The Curious Case of Aravious Armstrong

Back in 2009 Aravious "Ray-Ray" Armstrong was one of the highest ranked high school recruits in the entire Nation at Seminole High School in Sanford, Florida. Every college team in the Country wanted to sign him to a Letter of Intent and there was little if any doubt that he would be a huge success.

It seemed at the time that the University of Miami was fortunate to win Mr. Armstrong's commitment and services. From the day he signed his LOI with Miami, comparisons were already being made to another famous player who played safety and wore #26 at UM. 

When I met him for the first time I was absolutely convinced that it was a 100% absolute certainty that Ray Ray would make everybody forget about storied Hurricane safety Sean Taylor. But that was then, this is now.

After a few years of hits and misses, and just average performance on the field and a lot of negative attention off the field, one of the most over-hyped and most-liked players on the entire UM roster is now a part of Hurricane history.

It seems that Mr. Armstrong got the Golden boot as of yesterday, Coral Gables time. And for that we are all collectively sad as a Hurricane Family. We all now probably realize and must admit that the hopes and expectations for Ray Ray were probably way too high from the start. 

But that is the nature of college football recruiting today.  Hype them up and then watch them fall. Sure Armstrong had talent and size and speed. But if every player who matched that description lived up to their potential then we wouldn't need Rivals, Scout or ESPN now would we?

The question may come down to who would U want as your teammate?  Aravious Armstrong or Mike James?  To many the answer seems simple.  Mike James is the perfect image of a motivated, dedicated and commited team player.  Ray Ray?  Well maybe not so much.

Some would argue that the bottom line is that Seminole County is not Dade County.  That the talent  level is simply not the same.  But I would disagree.  There are many talented players all across the great State of Florida and all across the USA.

To me what separates the good from the great is drive, heart and desire.  Sure you might be able to run fast or jump high or bench press 300 pounds.  But what is your level of desire to be great and is your mental attitude one that supports your success?

I, like all Hurricane fans, loved Ray Ray Armstrong as a person and a player. We all wanted him to succeed at Miami.  Unfortunately it did not work out as planned.

And now disappointment is all we have to live with in the curious case of Aravious Armstrong.

Comments

[CoCane]

First BIAAAAAAAATCH!!!

[usagainsttheworld]

Ta-da!

[usagainsttheworld]

Daaag cocane! Thought I had an Allen hurns on yall. Guess ill have to settle for a Willis mcgahee and a randall hill.

[longtimecanefan]

Quatro!!

[raizecane]

And I thought 7:53 was early.......

[SlingBlade]

Soup when U go to crystal river make sure U stop into Dan's Clam Stand on 44 just east of the city....small hole in the wall with good food.

[Q]

Well I remember seeing that interview during canespace of araviois. He said "ray ray just wants to be ray ray.. I dont wanna be Sean Taylor" which is fine. He just joins the list of top rated players that didnt pan out. He was my favorite cane. Im wishing him the best but Sean Michael Taylor was one of a kind.. 86, can you ask him how the defense is looking.. ? I believe this group will have some growing pains but next year.. Acc's best

[CaneRock]

Sean Michael Taylor was one of a kind

Posted by: Q | July 19, 2012 at 09:09 AM

Yup.

[j.w.]

Well done, CEO!

[CGNC]

Good luck Ray Ray sigh :\

[CaneRock]

Only people that are sad are OCoordinators in the ACC b/c they might have to actually consider not using playaction or any kind of play where the halfback gets the ball on a sweep & then throws it to someone downfield as much anymore

Posted by: Six | July 18, 2012 at 12:40 PM

I agree with this post by Six yesterday, I DEFINITELY won't miss Ray Ray getting toasted on PAs. I definitely know that they love Him in the state of Virginia. Especially VT, where the Coale kid beat Him on the SAME! route two years in a row, HOW THE HELL DOES THAT HAPPEN!!!

And don't even get me started on the half-back pass in the UVA game. Even Pop Warner kids know not to come up and play the run, UNTIL! the ball CROSSES! the line of scrimmage.

