Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Something Closer to Truth Than Rumor

Before you all mess your britches and have to run to the powder room, let me warn that this is no recruiting related.  I am not going to tell you that Stwarkonious Biscotti, or whatever creatively named 5-star, will "go giggity."  It is also not tennis related (so, feel free to keep reading).  It is, though, about an athlete of particular popular appeal, who, like his compatriots at the Palmer-Salloum Tennis Center, performed markedly well in the class room last fall.

I have it on good authority (my super-secret, top-level-clearance source in the athletic office) that Jerrell Powe, once famed derided for his grammatically incorrect possession of crayons, made a higher-than-half-the-university 2.9 last semester.

2.9 is not just better than the all-university average, it's better than the all-women's average. It's better than the all-Greek average. It's, obviously, better than the all-team average. And, it's one tenth of a point away from Academic All-SEC.

If you feel froggy, you can contact the NCAA Eligibility Center (formerly the the NCAA Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse) and tell them what a bunch of racist, bigot, no-account snot rags they are at (317) 917-6003.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Check your sources on this. Powe had to attend winter intersession to be eligible to practice this spring. Sources overheard Rocker getting all over him about it.

monkey11508 said...

Jim,
If that were the case, wouldn't he have been ineligible to attend the Cotton Bowl?

Anonymous said...

Yes, that would be the case monkey

Anonymous said...

Not going to get into a debate about it. He HAD to attend winter intersession. Just ask him or any one who knows him.

Anonymous said...

I am not saying he didnt HAVE to attend WI. Many players do HAVE to attend it. However, because the CB was after New Years, he would not have been elegible if he would have failed last sememster.

Juco All-American said...

It could have been a percentage completion issue.

Anonymous said...

This article is about his GPA and how well he is doing in school. I never said he failed last semester.(And he could have failed a course or two) I hope he makes it. But the sources used for this article don't know what they are talking about. NM

Juco All-American said...

@ Jim
I'm saying that your claim that he had to attend winter intersession to stay eligible could have been based on a percentage completion issue.

Anonymous said...

Who among you disputes the words of the mighty JIM who knows all, sees all, but fails to tell all???? SHAME AND DAMNATION UPON YOU AND YOURS!!!!!!!