Comments on: Tweetgate: Recruits receive offers from Norvell’s account

By: willie

willie — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:25:11 +0000

“Sooner Don’t Cheat”-Does Pinocchio have a wooden pecker?

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:25:42 +0000

Can you say UT? Notice they almost NEVER are investigated…..when is the last time the Horns were on the radar?

By: Brock Dossett

Brock Dossett — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:44:16 +0000

Chris you posted what makes this a big deal. It gives the NCAA reason to start opening opening doors and finding other violations. All schools are guilty of violations, bend the rules to some extent and the NCAA investigates only whom they choose to. Due to the politics involved at this level don’t be surprised if they don’t go through our program with fine toothed comb going back several years. Generally somebody is pushing for a school to be investigated and the trail leads back to somebody with weight and important that is a supporter of another school in the conference. Let’s hope this goes away.

By: lonescout

lonescout — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:54:11 +0000

Well what the tweet,the receivers he puts on the field can”t catch any way when the game is on the line.We would of been better with second string receivers,at least we would of had an excuse.So maybe he did click the wrong button he’s been doing it ever since our ace receiver whent down.So what the tweet he’s a better running backs coach,and thats where he ought to be.So lets just hope that tweet isn’t loud enough to be heard,nobody listens anyway.

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:10:28 +0000

Travis, what is up with your mug in the print edition. Somebody photoshop it? Looks goofy.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:49:38 +0000

Coaches can use facebook and twitter to contact players directly but cannot make a public post to them or referring to them. It wasn’t hacked. The dude just messed up. Maybe he clicked the wrong button or forgot a setting on his tweet. It’s a a 2nd degree infraction which isn’t that serious but enough to get on the NCAA’s radar. Just hope it doesn’t happen again anytime soon.

By: kerry k.

kerry k. — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:36:03 +0000

Well from the information provided in the article, it doesn’t make any sense, because these guys already had scholarship offers from ou. So why would he send them a message with a scholarship offer, as if he didn’t have any contact info, to all of the WRs. It doesn’t seem very plausible and points to something else going on all together.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:27:03 +0000

I think he was just doing something he has always done. He didn’t think it was going to be any big deal. The problem is he got caught. This isn’t like a slime ball coach going to a junior’s high school and just happening to bump into him. That was a violation but you can always say; I was just at this high school and we just happened to meet in the hallway. There is no proof you have the coach is lying. You know he is you just can’t prove it. When you email, tweet, or whatever there is a papertrail, even if it is electronic paper. The problem with this is it will allow the NCAA to investigate EVERYTHING at OU. They will find plenty to investigate even if they are minor and the coaches didn’t mean to break the rules. It is that way at all big programs. So look out for more to follow on this.

By: lee

lee — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:48:58 +0000

It was hacked. He couldn’t be that stupid

By: OU Doesn't Cheat

OU Doesn't Cheat — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:26:04 +0000

“Tweeting is permissible as long as coaches are not using it to contact individual prospective student-athletes”

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Issues/Recruiting/Social+Media+and+Recruiting