re: Johnny Manziel Suspended First Half Against Rice (NOW OFFICIAL)

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That honestly shouldn't even be an issue for the NCAA as scandalous as it would be for CFB. Fans are going to watch CFB regardless of who is playing and it's a sign of just how disconnected Conference leaders and NCAA 'investigators' truly are from fan bases that they likely feared the outcome would turn fans away from the game BUT part of the appeal of CFB over the pro game is the notion of less corruption and more innocence in comparison to the Pros. It also shows a total lack of creative thinking by the NCAA -- it's not like they'd have to give a program the death penalty or do much more than suspend a player for a season and those good enough to be a part of a broker client list are likely at top programs who are going to make the draft. Sure coming down would hurt and change the football landscape to some degree but only for an extremely short period of time and schools, particularly the schools that are traditional powerhouses, would simply reload and move on and so would their fans. I think this is especially true if it were to hit multiple schools at once as then there's no one to make into a pariah and the conferences, NCAA, and coaches could turn around and pat themselves on the back for 'cleaning up college football.' And for our conference, even the worst SEC player is good enough to play at just about every other school UNLESS that school is a powerhouse. This allegation, OTOH, indicts everyone -- all of CFB -- whether they abided by the rules or not. And is a big fat black eye to the SEC despite not really deserving it and Manziel and Manziel State being brand-spanking-new in the SEC (so new even a superficial argument against us is a joke but that will hardly matter). I defended A&M against TexAss trolls when they decided to join the SEC, always though they'd be better than expected (though not as good as last year) and very much enjoyed watching Manziel playing against BAMA and pulling off a win. It was exciting to watch him and I have a natural love for underdogs. I have no axe to grind save for wanting to protect CFB in general. However, that kind of call is wrong on so many levels it's pathetic. Manziel like every other player IS replaceable. And while this may be what the SEC wants, what ESPN wants (despite the games) and what the school and Coach Sumlin want. It's not good for any of us in the long run. It would've been less damaging to clear him completely if they were scared of this and far better for CFB if the NCAA took their lumps in order to 'clean up CFB.' They wouldn't even have to actually do any cleaning beyond the superficial. So congrats Aggies. Howevwer, I simply can't see client-list blackmail as a good thing for anyone in the long run let alone the NCAA/CFB. Even Manziel and Manziel State will live with the stigma for years due to such a weak punishment as will the SEC and all programs that are a part of big time college football.

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Aggressor, is that your alter?

So he didn't do anything wrong, why is he suspended...

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If Im Clowney....Im calling brokers right now. Cash only tho...no cameras....set that up Uncle Nate!

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Clowney has already signed a shite ton of stuff. He's just glad the NCAA hasn't been sniffing around.

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So he didn't do anything wrong, why is he suspended...

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Maybe to force other schools to follow suit now that a precedent has been set?

Manziel wasn't the only player involved with that broker...

He is a lieing douche and everyone knows it. Why do A&M fan keep acting like he is innocent. What a joke. Why not just say "Glad they could not prove it" and move on insted of acting like he is the next coming? He is a liar and a douche who does not even care about you school.

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He is a lieing douche and everyone knows it. Why do A&M fan keep acting like he is innocent. What a joke. Why not just say "Glad they could not prove it" and move on insted of acting like he is the next coming? He is a liar and a douche who does not even care about you school.

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Sounds like Trent Richardson in 2011, amirite?

NCAA was on thin ice here. Half a game suspension was a face-saving measure for them that is, frankly, embarrassing. Had they gone after Manziel hard for the autograph scheme, his family, being litigious sorts, would've gone to court. And the NCAA may well have lost. The NCAA's under a lot of pressure right now for their tin can-and-string rules in this wi-fi age, and couldn't risk the complete emasculation of the organization.

I don't think anyone here expected Manziel to miss the Bama game, but a full game suspension seemed reasonable, and two games was not out of the question. But half a game? This just shows how weak a hand the NCAA had.

I'm not bragging or gloating. I'll miss Manziel's talent next year, but not his circus. But this whole episode just goes to show what a mess the NCAA is right now. It's going to take some serious reform to clean it up and make it relevant again.

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Sounds like Trent Richardson in 2011, amirite?

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wut?

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I bet good ole Johnny will never step foot in college station once he leaves.

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You'd lose that bet badly. His tweet about wanting to leave College Station had everything to do with the Gestapo and frankly retarded tactics that the CSPD takes with ALL STUDENTS.

