The Sports Animal SUCCCCCCSSSSS!!!!

[Sooner in Tampa]

Damn...who are these freakin jokers??? If you listen to them we are going to be lucky to finish above .500.:mad:

Are they all aggies??? ****ING idiots:mad: ....but it is the only station I can get on the web for OU.

[RacerX]

water is wet

[Sooner in Tampa]

They are totally protecting the booster. They won't even mention his name...saying Bomar is the only one to blame.

Somebody...anybody...give me a link to a better webcast.


PLEASE

[mrowl]

They are totally protecting the booster. They won't even mention his name...saying Bomar is the only one to blame.

Somebody...anybody...give me a link to a better webcast.


PLEASE

www.theticket.com

they are talking about ou in the next segment.

[Sooner in Tampa]

What happen to KREF??? They used to have streaming media.

[recruiter]

It's called "protecting a big advertiser." Not real journalistic, but about what you'd expect from the Sports Urinal.

[william_brasky]

Damn...who are these freakin jokers??? If you listen to them we are going to be lucky to finish above .500.:mad:

Are they all aggies??? ****ING idiots:mad: ....but it is the only station I can get on the web for OU.

ridiculous. We'll be fine.

In fact, I think we'll be better than fine. A prima donna is gone. The team will rally together due to this circumstance and come out stronger and more unified.

I'm looking forward to this season more so now than before.

Can I get a Boomer Sooner?

[Sooner in Tampa]

ridiculous. We'll be fine.

In fact, I think we'll be better than fine. A prima donna is gone. The team will rally together due to this circumstance and come out stronger and more unified.

I'm looking forward to this season more so now than before.

Can I get a Boomer Sooner?

BBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM MMMMMEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[RacerX]

I know Mcrae's voice mail is full.

Bomar, Quinn dismissed from OU football team


By John Helsley and George Schroeder
The Oklahoman

NORMAN - Rhett Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Rhett%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON) and J.D. Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON) were dismissed from the University of Oklahoma (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=University%20of%20Oklahoma&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) football team Wednesday after a school investigation determined they had been paid for hours they did not work at a Norman car dealership.

Employment records revealed the players were clocked in during football practice, according to a source.
Last winter, OU officials investigated the employment of football players at Big Red (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Big%20Red,%20Inc.&CATEGORY=COMPANY) Sports and Imports while focusing on tailback Adrian Peterson (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Adrian%20Peterson&CATEGORY=PERSON)’s intended purchase of - and use of - a used, late-model Lexus (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Lexus%20Motor%20Company&CATEGORY=COMPANY). In each case, no NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules violations were discovered.

But in recent weeks, officials conducted further investigation of the dealership’s employment of Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Rhett%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON), the Sooners (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Oklahoma%20Sooners&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION)’ starting quarterback, and Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON), an offensive lineman.

“What they were doing was clocking in and out,” said former Big Red (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Big%20Red,%20Inc.&CATEGORY=COMPANY) general manager Brad McRae (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brad%20McRae&CATEGORY=PERSON), who said he was unaware of it at the time. “They were clocking more hours than they were working.”

An athletic department source said the issue came to a boil in the last few days. Once the NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules violations were confirmed, the dismissals came within 24 hours, the source said.

OU declared Bomar and Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON) ineligible for the 2006 season. In a statement issued Wednesday by OU, Sooners (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Oklahoma%20Sooners&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION)’ coach Bob Stoops (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Bob%20Stoops&CATEGORY=PERSON) said the dismissals were permanent.

Neither player was named by OU officials, who cited federal privacy legislation. But multiple sources confirmed their identities. And by midafternoon, the names of each had been deleted from the team’s online roster.

The action, which was announced the day players reported for the start of fall practice, left the Sooners (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Oklahoma%20Sooners&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION)’ season in a state of uncertainty.
Equally uncertain is the potential for NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) penalties, including possible forfeiture of games last season.

Stoops (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Bob%20Stoops&CATEGORY=PERSON) was unavailable for further comment. But the university source said that no other players had been implicated, or are expected to be implicated.

“We spend a considerable amount of time addressing our players regarding their personal conduct and the NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules,” Stoops (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Bob%20Stoops&CATEGORY=PERSON) said in the statement. “They know exactly what we expect from them. Ultimately, they have to make right decisions. The same holds true for our boosters. When they do not, the consequences are serious, and we will not tolerate this behavior.”
Neither Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Neither%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON) nor Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON) answered calls placed to their cell phones. Messages went unreturned.

