FB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Gray Fox]

I say jump, she says, "how high"

This is Super Tuesday, not April Fool's Day.

Pat,
      Forgive me for the political reference.

[coco]

i always wondered what it would feel like to be in the top twenty of something. I feel complete.

Who's the twenty year old "complete" chick you're feeling while being on top?

Don't worry, I won't tell Lucy.

Tooth!

[Fear the Poet]

i always wondered what it would feel like to be in the top twenty of something. I feel complete.

Who's the twenty year old "complete" chick you're feeling while being on top?

Don't worry, I won't tell Lucy.

the plan was when DAW turned 40, I was going to trade her in for two twenties....that didn't work out for me.

[EastCoastStag]

At 80, pull a Hef and trade her in for a bunch of blonde buxom 20 somethings and your own reality TV show...?

Just kidding. We all like our happy Poet family just the way they are.

[DAW]

I say jump, she says, "how high"

And then he woke up

brave man knowing I haven't been on the boards for a while!!

[DAW]

i always wondered what it would feel like to be in the top twenty of something. I feel complete.

Who's the twenty year old "complete" chick you're feeling while being on top?

Don't worry, I won't tell Lucy.

the plan was when DAW turned 40, I was going to trade her in for two twenties....that didn't work out for me.

He couldn't find two 20's that would put up with him even if he tried!!   

[DAW]

i always wondered what it would feel like to be in the top twenty of something. I feel complete.

Geez, you didn't even make it into DAW's Top 20?

OxyBob

Look Closer OxyBob....he's my #1

[DAW]

I saw this article in CNN news on line.  They stated that it may have been a practical joke by some of his peers!!  If this is the case, it's not funny.  I can't imagine (Unless the kid has a screw loose!) that he would call a press conference to announce what school he was comitting to unless he truly believed he received an offer?? 
This has to be one of the strangest articles that I have ever read also...go figure.

[Ralph Turner]

i always wondered what it would feel like to be in the top twenty of something. I feel complete.

Who's the twenty year old "complete" chick you're feeling while being on top?

Don't worry, I won't tell Lucy.

the plan was when DAW turned 40, I was going to trade her in for two twenties....that didn't work out for me.

Yeah, you aren't wired for two-twenties!   

[Gray Fox]

In a statement, she said the district "has been unable to verify that Kevin Hart was ever offered an athletic scholarship or letter of intent to play football by the University of California, University of Oregon, University of Nevada, Washington University or Oklahoma State University."

Washington U.?   Another D3 recruit claiming an "athletic scholarship"?  The Redlands reporter must have had a hand in this.  The U of W. probably was what was intended.

[EastCoastStag]

I'm sorry but what was that kid thinking to have made it all up? I mean come on. I'm sorry... he was dumb enough to do this and he'll be living with this for a long time. He is going to regret it. And, I'm sorry.. if I was a coach, I wouldn't want him on my team, even if it was D3.

[Browneagle64]

Yup, this poor young buck needs to quit his football career and start applying for the Redlands sports reporter job.

What a shame, what a shame. Just sad.

RENO, Nev. -- A northern Nevada prep football player who had claimed he was duped into believing he was recruited to play at a Pac-10 school admitted Wednesday he made up the story.
Kevin Hart, a 6-foot-5, 290-pound offensive lineman for Fernley High School, offered a broad apology in a statement he issued through the Lyon County School District. Hart said he had wanted to play football at a Division I school "more than anything."

"When I realized that wasn't going to happen, I made up what I wanted to be reality. I am sorry for disappointing and embarrassing my family, coaches, Fernley High School, the involved universities and reporters covering the story," Hart said.

Lyon County sheriff's detectives had been unable to corroborate Hart's claims that he had been duped by a man he paid to help promote him to college football programs.

Lt. Rob Hall said Hart had not informed detectives of his confession, and they would continue to investigate to see if Hart had broken any laws, such as filing a false police report.

Hart first spoke with deputies Saturday, a day after he announced at a school assembly and a news conference that he would sign with the University of California, Berkeley.

At the announcement ceremony, Hart, with Fernley coach Mark Hodges at his side, said he talked with Cal head coach Jeff Tedford many times, and that "personal experience" led to his decision to choose the Golden Bears over Oregon, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.

But the announcement was questioned almost immediately, and on Monday officials with California and the University of Oregon said Hart was never recruited.

Hall said Hart had claimed that the alleged promoter he paid was named Kevin Riley, and that he believed he was from Las Vegas. Hart, however, was "unable to provide any phone numbers, addresses," or other contact information for the purported recruiter, Hall said.

"Initially, we thought if this was in fact a hoax or something Kevin came up with, maybe he was trying to put his name out there and create some interest," Hall said.

"Or maybe he just thought it was going to be and when it didn't happen, rumors started and it just got bigger and bigger and he didn't know what to do. That's why we want to sit down with Kevin and talk with him to get his perspective about what happened, where did it start, when did it start," he said.

Hall said detectives will forward their investigation to the district attorney's office to decide whether prosecution was warranted.

Tedford said Wednesday he had never talked to Hart and the Golden Bears never recruited him.

"It was total news to me, and it's unfortunate that that whole situation is what it is," Tedford said.

"I've talked to other coaches who have had people saying they've committed to their programs who they're not even recruiting, and it just seems like this thing is getting so big and egos are getting so involved ... people want to have an identity or whatever. To get to that magnitude that I read about is really kind of unfortunate," he said.

Oregon coach Mike Bellotti also said Wednesday the Ducks did not recruit Hart, and that he had been contacted by law enforcement authorities.

"Whatever happens, it's a shame," Bellotti said.

On Tuesday, school district administrators said an internal investigation showed that none of the universities once thought to have pursued Hart -- including Nevada, Washington and Oklahoma State -- had contacted Hart.

Superintendent Nat Lommori and Assistant Superintendent Teri White, in issuing the statement the day before recruits across the country sign letters of intent to play for college programs, said they wanted to relieve concerns prospective recruits to those schools might have because of the Hart matter.

[tmerton]

Best comment on this I've seen, from a columnist in the SF Chronicle: "And like so many teenagers' plans, it lacked sufficient consideration of the endgame."

[Fear the Poet]

A northern Nevada prep football player who had claimed he was duped into believing he was recruited to play at a Pac-10 school admitted Wednesday he made up the story.

Best comment on this I've seen, from a columnist in the SF Chronicle: "And like so many teenagers' plans, it lacked sufficient consideration of the endgame."

Congratulations to Kevin Hart, the latest inductee into the "What Was I Thinking?" Club.

Now I can't get this song out of my head...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNn361umypM

OxyBob

this just in..LR will be transferring to USC..we are holding a press conference tomorrow.

[D O.C.]

it just seems like this thing is getting so big and egos are getting so involved ... people want to have an identity or whatever. To get to that magnitude that I read about is really kind of unfortunate

That summarizes it up for me.