Yeah, I definitely won't miss that part of His game. And let's face it, RR wasn't disciplined enough to produce at FS, wasn't athletic enough to play CB, and He wasn't stout enough to be a hybrid SS/OLB. At the end of the day, RR was a TWEENER...IF THAT!!!

[pre83]

I can't wait for the book to come out: ) ! - You've got to love the title!

In five years I can see that there will book on the NY Times best seller list with this title!

In all seriousness, it is a shame. And even more unfortunately, his story is only one of many that share the same story.

Hell, not even being a wise a$$, I honestly cannot remember the second member of the "Sanford Trio" who committed to the Canes.

To me, this only solidifies the fact that 18-22 yr olds need definitive direction from a respectable leader(s). To a large degree, that was missing throughout the coaching staff BG (Before Golden).

Just as importantly, competition cannot be overvalued when it comes to a high caliber HS athlete realizing his full potential. It may be antithetical to human behavior, but if you are going to remain focused and committed day in and day out, there is nothing that can duplicate the effects of competition. PED-type temptations aside, there is really not a down side to it. Well, unless you are the one who gets left in the dust, but unless Sean Taylor was in front of you, if you keep pushin', you will only become significantly better and reap the rewards sooner than later. Your time WILL come.

But this is a Fast Food, need it now world and you can connect the dots.

[86Cane]

Dyron Dye

[86Cane]

Dyron Dye's bio:

http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/dye_dyron00.html

[86Cane]

Here's the third member of the Sanford Trio:

http://www.gatorzone.com/football/bios.php?year=2012&player_id=209

I thought he had not done much but after reading his bio he appears to have been the most productive of the three players.

[TJL]

Dyron Dye is a machine

[86Cane]

Big Ten officials are still in the early stages of debating how to handle fallout from the scandal. Among other ideas, the league’s presidents and chancellors could consider removing Penn State from the conference, one Big Ten leader told The Chronicle.

The Big Ten Conference Handbook, which governs the league’s operations, does not contain language addressing a situation as egregious as what happened at Penn State.

But the conference’s bylaws prescribe potentially severe penalties for member institutions that break lesser rules. Any Big Ten university that employs or retains workers who intentionally falsify or deliberately fail to provide complete and accurate information during an investigation may be required to “show cause why its membership in the conference should not be suspended or terminated,” the Big Ten’s 2011-12 handbook says.

At least four top Penn State officials—including Graham B. Spanier, the former president, and Timothy M. Curley, the athletic director on administrative leave—failed to paint an accurate picture of how much they knew about Jerry Sandusky, the former coach convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse, according to an independent report released last week. Both Spanier and Curley were part of a culture that tried to “actively conceal” abuse by the former coach, the report said.

The Big Ten’s 12-member Council of Presidents and Chancellors must approve any decision to suspend, expel, or place on probation any member of the conference. According to the conference handbook, expulsion requires a vote of not less than 60 percent of the full council (a Big Ten spokesman said that figure is actually 70 percent, or eight members, which will be reflected in the 2012-13 handbook).

[herbieibis]

Dubose has been an under achiever at Flo.
Dye, can't find a position & stay there.
Armstrong, falls by the wayside, just like Willie Williams, Latwan Anderson,Ryan Moore & Marcus Forston. The list of flops just goes on & on But who knows, he'll probably be an all pro because that's what we do at the "U", produce pro players.

[86Cane]

Miami 6: Over

If you expect any improvement at all in year 2 under Al Golden, then there's your 7 wins right off the bat. Perhaps my biggest reason for being optimistic about Miami this season is that all 6 of their losses last season were by 1 score. Nobody was blowing them out, and if the players grow in the system their 2-6 record in 1 score games should move toward .500. I also don't imagine they'll lose to Boston College this year, and wouldn't be shocked at all to see them upset Florida State or Virginia Tech, both home games.

[UpNorthCane27]

Kevin Olsen shining at the Elite 11!!! the most impressive QB during day 1....

Cnt wait to get this kid down at the U..

[Jack]

I like Highsmith! Second generation CANE nuff said.

