FB: American Southwest Conference

Zmotion10 out on 2 · August 17, 2006, 03:43:15 PM

Quote from: Zmotion10 out on 2 on June 19, 2006, 01:16:03 AM
I have an eligibility question that someone may know the answer to:

Does the student's GPA go by overall from all colleges or only from the particular institution that they attend? For example if the student has a 1.8 at his college but does summer school at lets say a junior college and it raises it up to a 2.0 is he eligible? Please don't ask why I'm asking. Just the facts please.

For those that knew the situation:

....He made it!!!!! Just got his summer grades in today. We have been stressed BIG time over this summer. We hope he will continue to put his heart into his grades this fall. But for now we are all Happy!!!!

Now he needs to get in there and win a job on that defense!

evacuee · August 17, 2006, 05:17:31 PM

I suspect I'm pretty late on this one, but in case nobody answered the question, that was quoted above, I used to work in athletic academic services at a Divsion 1-A school. I'll tell you what I know.

The home institution submits the GPA to the NCAA clearinghouse. Most schools use a Pass/Fail system so that the student receives transfer credit hours but the GPA is not affected. He needs a 1.8 and 24 hours after 1 year, then the GPA raises to 1.9 after two years and then stays at 2.0 after three years. If your prodigy took classes at another school, the only way it would have helped him is in the case of progress toward degree status. Meaning that after four semesters, he has to have completed 40% of his degree, then 60% after 6 semesters, and after 8, he has to be at 80%. However, I'm not sure that rule applies in D3.

Anyway, it doesn't matter. One ineligilbe player or one player becoming eligible won't make a difference in the conference race as Louisiana College is clearly the superior team. No one is close. New coach Dennis Dunn is unbeatable, and as close as they were in every game last year, he will be the difference maker. Plus, LC leads the conference in attendance, so that's five guaranteed wins right there. Dunn's last post was at Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, and they won a national championship in 1998. Having played all of the toughest teams in the country during his time there, he is certainly ready for non-scholarship football.

I heard he's bringing in a quarterback named Rett Bohmar, who got kicked off hise team for hurting too many other players in practice. His other school was D-1, but he doesn't want to sit out a year so he's coming to d3. I also have heard that they have five kids on the team that run sub 4.3 40s, all of them new this year. There's no way any of the teams in the ASC can stop LC. NO WAY.

Ralph Turner · August 17, 2006, 05:23:22 PM

TU2698,

Do you mean Rhett Bomar, the OU QB who was kicked out for violating the NCAA's summer employment regulations?

Zmotion10 out on 2 · August 17, 2006, 05:28:30 PM

Thanks for the response. We actually spoke with the coach before the summer session got started and he took the requisite course load to help him raise his overall GPA at the school. He has transferred in a lot of hours that have very good grades but his first year at HSU wasn't that good.

Yes, I'm very excited to see LC this year with their new coach. He has an impressive resume and I wonder what he can do with them. The ASC has some quality football teams.

Indians · August 17, 2006, 05:29:03 PM

That is amazing. I do not think SE LA University has 1 person that could run undera 4.3. Should we pencil them in against Mt. Union or what.

Pat Coleman · August 17, 2006, 05:40:58 PM

Pretty sure tu2698 is joking, since it appears Bomar isn't eligible at any NCAA school.

Warren Thompson · August 17, 2006, 05:46:19 PM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on August 17, 2006, 05:40:58 PM
Pretty sure tu2698 is joking, since it appears Bomar isn't eligible at any NCAA school.

In the unlikely event Bomar has any NCAA eligibility remaining, he ought to be made to use it sweeping streets and picking up trash in Norman, Oklahoma. Plus, no free car -- he has to ride the bus or hoof it ....

Zmotion10 out on 2 · August 17, 2006, 05:48:20 PM

Quote from: TU2698 on August 17, 2006, 05:17:31 PM

Anyway, it doesn't matter. One ineligilbe player or one player becoming eligible won't make a difference in the conference race as Louisiana College is clearly the superior team.

My son will just be fighting to earn a spot on the varsity team. He hasn't quite earned anything close to being a difference maker yet.

Sorry Son. Who knows though he may just prove to be invaluable to the team this year! I think he can run with those LC boys...He runs a 3.9 - 40. But he is one of the slower Cowboys this year. I heard our new DT runs a 3.7 and is 7 feet tall and 380.

Ralph Turner · August 17, 2006, 05:52:57 PM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on August 17, 2006, 05:40:58 PM
Pretty sure tu2698 is joking, since it appears Bomar isn't eligible at any NCAA school.

Has anyone heard anything about Bomar and his plans?

evacuee · August 17, 2006, 06:03:55 PM

Y'all are pretty quick. On some boards you can almost hear the other posters crying when you read some of the responses to made up stuff.

Rhett is eligible as long as he transfers down, I think. So he took cash for a make believe job. It's like the fact that someone is holding on every play. You could find ten people on any of the top tier programs in the country that do the exact same thing. If you're a kid and you get a guarantee that it's okay, how many would turn it down? As for his history, so he's had alcohol in public. Oh my Gosh, no! It's just a matter of who gets caught. I don't know him personally, but I don't think he deserves to have his character condemned for what he's been caught doing...

As for LC, they're still unbeatable, even without Bohmar.

Ralph Turner · August 17, 2006, 07:00:46 PM

Quote from: TU2698 on August 17, 2006, 06:03:55 PM

Rhett is eligible as long as he transfers down, I think. So he took cash for a make believe job. It's like the fact that someone is holding on every play. You could find ten people on any of the top tier programs in the country that do the exact same thing.

Except they give the "Death Penalty" to SMU for doing it! $:-\$

As they say in the SEC, "If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'!"

Ron Boerger · August 17, 2006, 07:33:00 PM

Quote from: TU2698 on August 17, 2006, 06:03:55 PM

Rhett is eligible as long as he transfers down, I think.

Nope. The NCAA would have to vote him back in no matter what division he wants to play in, thus the speculation that he might go NAIA (no approval required) instead.

Pat Coleman · August 17, 2006, 09:29:41 PM

I'm guessing a potential NCAA violation would be enforced at every level of the NCAA, not just I-A.

Bill McCabe · August 18, 2006, 05:37:25 PM

There was a time when Bomar's infraction would have been a minor violation at OU!

Zmotion10 out on 2 · August 18, 2006, 07:49:01 PM

HSU posted their roster on the Internet today. Looks like they have 173 players that reported.

http://hsuathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hsim-m-footbl-mtt.html

Some notables on the freshman:

Wimberley QB John Weldon won a state championship last year in 3A.
They got three players out of Monahans who had a very sucessful year last year.

Players from some traditionally great football schools that caught my eye were from:
Dallas Carter, Smithson Valley, Brownwood, Permian, DeSoto, The Colony, & Midland Lee to name a few.