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IrishLax said:
Armond Armstead was cleared by multiple professionals, too. And USC still said "no," and when ND doctors checked him out they likewise said "no." If a whole bunch of doctors think it's a problem... and a whole bunch of teams think it's problem... it's certainly not "nothing" regardless of the fact that some think it's OK.

Put another way, it is impossible to conceive of a scenario where he falls in the draft how he did with his talent without the doctors for the majority of teams thinking his condition is a no-go. And the issue isn't "missing a snap" it's sudden cardiac failure and death like we've seen *many* times with athletes. The entire problem is that they seem perfectly fine one minute and drop dead on the court or field the next without warning.
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Ha. No kidding, Tom’s “never was an issue” comment caught me off guard too.

So you mean he never suddenly died on the field? No he hasn’t done that yet. Keep playing him.
 
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this has nothing to do with heart problems, but it just made me giggle.

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Unexpected NCAA Shift Makes Shea Patterson Eligible, but He Can't Save Michigan's Offense Alone
https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/04/27/shea-patterson-transfer-michigan-ncaa-ole-miss

Patterson’s attorney Thomas Mars—who also represents five other former Rebels seeking immediate eligibility from the NCAA following their transfers—made these accusations on Patterson’s behalf because at the time, “egregious behavior” by someone at the previous school was one of the few ways an undergraduate transfer could be granted a waiver to play immediately instead of sitting out one year. Ole Miss officials objected to the waiver, claiming the accusations within Patterson’s Mars-authored appeal weren’t true.

But earlier this month, the situation changed. The NCAA Division I Council—somewhat out of the blue—issued new guidance regarding transfer waivers. No longer was something as extreme as “egregious behavior” required. Now, a waiver could be granted if the following conditions were met:

a. The transfer is due to documented mitigating circumstances that are outside the student-athlete’s control and directly impact the health, safety and well-being of the student-athlete;

b. At the time of transfer to the certifying institution, the student-athlete would have been athletically and academically eligible and in good standing on the team had he or she remained at the previous institution;

c. The certifying institution must certify that the student-athlete meets percentage-of-degree requirements; and

d. The previous institution’s athletics administration does not oppose the transfer.

“As soon as we saw that, we called Michigan,” Ole Miss athletic director Ross Bjork told SI.com Friday afternoon. A joint statement from Michigan and Ole Miss released Friday also credited the NCAA change as the impetus for the tidy conclusion of this case.

No longer did the transfer need to be contentious. If you consider the fact that Ole Miss is banned from playing for championships this season to be something that would affect Patterson’s well-being, then he fit sections A through C. And Bjork’s department was willing to remove its objection and satisfy section D if the accusations of egregious behavior were removed from Patterson’s application. “We’ve admitted all along that our NCAA case changed,” Bjork said. “Our head coach had to step down. Things changed. If someone was impacted by that, that’s up to them.”

There are five other Ole Miss players—also represented by Mars—who also are fighting to get eligible for the 2018 season. Bjork said Ole Miss would be happy to work with the compliance departments at the players’ new schools to help produce a similar result. That choice of wording seemed deliberate. It sounds as if the Rebels are willing to work with the other schools but not with Mars in this case.
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While that soap opera has been fascinating to follow, it didn’t include the more likely reason for Patterson’s transfer. Had he stayed at Ole Miss, Patterson might not have been able to win the job back from Jordan Ta’amu. Ta’amu, a junior college transfer who starred in high school in Hawaii around the same time as Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton, took over for Patterson following Patterson’s knee injury last season and averaged 9.7 yards per pass attempt while completing 66.5% of his throws. Before his injury, Patterson averaged 8.7 yards per attempt while completing 63.8% of his throws. Patterson’s numbers were good, but Ta’amu’s numbers were outstanding. Had Patterson stayed, Ole Miss coach Matt Luke would have faced a tough decision.
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REPORT OF THE
NCAA DIVISION I COUNCIL AND COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES
APRIL 16-18, 2018, MEETING
http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/April2018DICouncil_Report_20180427.pdf
(See under: 5. Modification of NCAA Division I Committee for Legislative Relief NCAA Division I
Four-Year College Transfers Directive.)

