NCAA Finally Takes Action Against UCLA Opponent's Star Running Back
by Nestor on Jun 2, 2010 1:36 PM PDT
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PrintThe headline is too easy in a week like this. From the Houston Chronicle:
The NCAA has ruled Houston Cougars running back Charles Sims ineligible for the 2010 season, the university announced on Tuesday.
Sims, the 2009 Conference USA Freshman of the Year, will remain in school but cannot compete in any games this season. Sims, a sophomore from Westbury, had 759 yards receiving and 698 rushing last season in helping the Cougars to a 10-4 record.
In a release issued by the university, UH coach Kevin Sumlin praised Sims for his attitude during the situation and expects him to have a positive impact on teammates. Citing privacy laws, Sumlin and university officials declined further comment.
Officials from the Houston Athletic department didn't issue any comment due to student privacy concerns. Sims was a key weapon for the Cougars' explosive offense. In addition to the yards he piled up both rushing and receiving, Sims scored 10 TDs.
Still Rahim Moore, Akeem Ayers and rest of the Bruin defense don't have any reasons to relax. Bryce Beal will most likely take over the starting TB spot and he wasn't too shabby last year as he rushed for 670 yards and 7 TDs. Although he didn't have as many receiving yards as Sims (311) he still scored 3 TDs. Plus Case Keenum (a pre-season Heisman contender) will have 3 WRs who each caught for more than 1,000 yards.
Still very interesting news about NCAA punishing a college running back on a week like this. Wonder what the NCAA will have store when official news comes out concerning you know who.
GO BRUINS.
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is there any word about why he is suspended?
A bruin is good forever, a Trojan is only good... ahh eff it, just use tin foil
While it sounds like Sims' has an able replacement....
If this doesn’t tell the secondary that they are going to be vital to winning this game, nothing will. I hope Ayers, Moore and company are ready to keep up with Houston’s wide receivers.
if we had to trust a part of our team to win the game, it would be them.
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. " - Benjamin Franklin
Ahhhh.... was thinking Reggie Bush for a split second.
I guess I have my mind on bigger & better things (hopefully). Still waiting for the 1st leak…
LOL
I was thinking the same thing…
"Success is never final, Failure is never fatal. It's Courage that count's"
John Wooden.....
Nestor Marketing Inc...
Just some clever verbiage from the nest
Me too...
I had halfway jumped out of this chair, but then realized it wasn’t THAT opponent… yet…
wow
3 WRs with a thou each – they are loaded on offense…
"Success is never final, Failure is never fatal. It's Courage that count's"
John Wooden.....
eh
this guy was their leading rusher with less than 700 yards rushing. obviously their offensive production was just in different categories. PLus they play in conference USA, our offense would look a lot better too if we were in their with them.
A bruin is good forever, a Trojan is only good... ahh eff it, just use tin foil
true, but...
Never underestimate an opponent. We will have to be solid on our D if we want to leave with a W.
Bruin for life!!!!
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. - John Wooden
Good thing
I am not going to be in the defensive backfield :)
A bruin is good forever, a Trojan is only good... ahh eff it, just use tin foil
To be fair
our leading rusher had less than 600 yds last year. They generated over 3000 more yards receiving than we did, and an additional 300 rushing. Can’t argue that it wasn’t against lesser competition, but definitely must not overlook their scoring capabilities.
CLearly
offense is not how our team should be measured as we had a great defense. When we talk about BH’s final four teams, do we talk offense?
A bruin is good forever, a Trojan is only good... ahh eff it, just use tin foil
i hope our offense...
Finally plays like they’re capable , if so we can hopefully take advantage of a defense that was ranked near the bottom last year. Them losing their top rusher bodes well for us.
Bruin for life!!!!
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. - John Wooden
No One Doubts Boise
…cross apply to Houston. They are proven (offensively).
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. " - Benjamin Franklin
guarded reservations
As a grad student at UH I’ve seen them play a few times in person. The offense is far less impressive in person than the numbers dictate. The passing offense consists mainly of short passes that see the receiver running for an additional 10+ yards. Given the athleticism of our LBs and Secondary, I don’t foresee a huge problem with stopping this scheme.
The same could be said about the great '9ers teams
Short passes a WRs that can RAC can kill us. Especially with our defensive scheme. Our secondary almost always gave a cushion to opposing WRs, which could kill us against this unimpressive UH offense that you speak of. I for one am hoping that with a year under his belt, Bullough gets after it a lot more. He seemed to be doing that towards the end of the season. We had potential for a having a great defense last year, but the combination of nagging injuries and conservative playcalling early on nixed that. We played great in spurts, but IMO, we could have been a lot better. Heres to more agression in the coming season.
formerly Westwood78
One less thing to worry about
It was reiterated throughout the thread, but I cannot stress enough how important it is, to our defense at least, to have one less part of the machine working.
Formerly ucla13_usc9
Privacy
Privacy is an important human right.
But Division One football programs are big revenue producing enterprises. When a first string tailback cannot play for an entire year, something has gone woefully wrong. Unless there is some intimate illness involved, claiming privacy may very well be an intellectually dishonest way of covering up misconduct by a player or incompetency by the institution. For example, if a player has academic performance problems, that reflects poorly on the athletic program which has the responsibility to get kids through school. That in turn reflects poorly on the head coach and the athletic director. My point is that I am suspicious when a university trots out privacy as a dodge to avoid explaining why something has gone wrong.
by peggysue69 on Jun 2, 2010 11:31 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
The NCAA
would not come out with a statement stating a certain player is academically ineligible. Those things are usually handled by the institution itself. I would guess taking some sort of gift is closer to what happened.
On a side note, I just bought plane tickets to Kansas for early September.
A bruin is good forever, a Trojan is only good... ahh eff it, just use tin foil
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