Jerry Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jerry%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON), Rhett’s father, declined comment Wednesday afternoon and said he had instructed his son not to talk to reporters.
“He’s not going to talk to anybody,” Jerry Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jerry%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON) said. “There’s nothing to be said about this. It’s unfortunate. But I’m not going to comment.”
In the statement, OU officials said the NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules violations occurred “over an extended period of time,” but did not specify when.

McRae (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brad%20McRae&CATEGORY=PERSON), the former Big Red (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Big%20Red,%20Inc.&CATEGORY=COMPANY) general manager, confirmed Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jerry%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON) and Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON) had been employed at the dealership, though he said he wasn’t sure when they started. They were among as many as 20 to 25 OU football players involved in the last four years to wash and detail cars and to run errands.
“They work,” McRae (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brad%20McRae&CATEGORY=PERSON) said in an interview last April. “It wasn’t no great conspiracy where you come in and clock in and not work, or whatever.”

OU sources said in April and reaffirmed Wednesday that the initial investigation did not reveal NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules violations. McRae (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brad%20McRae&CATEGORY=PERSON), who was fired last winter for reasons he said were unrelated to the initial investigation, said Wednesday he “didn’t do anything wrong” and said he was unaware of any wrongdoing by Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jerry%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON) and Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON) or any other football players.
McRae (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brad%20McRae&CATEGORY=PERSON) said the players did not receive cash payments for their work. He said he never saw paychecks that were inordinately large.

“They never got a big check from Big Red (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Big%20Red,%20Inc.&CATEGORY=COMPANY),” McRae (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brad%20McRae&CATEGORY=PERSON) said.

Although specific figures were not available, sources within and without the OU athletic department said contrary to some reports, the size of the payments was not exceptionally large.

But in a statement, Stoops (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Bob%20Stoops&CATEGORY=PERSON) decried the “intentional participation in and knowledge of the student athletes in these violations.”
Big Red (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Big%20Red,%20Inc.&CATEGORY=COMPANY) Sports and Imports was sold last spring to David Hudiburg (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=David%20Hudiburg&CATEGORY=PERSON), who said Wednesday no OU athletes have been employed since then. Hudiburg (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=David%20Hudiburg&CATEGORY=PERSON) and Jeff Atkins (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jeff%20Atkins&CATEGORY=PERSON), his attorney, said he had cooperated with OU’s compliance department staff in gathering documents related to the employment of Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jerry%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON) and Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON).

“Everything they’ve asked us regarding employment with football players, we sent them everything we can,” said Atkins (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jeff%20Atkins&CATEGORY=PERSON), who added the dealership had received several “hate calls” Wednesday after the news of the dismissals broke. “Obviously, we are trying to clarify and get out that we had nothing to do with this deal. It was the prior ownership.”
Mike Donohue (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Mike%20Donohue&CATEGORY=PERSON), the former owner, could not be reached Wednesday for comment. No one answered at his house in Norman.

Although the NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules violation were uncovered by an internal investigation, it is very likely the NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) will conduct its own inquiry. OU’s athletic department is already on a two-year probation (through May 2008) for major rules violations committed by men’s basketball coaches.

Although penalties were assessed, the school avoided the serious charge of “lack of institutional control.” But the NCAA Committee on Infractions (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=NCAA%20Committee%20on%20Infractions&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) does not take lightly further rules violations while a school is on probation.
In a statement, OU President David Boren (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=David%20Boren&CATEGORY=PERSON) said the school “will never compromise its high ethical standards or its integrity.” OU athletic director Joe Castiglione (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Joe%20Castiglione&CATEGORY=PERSON) said OU’s athletes are educated on the NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules.
“In the end, individuals must decide right and wrong for themselves and then live with the consequences,” Castiglione (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Joe%20Castiglione&CATEGORY=PERSON) said. “Unfortunately, many more people who themselves play by the rules are also affected by these consequences.”

“I strongly support the decision of coach Stoops,” Boren (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=David%20Boren&CATEGORY=PERSON) said in the statement. “Coach Stoops (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Bob%20Stoops&CATEGORY=PERSON) has done the right thing. His action reflects the basic values of our University. ... We share the sadness about this situation with our fans and players who have followed the rules, but we believe in our program and in this team, which we know will carry on in the great Sooner tradition.”

[OU4LIFE]

water is wet

believe it or not, in the drought we are experiencing, this is actually news.

Cause I'm not sure I knew if water was wet....it's been a while.

[william_brasky]

Taking a shower is a good thing.