[86Cane]

FOUR STAR FOLLIES:

Ahhhh, the great Duron Carter escapade. The son of Cris Carter transferred to Alabama from Ohio State in April of 2011, but had trouble getting any closer to game action than the practice field. A few weeks into the season, Nick Saban noted Carter might not make it out for the year at any point, and then spring ball also came and went without him.

And now this:

"That guy refuses to buy in to what we teach and what we value to be succesful. He will not play for this football team. Period," Nick Saban reportedly said at a gathering.

Carter was rated a four-star recruit out of Fort Lauderdale by Rivals, making him the 11th-best receiver in the country. The 6'3 possession man mustered 176 career yards for the Buckeyes in 2009, and that's been his entire college career to date.

UPDATE AS OF TODAY:

Duron Carter, son of NFL great Cris Carter, has applied to FAU with hopes of joining the football team, according to a high-level school source.

Carter is also hoping to receive a transfer waiver — on the grounds that he is moving closer to his South Florida-based family — which will allow him to play the 2012 season.

If he is not granted the waiver, but enrolls at FAU, Carter will have one year of eligibility remaining.

His application to FAU is still pending.

When reached by phone, Cris Carter, who lives in Boca Raton, said only: "I'm sure it will all be resolved soon."

If Carter does enroll at FAU, it would be his fourth school in as many years.

A 2009 graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas, Carter started his college football career at Ohio State, before academic reasons forced him to transfer to Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College. He then transferred to Alabama in 2011, but his academic woes did not abandon him.

[Ohio_Cane]

Canes on pre-season watch lists:

Biletnikoff Award: WR Allen Hurns

AFCA Good Works Team: RB Mike James

Ray Guy Award: P Dalton Botts

Lou Groza Award: K Jake Wieclaw

[86Cane]

JC Shurburtt: "Kevin Olsen looking good in a drill with combo routes. Easy to tell he's able to make quick decisions, sees the field, etc."

[Six]

solar - I will definitely check that out. I bought basically a mini-keg of some crazy hot sauce from Tijuana Flats

For those of you that have been to Tijuana Flats, then you know their hot sauces have 3 different faces attributed to them

:) - won't make you cry

:| - will start somethin in your belly

:( - you're about to cry & will spend a lot of time on the pot later

This hot sauce has the :| face on it. I don't feel like having fire butt at work

Again, good to have you back brah

[TJL]

Carter needs to go to West Virginia and major in milking cows or burning couches, or even trailer park living 101

[Six]

11 hours. 52 minutes.

Dark Knight Rises in IMAX

Pre-purchased saved assigned seats. That's right.

[Six]

I love Saban.

"That guy refuses to buy in to what we teach and what we value to be succesful. He will not play for this football team. Period," Nick Saban reportedly said at a gathering.

Bahahaha

[TJL]

six - your going first class-I am waiting for the matinee tomorrow-its 5 bucks before 4pm

[CaneRock]

Dyron Dye is a machine

Posted by: TJL | July 19, 2012 at 10:37 AM

HA! Yeah, I remember that one. If you wanna call a Ford Model T a machine, then yeah, He's a "machine" LOL.

[roachcane77]

Soup... nice title... (even down to the alliteration.)

And I agree, I would pick Mike James as a "teammate" EVERY time over AA.

Let's Go Canes!

[The What]

If a 3 time NC coach like Saban can't get you to act right, then your just a lost cause. What a knuckle head.

[86Cane]

Roach...thanks, I was hoping that U would notice! LOL

[HawaiiCane]

TJL... I take serious offense to that statement. As a succesful WVU grad and 'Canes fan, you should be ashamed of the comment. I understand Miami's academic prestige. I hate other schools athletics but to be little an institute just to do so and is completely not needed.

SHAME ON 'U'!

[86Cane]

Kevin Beard attended Plantation High School in Plantation, Florida[1] and was a student and a standout in football and basketball. In football, as a junior, he made 50 receptions for 850 yards (17.00 yards per reception avg.) and 15 touchdowns. As a senior, he was a first team All-Broward County selection, a second team All-State selection, and was named by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel as a Broward County co-Offensive Player of the Year. In basketball, as a senior, he was a second team All-State selection.

