Well here we go- rumor breaking OM has received notice of new allegations

[MarketingBully]

And to think...this really went south when Freeze cuddled Tunsil that night that Wilson got beat up. If he hadn't of immediately turned on Wilson and labeled him a wife beater, then Wilson might have taken a buy out form the bears and kept his mouth shut. They probably would have gotten away with most of it if it wasn't for that night and Freeze's big mouth. I guess you have to have a big mouth to house those teeth....

Ironically, they could have fired the coaches named in the NOA/texts, taken a healthy reduction in scholarships (6 over 3), and taken a bowl ban and this all would be behind them. It's not rocket science. I am thinking because they have taken this route they have allowed the NCAA to stick around their campus and find things in track, women's basketball, and now men's hoops on top of the football program. I would hate to be an Ole Miss fan right now. And all of their lieing they have done to their fans is just outrageous.

[Dawgowar]

Not to be a stickler, but those are not ruins, that is the newly constructed Death Star 2.0. and it was Return of the Jedi.

Captain Kirk said they were ruins damnit!

[Tbonewannabe]

I see. 9 over 3. 9 years of penalties over 3 sports.

I've never seen a football team with all walk ons.

That's DIII. Millsaps can be their new rival.

They would probably have 3 and 4 star walk ons, highest paid walk ons in football.

[MSUDawg99]

I'm shocked he is still there for all of this. He is either a fool or in on it all and they have something on him. Or both. Probably both.

Didn't his previous school that he was the AD at have probs with cheating too? Or what was the story there? I don't know his resume so I can't recall where he was before YouMiss or the validity of that, but have seen rumors of it before.

[Political Hack]

They would probably have 3 and 4 star walk ons, highest paid walk ons in football.

Beautiful campus and all.

[Interpolation_Dawg_EX]

Didn't his previous school that he was the AD at have probs with cheating too? Or what was the story there? I don't know his resume so I can't recall where he was before YouMiss or the validity of that, but have seen rumors of it before.

He made some basketball hires that were tied to the Miami scandal and they were ultimately fired after he left.

[Mjoelner34]

Didn't his previous school that he was the AD at have probs with cheating too? Or what was the story there? I don't know his resume so I can't recall where he was before YouMiss or the validity of that, but have seen rumors of it before.

From a post on this board by Interpolation_Dawg_EX on June, 2nd this year:
http://wkuherald.com/sports/article_...a4bcf6878.html

From the article:
"We have to talk about academics, we have to talk about basketball and we have to recruit," Bjork told the Herald on Friday. "So, to me, until we're contacted (by the NCAA), until we have any more information, we just have to go business as usual and hope that it doesn't become a distraction. He's innocent until proven otherwise.

"All we know is that there was an article. That's it. That's all we know, and that there's pictures. Beyond that, there's nothing else we can do."

Photos of Morton with Shapiro and other Miami assistant coaches in Shapiro's VIP suite at a Miami night club, where Miami football recruits were present, were featured in the Yahoo! report.

Bjork was the Associate Athletic Director at Miami from 2003-2005 and was involved with the hiring process of Haith. Through his relationship with Haith, Bjork met Morton when WKU played Florida International in football in Miami last October.

[Mjoelner34]

He made some basketball hires that were tied to the Miami scandal and they were ultimately fired after he left.

Ha! I just mentioned your old post about this!

[Reason2succeed]

I don't buy the UNM lawyers helping here. They might be able to help in criminal and civil types of situations but when it comes to the NCAA they are going to find out just how overmatched they will be. If you are going to cheat to the level that Ole Miss does, you need to go after former NCAA staffers as your compliance staff. Ask Auburn. That is really the only way they have gotten out of the shit they were in with Cam.

From my understanding big time lawyers may have mattered under the old system but now the only thing that is negotiable is between aggravated, standard and mitigated circumstance on each violation. When OM has eight level 1 violations and a rumored four more coming means that it is not likely for them to get anything mitigated and more likely for everything to be deemed as aggravating.

[Interpolation_Dawg_EX]

Ha! I just mentioned your old post about this!

[maroonmania]

Maybe 9 over 3 was actually 9 NOAs over the next 3 seasons?

[msujan]

Bjork will not go anywhere, that would be an admission of guilt. They are all-in from the top-down.

Northern Miss knew of Bjerk's reputation when they hired him, just as they knew the stories of Freezer and the Briarcrest WBB players when they hired *him*! They intentionally hired people who could be a part of their plantation mentality with a side helping of cheating.

[BeardoMSU]

+1 for the Charlie Skinner gif.

[Bama_Dawg]

Northern Miss knew of Bjerk's reputation when they hired him, just as they knew the stories of Freezer and the Briarcrest WBB players when they hired *him*! They intentionally hired people who could be a part of their plantation mentality with a side helping of cheating.

Rep given...nice 1st post. May turn out your a rebel troll, but nice 1st post nonetheless.

[TrapGame]

Northern Miss knew of Bjerk's reputation when they hired him, just as they knew the stories of Freezer and the Briarcrest WBB players when they hired *him*! They intentionally hired people who could be a part of their plantation mentality with a side helping of cheating.

Props on the 1st post. It's 100% true. Freeze had a rep around Memphis as a total douche that likes 'em young. He was hired because his moral fiber was threadbare.

[AlmostPositive]

Here's something I'm confident of without having any inside info: Bjork and Co. can't fire the coaches named in the allegations because they were doing the bidding of Ole Miss Football.

If Freeze fires Barney Farrar for doing something -- for instance paying Tunsil every month -- that Bjork either had winked at or actively directed him to do, Farrar can bring the whole program down.

There will be show causes... ironically that might work in OM's favor by reducing the leverage of the named coaches


OM is teetering on the brink right now, I think the NCAA is on the verge of proving exactly what was said on this pages: there was a network of boosters coordinating with coaches to offer a wide array of illegal inducements. If that is proven, their penalty will be something close to an order of magnitude greater than the 9 over 3 they were fantasizing about five months ago.

[spbdawg]

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[gtowndawg]

Not to be a stickler, but those are not ruins, that is the newly constructed Death Star 2.0. and it was Return of the Jedi.

Agreed. And I agree with Clerks that many independent contractors would have been used to complete Death Star 2.0

[Political Hack]

Did we ever figure out why Bucky, Jimmy Sexton and Bjork were seen walking into the Butler Snow bldg in Ridgeland a few weeks ago? The Farese Group have an office there. If you already knew this please spare me the German crap.

Someone with Sexton's office likely wrote the Tunsil letter to Freeze that is now being discussed by ESPN. I'm sure people will request it and Freeze will hand it over and it'll be a glowing review of what a great Christian man he is and a total mouthpiece Hail Freezus media ploy. All of this is being orchestrated right now to keep the Sharks at bay while the NCAA finishes their proctology exam in Oxford. Ole Miss is trying to win the press conference while they can still control something. It'll be over soon enough... And I'm fairly confident it's going to b over for a LOT of people involved with OM's athletic department.

[Boodawg]

Reporter -"Mr. Tunsil, did someone other than yourself write that letter to coach freeze?"
Tunsil - "I would have to say yes"