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Matt said (08/02/2006):

If they lose AD they might as well not even play this season.

Brian said (08/02/2006):

With the line they’ve got now, that might be a real possibility even if he’s not in any trouble.

Brad said (08/03/2006):

1) you’re right. it was a great opportunity for him to switch roles and play the arm-chair coach/local politician and shooting barely a month after the MNC it couldn’t have come at a better time… look for this VY-induced honeymoon to end and the ghosts of the applewhite vs. simms era to return.

2) show me the evidence that it was un-paid and i will take it back. Unless he was on the recruiting trail, i doubt Mack would’ve taken the time to go to Pflugerville (pilot location) one night to shoot a scene for a show that wasn’t even assured a pick-up at the the time of the shoot.

Anakin said (08/09/2006):

As a Texas fan I am disappointed that we will not be getting a chance to face the “best” OU has to offer due to Rhett’s early departure. However, I do have a new found respect for Coach Stoops. He made a decision that I think a lot of us fanatics would have a difficult time making.

Brian said (08/09/2006):

You’re living in a dream world young Jedi. Stoops made the move because he had too. The university investigated the players working there and driving free cars from the dealership back in April and decided nothing illegal was going on. The only reason Stoops took action was that a new owner took over and got a look at the books and immediately started asking questions.

Atha said (08/10/2006):

100 schools out of 125 D-1 football schools have something happening like this “under the table”. Even Texas. But most coaches choose to look the other way. Stoops did the right thing as soon as he found out about this.
Why didn’t Brown kick off Taylor after he got busted for 5lbs of weed? This isn’t the first QB Stoops has kicked off his team. Hunter Wall was dismissed after getting busted for pot. Kind of shows the character of your beloved Mack Brown doesn’t it?

Brian said (08/10/2006):

Um Atha… Ramonce Taylor is no longer on the Texas football team. Try to get your facts straight. Plus pretty much every source is reporting that charges against Taylor will be dropped due to mounting evidence the pot wasn’t his.

Plus there’s a big difference (NCAA eligibility-wise) between getting paid to play football and smoking a little reefer. Nice try though.

Jared said (08/15/2006):

So thats how it is down there in Austin? It’s OK to smoke pot and still play football? Nice standards. Slow clap for you. Yes, idiot, I know Cheech isn’t on the team, but he quit on his own terms, Brown didn’t dismiss him even after these charges came up. Why didn’t he (is what I’m asking)? And no, there is not a big difference between NCAA violations and “smoking a little reefer”. If anything illegal drug use is a little worse than getting paid to play football. Nice try though.

Atha said (08/15/2006):

Excuse me: Yes there is a big difference between NCAA violations and “smoking a little reefer”.

Brian said (08/15/2006):

You seem to be pretty uninformed. First off, Taylor was suspended throughout the spring to “focus on academic issues.” And now if you really think Taylor chose Texas College (or wherever he ends up) over the University of Texas on his own accord you’re very naive. Mack has enough class to let the kid save a little face, there’s no reason to trash a 20 year old kid over an issue with some gray area.

And yes, unless you’re a complete jackass there’s a huge difference between doing something 50% of college kids do and getting paid by a booster. By the way, if you suspended every football player for smoking pot, both the Sooners and Longhorns would have to play six-man football.

Brian said (02/15/2007):

The crap is hitting the fan in Norman. The NCAA has found at least one more player getting paid by Big Red for work he didn’t do.