Beard graduated from Plantation High School in 1999 and attended the University of Miami where he played wide receiver.

He now is the Wide Receivers coach at the University School in Davie, Florida.

[86Cane]

Top 25 players in FL according to FHSS:

http://floridahsfootball.com/recruiting/top200/2013/index.html

How many will UM land?

[Old Skool]

Pitt coming to the ACC in 2013

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/brett-mcmurphy/19610373/Pittsburgh-reaches-deal-with-Big-East-to-join-ACC-in-2013

[Montreal-Cane]

Soup i always liked Kevin Beard. Love the title or your article.

On another note...

The NCAA needs to make a quick decision and allow Penn State players to transfer without any restrictions. The president of Penn State should have the courage to cancel the 2012 season even before the NCAA makes a decision on the death penalty.

[86Cane]

Article about the 2012 Canes football team:

http://www.foxsportsflorida.com/07/19/12/Golden-UM-to-rely-heavily-on-young-playe/landing_canes.html?blockID=763173&feedID=6920

[3G Cane]

Top 25 players in FL according to FHSS:

http://floridahsfootball.com/recruiting/top200/2013/index.html

How many will UM land?

Posted by: 86Cane
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4... maybe 5???

[86Cane]

3G...I also have it at 5 for now, maybe 6.

[Montreal-Cane]

Canes at the Olympics...Nice clip on Tera Brown

http://olympiccanes.tumblr.com/post/27552559061/nbc-miami-profiles-olympiccane-track-star-terea

[Montreal-Cane]

WEB VOTE Should UM football coach Al Golden ban players from using social medias like former coach Randy Shannon did? 70 % yes



Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/19/2900966/miami-hurricanes-dismiss-safety.html#storylink=cpy

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Still too early in Dye's junior year to write him off just yet but he is in a spot where it's excel at TE or bust for him now. I still have more faith in him breaking out at this point in the game than I did with Richard Gordon at the same point, but Gordon somehow ended up drafted still! Anyone who doesn't think the secondary at UM is worse off today than it was on Tuesday is just hating.

[solarcane]

WEB VOTE Should UM football coach Al Golden ban players from using social medias like former coach Randy Shannon did? 70 % yes
===============
you will know we are there when the players and captains themselves vote to ban social media for 15 weeks of THEIR season.

[CaneRock]

you will know we are there when the players and captains themselves vote to ban social media for 15 weeks of THEIR season.

Posted by: solarcane | July 19, 2012 at 06:47 PM

That's another area the NCAA needs to put coaches and players on notice. When you have players trying to amp people up to "kill cops", then you have a serious problem.

[UMike]

Five-star linebacker Matthew Thomas is in Tallahassee for the Jimbo Fisher Football Camp. His time on FSU's campus has helped a new leader emerge.

Rivals says FSU is now the leader for Thomas

[86Cane]

Rivals says FSU is now the leader for Thomas

Posted by: UMike | July 19, 2012 at 09:50 PM

Must be those FSU girls? LOL

[86Cane]

Solar...U got that right. When the players are responsible enough, committed enough and have enough leadership to police themselves then we WILL be back.

[Old Skool]

Oh My God

There has been a mass shooting at the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises in the US state of Colorado, with some media claiming up to 10 people have been killed.

There were reports of at least 20 people being wounded and an explosive device being set off at the showing of the latest Batman movie on Friday night, according to NBC News.

[raizecane]

Randy was right when he said nothing good happens after midnight

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/us/colorado-theater-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[CaneRock]

You just never know WHEN,WHERE, and WHY!
This is absolutely horrific:

Seeger said she was in the second row, about four feet from the gunman, when he pointed a gun at her face. At first, "I was just a deer in headlights. I didn't know what to do," she said. Then she ducked to the ground as the gunman shot people seated behind her.

She said she began crawling toward an exit when she saw a girl about 14 years old "lying lifeless on the stairs." She saw a man with a bullet wound in his back and tried to check his pulse, but "I had to go. I was going to get shot."

[The What]

There is clearly something going on where we keep having these
Shootings occur. Was this going on 30, 40, 50 years ago? If not then the question is what has changed that has made this such a regular occurrence in our society?

