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DUQUESNE DUKES FOOTBALL FORUM
~DUQUESNE DUKES FOOTBALL FORUM~
This forum is for discussion of Duquesne Football since other excellent Duquesne Basketball forums exist. (Links below). It is also open to all Duquesne sponsored or club sports.Duquesne sponsors: Basketball (M/W), Cross Country (M/W), Football, Soccer (M/W), Swimming (W), Tennis (M/W), Track and Field (M/W), LaCrosse (W), Crew (W), Volleyball (W). Club Sports include Ice Hockey and Men's Crew. Some posts on this Forum may be re-posted on the Duquesne Football Blog (See Duquesnesports.blogspot.com). This is a discussionforum where you are a guest. Treat others as you would like to be treated. No foul language, using another's moniker or personal attacks. Character on the field and on this forum reflects upon Duquesne. Links to this site are encouraged. Feedback is welcome. -Coffee

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DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES, I LOST MOST OF THE LINKS, PICTURES AND OTHER FEATURES FOR THIS FORUM. MY APOLOGIES TO THOSE WHO I SENT TRAFFIC TO IN THE PAST. THIS WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO RE-BUILD. PLEASE REFER TO THE LINKS STILL FEATURED IN THE BLOG- Coffee

Subject: Dukes Come Back vs. Bryant With Two Minutes Left


Author:
Coffee
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Date Posted: Saturday, September 22, 04:19:24pm
The turning point was the Bryant fumbel at the Duke's goal line. They had a chance to really put the game almost out of reach. A big ten point swing with the Dukes driving for a field goal. The Dukes took the ball, the momentum and the game right there.

Dukes up by two scores with 2 mins . left.

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[> Subject: Re: Dukes Come Back vs. Bryant With Two Minutes Left


Author:
Me
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Date Posted: Saturday, September 22, 03:57:40pm
It was a good game. I don't know what it means for the rest of the season. Im just happy they won.

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[> Subject: Re: Dukes Come Back vs. Bryant With Two Minutes Left


Author:
Shoey
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Date Posted: Saturday, September 22, 04:19:24pm
In McCoy and Patterson we trust!!!!...........they own the 4th quarter!!!! Senior leadership!!!! alot of other guys made plays..............BUT there is a great argument this might be the best qb/rb duo in History of Duquesne football. Go Dukes

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Subject: 2012 Dukes


Author:
shoey
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Date Posted: Saturday, September 22, 03:46:03pm
The team is 2-1 as I suspected but the rest of the season depends on whether The staff plays to win a championship or just be conservative. McCoy, PaTterson, Kona are three of the top ten players in league.....3 times this staff has had a opportunity on 4th and short (ODu) worst call in duquesne football history and twice on short 4th downs against worst team in Fcs......all three times they chose to take the ez way out......I think the players have the guts to carry it out.......but if the coaches play scared we wont get that 4th and 1 against Albany.....are we all in????? Grow some!!!!!!!!!

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[> Subject: Re: 2012 Dukes


Author:
412 Express
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Date Posted: Monday, September 17, 07:42:12am
I agree Shoey. Hindsight is 20/20 but 2 of those 3 4th downs we should have went for. It sends a message to your oline especially on 4th and short that the coach doesn't have the confidence in you to make it, big morale loss. Although I can see the hesitation, this year's line has shown promise but doesn't have the "mesh" that last year's veteran laiden line had.

Also, listening to the game what troubled me the most is the defense. I thought they were the strength of the Dukes this year. I think they still are and can be but a very disappointing showing against valpo. Gotta pick it up heading into the conference, there are no valpo's in the NEC this year

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[> [> Subject: Re: 2012 Dukes


Author:
Shoey
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Date Posted: Monday, September 17, 03:31:02pm
412- One great play by that offensive line could give them the confidence they need.......i think the 4th and 1 at ODU was honestly the worst message I have ever seen a coach send to his team....Valpo should be automatic just like it was for ODU against us....this team is starting to gel....the D made adjustments but the first half was ugly. We only throw the ball 10 times in the first half?????? our guy is 66% 5th year senior.....just dont like the mindset of the staff......let the guys play and let it all hang out.

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: 2012 Dukes


Author:
Me
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Date Posted: Saturday, September 22, 03:46:03pm
I have listened all day long in the car and now in my house.

Glad to HEAR the game. And glad we may have pulled this one out.

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Subject: Radio Delay and Other Complaints


Author:
Coffee
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Date Posted: Sunday, September 16, 10:09:15am
I've done my share of whining on this board but yesterday's delay in the radio broadcast was due to the airlines and not the Athletic Dept., Redzone, WMNY or the broadcasters. Alex and Tadd's flight was pushed way back and they busted their ails getting there at all.

