(01-31-2012 06:55 PM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  It had absolutely zero to do with him.

And you know this how?

Oh boy, then you tell me how it directly effected him and forced him to transfer.

(01-31-2012 06:59 PM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  Oh boy, then you tell me how it directly effected him and forced him to transfer.

No thank you.

(01-31-2012 06:40 PM)Howl-n-Prowl Wrote:  Extenuating circumstances. :rolltide:

(01-31-2012 06:50 PM)Howl-n-Prowl Wrote:  

(01-31-2012 06:46 PM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  He left school long before the news of the Penn State scandal broke.

What was going on, was going on long before the "news breaking."

There have not been any sanctions to Penn State to warrant allowing players to transfer and play immediately, plus as Polish Hammer said he transferred out of Penn State before anyone knew anything publicly, so he does not qualify for anything from the current Penn State situation.

(01-31-2012 05:41 PM)pzz189 Wrote:  He has two years left and it says can start immediately because he didn't play last year.

For what it's worth, Toledo and Jordan Haden thought the same thing last year. They were confident his petition to the NCAA would be accepted because he didn't player anywhere in 2010. The petition was denied.

A slight tangent:

Anyone think PSU's Robert Bolden (QB) will transfer?

He almost transferred last spring but JoePa wouldn't release him.

He may have been a 4 star recruit out of HS but doesn't necessarily translate to his college play. I wasn't too impressed with PSU's QB play the last few years and he didn't move too far in the system.

The real story just came out. Newsome transferred to a community college when he left Penn State and just signed with Temple as a JUCO. That is why he will be eligible right away this fall. He didn't transfer from a DI to a DI. He went to a JUCO in the fall.

(02-01-2012 12:16 PM)BrianNowicki Wrote:  The real story just came out. Newsome transferred to a community college when he left Penn State and just signed with Temple as a JUCO. That is why he will be eligible right away this fall. He didn't transfer from a DI to a DI. He went to a JUCO in the fall.

As I understand it, he would have had to spend an entire academic year at a JUCO.

Can't play D-I ball in fall and then transfer to a JUCO for 2nd semester and then go D-I in fall at a different school.

That would be absurd.

In tax parlance, that would be considered a big 'loophole'...