Sports Illustrated Investigative Report Involving Oklahoma State

Well fine. We'll wait and see what comes out and what is said over the next week and then some. I'll shut up until then. But if it looks like Miles is in trouble, don't say no one warned you or you had no clue.

 

So, you're not attacking Miles...aside from bolding the part of the story description you went out of your way to post...

Technically, you're not "attacking" Miles. You're just trying to go out of your way to paint him as sleazy. Forgive me if I don't see much of a difference there.

 

Dude, I'm not sure if you realize this but I live in OKC, a stones throw from stoolwater, and those cats aren't the least bit worried about it and the shit directly involves their university. Why in the blue hell would any of us on a message board OR the administration in Baton Rouge be concerned?

I mean it was an entertaining thread for a bit, had a little fun with it, appreciate the effort, but time to move along.

 

We are aware just not worried.

 

Uh, no, I don't think he is

 

Think about it, Katrina, then Perriloux, then Miles to Michigan, then hot seat because of Lee and D, then time management with Ole Miss, then the Tennessee debacle, then off the hot seat when beating Bama in '10then JJ dismissed a week before the season, then Badger, then the New Orleans 50 yard line game, then dismissing Badger, then more offensive woes, the Clemson loss, then Jeremy Hill.

I would say Les knows how to manage a distraction or 2.

 

@LaSalleAve Thayer Evans showed up on the scene by ticking a lot of Auburn fans off when he wrote some tense articles on Cam Newton. Most recently his name was seen a bit during the Heisman weeks because he didn't vote for JM or something like that.

 

Sports Illustrated Investigative Report “The Dirty Game” Set to Launch Tuesday, September 10, at 9 a.m. ET
Posted: September 9, 2013 | Author: sigroup | Filed under: B.J. Schecter, College Football, George Dohrman, Jon Werthiem, SI.com, Sports Illustrated Cover, Sports Illustrated Digital, Sports Illustrated Special Report, Thayer Evans, Weekly Issue, Weekly Press Release | Tags: NCAA, Oklahoma State football |Leave a comment »
The rapid ascent of the Oklahoma State University football program into a national powerhouse is examined in a five-part series to run across SI’s platforms

“The Dirty Game,” a SPORTS ILLUSTRATED special investigative report that looks into the transformation of a struggling college football program into a national powerhouse, is set to launch tomorrow morning on SI.com. The series is the result of a comprehensive 10-month investigation into the Oklahoma State University football program. It includes independent and on-the-record interviews with more than 60 former OSU football players who played from 1999 to 2011, as well as current and former OSU football staffers.

The findings will be presented in a five-part series across SI’s family of platforms, beginning with Part 1 (money), which launches on SI.com tomorrow at 9 a.m. ET and is this week’s magazine cover story, on newsstands and tablets Wednesday. Additional live coverage can be found on SI Now, SI.com’s live daily talk show (weekdays at 1 p.m. ET) and across SI’s social media outlets.

After 11 losing seasons in 12 years, OSU turned itself into one of the top programs in the nation. Since 2002, OSU has had 10 winnings seasons, earned its first Big 12 title and went to its first BCS Bowl. The report reveals that OSU went to extreme measures to build a winning program, with an increased willingness to cut corners and bend rules. The transgressions began under former coach Les Miles, who was the head coach in Stillwater from 2001 to ’04 and is now the head coach at LSU, and continued under current head coach Mike Gundy, who was promoted from offensive coordinator in 2005.

SI executive editor Jon Wertheim, SI assistant managing editor Hank Hersch and SI.com executive editor B.J. Schecter oversaw the investigative report, which was written and reported by senior writers George Dohrmann and Thayer Evans.

“We wanted to take a comprehensive look at a big-time program, particularly one that made a rapid ascent,” says Wertheim. “There’s obviously a steady drumbeat of scandal in college sports – improper benefits here; a recruiting violation there – and plenty of rumor and hearsay about the unseemly underbelly. For this piece, we were more about venturing inside the factory and seeing how the sausage is made.”

Parts 2 — 4 of the report continue on SI.com this week and the series culminates in next week’s SI issue and on SI.com. In addition, SI.com will feature videos of former Cowboys talking about their experiences in Stillwater. SI Now will have live coverage and reaction throughout the week. The series will run as follows:

• Part 1: Money (On SI.com Tuesday, 9/10 and in the 9/16/13 SI issue): SI finds that OSU used a bonus system orchestrated by an assistant coach whereby players were paid for their performance on the field, with some stars collecting $500 or more per game. In addition, the report finds that OSU boosters and at least two assistant coaches funneled money to players via direct payments and a system of no-show and sham jobs. Some players say they collected more than $10,000 annually in under-the-table payouts.
• Part 2: Academics (On SI.com Wednesday, 9/11): Widespread academic misconduct, which included tutors and other OSU personnel completing coursework for players, and professors giving passing grades for little or no work, all in the interest of keeping top players eligible.
• Part 3: Drugs (On SI.com Thursday, 9/12): OSU tolerated and at times enabled recreational drug use, primarily through a specious counseling program that allowed some players to continue to use drugs while avoiding penalties. The school’s drug policy was selectively enforced, with some stars going unpunished despite repeated positive tests.
• Part 4: Sex (On SI.com Friday, 9/13): OSU’s hostess program, Orange Pride, figured so prominently in the recruitment of prospects that the group more than tripled in size under Miles. Both Miles and Gundy took the unusual step of personally interviewing candidates. Multiple former players and Orange Pride members say that a small subset of the group had sex with recruits, a violation of NCAA rules.
• Part 5: The Fallout (On SI.com Tuesday, 9/17, and in the 9/23/13 SI issue): SI finds that many players who were no longer useful to the football program were cast aside, returning to worlds they had hoped to escape. Some have been incarcerated, others live on the streets, many have battled drug abuse and a few have attempted suicide