[IraqiCane]

That's why the wife and I carry every where we go.

[86Cane]

Iraqi..IF U or OcalaCane had been there in that theatre last night fewer people would have died and the shooter, the killer of innocent people, would certainly have died on the spot after just a few shots.

[IraqiCane]

Yep, I lived in Aurora a few years ago. Still have inlaws there, whom are alright.

[raizecane]

Iraqi..IF U or OcalaCane had been there in that theatre last night fewer people would have died and the shooter, the killer of innocent people, would certainly have died on the spot after just a few shots.

Posted by: 86Cane | July 20, 2012 at 12:30 PM

******************************************

With me as well.....as a matter of fact, I just got back from lunch and before i got out of the car, I put my Kel-Tec in my pocket where I normally would leave it in the car. You just don't know....my condolences the the families.

[OCALACANE]

raqi..IF U or OcalaCane had been there in that theatre last night fewer people would have died and the shooter, the killer of innocent people, would certainly have died on the spot after just a few shots.

Posted by: 86Cane | July 20, 2012 at 12:30 PM

Sup SpaceCadets?

86...
Coffee is ready for LAUNCH :) need T'S...
Labels correct :)

Solar Sup Brutha? Hows the MRS?

This is tragic...
Guns don't kill people.
PEOPLE DO!!!

Wolves
Sheep
Sheepdogs

Which are U?

[CGNC]

Anyone who doesn't think the secondary at UM is worse off today than it was on Tuesday is just hating.

Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | July 19, 2012 at 06:35 PM

Yep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uEE8y3MJ2g&feature=player_detailpage

[CGNC]

Penn State to remove statue?

Earlier this week, a small plane reportedly flew over campus with a banner reading: “Take the statue down or we will.”

The removal of the statue would be the latest public condemnation of Paterno. “Paternoville” — the name of the area where students waited outside of Beaver Stadium — has been changed to “Nittanyville” and Brown University, Paterno’s alma mater, removed his name from an award given to its top male athlete.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/07/20/penn-state-reportedly-plans-to-remove-paterno-statue/#ixzz21BeDi19u

[86Cane]

86... Coffee is ready for LAUNCH! Need T'S...Labels correct :

OK, ordering T-shirts today with shipping to your site in 2 weeks. Details via phone and/or email and big announcement on the front page here in two weeks once we are up and ready to take orders.

I think we need custom coffee mugs too?

[Terrance Sullivan]

Great job on this column. I totally agree.

[Old Skool]

NCAA spent several days at the U earlier this month. Not much other news there, but.... Is there a connection to Ray-Ray going bye-bye? I don't know.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/07/20/sports/ncaafootball/ap-fbc-miami-ncaa-investigation.html?hp

[herbieibis]

Don't look now but our boy Alex Collins has has a pictorial on Warchant, talking about how much he likes FSU and how tight he & coach Gran are. We can't be losing any RBs.

[OCALACANE]

We got this

[CGNC]

Hey I would buy a Canespace coffee mug

[herbieibis]

Can you believe Hakim Nicks played the 2008 season, while ineligible? Didn't have the grades.

[86Cane]

CGNC..OcalaCane and I are launching a fresh roasted, private lable, Canespace coffee series and very possibly coffee mugs in about two weeks. We will keep U up to date.

[herbieibis]

Hey 86cane, you ought to start your Canespace line of collectables. Hats, cups, etc.

[Six]

TJL - you have to go see Dark Knight in IMAX

If you're going to see any movie in IMAX, this is the one

Absolutely blew my mind, esp. the first 10 minutes in IMAX

Another note, the theater we went to last night had metal detector at the door and someone to check the people who went in with costumes on

Those nerds can bitch/moan all they want about a 15 second scan of their superhero pajamas, but what's the real harm in it

[Six]

I'll take a newbie Deon Bush at Safety over Ray Ray

Like CaneRock said, when did playaction not fake out Ray Ray

How many times did you hear/see/read about Ray Ray freelancing too much back there - even when Shannon was still coach

If that kid cared as much about actually learning the position as he did searching for what kind of chicken was on the menu at a steakhouse/tweeting stupid crap, then maybe he would've lived up to his star rating/potential

Generally your leading tackler on your team is going to be a LB .. followed by a Safety .. so his tackle numbers aren't anything to blow your mind

Just one game. He has his moments, average and not so average

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puUXLUpjps8

[Old Skool]

Six
You see it at MOSI?