I actually had a CSPD officer attempt to confiscate my military ID in 2004 after I returned from Iraq because he thought it was fake. (I was at a bar...at age 25)

Here's something for "Big 12 fan" when he talks about "character"

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April 2002: Cedric Benson is arrested for marijuana possession at a party to which the police were called. Charges are dropped in May.
May 2002: Brock Edwards is arrested for assault following a fight at a frat party in which he ends up stomping on some guys head. He is later given probation.
May 2003: Edorian McCullough, Larry Dibbles, Selvin Young, and Aaron Harris are all driving in a car which gets pulled over. Cops find a bag of weed stuffed in an air vent and arrest all of them with possession. Charges are dropped against all of them in July.
October 2003: Cedric Benson (INCIDENT #2) kicks in the door to an apartment to supposedly try and recover a stolen TV. Except he breaks into the wrong apartment. He is arrested for criminal trespassing and sentenced to eight days in jail, none of which he ever serves because of "overcrowding."
November 2003: Matt Nordgren and Cedric Griffin "confront a UT student" for an unknown reason and prevent him from calling the police. Griffin is charged with interference with an emergency phone call, and Nordgren is charged with criminal mischief.
December 2004: Freshman RB Eric Hardeman is arrested with marijuana, several bags of cocaine, and $3,774 in cash. Hardeman also had academic issues at the time, and is thus kicked off the team, only to eventually get busted again for dealing drugs.
November 2005: Myron Hardy gets into a fight and pulls out a butterfly knife during the altercation. He is arrested on the weapons charge. Mack actually kicks him off the team for this in conjunction with academic issues, the guy apparently actually faces the charges, and he rejoined the team in 08 for his senior year.
December 2005: Cedric Griffin (INCIDENT #2) and Ramonce Taylor are investigated in connection with a beating and robbery. It is announced that they will not be charged on December 17th, after a ESPN source with APD reports that they had interestingly had the upcoming NC game as the deadline of whether or not to file charges.
May 2006: Ramonce Taylor (INCIDENT #2) is involved in a large fight in which officers on scene report that Taylor threatened to come back with a gun. More officers arrive to handle the fight, and Ramonce wants them to go after a guy who busted out his window during the melee. Unfortunately, the cops find 5 pounds of weed and a bullet in his car and arrest him on felony charges, which he actually faces because Mack kicks him off the team for his second incident in conjuction with academic troubles.
August 2006: Former player Marco Martin is charged with molestation of a 6-year-old boy. I don't know what happened with this, and honestly, I don't want to find out.
September 2006: Tarell Brown, Tyrell Gatewood, and former player Aaron Harris (INCIDENT #2) are pulled over in their swerving vehicle. Marijuana is found in the car, and Brown is passed out in the back with a loaded gun in his lap. Brown and Gatewood have the drug charges dropped, and miss one game. I couldn't find what happened with the gun charge, if anything.
February 2007: Ahmard Howard and Brandon Collins are charged with drug possession. As usual, they pass the university-administered drug test which apparently isn't a conflict of interest for reasons I'll never know, and both avoid suspension.
March 2007: Tarell Brown (INCIDENT #2) is arrested for possession of marijuana. As expected, he passes a university-administered drug test and misses no time.
June 2007: Henry Melton gets arrested for DWI on 6th Street. Melton gets a 3-game suspension for the OOC schedule.
June 2007: Robert Joseph is caught taking items from cars in a parking lot, and runs from the police when his story about who owns these cars begins not to check out. He breaks into another car and hides, but is eventually caught by police, arrested, and charged with burglarizing a vehicle. Joseph is kicked off the team for also having academic issues at the time.
July 2007: Sergio Kindle gets arrested for DWI. Much like Melton, he gets the OOC suspension and nothing more.
July 2007: Robert Joseph (INCIDENT #2) and Dre Jones commit armed robbery. They threaten to kill the 14-year-old in the residence, and steal various electronics. Jones is given the boot. There are plenty of witnesses, which leads into the next crime.
August 2007: This is my personal favorite. James Henry beats up the witnesses to the armed robbery committed by Joseph and Jones. During the assault, he yells that "b*tches deserve to get kicked" as he is kicking a witness in the head. Joseph calls him from jail and Henry tells him that he "whupped them n*ggas, fool." Unfortunately, the conversation is recorded. I'm fairly certain Joseph, Jones, and Henry all faced some serious charges, especially since they got the boot from the team.
September 2007: Former player Peter Gardere gets arrested for DWI. Apparently even the old-school guys can't stay out of trouble. I'm not sure what happened with this.
September 2007: Tyrell Gatewood (INCIDENT #2) and Ben Wells are arrested with an array of narcotics, including marijuana, Xanax, promethazine, and codeine. Gatewood missed his Senior year and Wells stayed on the team.

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