Amatuer Athletes Kenneth Caldwell Follows on Twitter
by tmjoel01 on May 25, 2011 11:26 AM EDT
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PrintI am officially fascinated by the Caldwell/Bender saga.
It is perfect timing, as I received my ESPN the Magazine yesterday reviewing the 'Most Corrupt Year in College Athletics.'
My gut feeling is that there is a Master Shredder in all of this and Caldwell and Bender are simply BeBop and Rock Steady. I had some time to kill and wanted to do some investigative work.
Here are the amateur athletes Ken Caldwell follows on twitter. Seeing as there are thousands of NCAA-D1 players, it is interesting that there are the 20 or so he has taken particular interest in:
(In no particular order)
- Braeden Anderson - Kansas
- Canadian athlete hosted by Bender in Louisville.
- Robert Goff - Marshall
- JUCO who made last minute commitment change from Oklahoma to Marshall
- Twany Beckham - Kentucky (walk-on)
- Transfer from Mississippi St. to UK. Ballard grad.
- Kevin Ware - Where?
- Has been documented
- Tristan Spurlock - UCF
- Highly rated recruit who transfered from UVA to UCF
- DeMarcus Smith - TBD (only football player he follows)
- Has been documented
- Erik Murphy - Florida
- Arrested for burglary
- Quincy Miller - Baylor
- Has been documented
- Keith Clanton - UCF
- Khem Birch - Pittsburgh
- Transferred from Montreal, Canada to Notre Dame Prep.
- Angel Nunez - Louisville
- played for 2 different prep schools. Including Notre Dame Prep
- Dion Dixon - Cincinnati
- From Chicago Area
- Stan Simpson - Memphis
- (Top Rated JUCO from Illinois)
- Jeffrey Jordan - UCF
- Marcus Jordan - UCF
- Jacob Pullen - Kansas St.
- From Illinois
- Dwight McCombs - UCF
- LaQuinton Ross - Ohio State
- Senior year transfer from Mississippi to New Jersey Prep School
- Chandler Parsons - Florida
Not any prevailing trends, but a few big names and a number of athletes who have had a lot of drama following their recruiting, have transferred or attended a prep school.
Also, in last night's interview, Bender (BeBop) mentioned he was a fan of the following schools:
Kentucky, UCF, Kansas, UCLA, UConn, Memphis, Georgetown, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Ohio State, Auburn and UNLV
11 of the 20 athletes above committed to one of those schools at one point.
Additionally, Georgetown is the only school on that list to not have a major NCAA violation either punished or pending in the past decade.
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Are you implying that Splinter was actually evil?
How dare you sir! I demand satisfaction! Tomorrow at dawn with pistols drawn
by twistedenglish77 on May 25, 2011 12:13 PM EDT reply actions
Haha
Yeah, I was thinking Shredder all along, but did not notice he used the name Splinter, the wise rat leader of the Ninja Turtles.
by REALISTICCARDSFAN on May 25, 2011 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Praise the lord these posts can be edited
I have failed my youth.
Splinter has now been changed to Shredder.
by tmjoel01 on May 25, 2011 12:30 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
At least he didn't get to Nunez
Also, I’m grateful that this guy has been halfway exposed now. Kids and parents should be warned to some extent that this guy is (1) a shady handler; (2) probably being investigated by the NCAA; (3) a Kentucky and Central Florida homer; (4) a Louisville hater; and (5) someone who’s apparent bias will prevent them from helping recruits actually make the best decisions possible.
by REALISTICCARDSFAN on May 25, 2011 12:35 PM EDT reply actions
Pizza dude's got thirty seconds.
"...and the present, for us, is something that we really look forward to."
- Rick Pitino
Louisville Fans
You guys are reaching now. I am not a fan of UCF or Louisville, but have been following this Ken Caldwell story for weeks. For every disgruntled Louisville fan who bashes him, there is 2 or 3 families who have known him and praise him. My opinion is that Louisville got beat in recruiting by UCF on several kids, got pissed, and used idiots like Forde to make false accusations wihout any proof to try and explain it. Now you are following his twitter account to see who is following him? Remember, those guys had to chose to follow him? I think the deaper this goes, the more stupid Louisville, thier fan base, and that stupid article will become obvious. Again, this is from an outsider, not a UCF homer (as you put it). I haven’t seen any facts that UCF or Ken Caldwell did wrong, only that they are beating a small school in Louisville KY out of thier local athletes.
Outsider? Then tell us where you live
$20 it’s somewhere near Orlando, FL or Lexington, KY, right?
by UL is my hot hot sex on May 31, 2011 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
When has UL been beaten by UCF in recruiting?
Chandler? No. He decommitted from UL and committed to Xavier.
D. Smith? No. He decommitted from UCF and wants to play for UL.
K. Ware? No. He decommitted from UCF and committed to UL.
And, to be clear, the original post talks about athletes who Caldwell follows….not what athletes follow Caldwell. It’s a big difference.
I’m also not sure what “small school” in Louisville, KY you’re talking about. UL is certainly no “small school”.
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