Sad Day for MAC Sports....ESPN front page!!!

Falcons4Life · Post by **Falcons4Life** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:54 am

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2988714

Not the kind of publicity the MAC needs starting the season!

The Niz · Post by **The Niz** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:00 pm

WOW, they really laid it to them in that articlle.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:03 pm

There's some new allegations here.

"There was dog poop everywhere, carpeting ripped up," said Ross as he showed the house to ESPN.com reporters recently. "There were some issues with dog breeding and diseases with dogs, and now I'm just finding out I got dogs buried in my yard."

Scooter McDougle and three other Toledo athletes were evicted from this house in January, according to the landlord.
Neighbors told ESPN.com that three pit bulls had been kept on the property, and they sometimes were left tied to a tree. It isn't clear who owned the dogs.

We speculated this could end up just being the tip of the iceberg, and now with Bruce's name being thrown around this could get even messier.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:12 pm

I had a feeling that things were a bit too silent to the north lately. That is one hell of an article.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:21 pm

My bad. Posted this in the "Other Schools" forum.

Does not look promising in the Glass City.

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:27 pm

BGDrew wrote:We speculated this could end up just being the tip of the iceberg, and now with Bruce's name being thrown around this could get even messier.

As a logically thinking person, it seems too coincidental that the games in question happen to be ones in which Gradkowski missed significant playing time.

bgmaggot00 · Post by **bgmaggot00** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:31 pm

"Obviously, sometimes people you know [are] doing things you never know nothing about," said McDougle, who was suspended by Toledo this spring and since has been declared academically ineligible.

Me fail english? That's unpossible!

CapitalFalcon · Post by **CapitalFalcon** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:37 pm

bgmaggot00 wrote:"Obviously, sometimes people you know [are] doing things you never know nothing about," said McDougle, who was suspended by Toledo this spring and since has been declared academically ineligible.

Me fail english? That's unpossible!

Yeah...It was probably even more butchered in the interview...Probably along the lines of, "Obviously, sometimes people, you know, doing things you never know nothing about."

Freakin' re-tah-ded...

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:39 pm

I told you folks a bit ago to pop some corn and pull up a lawn chair....something is about to happen. Stories like this with quotes from the Federales and allusions to documents they have don't just show up out of the blue. This is out there because the Feds want it out there. The question is why? Is somebody getting leaned on...is somebody about to be indicted?

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:41 pm

bgmaggot00 wrote:"Obviously, sometimes people you know [are] doing things you never know nothing about," said McDougle, who was suspended by Toledo this spring and since has been declared academically ineligible.

Me fail english? That's unpossible!

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:12 pm

Flipper wrote:I told you folks a bit ago to pop some corn and pull up a lawn chair....something is about to happen. Stories like this with quotes from the Federales and allusions to documents they have don't just show up out of the blue. This is out there because the Feds want it out there. The question is why? Is somebody getting leaned on...is somebody about to be indicted?

Now that you mention it, don't you think it was a little unusual that the Bucs would have a team spokesmen walking with Gradkowski as he comes off the practice field? He was probably only there because the reporter was there. But don't you get the sense that the fingers might be pointing Gradkowski's way the way the Bucaneer organization was looking out for him? Especially the way the team rep kept cutting him off so he wouldn't "indict" himself. I get the feeling ol' Brucie may be the bigger fish they are trying to fry.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:18 pm

I thought that was very interesting, WH. This team spokesman wouldn't let the reporter ask anything about the case. Hmmmm.....

BGGrad01 · Post by **BGGrad01** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:22 pm

I hope Gradkowski's not in on this deal, but if it were me and I was not involved, I would have made a very definitive statement to the reporter. I would not have said "I don't know what to say about that.".

I would know what to say - "I had nothing to do with that sort of activity."

FalconTurf · Post by **FalconTurf** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:34 pm

If I were running the TB Bucs I wouldn't want any of my players to comment on any gambling issue at their college, a former team or by a former teammate. The way reporter look for out-of-context quote and sensational sound bites they can make issue out of non-issues in seconds.

Hopefully this all begins and ends with Scooter.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:40 pm

BGGrad01 wrote:I hope Gradkowski's not in on this deal, but if it were me and I was not involved, I would have made a very definitive statement to the reporter. I would not have said "I don't know what to say about that.".

I would know what to say - "I had nothing to do with that sort of activity."

As we've recently seen * cough * Vick * cough * making definitive statements that are later proven false can be a real problem.

However, at this point I would give Bruce the benefit of the doubt and believe that he was not involved and simply not sure how to answer the question without causing a sh**storm.