Eric the Red Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 UMiami coach to players: "No guns allowed" Reply from Mike Huguenin's column in today's Orlando Sentinel: Meet the new boss New Miami football Coach Randy Shannon has issued some new off-field rules. Chief among them: no guns. "You get caught with a firearm, you're dismissed from the football team," he told reporters last week. He also says all freshmen and sophomores will live on campus (last year, the rule applied just to freshmen) and that upperclassmen who want to live off-campus must have a grade-point average of at least 2.5 to do so. "You chose not to get your GPA the way it's supposed to be," Shannon said of upperclassmen with a GPA lower than 2.5. "I didn't do it." Shannon also put returning QBs Kyle Wright and Kirby Freeman off-limits to the media this spring. Shannon will be in Orlando on Monday on his "Hurricane Club Spring Tour" at the Smokey Bones at 8016 Golden Sky Lane in Orlando. To register for the event, call 1-800-GO CANES. Grid Bits Auburn WR Tim Hawthorne, a big-time recruit who redshirted last fall, and several friends were riding in a sport utility vehicle last Sunday when the driver lost control along Interstate 85 near West Point, Ga. The vehicle flipped several times, and passenger Claude Reese was killed. Last week, Hawthorne told The Birmingham (Ala.) News that the Nissan Pathfinder he was in "must have flipped at least 20 times." He also said, "I'm very blessed to even be alive." Hawthorne is expected to vie for a starting job this fall. Kudos to ESPN. Beginning in late July, the network plans to launch a show called College Football Live. It'll be patterned after the network's popular NFL Live show, last 30 minutes and run Monday-Friday through at least December. (We're already fervently hoping Mark May isn't on every day. And if prayer would help to make sure that doesn't happen, we're willing to pray. Who's with us?) Boise State opens spring practice Monday. One of those vying to replace Jared Zabransky as the starting quarterback is Nick Lomax, the son of former NFL QB Neil Lomax. Ahh, the nomadic life of a college assistant. In 2005, Roy Wittke was the offensive coordinator at Arkansas; he was let go. In 2006, he held the same position at Arizona State; the staff was fired. In 2007, he will be the coordinator at Northern Illinois; he replaces John Bond, who became coordinator at Georgia Tech after Patrick Nix left for Miami. Former Nebraska QB Eric Crouch, who won the Heisman in 2001, is one of 20 Nebraska celebrities featured on a CD -- "Nebraska Celebrities Sing for Sight" -- that will raise money for visually impaired children. U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson also is featured. Quote Link to comment
Eric the Red Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 you gotta be f'ing kidding me Quote Link to comment
Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Former Nebraska QB Eric Crouch, who won the Heisman in 2001, is one of 20 Nebraska celebrities featured on a CD -- "Nebraska Celebrities Sing for Sight" Decided on a career change, huh... Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 First off nice step down Eric!!!??? And secondly shouldn't your players be smart enough not to carry guns??? Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Well, there goes half of Miami's recruiting class this year... Quote Link to comment
Eric the Red Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 Well, there goes half of Miami's recruiting class this year... Quote Link to comment
Jarred04 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Eric must be singing lead vocals only. If they stick him in the backup band he'll probably quit the team. Sorry that was low...at least it is for a good cause. Quote Link to comment
hack Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Well, there goes half of Miami's recruiting class this year... when you outlaw guns, only miami players will have guns. Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Well, there goes half of Miami's recruiting class this year... when you outlaw guns, only miami players will have guns. very true Quote Link to comment
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