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SUMB 2014 at the Dome
ACC News
Deshaun Watson of Clemson
Top ACC QBs Returning in 2015 (Hunt Shunned; saturdayblitz.com; Albiani)
Entering the 2014 ACC college football season, everyone knew who was the favorite, and everyone knew who the best player in the league was. The answer to both those questions were simple. The best team was the defending national champion Seminoles, lead by the best player in the league and returning Heisman winning quarterback Jameis Winston.
These answers were simple for anyone who had paid attention to the previous college football season.
However as the Seminoles bid adieu to Jameis Winston, the ACC is now more open than it has been in the last two years, and the title of top QB is also up for grabs.
There are some teams who will be replacing their starters and don’t have a horse in this race now, as these are the best returning quarterbacks. Therefore teams such as Florida State, Boston College, and Duke who had above average QB’s in 2014 and have since moved on, are not eligible for this list.
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UNC Broke Rules to Make Top Player Eligible to Play Football Against Syracuse (sportingnews.com; Durkee)
Scandals, lawsuits and more scandals have too often been associated with the North Carolina athletic department in recent years.
The latest, a report by The News & Observer, chronicles the the athletic department pressuring the university’s graduate programs to accept athletes with no merits.
Documents from 2003 show John Blanchard, then a senior associate athletic director, made a request on Sept. 5, after classes had started, to UNC’s graduate school to admit football player Michael Waddell in order to make him eligible for the team’s upcoming game against Syracuse.
The problem was the Waddell had a low grade point average and no entrance exam scores.
However, as a favor to the athletic department, graduate school dean Lynda Dykstra admitted Waddell, who played every regular season game that year for the Tar Heels. In his final year of eligibility, Waddell played defensive back and returned kicks. He was then drafted in the fourth round by the Titans. He also flunked out of the graduate program with four ’s.
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SUMB 2014 at the Dome
ACC News
Deshaun Watson of Clemson
Top ACC QBs Returning in 2015 (Hunt Shunned; saturdayblitz.com; Albiani)
Entering the 2014 ACC college football season, everyone knew who was the favorite, and everyone knew who the best player in the league was. The answer to both those questions were simple. The best team was the defending national champion Seminoles, lead by the best player in the league and returning Heisman winning quarterback Jameis Winston.
These answers were simple for anyone who had paid attention to the previous college football season.
However as the Seminoles bid adieu to Jameis Winston, the ACC is now more open than it has been in the last two years, and the title of top QB is also up for grabs.
There are some teams who will be replacing their starters and don’t have a horse in this race now, as these are the best returning quarterbacks. Therefore teams such as Florida State, Boston College, and Duke who had above average QB’s in 2014 and have since moved on, are not eligible for this list.
...
UNC Broke Rules to Make Top Player Eligible to Play Football Against Syracuse (sportingnews.com; Durkee)
Scandals, lawsuits and more scandals have too often been associated with the North Carolina athletic department in recent years.
The latest, a report by The News & Observer, chronicles the the athletic department pressuring the university’s graduate programs to accept athletes with no merits.
Documents from 2003 show John Blanchard, then a senior associate athletic director, made a request on Sept. 5, after classes had started, to UNC’s graduate school to admit football player Michael Waddell in order to make him eligible for the team’s upcoming game against Syracuse.
The problem was the Waddell had a low grade point average and no entrance exam scores.
However, as a favor to the athletic department, graduate school dean Lynda Dykstra admitted Waddell, who played every regular season game that year for the Tar Heels. In his final year of eligibility, Waddell played defensive back and returned kicks. He was then drafted in the fourth round by the Titans. He also flunked out of the graduate program with four ’s.
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