Former Tiger Ricky Blanton in trouble with NCAA...

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  1. locoguano

    locoguano Founding Member

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    The violations at Nicholls didnt just come from the football team.. the basketball team and even volleyball got sanctions... My gf's mom was a cop over there and she said they have been investigating it for a few years.. so i'm thinking they got pretty good proof on RB.
     
  2. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Blanton was an assistant coach at LSU in Dale Browns last season wasn't he?
     
  3. JayB

    JayB Never Forget 31

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    It sucks that the only time my school makes the front page is when something bad happens. We had a pretty good football program on the rise too.
     
  4. TSdude

    TSdude Founding Member

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    Division I-AA doesn't offer the same amount of scholarships as D-I. So it's only a loss of like 5 scholarships from 65 to 60, but many D-IAA schools don't even offer that full amount of 65, and Nicholls didn't.
     
  5. TSdude

    TSdude Founding Member

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    Blanton resigned because he knew he was going to be implicated in this. Richards the football assistant was fired and the academic adviser left before she got canned as well. Ricky and the other two didn't make themselves available to help in the investigation either. And in the eyes of the NCAA he's guilty and won't be able to coach college basketball at an NCAA institution for at least five years.
     
  6. cajdav1

    cajdav1 Soldiers are real hero's

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    This is the biggest blackeye to me.
     
  7. Dirt Dog

    Dirt Dog Founding Member

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    Hope Ricky can recover from this...if all this is true. Worked with him for a couple of years with his basketball camps. Anyone know where/what Ricky is doing now?
     

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