Akron RB Dennis Kennedy (official thread)

[BB73]

This coupled with the DeJuan Morgan fiasco last year does not bode well for our recruiting in Florida.

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Thanks for the update, HH. Too bad it's sh*tty news.

[sears3820]

It's a good thing we've started raiding Pennsylvania & the East Coast for recruits now that we've started torching bridges in Florida.

[ohiobuck94]

It must be Tressel's Christian way to handle things.

[BuckWrestler141]

No kidding. Hopefully this won't, it shouldn't at least, affect Wells. Is this their set in stone answer? Any chance of them changing that?

[sears3820]

I wonder if this ruling has any correlation with Ira Guilford rumors that he will be allowed back on the team....

[CleveBucks]

That's too bad, but even you said his GPA dropped and his ACT was too low. There's only so much OSU admissions can do. The blame has to fall on one person, and that is Dennis. Extenuating circumstances can only cover so much of the difference.

[NoVABuck]

Originally Posted by sears3820

I wonder if this ruling has any correlation with Ira Guilford rumors that he will be allowed backon the team....

Kennedy signed a LOI before Guilford's arrest.

[sears3820]

I realize that but this ruling just happened today.

[MegaWoody]

This young man was good enough in February. TOSU knew his test scores and his academic ability well enough to offer him a scholarship.

Now, barely 5 months later, after the poor kid has lost his father, they turn their back on him because he had a bad Spring semester!?

The institution could take the position that it exists to help young people become good adults. But it doesn't. Instead, it ignores the obvious emotional issues the young man is facing and tells him the scholarship is rescinded.

What a *&#*ing joke!

[NoVABuck]

Originally Posted by sears3820

I realize that but this ruling just happened today.

If Guilford was on the roster while you were recruiting Kennedy, why would you dump Kennedy because Guilford might not get kicked off the team?

[MililaniBuckeye]

The only thing I can see that would show our staff as not being in the wrong is if Kennedy's grades dropped so much during the last half of his school year that he no longer academically qualifies grade-wise, or if he took too few classes or flunked a few so that he's not meeting the hours requirement. Bottom line, it had better be purely academic reasons on Kennedy's part.

[ohiobuck94]

Maybe if he pulled a Willie Williams and commited a few crimes tOSU would feel sorry for him and let him keep his schollie.

[LordJeffBuck]

This situation is very frustrating (as were the snafus with Miles Williams and DeJuan Morgan). I don't really know where the problem lies (students not performing, coaching staff not communicating, administration acting arbitrarily, some combination thereof...). What makes the situation worse is that we won't get the true story, because the schools can't release any academic info concerning the players (privacy laws).

Anyway, best of luck to Dennis - I wish it could have worked out differently.

[sears3820]

Originally Posted by NoVABuck

If Guilford was on the roster while you were recruiting Kennedy, why would you dump Kennedy because Guilford might not get kicked off the team?

You're missing what I'm saying in my conspiracy theory.