My Wacko Nutjob Ole Miss -ULL related Manifesto

[Spiderman]

Wow! That is priceless. That's a difficult puzzle you solved.

Thanks, Reb

[Spiderman]

"And as Powe's case may illustrate, there is a new problem facing BYU's program. There are few safeguards in place to stop high school students from trying to take advantage of the system.

In September, The New York Times reported on Michael Oher, a high school star in Memphis who replaced his failing grades with BYU "character education" courses in a practice described in the article as "the great Mormon grade-grab." Unlike Powe, Oher now attends and plays football at Ole Miss."

The Salt Lake Tribune Archive

I remembered all this but for space reason didn't get into much, but since it was brought here...

Powe's path to college through BYU was a well-worn trail by the time he started his journey. Ginny Crager, the 65-year-old� teacher who helped Powe, said she also served as a proctor on BYU credits for University of Southern California freshman Vidal Hazelton, whom Powe met at Hargrave Military Academy, as well as Ole Miss player Rory Johnson.

We all know who that is... Mrs. Pass The ACT Everytime

The organization turned down Powe's BYU course work because it lacked evidence he did the work on his own without significant assistance. In addition, he completed "a vast amount of course work in a limited amount of time that was much shorter than the average time it takes students to complete BYU independent study courses," according to the statement.

We all knew what was going on then. According to the NCAA in the ULL case, they now have proof that someone falsified ACT scores at Waynesboro. Reports have been that someone is Crager. Any reasonable person would logically draw the conclusion that she is the one that did Powe's work, based on those NCAA-ULL documents.

Crager, who put up about $1,700 of her own money to pay for Powe's BYU courses, maintains she didn't do Powe's work for him, but rather, unlike other teachers, took the time to teach him. "He is a big, lovable kid, and he'd put his arm around people and hug them and they'd go, 'Oh gosh, OK, just go to sleep' or 'OK, just go to the field house,' and what happened to him is he learned nothing," she said.

I think Crager's credibility has been harmed enough to safely say that, reasonably, the above statements could be met with a high dose of skepticism.

Because he is considered "learning disabled," Powe was allowed to have a reader to help him with his work. Together with Crager, Powe passed the 14 BYU classes.

That's never been in question. Anyone should reasonably known that there was no way Powe did it on his own.

Crager scoffed at the NCAA's concern, although she acknowledges they finished some courses in a week or less.

Sounds like she is still scoffing at the NCAA

"My God, it was easy," she said. "You could get through any high school course in three weeks. English was the most tedious because there was a lot of writing . . . the rest of them you could do in one to two days."

No shit, sop courses should be easy to a college educated person that is doing the course work.


After the NCAA denied his entry into Ole Miss, Powe sued and won a temporary restraining order that allowed him to enroll, but Powe left Ole Miss after a few days and decided to drop the lawsuit.

"He didn't want to be viewed as a troublemaker," said Joe Barnett, a Realtor who is a father figure and guidance counselor for Powe. "It's a nightmarish situation."

I submit to everyone that I guarantee Ole Miss has more documented "Father figures and Guidance counselors" per capita than any major university in the nation.

[EliteDawgEnforcer]

Thanks, Reb

Indeed he is. and He gone

[Dawgtini]

Wow! That is priceless. That's a difficult puzzle you solved.

ATTN: ELITEDAWGENFORCER

Edit: I see I was late to the party

[EliteDawgEnforcer]

ATTN: ELITEDAWGENFORCER

Keep up.... he way gone.

[Lumpy Chucklelips]

That's really interesting. Is there some connection between Ole Miss and Cellular South? Alumni? It's a big company so I'm sure lots of schools have executives there, but is the CEO/founder from Ole Miss?

To me, that reads like an Ole Miss coach couldn't do a lot of stuff as a coach, so they sent him to a company so he could run this program outside of the NCAA's reach.

The family that owns C-Spire, formerly Cellular South are all NMU alum's.

Be sure and follow their "Signing Day Extravaganza" on Feb. 3rd from the corporate offices on SuperTalk Ms. You certainly don't want to miss the announcement of NMU's top 3 ranked recruiting class. And no, I'm not kidding.

[Jack Lambert]

You should read the Notice of Allegations for UNC. Similar stuff, and they'll likely get a LOIC. UNC people are dreading the conclusion of that case.

Funny thing is the NC State people can't wait just like us. Damn I wish NC State would get an SEC invite.

[starkvegasdawg]

Funny thing is the NC State people can't wait just like us. Damn I wish NC State would get an SEC invite.

Maybe we could kick the Bears out and replace them with NC State.