Wow, that day could not have gone worse for IU. We almost feel a little bit bad for them here at Boiled Sports but, hey, if you're gonna get into bed with the Devil, don't come crying to us when the devil wants to have kinky sex or do the donkey punch. Or something.Brian Butch, the whitest kid in perhaps the whitest state in America, banked in a craptastic three-pointer to give the Wisco Badgers a win last night in Bloomington. That now makes the Badgers 10-2 in conference play, just one game behind Purdue. Well, two, really, when you consider that we swept them. (Sorry, it just feels good to say that.)
If you read the linked story there, you might feel your breakfast coming up at certain points. For one thing, some hillrat IU fans living in the past, scribbled "Bring Back Bobby" on a sign and held it up. No word on if they spelled everything correctly.
On the other hand, you had this:
A few students seated behind the south basket wore light blue T-shirts with red ties -- Sampson's trademark outfit. And two students in the same vicinity, but one section apart, each held up their own homemade signs that read "Sampson can call me anytime."
Yes, that's funny, boys. I'm sure you do like him... since he's been winning. Imagine if this team was closer to .500. They'd be DEMANDING that Sampson be tossed out on his ass and I bet the school would be coming close to obliging.
And then, after the game, here's Sampson:
"The allegations that I knowingly acted contrary to the sanctions that occurred while I was at Oklahoma are not true," he said. "I have never intentionally provided false or misleading information to the NCAA. I intend to work within the NCAA process on this matter, and I look forward to my opportunity to do so."
Wow. You know, with all the lying and cheating going on in sports these days, a statement like that is really worse than no statement at all. Why can't you just say you're innocent, coach? Why all the qualifyers, such as "knowingly" or "intentionally"? Goodness... I mean, it just smacks of impropriety.
Pat Forde lays out the options for IU right here and it's not pretty.
And remember who told you all the issues you IU folks were facing when you got into bed with this slimy character?
I never didn't not knowingly not do something unintentionally accidentally maybe possibly wrong that could be construed by some as improper. I swear I didn't probably do it slightly whoopsie. I can't be any more clear with you people.
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J- I'm not a smart man...nor do I have sooth-saying abilities. But, I do understand one basic principle...
In the words of Dave Chappelle as R. Kelly:
"Haters wanna hate, lovers wanna love..."
I'll add a line, "cheaters wanna cheat."
It's like an alcoholic- he loves his drink and if he pushes the sweet nectar away from his lips and says, "I'm no longer a drinker." But does not look understand the repercussions for his vice and try to change, nothing will change. He'll fall off the wagon the next time it passes. The alcoholic needs a network of people around him as well as GOD to help him stop.
Conversely, Coach Sanctions never saw his infractions at OK anything but silly...so he surrounded himself with coaches that would empower him as he broke this little rule and that little rule and they all broke little rules together...No big deal. I would bet my left ball that in about 5 years, we're going to find out about more violations that this staff committed...We shall see.
How can you unintentionally have an assistant coach dial a recruit and hand you the phone. How can you unintentionally participate in a 3 way speakerphone call. How can you unintentionally have a conference call with a recruit and not know it?
The answer? You can't.
Personally, the longer he sticks around the better. Can you imagine the distractions for his team the rest of the year and how hard it will be to recruit?
Thanks for the IU commentary. I was waiting for that.
I wouldn't say Wisconsin is the whitest state in America. I'm pretty sure North Dakota is whiter. (I would say Utah, but we have a number of Indian reservations in the state.) Someone should give Butch some rub on tanning lotion. That way he can be orange...
Have you seen Hutchen's blog today. He posed the question, "Can Sampson survive this?" and proposed the scenario where Sampson proves his innocence. Hutchens was then promptly torn apart by 200 IU fan commenters. Great stuff. The degree to which he is a homer is unreal.
CAN he survive isn't even the right question. SHOULD he survive or DOES HE DESERVE THE CHANCE to survive are the correct questions. The correct answer to all of them is no.
Coincidence?
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080214/LOCAL/80214045
Can the NCAA's allegations be proven? Meaning, can Sampson say, "I was not on those calls."
Or, where is the proof coming from?
Can he mount the defense: This is all my assistants' fault. I was unaware.
Obviously, we know he's guilty, but can he turn the burden of proof on the NCAA? If can, Forde is right, he could pull a Jim O'Brien.
Matt, that's awesome.
"The stink-cloud has been meandering north with the wind currents, Sneed said."
Brian Butch had Mexican food after the game.
Directions to Bloomington -- Southeast until you smell it; southwest until you step in it.
There's no chance Sampson could prove his case. The NCAA did their due dilligence over the last few months. Recruits' and recruits' parents have no motivation to lie. Sampson does however.
Speaking of Hutchens, did you see his stupid-ass post from yesterday?
"I've Been a Little Busy Today" is the title. He then tries to be funny and implies he's SO busy "working the Sampson story" and he won't even have time to post about the game last night.
Right, why should you, Terry? You're only being paid to update a blog about IU sports.
Ridiculous.
It's amazing to me that after all that's happened, Hutchens can still be a Sampson apologist and still be making excuses for him. Just amazing. As if the NCAA made some kind of error in their investigations or something or they might just decide to drop the whole thing.
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