[Landthief 1972]

I'd like to grab McRae by that scruffy, bleached, sorry head of hair he has and cram it up his butt, without removing the "hip" jeans he always wears in a sad attempt to pretend he's still 25. The way he talks out of both sides of his mouth, he's a shoe-in for Congress.

[Sooner in Tampa]

HEH...now they are hanging up on callers who are using McRae's name.

goobers.

[King Crimson]

What happen to KREF??? They used to have streaming media.

they still do. i listened yesterday for a while. you do have to download the surfernet player (free). the animal is awful. problem with KREF is they have Jim Rome on for 3 hours so it's not local talk then. Myron Patton's show is usually pretty good and Tramel is OK on the radio.

[crimson&cream]

I know Mcrae's voice mail is full.

Bomar, Quinn dismissed from OU football team


By John Helsley and George Schroeder
The Oklahoman

NORMAN - Rhett Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Rhett%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON) and J.D. Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON) were dismissed from the University of Oklahoma (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=University%20of%20Oklahoma&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) football team Wednesday after a school investigation determined they had been paid for hours they did not work at a Norman car dealership.

Employment records revealed the players were clocked in during football practice, according to a source.
Last winter, OU officials investigated the employment of football players at Big Red (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Big%20Red,%20Inc.&CATEGORY=COMPANY) Sports and Imports while focusing on tailback Adrian Peterson (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Adrian%20Peterson&CATEGORY=PERSON)’s intended purchase of - and use of - a used, late-model Lexus (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Lexus%20Motor%20Company&CATEGORY=COMPANY). In each case, no NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules violations were discovered.

But in recent weeks, officials conducted further investigation of the dealership’s employment of Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Rhett%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON), the Sooners (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Oklahoma%20Sooners&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION)’ starting quarterback, and Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON), an offensive lineman.

“What they were doing was clocking in and out,” said former Big Red (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Big%20Red,%20Inc.&CATEGORY=COMPANY) general manager Brad McRae (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brad%20McRae&CATEGORY=PERSON), who said he was unaware of it at the time. “They were clocking more hours than they were working.”

An athletic department source said the issue came to a boil in the last few days. Once the NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules violations were confirmed, the dismissals came within 24 hours, the source said.

OU declared Bomar and Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON) ineligible for the 2006 season. In a statement issued Wednesday by OU, Sooners (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Oklahoma%20Sooners&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION)’ coach Bob Stoops (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Bob%20Stoops&CATEGORY=PERSON) said the dismissals were permanent.

Neither player was named by OU officials, who cited federal privacy legislation. But multiple sources confirmed their identities. And by midafternoon, the names of each had been deleted from the team’s online roster.

The action, which was announced the day players reported for the start of fall practice, left the Sooners (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Oklahoma%20Sooners&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION)’ season in a state of uncertainty.
Equally uncertain is the potential for NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) penalties, including possible forfeiture of games last season.

Stoops (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Bob%20Stoops&CATEGORY=PERSON) was unavailable for further comment. But the university source said that no other players had been implicated, or are expected to be implicated.

“We spend a considerable amount of time addressing our players regarding their personal conduct and the NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules,” Stoops (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Bob%20Stoops&CATEGORY=PERSON) said in the statement. “They know exactly what we expect from them. Ultimately, they have to make right decisions. The same holds true for our boosters. When they do not, the consequences are serious, and we will not tolerate this behavior.”
Neither Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Neither%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON) nor Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON) answered calls placed to their cell phones. Messages went unreturned.

Jerry Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jerry%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON), Rhett’s father, declined comment Wednesday afternoon and said he had instructed his son not to talk to reporters.
“He’s not going to talk to anybody,” Jerry Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jerry%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON) said. “There’s nothing to be said about this. It’s unfortunate. But I’m not going to comment.”
In the statement, OU officials said the NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules violations occurred “over an extended period of time,” but did not specify when.

McRae (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brad%20McRae&CATEGORY=PERSON), the former Big Red (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Big%20Red,%20Inc.&CATEGORY=COMPANY) general manager, confirmed Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jerry%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON) and Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON) had been employed at the dealership, though he said he wasn’t sure when they started. They were among as many as 20 to 25 OU football players involved in the last four years to wash and detail cars and to run errands.
“They work,” McRae (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brad%20McRae&CATEGORY=PERSON) said in an interview last April. “It wasn’t no great conspiracy where you come in and clock in and not work, or whatever.”