[j.w.]

Sadly I can believe that Nicks played the whole season while ineligible, got a feeling a lot of the kids who knew that tutor did. Getting your work done for you is too much for most of these players to pass up.

[j.w.]

Per Milan tweet, K State game will be at 12:00 noon.

[Ohio_Cane]

NCAA 13 update:

THIS IS WHAT'S UP!! - http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s291/wes02/87baa06b.jpg

NCAA champs as well over South Carolina!

[herbieibis]

12 & 1:00 games stink!

[86Cane]

Hey 86cane, you ought to start your Canespace line of collectables. Hats, cups, etc.

Posted by: herbieibis | July 20, 2012 at 04:09 PM

Workin on it.

I agree with U about the noon games. Can't stand it. But uUntil we start winning and winning BIG again U can count on more of them.

[86Cane]

Ocala...48 shirts (S, M, L and XL black and white) ordered to be shipped to your site on or around 7/31/12.

[CaneRock]

New Manny:

With freshmen Howard, Bush in the mix, cornerback figures to be most intriguing position battle at camp

Of all the position battles heading into the start of fall camp Aug. 3, few seem tougher to forecast than what might happen for the Hurricanes at cornerback.

Outside of senior Brandon McGee, who made 12 starts last season, and Thomas Finnie, who played sparingly as a freshman, nobody else playing cornerback at UM has taken a snap at the FBS level.

Although that's somewhat of a scary prospect for defensive backs coach Paul Williams (at least he had seniors Mike Williams and JoJo Nicolas to throw out on the field last year along with McGee), he's also excited about the influx of incoming talent at the position -- headlined by blue chip freshmen Tracy Howard (5-11, 170) of Miramar High and Deon Bush (6-1, 179) of Miami Columbus.

In the end, Williams said, "we'll need at least six" cornerbacks to be ready to play...

REST of the article here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/2012/07/with-freshmen-howard-deon-bush-in-the-mix-cornerback-figures-to-be-the-most-intriguing-position-batt.html#storylink=cpy

[IraqiCane]

SHEEPDOG!!!

[orange 'n green in the vein]

If that's a 12 pm EST start it's actually going to be an 11 am local time kickoff, luckily there isn't jack to do in Manattan, Kansas so there will be no reason to bust curfew hopefully and there will be no slow to react mental misfires due to the early wake-up.

[Six]

Old Skool - Baywalk in St. Pete

[Six]

Let the sky start falling again ...

"Hurricanes coach Al Golden's staff used booster's associate in potential recruiting violations"

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--hurricanes-coach-al-golden-s-staff-used-booster-s-associate-in-potential-recruiting-violations.html;_ylt=Agt4VPuvEXD8VZt40Ff3lEE5nYcB;_ylu=X3oDMTQ0Z3ZqYjI2BG1pdANGRUFUVVJFRCBNZWdhdHJvbiBTUE9SVFMgRlAEcGtnA2U0NTViZGI2LTc5NzQtMzFkYy1iN2Y1LTA1Mjk2OTcwOTRhOARwb3MDMQRzZWMDbWVnYXRyb24EdmVyAzhjNjU0Y2QzLWQyYjgtMTFlMS1hZmRmLTdlZTc3NGIwZTgwNQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTFpNzk0NjhtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3

[The What]

Here we go again. I just read the yahoo article. We are stuck in hell and can't get out.

[CGNC]

Posted by: Six | July 20, 2012 at 06:30 PM

meh. Robinson is trying to salvage his claim to fame for the Shapiro article that, although had buzz words like "yacht" and "prostitutes" isn't living up to the hype because he, like lots of other people, were played by the short dude. I imagine the "staffer" is Hurtt trying to save himself.

