Its all becoming clear!

[kn1f3party]

*EDIT*Sorry, I didn't realize this was already posted--disregard unless you're interested in all the pointless effort I put into it.*EDIT*

A long time ago, I had subscribed to ESPN Insider. With that subscription, I was given a year free of ESPN the Magazine. I just received it in the mail and I think things are clearing up.

If I was never eligible, the trophy should be taken back, right?

Some interesting words:

He left unceremoniously ... one championship he doubted was worth its weight in paper.

He left behind the stucco mansions, where he says boosters slipped him cash for playing Sega with their kids.

LMAO at that last one. "Thanks Mo, Jimmy doesn't have friends to play Sonic the Hedgehog with and we know you have the mind of an elementary kid."

Apparently Ohio is the new Mason-Dixon line:

... fleeing Columbus, fleeing Ohio, fleeing the racist hate mail

His associates called several NFL GMs this October and asked them, "What's your perception of Clarett?" And the consensus was the same: immature. Risky. No work ethic. Fourth round.

How is that Tressel's fault? It is written in such a way that he is placing blame on Tressel for what the NFL GMs KNOW about him.

It angered him, because he thought [Tressel] would have set them straight.

Maybe you shouldn't have been such a fatass at the combine.

... never would've beaten Miami without him.

I thought he'd give me the NFL. I thought he'd say, "you took from me and didn't tell on me, so here's the NFL." He could have painted me as the first pick in the draft, as the world's greatest everything. He wound up selling me out.

You have to earn that you piece of shit.

... a school he carried to a national championship almost two years ago.

The AD just didn't like Clarett, for whatever reason.

Hey asshole, take your head out of your ass for a second so you can figure out that most schools wouldn't appreciate a player netting 17 infractions during an NCAA investigation. Did it ever occur to you that Maurice Clarett might be an unethical, lazy pile of shit that isn't worth your time in the draft?

On being asked by the NCAA about "where he got his cash, cars and trickets:"

I don't know. I just magically got them. I don't remember.

LMAO, the NCAA took his word on him "magically" receiving alleged (I say alleged because there is no proof that these benefits even existed let alone the NCAA investigated them) benefits.

Andy Geiger, the voice of reason:

He's ineligible because he declined to tell the truth 17 times during an investigation. If you want to give him credibility when he's been unable to tell the truth under any circumstance since I've been around him, I'm not going to respond.

The coaches would be like, "You get your class done?" I'd be like, "I'll get it done the last two weeks."

ROFL, the coaching staff let an eighteen year old punk tell them that shit! Its getting deep.

On cushy jobs:

That was my introduction to "here comes all the free money." I did show up at first. But I was like, this is boring, I ain't doing this. I used to go watch 'em hang drywall or something. I'd just hang out, go to McDonald's, come back, watch, leave, be gone. I made a couple grand.

How does this help his cause? It only underlines the fact he has no work ethic and no integrity. What a pile of dog shit.

He says coaches would tell him, go eat here and say hello to this person, or go to this school and talk, or go to this event and speak.

I couldn't have asked for more. I had the money I wanted, the car I wanted. I literally, literally had everything. My freshman year, being 19. If I wanted to call a girl, I couldn've called any girl I wanted, probably, in Ohio. If I wanted any car to drive, I could go to a dealership and get it. If I wanted some clothes, I had the money to put clothes on my back. And then, within a matter of months, everything got taken away. Every single thing. I'm talking from A to Z. I'd call people and they're, "Uhhh, I'm too busy right now." The clubs that used to let me in? "Uhhh, not today." The girls? "Uhhh, I'm too busy right now." Everybody became unavailable. I had nothing.

Would this have been around the same time you called OSU liars at the Fiesta Bowl and had an article in ESPN stating you were challenging the NFL rules? Is it conceivable that your friends just couldn't stand you anymore, that clubs don't think you're that cool, and that some women would rather have a man with brains and integrity? Are these in the realm of possibilities?

He met a campus policeman at the car. When he was asked what was missing, Clarett says he told him assorted TVs, radios and CDs, plus his wallet and some clothes.

Together, they came up with an estimate of $10,150 stolen from his car. WTF, did this not scream bullshit from the beginning? Why would he lie about this? If he had all the money in the world, why commit fraud?

He never filed an insurance claim because the stolen items weren't his.

Well then, who the fuck's was it? He never filed a claim because the police were already investigating and he would have surely been nabbed on insurance fraud.

... on June 26, Clarett and the only attorney he knew--personal injury lawyer Scott Schiff--first met with investigators.

Maybe you shouldn't hire an ambulance chaser for an NCAA investigation... just a thought. I'm sure you know what the yellow pages are.

So here we have Clarett, suspended for a season because of lying during an NCAA investigation and taking benefits. Look it up, he was suspended for taking benefits as well. So, is Friend suggesting the AD did nothing about these lies?

He says during the investigation that the NCAA rifled through credit card statements and asked, "How are you affording $800 worth of clothes from Macy's?" He says he told them he "magically" got the cash from his mother. When the NCAA asked how he paid for his food and gasoline, he started with the "I don't knows."

LOL, I can't get over the NCAA letting it rest on "magically." Am I wrong, or do you not have to pay off a credit card in one installment? Instead of being a jackass, why don't you tell the NCAA that you had a legit job you chose to ditch? I don't know who the bigger dumbass is, Clarett or Friend for believing him.

... he'd received hate mail and a death threat. He was sure it was all payback for his one big mistake: dissing Ohio State at the Fiesta Bowl. "They were thinking, 'How do we get him back?'" Clarett says. "They called me a liar. 'He lied about his police report. He lied during the investigation.'"

Grow up, the AD may not have liked you after that comment but nobody was out to get you. Friend makes him seem so innocent and victimized.

Another post alluded to this, and seems correct in its assumption:

He's hoping to play in the East West Shrine Game and the Senior Bowl this January, his first games in two years, and he also hopes to show off his reinvented body at the NFL combine in February. At last year's combine, his body fat was a flabby 16%, but this time he plans to pare it down to under 5%.

I was surprised to see Sammy Maldonado with his own article, but I haven't read it yet. I will, and I'll get back to you guys.

 

[ohiobuck94]

He's hoping to play in the East West Shrine Game and the Senior Bowl this January, his first games in two years, and he also hopes to show off his reinvented body at the NFL combine in February. At last year's combine, his body fat was a flabby 16%, but this time he plans to pare it down to under 5%.

He's not a senior. How does he expect to play in the Senior Bowl? Oh, I forgot, he's Maurice Clarett. He should get whatever he wants without working for it. :2004:

 

[Saw31]

Wooh! I think I'm "magically" getting a headache from all this bs.

 

[SanClementeBuck]

Kn1f3Party: That's one helluva post...one to keep to reference. Thanks.

And one if appropriately folded would be suitable for sticking up Friend's anal sphincter.

 

[aglickman]

If he does play in these All Star Games - he better not wear an tOSU helmet or jersey - I don't want to see ant tOSU stickers on other people'e helmets either - have fun getting your ass kicked - you will be the first NFL player to declare bankrupcy after you get your signing bonus - now that I can't wait for