Like Clockwork – The March Continues
As we predicted immediately after signing day and before spring practice, Saban is going to have to cut players, again, for the third year in a row, in order to get down to NCAA limit of 85. If you...
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Just so everyone knows that we are not pulling numbers out of our ass and we are not making things up as we go along, here is the longest and most detailed account of Alabama's current numbers...
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How 29-for-12 turns into 24-for-24
We ran a search on the most powerful search engines in the world for the following string "what is a medical hardship scholarship" in hopes of learning more about this mysterious scholarship that...
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Mike D’Andrea, No Medical Hardship Scholarship
If you can't already tell, we've been bitten by the medical hardship scholarship bug. If anyone out there can help shed some light on the topic it would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime we are...
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Medical Hardship Scholarships
During our investigation into Alabama's attrition, codenamed "The March to 85," we have stumbled across two things that have really baffled the life out of us, medical hardship scholarships and the...
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The Oversigning Cup v1.0
We mentioned a while back that we would like to award the team with the most oversigned roster going into the fall with a special award, The Oversigning Cup. As it turns out, Matt Hinton (Dr....
View ArticleLSU’s March to 85 – Clay Spencer
We recently added LSU to the March to 85 list and had their magic number at 2 in order to get down to 85. It is now down to 1 with the departure of Clay Spencer to the coveted medical hardship...
View ArticleMedical Hardship Scholarship Abuse
Hannah Karp and Darren Everson at the Wall Street Journal have decided to probe the Alabama football program and the topic of medical hardship scholarships. The results are interesting. At least 12...
View ArticlePaul Finebaum Interviews WSJ’s Darren Everson
Those of you who are really passionate about the topic of oversigning and interested in hearing more about the Wall Street Journal article Alabama's Unhappy Castoffs should find Paul Finebaum's (a...
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Michigan State Player Diagnosed with Cancer Keeps Football Scholarship for 3...
Arthur Ray Jr. accepted a scholarship offer from Michigan State in 2007 and signed a letter of intent with the Spartan during his senior year in high school. The day before the MSU spring game that...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts on Medical Hardship Scholarships
Nick Saban's abuse of the medical hardship scholarship, which has been documented by the WSJ in a piece called Alabama's Unhappy Castoffs, has caused a lot of controversy. The number of players placed...
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Nick Saban Joins Houston Nutt in the Fight to Keep Oversigning
It appears the battle lines are taking shape as the SEC meetings draw near. On one side we have the chronic oversigners clamouring to come up with excuses as to why oversigning should remain in tact,...
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