to sleep since I had been up since 3am. Why did I miss that gloriousness?!
Pretty sure my high school would offer more resistance than FAU's defense.
Sparty's offense will not score 20 points in any Big Ten game.
Which is fine because their game plan is always summon bad weather and win in the final minute on some extreme bullshit
Btw already realizing nobody at OSU can coach good QB timing-via-footwork. Fields is just improvising every play and their O-Line is still playing on their back feet as a result and getting dominated by FAU’s line.
Harbaugh HAS to do it this year.
We only have two DBs I have any faith in.
I get that it’s opposite-year for Michigan, but unless OSU figures out a game plan that lets their O-line know what play is being run, they should be extremely vulnerable to pressure from just an average 4-man rush. I would expect Michigan’s youngsters to be up to that task.
That's our other issue!
Just. Goddamnit.
This kind of shit makes it hard to be a fan.
pick 6 for a td and a punt return for a td
Stupid asshole reactionary man child fans blowing up after a half of football can eat it.