OU sources said in April and reaffirmed Wednesday that the initial investigation did not reveal NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules violations. McRae (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brad%20McRae&CATEGORY=PERSON), who was fired last winter for reasons he said were unrelated to the initial investigation, said Wednesday he “didn’t do anything wrong” and said he was unaware of any wrongdoing by Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jerry%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON) and Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON) or any other football players.
McRae (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brad%20McRae&CATEGORY=PERSON) said the players did not receive cash payments for their work. He said he never saw paychecks that were inordinately large.

“They never got a big check from Big Red (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Big%20Red,%20Inc.&CATEGORY=COMPANY),” McRae (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brad%20McRae&CATEGORY=PERSON) said.

Although specific figures were not available, sources within and without the OU athletic department said contrary to some reports, the size of the payments was not exceptionally large.

But in a statement, Stoops (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Bob%20Stoops&CATEGORY=PERSON) decried the “intentional participation in and knowledge of the student athletes in these violations.”
Big Red (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Big%20Red,%20Inc.&CATEGORY=COMPANY) Sports and Imports was sold last spring to David Hudiburg (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=David%20Hudiburg&CATEGORY=PERSON), who said Wednesday no OU athletes have been employed since then. Hudiburg (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=David%20Hudiburg&CATEGORY=PERSON) and Jeff Atkins (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jeff%20Atkins&CATEGORY=PERSON), his attorney, said he had cooperated with OU’s compliance department staff in gathering documents related to the employment of Bomar (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jerry%20Bomar&CATEGORY=PERSON) and Quinn (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=J.D.%20Quinn&CATEGORY=PERSON).

“Everything they’ve asked us regarding employment with football players, we sent them everything we can,” said Atkins (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Jeff%20Atkins&CATEGORY=PERSON), who added the dealership had received several “hate calls” Wednesday after the news of the dismissals broke. “Obviously, we are trying to clarify and get out that we had nothing to do with this deal. It was the prior ownership.”
Mike Donohue (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Mike%20Donohue&CATEGORY=PERSON), the former owner, could not be reached Wednesday for comment. No one answered at his house in Norman.

Although the NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules violation were uncovered by an internal investigation, it is very likely the NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) will conduct its own inquiry. OU’s athletic department is already on a two-year probation (through May 2008) for major rules violations committed by men’s basketball coaches.

Although penalties were assessed, the school avoided the serious charge of “lack of institutional control.” But the NCAA Committee on Infractions (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=NCAA%20Committee%20on%20Infractions&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) does not take lightly further rules violations while a school is on probation.
In a statement, OU President David Boren (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=David%20Boren&CATEGORY=PERSON) said the school “will never compromise its high ethical standards or its integrity.” OU athletic director Joe Castiglione (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Joe%20Castiglione&CATEGORY=PERSON) said OU’s athletes are educated on the NCAA (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Assoc iation&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) rules.
“In the end, individuals must decide right and wrong for themselves and then live with the consequences,” Castiglione (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Joe%20Castiglione&CATEGORY=PERSON) said. “Unfortunately, many more people who themselves play by the rules are also affected by these consequences.”

“I strongly support the decision of coach Stoops,” Boren (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=David%20Boren&CATEGORY=PERSON) said in the statement. “Coach Stoops (http://www.newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Bob%20Stoops&CATEGORY=PERSON) has done the right thing. His action reflects the basic values of our University. ... We share the sadness about this situation with our fans and players who have followed the rules, but we believe in our program and in this team, which we know will carry on in the great Sooner tradition.”
McRae-saw no inordinately large checks. He must be blind also for where did Bomar get a W-2 for 18,000 pay compensation. Lying sack of $H!T. How long a period of work are we talking about here--if 3 months of the summer thats about $1400.00 a week, $5600 a month, and thats not inordinately large. Damn I want that job for 5 hrs a day or week. Sounds like to me McRae is a lying scumbag, and Donohue's a scumbag as well.

[Sooner in Tampa]

Dear gawd...now they have James Hale with Pat Jones.

[King Crimson]

if there was ever anyone in the history of carbon-based quasi-sentient matter that more resembled the phrase "pear-shaped" than Pat Jones I myself could not bring myself to remember him/her/it.

[soonersam]

I didnt know the sports animal has programing.. I thought it was 24/7 advertising....

[mrowl]

if there was ever anyone in the history of carbon-based quasi-sentient matter that more resembled the phrase "pear-shaped" than Pat Jones I myself could not bring myself to remember him/her/it.

I present to you, Bill Parcells.

http://www.readingeagle.com/blog/zeke/parcells/Parcells.jpg

[william_brasky]

I present to you, Bill Parcells.

http://www.readingeagle.com/blog/zeke/parcells/Parcells.jpg

Does he actually have a Big Tuna wrapped around his mid-region?