[Badger Bob]

Well, the NCAA Football season is just a little more than a month away so I decided to post a thread for posts revolving around college football for 2012.


And what do I do, but post stuff about next season:

Pitt will join the ACC officially in 2013

Should be interesting in 2013. A new era. Just hope that they are competitive.


2012 Pitt Schedule:

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Sept. 1: Youngstown State, 6 p.m.
Sept. 6: at Cincinnati, 8 p.m.
Sept. 15: Virginia Tech, TBA
Sept. 22: Gardner-Webb, TBA

Oct. 5: at Syracuse, 7 p.m.
Oct. 13: Louisville, TBA
Oct. 20: at Buffalo, TBA
Oct. 27: Temple, TBA

Nov. 3: at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 9: at Connecticut, 8 p.m.
Nov. 24: Rutgers, TBA

Dec. 1: at South Florida, TBA

2012 Penn State Schedule:

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September 1 vs. Ohio University 12 p.m.
September 8 at Virginia 12 p.m.
September 15 vs. Navy 3:30 p.m.
September 22 vs. Temple
September 29 at Illinois

October 6 vs. Northwestern (Homecoming) 12 p.m.
October 20 at Iowa 8 p.m.
October 27 vs. Ohio State 6 p.m.

November 3 at Purdue
November 10 at Nebraska
November 17 vs. Indiana
November 24 vs. Wisconsin

2012 West Virginia Schedule:

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Sept. 1 : Marshall Thundering Herd at West Virginia, TBD
Sept. 8 : Bye Week
Sept. 15 : James Madison Dukes vs. West Virginia, TBD (FedEx Field, Landover, MD)
Sept. 22 : Maryland Terrapins at West Virginia, TBD
Sept. 29 : Baylor Bears at West Virginia, TBD

Oct. 6 : West Virginia at Texas Longhorns, TBD
Oct. 13 : West Virginia at Texas Tech Red Raiders, TBD
Oct. 20 : Kansas State Wildcats at West Virginia, TBD
Oct. 27 : Open Date on Schedule

Nov. 3 : TCU Horned Frogs at West Virginia, TBD
Nov. 10 : West Virginia at Oklahoma State Cowboys, TBD
Nov. 17 : Oklahoma Sooners at West Virginia, TBD
Nov. 24 : West Virginia at Iowa State Cyclones, TBD

Dec. 1 : Kansas Jayhawks at West Virginia, TBD

[billvill]

What, no asterisk for the PSU schedule?

[Badger Bob]

billvill, on 19 July 2012 - 07:48 AM, said:

What, no asterisk for the PSU schedule?

I was going to say something, but I figured that we already had a thread for the other garbage going on. At this point, the season is still on.

[Robert Goulet]

3-9 season on the way for WVU.

[billvill]

Badger Bob, on 19 July 2012 - 07:54 AM, said:

I was going to say something, but I figured that we already had a thread for the other garbage going on. At this point, the season is still on.

I'm betting they play. Thinking that sanctions might be probation with recruiting limitations, no bowl appearances, etc.

[Badger Bob]

Robert Goulet, on 19 July 2012 - 07:57 AM, said:

3-9 season on the way for WVU.

Hey, I'm not feeling too good about 2013 for the Panthers. I'm interested to see what kind of product Chryst puts together this year. That'll help me gage what they might do in the ACC. I'm really kinda hoping WVU does good this year in their new conference.

Do it for Bill Stewart!!!!

[FanSince74]

billvill, on 19 July 2012 - 07:48 AM, said:

What, no asterisk for the PSU schedule?

Badger Bob, on 19 July 2012 - 07:54 AM, said:

I was going to say something, but I figured that we already had a thread for the other garbage going on. At this point, the season is still on.

I was thinking the same thing.

[Badger Bob]

If need be, the editting function is very useful.

[stonewizard51]

Robert Goulet, on 19 July 2012 - 07:57 AM, said:

3-9 season on the way for WVU.

I hope you're wrong but sadly I think you're right.

[billvill]

billvill, on 19 July 2012 - 08:03 AM, said:

I'm betting they play. Thinking that sanctions might be probation with recruiting limitations, no bowl appearances, etc.