[Six]

CGNC - first name that came out of my mouth when I saw the title of that article ... Hurtt

followed by A.Hill

I also added "that piece of s**t" before each name out loud

[The What]

F#%# Charles Robinson. Hack reporter that brings the most frivolous allegations. The story isn't anything big. It's really not that bad. He gave players a ride. Sure it's a violation but just like the first story it's being blown out of proportion. And how is golden supposed to know the guy was affiliated to that slime ball. The story is not that big of a deal. But it does have to negative ramifications.

1. It makes golden look dishonest. Which hurts his image.
2. It gives more ammo to negative recruiting and makes recruiting that much harder.

Charles Robinson is a clown.

[TJL]

Damn these guys ever hear of throw away phones????

Six-I just got back from the movie-didnt see it IMAX but was great

after the events of last night the kids and I sat in the last/highest row

[TJL]

PS-Prices are crazy-for me and 4 kids to get into the movie plus food 90 bucks!

I miss the days of the summer movie club where you see a movie per week all summer for like 15 bucks

[Willie Will in Nashville]

Well, just got a alert from bleacher report about the new ALlegations

[Old Skool]

I'm speechless. The guy drops out of a PhD program in neuroscience and this is what he has to say ...

The suspect in the mass shooting at an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater screening of the new Batman film early Friday had colored his hair red and told police he was "the Joker," according to a federal law enforcement source with detailed knowledge of the investigation.

[CGNC]

Charles Robinson is a clown.

Posted by: The What | July 20, 2012 at 07:07 PM

Charles Robinson is an a$$ clown. There, fixed. TGIF!

[Six]

TJL - damn

Can you feed the little monsters something before you roll into the theater, or is it just part of the movie experience for them to get food there

I was going to get some water last night, maybe a pretzel - would've had to drop $9 just for that. 16 ounce water bottle for $4.50 .. pretzel for $4.50

Screw that

One great reason for women having purses, they can put snacks and other things in them for the movies

[CGNC]

Bottled water here is $5. We bring our own.

[UMike]

I have a feeling these latest allegations are oing to cost us VG3 and alex collins

[OCALACANE]

Ocala...48 shirts (S, M, L and XL black and white) ordered to be shipped to your site on or around 7/31/12.

Posted by: 86Cane | July 20, 2012 at 06:00 PM

Gotcha covered Brotha...

SHEEPDOG!!!

Posted by: IraqiCane | July 20, 2012 at 06:09 PM

WOOF WOOF!

STRAP UP!

Goin to the range 2morrow just got my Zombie slayer...

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[j.w.]

Am I the only one who is underwhelmed by this? Wow, Al Golden,at worst, had a staffer make administrative calls to recruits- the horror! And Peewee shows a few guys around the equipment room? Wow, he is bascially doing what Auburn and Alabama's chicks do, right (minus an obvious inducement!). I'm not even mad at idiot rRobinson over this, just amazed that he bought it hook, line and sinker. We all know if Peewee had a receipt re: paying for meals he would have used it in his story, so scratch that off. I see at worst a secondary violation for giving Bridgewater a ride home, and I'm not sure that's even a violation.

[CaneRock]

One great reason for women having purses, they can put snacks and other things in them for the movies

Posted by: Six | July 20, 2012 at 07:43 PM

Hahaaaa! That's what we do, we just go to the Dollar Tree and let the kids get all the goodies they want. No way in hell I'm paying those jacked up prices for some damn Twizzlers.

[Hassan]

Having previously de-committed from the Hurricanes, Chickillo reversed course and ultimately became Al Golden's highest-ranked recruit of the 2011 class. On Jan. 23, Chickillo told Y! Sports' Rivals.com of his visit, "On a scale of 1 to 10 it was a 12. I'm 200 percent committed to Miami. The recruiting process is over for me."

Chick never decommited.

I mean yeah this is some minor secondary violations that occur at every school in the country. Honestly it makes yahoo look bad trying to save face and put Miami down. I do not see these violations being all that major to be honest, they all occured before the yahoo story broke as the guy left right after the story.

[Six]

Love it. Yahoo reporting at its finest.

Chick decommitting?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

That kid was a Cane as soon as he was conceived