(Via the
Roundup. Sorry, but I didn't know where else to put it.)
Remember <strong>Chris Donald</strong>, the Tennessee linebacker who was one of ND's primary recruiting targets last year, and whose recruitment was rumored to have involved numerous silent verbals to multiple institutions, only to culminate in his picking up a UT cap at the Army All-American game? Remember the drama, the agony, the disappointment?
Well, it turns out your frustration <a target="_blank" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls07/news/story?id=3165186">wasn't half that of the poor suckers who ended up with him in the classroom</a>:
<blockquote>The Vols' leading receiver, <strong>Lucas Taylor</strong>, is ineligible to play against Wisconsin on Jan. 1 as well as reserve receiver <strong>Kenny O'Neal</strong>, reserve defensive back <strong>Ricardo Kemp</strong> and freshman linebacker <strong>Chris Donald</strong>. ESPN.com reported on Thursday that defensive starters <strong>Demonte Bolden</strong> and <strong>Rico McCoy</strong> failed to meet the necessary academic requirements to play in the Outback Bowl, too.
"We have every resource available through our academic center for academic success by our athletes in all of our sports," [head coach <strong>Phillip] Fulmer</strong> said in a statement. "In most of these cases, it was simply the student-athlete not being accountable and doing their work. ... One bright spot is the fact that all of these athletes will be in school spring semester."</blockquote>
Well, isn't that good to hear. Hopefully they'll do their work this time ...
(HT: "Ebeling," on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.irishroundtable.com/">IRT</a> shout box.)
