Seems the much anticipated series on OSU football has finally broken onto the pages of SI. This is an expose' that, if believed and proven true, could hurt all Big 12 schools reputations just by being in association with the Big 12. Is this sour grapes from ex-players no longer in any kind of limelight or is it the tip of an iceberg that might stretch from Ames to Austin? What do you think?

I do, of course, realize that all new threads on this forum must have a WVU connection, so here it is. The current WVU Assoc. Head Coach, Joe DeForest, is heavily implicated by SI as having participated in distributing the cash in Stillwater.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college...t-1-money/

WVU was aware of this prior to the start of the Oklahoma game. So it's kind of old news, dude, since it first went public last Saturday. WVU began an internal review as soon as we learned of the information, to ensure that nothing of that nature has occurred in Morgantown while DeForest has been in town. If the allegations are proven true, he'll most likely be shown the door - and his contract revoked...

(09-10-2013 01:02 PM)Wobblefrog Wrote:  Seems the much anticipated series on OSU football has finally broken onto the pages of SI. This is an expose' that, if believed and proven true, could hurt all Big 12 schools reputations just by being in association with the Big 12. Is this sour grapes from ex-players no longer in any kind of limelight or is it the tip of an iceberg that might stretch from Ames to Austin? What do you think?

I do, of course, realize that all new threads on this forum must have a WVU connection, so here it is. The current WVU Assoc. Head Coach, Joe DeForest, is heavily implicated by SI as having participated in distributing the cash in Stillwater.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college...t-1-money/

That's not quite true - feel free to post items with a KU connection.

I'd prefer them to be scandal-free, however.

(09-10-2013 02:00 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  WVU was aware of this prior to the start of the Oklahoma game. So it's kind of old news, dude, since it first went public last Saturday. WVU began an internal review as soon as we learned of the information, to ensure that nothing of that nature has occurred in Morgantown while DeForest has been in town. If the allegations are proven true, he'll most likely be shown the door - and his contract revoked...

Well, DUDE, the news isn't too terribly old because the article I was referring to is dated Sept. 10 and today is Sept. 10. If SI thinks it's new enough news to put in their mag then who am I to argue with them. So, are you on the committee to review these things at WVU? You did say as soon as "we learned". How on earth do you find time for everything?

(09-10-2013 09:18 PM)Wobblefrog Wrote:  How on earth do you find time for everything?

I read several WVU websites, including WV Illustrated, who posted this story on Sept. 8...

DeForest Under Fire Ahead of Sports Illustrated Report

Quote:Posted: Sep 08, 2013 12:29 PM EDT
Posted by: Geoff Coyle - email

NORMAN, Okla. - It was supposed to be a homecoming of sorts for Joe DeForest. The former Oklahoma State assistant was back in the state in which he had built his resume and now it was with a chance to knock off the Oklahoma Sooners.

The news early in the day was enough to crash the West Virginia assistant's party, though, as serious allegations were made in advance of a Sports Illustrated "project" regarding DeForest's time with the Cowboys.

The report from SI alleges that coaches and boosters from OSU paid athletes, with DeForest specifically named for paying players for performance.

WVU athletic director Oliver Luck issued a statement as word came out of the impending report in which he acknowledged the university's awareness of the allegations and that it had launched its own internal review to determine whether any of the improprieties had occurred with the Mountaineers following DeForest's time in Stillwater.

"Upon learning of the pending investigative report, WVU launched an internal review to ensure the coach's full compliance to NCAA rules while at West Virginia," Luck said in the statement. "While our assistant coach has denied the allegations, it is the right thing to do to look into the matter and review practices here."

The statement from Luck came just over an hour before kickoff between the Mountaineers and the Sooners, indicating that DeForest was acutely aware of what had been alleged against him before his team took the field for its Big 12 opener.

The important thing is that the thread has now officially been turned into a thread about West Virginia. I think we all knew it was coming. LOL

(09-11-2013 05:14 PM)Wobblefrog Wrote:  The important thing is that the thread has now officially been turned into a thread about West Virginia. I think we all knew it was coming. LOL

Considering that Joe DeForest, who's now at WVU, is a central figure in SI.com's hearsay report, is that all that surprising?

Let me know if SI.com ever comes up with some proof. I've seen none as of yet...

As I implicated in my original post, I do not know whether any of these accusations are true or not but the power folks at OSU are starting to look and sound a little guilty. The AD has apologized to other Big 12 AD's and now Boone Pickens (Mr. OSU moneybags) says that this article does not reflect what is going on now at OSU. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-s...ncaaf.html
Should that lead us to believe that it was going on in the past? Remember, this SI article is a 5 part series and we have only had 1 part so far. While school loyalty is an admirable thing, I personally, would never just defend someone employed by TCU just because they were wearing purple. That would show me to be very shallow and one sided.

I look at the SI.com report on OSU and compare the quality of reporting, with supporting evidence, with Yahoo's SEC report and see no comparisons. Yahoo gives lots of supporting proof for their article. SI.com has produced nothing but hearsay. Until I see PROOF, SI.com can write a 10 volume series about OSU and I won't trust it. I trust PROOF, not the words of a bunch of disgruntled players who couldn't make the team...

Il'l agree that the SI report, so far, doesn't have anything that appears to be carved in stone and the former OSU players are suspect, at best. It's also appears that OSU is just about to sheet their britches. Something is up! Il'l bet they find out the money was being laundered at a Chinese laundry in Morgantown.