per JMU sports, he will miss the first two games for violation of team rules. this one is going to hurt.

2 games... sounds like something stupid. Not drugs, then what?

"We hold our players at James Madison to a high standard of accountability, and, as such, they will be held responsible for meeting those standards. I look forward to Jonathan working through this situation and returning to us a better person and ready to focus on his commitment to our program. At JMU, we are committed to winning, but more importantly, we are committed to winning the right way."

---Mike Houston

Next man up!

Time for Nick Carlton to show off all that promise we have been hearing about!

(08-17-2017 09:02 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote:  2 games... sounds like something stupid. Not drugs, then what?

complete guess, here: he's been injured, maybe he wasn't showing up to the training room for treatment, or showing up late? showing up late to meetings?

it's a guess, people. i'm not claiming to know anything. it's not hurting anyone to guess, so relax.

(08-17-2017 09:06 AM)Jay M. Youix Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 09:02 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote:  2 games... sounds like something stupid. Not drugs, then what?

complete guess, here: he's been injured, maybe he wasn't showing up to the training room for treatment, or showing up late? showing up late to meetings?

it's a guess, people. i'm not claiming to know anything. it's not hurting anyone to guess, so relax.

I realize that's just a guess but if it's for something that dumb - what an idiot.

(08-17-2017 09:08 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 09:06 AM)Jay M. Youix Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 09:02 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote:  2 games... sounds like something stupid. Not drugs, then what?

complete guess, here: he's been injured, maybe he wasn't showing up to the training room for treatment, or showing up late? showing up late to meetings?

it's a guess, people. i'm not claiming to know anything. it's not hurting anyone to guess, so relax.

I realize that's just a guess but if it's for something that dumb - what an idiot.

I did dumb things in college.

(08-17-2017 09:08 AM)JMU2004 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 09:08 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 09:06 AM)Jay M. Youix Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 09:02 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote:  2 games... sounds like something stupid. Not drugs, then what?

complete guess, here: he's been injured, maybe he wasn't showing up to the training room for treatment, or showing up late? showing up late to meetings?

it's a guess, people. i'm not claiming to know anything. it's not hurting anyone to guess, so relax.

I realize that's just a guess but if it's for something that dumb - what an idiot.

I did dumb things in college.

Were you getting a football scholarship?

As if the six suspended players carrying over from last year and an injured starting OL wasn't enough. You've got to be kidding me with this.

2 games says he did something really stupid too but not recreational drugs, half a season, stupid.

On a side note: okay we've said Alls and Hereford are suspended. We've said Kloosterman is suspended. Why can't we name the four other players still suspended who didn't graduate? If you name one, you name them all.

(08-17-2017 09:09 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 09:08 AM)JMU2004 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 09:08 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 09:06 AM)Jay M. Youix Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 09:02 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote:  2 games... sounds like something stupid. Not drugs, then what?

complete guess, here: he's been injured, maybe he wasn't showing up to the training room for treatment, or showing up late? showing up late to meetings?

it's a guess, people. i'm not claiming to know anything. it's not hurting anyone to guess, so relax.

I realize that's just a guess but if it's for something that dumb - what an idiot.

I did dumb things in college.

Were you getting a football scholarship?

No...but I'm sure that I would have still made mistakes even if I had been a scholarship athlete.

(08-17-2017 09:12 AM)Potomac Wrote:  On a side note: okay we've said Alls and Hereford are suspended. We've said Kloosterman is suspended. Why can't we name the four other players still suspended who didn't graduate? If you name one, you name them all.

another guess: the only reason he provided the names of Alls and Hereford was because they were starters. there was no way to hide their absence. a reporter would have noticed and asked. I believe anyone that was a starter was going to get mentioned. probably the same thing with Kloo. if he was a 3rd stringer or just a special teams guy, I doubt we would have heard a thing about it today.

Sigh...

Not a good start. Who's our #3 TE? Do we scrap our 2-TE sets at this point or is the next guy up good enough to run the same routes.

(08-17-2017 09:43 AM)jmufan2008 Wrote:  Sigh...

Not a good start. Who's our #3 TE? Do we scrap our 2-TE sets at this point or is the next guy up good enough to run the same routes.

great question. it's the first thing I thought of when I saw this, other than, "crap".

Working with the official roster...after Kloo, there is...

-Nick Carlton (So.) - the only one (and I repeat ONLY) who has any playing time to speak of...has 2 catches in his true frosh season a year ago.
-Mack Cullen (R-So.)
-Zach Polglase (R-Fr.)
-Clayton Cheatham (Fr.)
-Joe Hunt (Fr.)

Safe to say, at least a couple of guys who have never played a down at TE will be making this trip. And, potentially a true freshman as well.

This likely changes the game plan - perhaps, quite a bit.

Guess we'll get to see several of the RB's in sets together. Kloo is a heck of a weapon, but I think we'll be fine.

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Make no mistake, this is a big time loss.

Kloo is responsible for making the right reads in our RPO game.

Well, pretty much knew a shoe would fall for some transgression or grades. If this is all that comes out before game 1, it's still not bad. Not like an off campus brawl or brandishing weapons while storming a house. Was really hoping to use him as a weapon of destruction against ECU. Oh well, Carlton can do the job as a pass catcher; just not sure of his blocking capability.

(08-17-2017 09:12 AM)Potomac Wrote:  On a side note: okay we've said Alls and Hereford are suspended. We've said Kloosterman is suspended. Why can't we name the four other players still suspended who didn't graduate? If you name one, you name them all.

Likely has to do with JMU doing its accounting differently than any other school on Planet Earth.