I almost shut this Forum down along with the blog a couple weeks back over the frustration of the lack of vision from the athletic department for football. They see see running football as the same thing as running a field hockey team. No offense to field gockey, but GA doesn't come from a Division 1 school that even had a football team (X).

We don't need and can't support the hoopla of Beaver Stadium but we sure could do a bit better than the less than high school number of grandstands and real band that doesn't even let the crowd know when the Narional Anthem is being played because they can't be heard. When St. francis can field a marching band and Robert Morris can put up a real press box and La Salle can tack together a playing field where the visitors aren't sitting on park benches and concrete slabs, Duquesne can obviously do better. La Salle doesn't even field a team any more.

We draw the least in D 1 because we don't create a real football experience. I don't mean Baggo and frisbee dogs. Any Western PA high school knows the formula... GA does not.

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[> Subject: Re: Radio Delay and Other Complaints


Author:
Me
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Date Posted: Sunday, September 16, 01:42:40pm
Not once when I was listening to the first 30 minutes on WMNY (thinking I had the game time wrong) did they say they were having difficulties or what the reason was there was no DU football broadcast.

It was only when I checked Yahoo sports did I realize the game was actually going on.

I'm sorry but this does reflect poorly on the athletic department and the level of any real support they give football. At least, if WMNY would have acknowledged the problem over the air it would have been nice.

Why is this outside of the control of the Athletic Director? Why isn't someone in Pittsburgh monitoring WMNY and whether or not the game is on?

Why do DU fans that want to listen be subjected to this crap over and over? 2 broadcasts out of 3 this season. That is 67%. Problems are the norm, not the exception.

Again, I have listened to North Hills Indians High School football games at home on Friday nights for the better part of ten years. I can NEVER recall this happening to them.

Of course, the people at North Hills care about their football program and putting out a quality product.

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Subject: Dukes win, 45-17, over Valpo


Author:
Always a Duke
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Date Posted: Saturday, September 15, 04:39:34pm
Dukes turn the game around in the 2nd Q and run away with it in second half. Way to go, Dukes! Bryant (0-3) will be next week's opponent.

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[> Subject: Re: Dukes win, 45-17, over Valpo


Author:
Me
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Date Posted: Saturday, September 15, 08:00:16pm
Bryant is 0-3. They lost to Maine from the CAA this weekend.

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Subject: Valparaiso, the Dukes' Next Opponent


Author:
Always a Duke
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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 12, 06:44:01pm
The Sports Network recently did an article about the five worst programs in all of FCS. One of those select five is none other than Valparaiso, the Dukes' next and last non-conference opponent. Note that this is the second game of the home and home agreement with Valpo. It's unlikely that you'll see Crusaders on any of the Dukes' future schedules.

"Valparaiso - Arguably Division I's worst program, the Crusaders from the non- scholarship Pioneer Football League have lost 32 of their last 33 games. But third-year coach Dale Carlson has solved some of the program's funding and recruiting problems and thrown young players like quarterback Eric Hoffman and running back Gabe Ali-El, who started as freshman a year ago, into the mix. That's a good start for him."

Last Saturday Valpo lost to Youngstown State by a score of 56-0. Albany, who is in its final year of play in the NEC, will be playing Youngstown State this weekend. This game should give us an idea of how tough Albany really is.

Here's a link to The Sports Network's entire article: Link.

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Subject: MORE COFFEE ANYONE?


Author:
Coffee
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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 12, 04:11:29pm
The Blog and Forum will continue. I finished the ODU write up/Dayton article follows.

Gutty performance against the Flyers and ODU. This team deserves a blog and forum.

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[> Subject: Re: MORE COFFEE ANYONE?


Author:
ME
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Date Posted: Sunday, September 09, 12:11:24pm
I had trouble listening to the game on the radio. I tuned in at 12:00 and 12:15 and at about 12:25 to 1360 and there was some medical show on.


I'd tuned back in for the fourth quarter and I was finally able to get the game. Was it just me or did others have problems?

Glad they pulled it out. Albany stopped RMU. They will be tough to beat. St. Francis beat Bryant which was a surprise.

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[> [> Subject: Re: Audio & Video of Dayton game


Author:
CoachL
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Date Posted: Sunday, September 09, 12:49:56pm
The radio guys stated a few times during the game that they were having technical difficulties, but I was able to listen to most of the game here on the Left Coast over the internet via the WMNY site. The sound quality was poor, but listenable. I gave up on the RedZoneMedia link.

The video feed was absolutely useless. Third-world countries provide better streaming video than that.

This on-campus web-cam: http://165.190.26.185/view/viewer_index.shtml?id=11682

provides a far better video feed than what we get for Duquesne Football. It's a disgrace.

