I am not defending these kids but I think most FAU fans are too harsh on the kids. Leroy along with the other kids have a very big hand on where the program is. I also remember some of you posting to bench Rusty when the season was going sour. This program is very new and we as fans should support all the players when they are at their best and at their worse. Go Owls

faufano1 said

I am not defending these kids but I think most FAU fans are too harsh on the kids. Leroy along with the other kids have a very big hand on where the program is. I also remember some of you posting to bench Rusty when the season was going sour. This program is very new and we as fans should support all the players when they are at their best and at their worse. Go Owls

Well said…


The guys who don't go will obviously be VERY disappointed with themselves as it is sitting home watching rather than being there…

So, they dont need it from us as well?

oldschoolowl said

The question should be, what are the Academic Advisors doing to allow this many players to be ineligible.  Ms. Brown and her team are paid to work with the athletes.  What is going on?

First, it is not the Athletic Academic Counselor's fault. They do what they can.


Just so everyone knows, these clowns only have to pass 2 classes (6 credits) to be bowl eligible. Their GPA does not even figure into it yet. No one should need an adviser for that.


With all do respect, they are not "clowns." And while the minimum eligibility may seem easy, we don't know what challenges these young men have off the playing field.

smittysahoot said

oldschoolowl said

The question should be, what are the Academic Advisors doing to allow this many players to be ineligible.  Ms. Brown and her team are paid to work with the athletes.  What is going on?

First, it is not the Athletic Academic Counselor's fault. They do what they can.


Just so everyone knows, these clowns only have to pass 2 classes (6 credits) to be bowl eligible. Their GPA does not even figure into it yet. No one should need an adviser for that.

With all do respect, they are not "clowns." And while the minimum eligibility may seem easy, we don't know what challenges these young men have off the playing field.



Your right, "clowns" sounds harsh and that was only directed at the ones screwing up. I get frustrated by the way they let their teammates and fans down. But trust me, these guys are more than capable of at least passing their classes. It almost always involves a huge lack of effort.

Teds blog updated.

Im too lazy to copy and paste at the moemnt.

;D

4 are missing the Game, and he has a breakdown of who thier replacments are.

owlfamily said

Teds blog updated.

Im too lazy to copy and paste at the moemnt.

;D

4 are missing the Game, and he has a breakdown of who thier replacments are.

it's what was already posted at the beginning of the thread..

oldschoolowl said

smittysahoot said

oldschoolowl said

The question should be, what are the Academic Advisors doing to allow this many players to be ineligible.  Ms. Brown and her team are paid to work with the athletes.  What is going on?

First, it is not the Athletic Academic Counselor's fault. They do what they can.


Just so everyone knows, these clowns only have to pass 2 classes (6 credits) to be bowl eligible. Their GPA does not even figure into it yet. No one should need an adviser for that.

With all do respect, they are not "clowns." And while the minimum eligibility may seem easy, we don't know what challenges these young men have off the playing field.

Your right, "clowns" sounds harsh and that was only directed at the ones screwing up. I get frustrated by the way they let their teammates and fans down. But trust me, these guys are more than capable of at least passing their classes. It almost always involves a huge lack of effort.


Your right "clowns" is a harsh but your also correct in the fact that it appears that most of the time it is just lack of trying but there are times what it is out of the students/athletes capability so I don't think calling them names on their fan board helps too much but I understand your frustration with some of these guys.

I don't think it's fair to go after these kids, they are young men trying to find themselves and we all now we all mature at different rates (some never do) & are now paying a HIGH price for not taking care of business in the class room & I'm sure all these kids feel bad enough without fans jumping on their backs to heighten the burden.

Hard lesson to be learned and sometimes they have to learn them the hard way.

For some of kids it takes more effort to remain focus on certain things and it would be more beneficial to use this situation and help them understand how to avoid the same type of situation in the future instead of telling them over and over what they already know.  The more you tell these kid how they screwed up the more likely they are to repeat the same mistakes.

This is a place of higher learning and we should take every chance we have to continue to teach these kids when they do mess up and provide the word of encouragement necessary to help them past the current situation.

Sure, it put the team in a tough situation and hopefully we do not lose any scholly's at the end of the year because of this.

No matter what, it happens every year (UM, UO, and others), these things do happen.

The way I see it you have to handle it as if a certain player got injured - another kid now has the chance to step-in and show us that he (they)  is ready to contribute.  Or you can sulk how their absent might effect the team.

The team will be prepared come Friday night regardless.

Go Owls!!

That's a shame,  Andre Clark's brother in law works at Whole Foods and he was really excited about FAU making the bowl.  He would talk to me about FAU football during checkout, Clark is going to hurt us.  Warley however, is not all that good.  It would be nerve racking with him to try a clutch field goal at even an INDOOR game.  We are better off IMO.

I dunno fellas, I can agree with not calling them names but if we're talking about young men, finding themselves and all that then I think their feet should be held to the fire a bit. Here's my logic, I donate to the Owl Club which funds schollys for these football players, when they get recruited they ensure the coaches that along with coming to practice and working out they'll get good grades and go to class. Say we had a way of tracking my exact dollars and SAY that Warley Leroy was using MY money to go to college this year, you're telling me I'm not supposed to be disappointed? Forget that, I AM disappointed in these guys, they came to school for FREE to be students first and they've let me down (I'll be the only one if everyone else wants to handhold them along the way) and I'm pissed.