Reports: Penn State facing big NCAA sanctions Monday, but no death penalty


The Penn State football program and the school will be handed "corrective and punitive measures" by the NCAA on Monday.
A high-ranking NCAA source said, "I've never seen anything like it," according to CBS News, which first reported the sanctions.
ESPN reported that announcement will not be the NCAA's well known "death penalty," but it will include deep scholarship cuts and loss of bowl eligibility for many years.
The announcement will be made at 9 a.m. ET Monday in Indianapolis by NCAA president Mark Emmert and Ed Ray, chairman of the NCAA's executive committee, according to a statement.
The NCAA decision comes in the wake of the independent investigation by former FBI director Louis Freeh, whose findings were made public July 12. In the report, Freeh's investigative team revealed Paterno allegedly had detailed knowledge of activity involving Jerry Sandusky before and after Sandusky retired in 1999.
Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of criminal child sex abuse against 10 victims. With three more victims speaking out last week, the grand jury investigation that led to Sandusky's arrest in November is ongoing and more charges could be filed.
Sandusky faces more than 440 years behind bars and is awaiting sentencing likely to be scheduled in September.
NCAA has remained quiet about its investigation of Penn State and how the Sandusky scandal affects the athletics department. NCAA officials had been waiting for the school to respond to questions before taking action.
The Freeh report was critical of the trustees' secrecy and its deference to university leaders in allowing the crisis to continue and cause more harm for more than 14 years. It alleged a lack of institutional control, which is a red flag term for the NCAA.
Normally the NCAA conducts its own investigations and schools are given a notice of allegations and due process hearings. However, ESPN reported Emmert was granted authority to sanction Penn State "through non-traditional methods.
The NCAA has handed down the death penalty -- which shuts down a program for a year -- once, to SMU in 1986. However, a source told ESPN that Monday's penalties could be more crippling than a death penalty.
This would be the latest event in a tumultuous weekend at the State College, Pa., campus. On Saturday Steve Garban, who was the chairman of the Penn State board of trustees during the Jerry Sandusky scandal, resigned and the statue of the late football coach Joe Paterno was removed from Beaver Stadium on Sunday morning.
According to the Freeh report, Garban was informed by then-university president Graham Spanier in April 2011 of the Sandusky investigation, but failed to notify the other trustees.
In October 2011, Garban was informed by Spanier that athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz were about to be indicted. Garban told two trustees -- John Surma and Jim Broadhurst - about that information, but did not tell any of the other trustees.
Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of criminal child sex abuse against 10 victims. With three more victims speaking out last week, the grand jury investigation that led to Sandusky's arrest in November is ongoing and more charges could be filed.
Sandusky faces more than 440 years behind bars and is awaiting sentencing likely to be scheduled in September.

http://sports.yahoo....333--ncaaf.html

more:
http://www.usatoday....ions/56413666/1
http://www.cbssports...-state-football

[Robert Goulet]

Maybe they'll be banned from football for as long as Sandusky rots in jail.

[stonewizard51]

Robert Goulet, on 22 July 2012 - 06:14 PM, said:

Maybe they'll be banned from football for as long as Sandusky rots in jail.

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a source told ESPN that Monday's penalties could be more crippling than a death penalty.

That would be worse than the Death Penalty. I say do it.

[billvill]

The only problem with that school of thought is that everyone involved is gone. Along with punishing the program, you're punishing kids who were neither at the university at the time nor had anything to do with what happened.

[Robert Goulet]

You let them transfer without having to sit a year.

[billvill]

Robert Goulet, on 22 July 2012 - 07:07 PM, said:

You let them transfer without having to sit a year.

Is there a precedent for that?

[Robert Goulet]

Is there a precedent for the entire situation?

[billvill]

Robert Goulet, on 22 July 2012 - 07:11 PM, said:

Is there a precedent for the entire situation?

Not to my knowledge. I also know the NCAA isn't really the most flexible body in terms of changing/bending rules.

[billvill]

Listening to the NCAA put the hammer down. The death sentence would have been a bargain compared to what they laid down.

[billvill]

Glad to hear they've allowed for very lenient transfer and eligibility for existing players.

[billvill]

Here's the rundown:

Four-year postseason ban
$60 million fine
10 scholarships lost first year, 20 every year after that for four years (more or less an entire roster worth of scholarships)
Vacation of all wins from 1998 through 2011 (meaning Joe Paterno now ranks eighth among all D1 coaches in wins)
Five years probation
Penn State players can transfer immediately without penalty