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Audio & Video of Dayton game


Author:
Always a Duke
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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 12, 04:11:29pm
It was my understanding that the Duquesne Athletic Dept. senior staff discussed these problems at length on Monday and also spoke to WMNY-AM Radio staff about eliminating the poor sound quality of the radio broadcast experienced at the beginning and during of the Dukes-Daytom football games for the remainder of the football season. Also a promise was made by the Athletic Dept. to correct the problems with the video broadcast as well. Note that I forwarded Coach L's and Coffee's comments to the Athletic Dept. that appeared on this forum.

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[> Subject: Re: This team deserves a blog and forum


Author:
CoachL
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Date Posted: Sunday, September 09, 12:52:51pm
Yup!

"Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back!"

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[> [> Subject: Re: This team deserves a blog and forum


Author:
Me
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Date Posted: Sunday, September 09, 05:35:57pm
Well for a while there I only thought it was me. No use in complaining about it, no one at that University cares.

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Subject: Pitt, Gardner-Webb and Duquesne


Author:
Coffee
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Date Posted: Sunday, September 09, 01:34:51pm
I just ran a computer rating comparison on Computerrating.com and Duquesne was simulater to win 23-17 over Gardner-Webb.

Pitt should pull their game against Gardner Webb for maybe their only winn of the season but the Dukes would give them a better game.

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Subject: A win is a win


Author:
CoachL
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Date Posted: Saturday, September 08, 08:33:00pm
Duquesne 17 - Dayton 7

A win is a win is a win, however...

The Dukes and their coaching staff seriously need to put the pieces together on this team or else it is going to be a long season.

I know that people are hurt. I know that young guys are getting playing time (a good thing), but the Dukes have GOT to start executing for four full quarters.

Duquesne may be able to get by Valparaiso next week without a complete effort from everybody, but the NEC schedule is a different story. (For the record, I hope that the Dukes CRUSH Valpo. 52-or-more to 0 would be nice.)

The talent is there. I'm sure the will is there. The execution has not been. As a coach, I put that responsibility square upon the shoulders of the coaching staff. The difference will be between an undefeated NEC season and a trip to the playoffs, or a middle-of-the-pack finish in the NEC and the thoughts of what could have been.

To the team and to the coaches I say, "It's there for the taking, gentlemen. Don't waste this opportunity!"

GO DUKES!

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Subject: PLAYCALL????


Author:
Duke Nukem
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Date Posted: Saturday, September 08, 12:30:38pm
Ok, Third on one on Dayton's 8 yard line... Don't you think a first and goal at the 7 is the objective???

No... Take a chance and throw it into endzone so you have to kick a field goal if it does not work. Bad coaching!

By the way, why did they ever bring back Loebig and let go of Loya? Loebig is the worst coach the Dukes ever had in his inability to communicate with the players and his sense of football strategy.

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[> Subject: Re: PLAYCALL????


Author:
Shoey
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Date Posted: Saturday, September 08, 01:20:44pm
Didnt want to say I told you about Loebig.......just a bad Karma guy

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Subject: Head Coach Jerry Schmitt Radio Show starts tonight at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN Radio 970


Author:
Always a Duke
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Date Posted: Thursday, September 06, 04:52:11pm
Hey Dukes' football fans, here's an opportunity to raise some of those issues that have left you wondering about what's going on with the Dukes or about the Dukes' next opponent, Dayton. Click here.

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Subject: Blog' and Forum's Future


Author:
Coffee
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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 09:29:58pm
I started to write the game article after the ODU loss but could not finish. Sorry guys, my heart wasn't in it yet for this year. I'm tired of doing things like trying to get the challenge trophy together and getting blank stares from the Duquesen Athletic Department. Other universities link to blogs that support the program, ours just pretends we don't exist.

We have a Rivals cite that I've been posting on with articles getting re-posted on yahoo nation wide but I got turned down for a press pass last time I asked. The blog and forum and Rivals Cite had well over 150,000 hits since started... but I'm just tired of trying...

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[> Subject: Re: Blog' and Forum's Future


Author:
Shoey
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Date Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 12:34:53am
Coffee- agree!!! how do you think the players feel having to take a 13 hour bus ride.....they got lost.....the day before game. Leading the lambs to slaughter set up for failure......but they got their 75k and soggy sub sandwiches for the way home.....we have just had great players and guys who cared no support from AD.

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[> [> Subject: Re: Blog' and Forum's Future


Author:
412 Express
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Date Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 08:15:34am
I see where youre coming from, but I for one have appreciated this blog for the past few seasons. I moved out of the area upon graduation and was out of the loop until my return a few months ago. This blog kept me updated on the NEC title run last year and I am very happy I didn't miss it!

The marketing department is the same ol song and dance. A former player in Jay Spinks is involved in the media aspect of the marketing dept and is taking a big step in the right direction with the youtube highlights and social media outlets. But the school needs to push for student support, make home games something to do instead of just something to watch for a few minutes while you walk down academic-walk.