While Patterson may not have been Ole Miss's starting QB in 2018, a Michigan board feels:

Why Michigan would’ve beaten Ohio State last fall with Shea Patterson behind center
https://www.landof10.com/michigan/m...-patterson-beat-ohio-state-2017-season-rewind
 
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Shea Patterson being eligible is huge for Michigan, but it won't mean jackshit if they don't improve that god awful OL from a year ago and start developing their WR's and teaching their RB's how to pass block a little bit. Karran Higdon and Chris Evans aren't a bad RB duo but they both sucked at pass pro last year.

Donovan Peoples-Jones, Eddie McDoom, and Kekoa Crawford are too talented to not be more productive than they've been. Grant Perry is probably the least talented WR on that squad but he's the most consistent. Tarik Black was looking like a stud but he got hurt after only 3 games. I think he'll probably be the go to guy in 2018.
 
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Ichiro wants to know: Who the (expletive) is Brady?

An excerpt from an Ichiro retrospective from The Athletic's Peter Gammons:

One morning in spring training, 2017, he was in the coaches' room looking at his cell phone text messages. Ichiro told the coaches about one message he had just received from a number he didn't recognize. The guy said he'd gotten Ichiro's number from Alex Rodriguez, and that he wanted to come meet him and study his stretching system.

What's the guy's name?" asked one of the coaches.

Ichiro scrolled to the end of the text. "Some guy named Tom Brady. Who the f--- is Tom Brady?"

And just like that, fans of every team on the Patriots' schedule have a rude, brutally effective message to scrawl on placards they'll bring to games in 2018. Score it as hit No. 3,090 for the magnificent Ichiro.
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TomHaverford said:
Shea Patterson being eligible is huge for Michigan, but it won't mean jackshit if they don't improve that god awful OL from a year ago and start developing their WR's and teaching their RB's how to pass block a little bit. Karran Higdon and Chris Evans aren't a bad RB duo but they both sucked at pass pro last year.

Donovan Peoples-Jones, Eddie McDoom, and Kekoa Crawford are too talented to not be more productive than they've been. Grant Perry is probably the least talented WR on that squad but he's the most consistent. Tarik Black was looking like a stud but he got hurt after only 3 games. I think he'll probably be the go to guy in 2018.
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What are you guys making for dinner tonight?
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I had Tacos
 
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Here is a sobering stat for you. Since losing to Iowa in 2016 Michigan, under Harbaugh is 9-8.
 
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phork said:
Here is a sobering stat for you. Since losing to Iowa in 2016 Michigan, under Harbaugh is 9-8.
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Finishing third or worse in half of the B1G with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind.
 
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ACamp1900 said:
Now we're talking...
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When in Rome... oh wait.. wrong thread. Oh wait... right thread... wrong topic.

Patterson makes their offense better only if he gets protection. And UM's OL didn't scare many opposing defenses last season. Patterson tended to panic when he felt some pressure and became below average when he had any significant pressure. His TD to INT ratio was about break even against stronger competition and extremely poor if you take away his performance against Vandy. I would expect the Irish to test this quickly in the game. We should know quickly if the UM OL has improved.
 
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I'm much more worried about our OL versus their DL than I am about their offense. Brandon needs to have a quick internal clock and needs to hold on to the ball.
 
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T Town Tommy said:
When in Rome... oh wait.. wrong thread. Oh wait... right thread... wrong topic.

Patterson makes their offense better only if he gets protection. And UM's OL didn't scare many opposing defenses last season. Patterson tended to panic when he felt some pressure and became below average when he had any significant pressure. His TD to INT ratio was about break even against stronger competition and extremely poor if you take away his performance against Vandy. I would expect the Irish to test this quickly in the game. We should know quickly if the UM OL has improved.
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I would certainly not include the Vanderbilt game, since Vanderbilt's defense was awful.

In SEC competition, Vanderbilt gave up over 43 points per game. I mean, sh*t, they somehow managed to make Florida's offense look competent. If that isn't evidence enough, I don't know what is.
 
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no diagrams of the play where O'Korn throw a pick six into quadruple coverage??
 
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