chicagocatfan24 said:

He's not.

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TheC said:

Is that like our 8th TE this class? Interesting…

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phatcat said:

Some of them may grow up to be OTs, a la Hinton

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NUCat320 said:

NU football is definitely not “a clown” compared to Utah State. NU is coming off a bowl win, with tremendous recruiting momentum, two years coming of a unique stadium situation, followed by opening what will become the model for every college football stadium to follow. NU football is in its best position since its coach, ironically, said “I’m staying here for life” or whatever.

Do you really think he “looked into allegations on his own”? Or do you think he downplayed to keep a player eligible?

There is no comparison to what happened at USU and at NU. Sounds like a USU football player was accused of sexual assault or rape, the allegation was brought to the football coach, and he “investigated” (“hey 24, did you rape this chick” “okay great”) and didn’t move any further.

Or, perhaps, he coordinated with the other two who were also fired to downplay or bury the story. He prevented an investigation from happening. Nobody is saying “he should have known” an off-premise assault may have occurred; they are saying that he violated policy by not involving the right people. (It’s what Paterno should’ve been fired for, kind of, before he mercifully died to spare himself the embarrassment.)

In the case of NU, the activity was happening in Fitz’s building. “Known or should have known” is a reasonable threshold when it’s happening down the hall.


Anyway, the university is financially solvent, the stadium is on track, the new head coach has all the positive qualities the former coach once had.

The Fitz firing was a tremendous change that, once everyone got over the shock, energized the program and contributed to what appears to be a recruiting class stacked with A-listers.

AND, Fitz will be able to attend his son’s regular season and playoff games all season long without openly shirking his responsibilities as a head football coach!

Gosh winning is so fun.

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phatcat said:

Some of them may grow up to be OTs, a la Hinton

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NUCat320 said:

NU football is definitely not “a clown” compared to Utah State. NU is coming off a bowl win, with tremendous recruiting momentum, two years coming of a unique stadium situation, followed by opening what will become the model for every college football stadium to follow. NU football is in its best position since its coach, ironically, said “I’m staying here for life” or whatever.

Do you really think he “looked into allegations on his own”? Or do you think he downplayed to keep a player eligible?

There is no comparison to what happened at USU and at NU. Sounds like a USU football player was accused of sexual assault or rape, the allegation was brought to the football coach, and he “investigated” (“hey 24, did you rape this chick” “okay great”) and didn’t move any further.

Or, perhaps, he coordinated with the other two who were also fired to downplay or bury the story. He prevented an investigation from happening. Nobody is saying “he should have known” an off-premise assault may have occurred; they are saying that he violated policy by not involving the right people. (It’s what Paterno should’ve been fired for, kind of, before he mercifully died to spare himself the embarrassment.)

In the case of NU, the activity was happening in Fitz’s building. “Known or should have known” is a reasonable threshold when it’s happening down the hall.


Anyway, the university is financially solvent, the stadium is on track, the new head coach has all the positive qualities the former coach once had.

The Fitz firing was a tremendous change that, once everyone got over the shock, energized the program and contributed to what appears to be a recruiting class stacked with A-listers.

AND, Fitz will be able to attend his son’s regular season and playoff games all season long without openly shirking his responsibilities as a head football coach!

Gosh winning is so fun.

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PurpleWhiteBoy said:

The only thing that Utah State has/did wrong is that one of the reasons they're firing the head coach is that he had the audacity to look into the allegations on his own.

Having rules that prohibit such fact-finding attempts is directly counter to the argument "he should have known." You can't have it both ways - either the coach gets to look into the allegations or you can't use that pathetic "he should have known" argument.

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NUCat320 said:

NU football is definitely not “a clown” compared to Utah State. NU is coming off a bowl win, with tremendous recruiting momentum, two years coming of a unique stadium situation, followed by opening what will become the model for every college football stadium to follow. NU football is in its best position since its coach, ironically, said “I’m staying here for life” or whatever.

Do you really think he “looked into allegations on his own”? Or do you think he downplayed to keep a player eligible?

There is no comparison to what happened at USU and at NU. Sounds like a USU football player was accused of sexual assault or rape, the allegation was brought to the football coach, and he “investigated” (“hey 24, did you rape this chick” “okay great”) and didn’t move any further.

Or, perhaps, he coordinated with the other two who were also fired to downplay or bury the story. He prevented an investigation from happening. Nobody is saying “he should have known” an off-premise assault may have occurred; they are saying that he violated policy by not involving the right people. (It’s what Paterno should’ve been fired for, kind of, before he mercifully died to spare himself the embarrassment.)

In the case of NU, the activity was happening in Fitz’s building. “Known or should have known” is a reasonable threshold when it’s happening down the hall.


Anyway, the university is financially solvent, the stadium is on track, the new head coach has all the positive qualities the former coach once had.

The Fitz firing was a tremendous change that, once everyone got over the shock, energized the program and contributed to what appears to be a recruiting class stacked with A-listers.

AND, Fitz will be able to attend his son’s regular season and playoff games all season long without openly shirking his responsibilities as a head football coach!

Gosh winning is so fun.

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PurpleWhiteBoy said:

This story is on the ESPN website...

Utah St. informs football coach of intent to fire

Utah State said football coach Blake Anderson has been told he'll be fired for alleged noncompliance of Title IX policies, with Nate Dreiling named interim coach.

www.espn.com

Apparently somebody associated with the Utah State football team was accused of sexual misconduct or domestic violence in Spring of 2023.
The head coach was made aware of the problem.
The coach investigated.
He appears to have not reported the allegations to the school in a timely manner.
Both "investigating" and "not reporting" violate university policy.
An external investigation was conducted.

The university notified the coach of their intent to fire him, but gave him 14 days to respond, in accordance with his employment agreement.
The Deputy athletic director and director of player development were also fired. Presumably they were part of the cover-up.
The defensive coordinator has been named interim coach for the 2024 season.
Athletic Director Diana Sabau met with the team and the football staff Tuesday to inform them of the news.
(apparently she addressed the team in her human form, not her digital form)

Its pretty sad that we are clowns compared to Utah State.

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PurpleWhiteBoy said:

The only thing that Utah State has/did wrong is that one of the reasons they're firing the head coach is that he had the audacity to look into the allegations on his own.

Having rules that prohibit such fact-finding attempts is directly counter to the argument "he should have known." You can't have it both ways - either the coach gets to look into the allegations or you can't use that pathetic "he should have known" argument.

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curdog said:

Sounds like there was due process here. How refreshing.

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AdamOnFirst said:

Revenue sport athletes haven't had an experience that remotely resembles the experience of a normal student at any major school for many decades and most non-revenue scholarshipped students are similarly incomparable to a normal student unless you give that student a 40 hour a week work-study job. This has been the case for decades, pearl-wringing about it is silly and obnoxious.

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