In my opinion, nothing gets better until a respectable stadium, more specifically grandstands, are built.

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[> Subject: Re: Blog' and Forum's Future


Author:
Bleu
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Date Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 12:50:04pm
Coffee...Whatever you started...please finish it. This blog has been much appreciated. I visit here often, for guys like you, Shoey and Always a Duke to make sense out of things. I always look forward to your pre-game commentary as well as post game summary. You keep us all in the know. You get it...and us Duke fans out here depend on you ! Thanks for everything you do to support a great group of kids ! They are our Dukes !!

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[> Subject: Re: Blog' and Forum's Future


Author:
CoachL
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Date Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 12:55:04pm
Coffee, I feel your frustration.

However...

You just have to ask yourself, "For whom am I doing this?"

Is it for the Duquesne Athletic Department?

...Or is it for the boys in the Duquesne jerseys who are busting their tails every day for the privilege of representing Duquesne University out on the football field?

...Or is it for every guy who has ever put on the Duquesne jersey over the years?

...Or is it for every Duquesne fan who bleeds red & blue?

...Or is it for every parent who sacrificed so much so that their child could attend this outstanding institution on The Bluff?

I'm just one person, but I can tell you that your blog and this forum are my most significant (non-family) connections to Duquesne and the Dukes, and their loss would be a significant blow to the football program and to those of us who have to follow the Dukes from afar.

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[> [> Subject: Re: Blog' and Forum's Future


Author:
Bleu
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Date Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 04:11:20pm
Coach L - sorry I forgot to include you. Thanks for your great input to all the discusson. Missed you lately.

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Blog' and Forum's Future


Author:
Shoey
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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 01:27:34pm
Coffee- Maybe you could just start interviewing the players, families, close friends, alumni. If you keep on blasting yourself over something that is never going to change unless we get a young, dynamic coach in here it will be the same. Those people appreciate your work.
For those kids to drive 13 hours the DAY BEFORE a game they had minimal chnace to win and get soggy sub sanswhiches on a horrible charter flight.......that was inexcusable. Then be fed to the lions unprepared.

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[> Subject: Re: Blog' and Forum's Future


Author:
Carl
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Date Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 01:05:36pm
Please keep up the good work. Your articles are very well appreciated. I am a season ticket holder for both football and basketball and appreciate reading all of your comments.

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[> [> Subject: Re: Blog' and Forum's Future


Author:
Coffee
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Date Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 09:26:37pm
Guys, Thanks for the kind words. I guess I felt like it didn't make a difference for the time it took. Writing should be a labor of love (if its for free). I do enjoy writing and I care about the Dukes to a point that it really bothers me to see what could be but isn't.

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Blog' and Forum's Future


Author:
Duke from way back
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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 11:20:01am
Coffee, your work here is invaluable and you are a pioneer of sorts. The way you use the social media. I'm sorry you are not given the respect you deserve. My thought is that for every person who posts, 30 to 50 people observe the posts. I rarely post but ALWAYS log on. For all us, stay the course, please.

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[> Subject: Re: Blog' and Forum's Future


Author:
Bugaboo
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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 01:46:13pm
I'm a Duke football mom and my son is actively playing. I have not posted but certainly do appreciate reading your posts. I learn alot. There is very little information out there. Please don't ever feel that your posts go unnoticed.
It's disappointing how little Duquesne does to promote their program and players. These boys give it their all and hold their heads up high, proud to be a "Duke".
I wish the school itself could support that more.

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[> [> Subject: Re: Blog' and Forum's Future


Author:
A83
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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 09:29:58pm
I do not post very often because I have felt Coffee's frustration with the AD and the school in general. I was a super fan and attended many sports.

I understand your pain and frustration. Although I do not support DU athletics anymore physically or monetarily, I would really miss this blog.

You do great work. I support your final decision no matter what it is.

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Subject: Dorian Bell


Author:
DonoraDan
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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 05:58:09pm
What happened to Dorian Bell? On roster but didn't play against OD? No mentioned in DU press articles.

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[> Subject: Re: Dorian Bell


Author:
Always a Duke
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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 08:10:38pm
There was an inadvertent violation of an NCAA rule regarding the use of a coach's parking pass which was reported to the NCAA by Duquesne's rules compliance officer. I was under the impression that there was a meeting with the NCAA on either Thursday or Friday to discuss the circumstances surrounding the infraction. Following the meeting those representing Duquesne had the impression that the NCAA would not be imposing a one-game suspension on Dorian Bell. However, the NCAA ruled that a one-game suspension was appropriate.

It sounds like this was clearly a chicken s_ _t call on the part of the NCAA to impose such a sanction. Dorian will be available for the Dayton game.

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