College Football Thread

[Hovadipo]

Well this went from “lol slap on the wrist” to “Oh. This is bad bad” in a hurry. 

[Hovadipo]

Fitz found one of *very* few things that could ever get him fired at NW. Unreal. 
 

“According to the former player, team members allegedly identified players for “running” by clapping their hands above their heads around that player. The practice, the player said, was known within the team as “the Shrek clap.” 

The Daily obtained a video of a player clapping his hands during a game, which the anonymous player said was the same motion taken to signify “running.”

According to the player who spoke with The Daily, Fitzgerald repeatedly made the signal during practices when players, specifically freshmen, made a mistake. 

The player believes some players interpreted Fitzgerald making these signals as knowingly “encouraging” the hazing to continue.

“Everyone would just be looking at each other and be like ‘bro, Fitz knows about this,’ because you wouldn’t take that action otherwise,” the player said. “Everyone joins in, because he’s the head coach.”

[Demo]

29 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Fitz found one of *very* few things that could ever get him fired at NW. Unreal. 
 

“According to the former player, team members allegedly identified players for “running” by clapping their hands above their heads around that player. The practice, the player said, was known within the team as “the Shrek clap.” 

The Daily obtained a video of a player clapping his hands during a game, which the anonymous player said was the same motion taken to signify “running.”

According to the player who spoke with The Daily, Fitzgerald repeatedly made the signal during practices when players, specifically freshmen, made a mistake. 

The player believes some players interpreted Fitzgerald making these signals as knowingly “encouraging” the hazing to continue.

“Everyone would just be looking at each other and be like ‘bro, Fitz knows about this,’ because you wouldn’t take that action otherwise,” the player said. “Everyone joins in, because he’s the head coach.”

Yeah, and I’m sure a guy in 1of the most detail-oriented and control-freaky occupations on the planet will have the audacity to claim ignorance.

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[iubb]

Fire the entire coaching staff. Good god is this appalling


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[Josh]

21 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Fitz found one of *very* few things that could ever get him fired at NW. Unreal. 
 

“According to the former player, team members allegedly identified players for “running” by clapping their hands above their heads around that player. The practice, the player said, was known within the team as “the Shrek clap.” 

The Daily obtained a video of a player clapping his hands during a game, which the anonymous player said was the same motion taken to signify “running.”

According to the player who spoke with The Daily, Fitzgerald repeatedly made the signal during practices when players, specifically freshmen, made a mistake. 

The player believes some players interpreted Fitzgerald making these signals as knowingly “encouraging” the hazing to continue.

“Everyone would just be looking at each other and be like ‘bro, Fitz knows about this,’ because you wouldn’t take that action otherwise,” the player said. “Everyone joins in, because he’s the head coach.”

I must be missing something here.  Running because of mistakes is fine with me.

The other stuff isn't obviously.  There's no way I'm taking that naked snap or going through the carwash lol

[Hovadipo]

37 minutes ago, Josh said:

I must be missing something here.  Running because of mistakes is fine with me.

The other stuff isn't obviously.  There's no way I'm taking that naked snap or going through the carwash lol

“Running” doesn’t mean running sprints. It means getting dry humped by a bunch of naked upperclassmen according to the allegations. 

[Josh]

3 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

“Running” doesn’t mean running sprints. It means getting dry humped by a bunch of naked upperclassmen according to the allegations. 

Oh, I thought that was just happening before the running.  I get it now.  Eww

[Alford Bailey]

Just sickening. Fire them all.

[MemphisHoosier]

I found a nice chronological synopsis from NU SBNation site, https://www.insidenu.com/2023/7/9/23788442/a-comprehensive-look-at-northwestern-footballs-hazing-allegations, and it looks like the investigation took a sharp turn on 7/8 when the NU student newspaper connected two former players to Fitz having visibility to the conduct.  

A lot of really unfortunate events transpired here - but I continue to be inspired by the caliber of our student journalists across the B1G.  

[bigrod]

11 hours ago, MemphisHoosier said:

I found a nice chronological synopsis from NU SBNation site, https://www.insidenu.com/2023/7/9/23788442/a-comprehensive-look-at-northwestern-footballs-hazing-allegations, and it looks like the investigation took a sharp turn on 7/8 when the NU student newspaper connected two former players to Fitz having visibility to the conduct.  

A lot of really unfortunate events transpired here - but I continue to be inspired by the caliber of our student journalists across the B1G.  

I have to admit, when I first heard about this, I thought it was just some sensitive freshmen who couldn't take some ribbing from older players. But this is just weird and crazy behavior. Makes no sense to me what purpose this serves. Anyone who knew and allowed this to happen should be fired, in my opinion.

[Stuhoo]

16 hours ago, MemphisHoosier said:

I found a nice chronological synopsis from NU SBNation site, https://www.insidenu.com/2023/7/9/23788442/a-comprehensive-look-at-northwestern-footballs-hazing-allegations, and it looks like the investigation took a sharp turn on 7/8 when the NU student newspaper connected two former players to Fitz having visibility to the conduct.  

A lot of really unfortunate events transpired here - but I continue to be inspired by the caliber of our student journalists across the B1G.  

^^An underrated and great point^^

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Pete Thamel reporting NW has fired Pat Fitzgerald.

[Demo]

4 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Pete Thamel reporting NW has fired Pat Fitzgerald.

90 days ago if you’d had to bet your house on a guy who would never be fired, you could have done a lot worse than Pat Fitzgerald. But if everything that’s out there is legit, man, it shouldn’t have been a hard call. 

[Stuhoo]

26 minutes ago, Demo said:

90 days ago if you’d had to bet your house on a guy who would never be fired, you could have done a lot worse than Pat Fitzgerald. But if everything that’s out there is legit, man, it shouldn’t have been a hard call. 

Sooooo…

I bet in two years he’ll be ready for rehabilitation and Indiana would be a great bounce back/revenge tour job?

(*too soon?)

[LIHoosier]

12 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Sooooo…

I bet in two years he’ll be ready for rehabilitation and Indiana would be a great bounce back/revenge tour job?

(*too soon?)

The $EC has cornered the market on reclamation projects regardless of how shady or seedy they were prior. 

[WhiteyMcSpeed]

Tom Allen to Northwestern? A high character coach like him would be perfect for them right now. 

[Hovadipo]

Wild, man. That is a seriously expedited fall from grace. Even if NW has a plan (would lay down a serious sum that they don’t) that program is screwed for a good, long while. 

[Demo]

47 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Sooooo…

I bet in two years he’ll be ready for rehabilitation and Indiana would be a great bounce back/revenge tour job?

(*too soon?)

So, what do we think, a year with Nick Saban or a “consultant” gig with the Browns? 

[Hovadipo]

2 minutes ago, Demo said:

So, what do we think, a year with Nick Saban or a “consultant” gig with the Browns? 

He’ll be a defensive analyst for an NFL team or dip into darkness and hang with his kids for a while imo.