AIRBHG Strikes Again: Rodney Coe Academically Ineligible
by RossWB on May 26, 2011 10:58 PM CDT
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PrintYou knew it was just a matter of time before AIRBHG unleashed his holy wrath again; we just didn't quite expect him to rob from the cradle, figuratively speaking. But that's just what he did; incoming freshman running back Rodney Coe is academically ineligible and heading to Iowa Western Community College:
Per the Rivals guys, Coe indicated that he still wants to come to Iowa after his JUCO sojourn is up, but... we've seen this show before and it usually doesn't end happily where Iowa is concerned. Two years is a long time and there will be a lot of schools pursuing Coe if he performs at the level that earned him a 4* ranking in high school. Why Coe is going to a junior college rather than a prep school (something many other academically-challenged players have done, including Shonn Greene) remains a mystery.
There have been a few success stories from players who flunked out of Iowa and head to toil in the JUCO ranks -- Shonn Greene, Amari Spievey, and Clinton Solomon spring to mind. The key difference is that they spent 1-2 years at Iowa before going the JUCO route; they'd made connections with the coaches, their teammates, their fellow students, and the community. Coe has visited Iowa a few times as a high schooler and talked to a few coaches -- just a bit different. We certainly hope Coe makes it to Iowa in 2013 -- but we're not exactly holding our breath. (Coe will also have some company at the running back position at Iowa Western; former Cedar Falls Rapids Washington standout Andre Dawson is transferring away from UNI to IWCC.)
Damn you, AIRBHG.
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Well, that's a cockpunch
I’m happy I got to read this after instinctively taking percocet and muscle relaxers. One thing though, it has to be promising for Iowa that he’s going to JUCO in Iowa, doesn’t it? Is this the kid that said the Shonn Greene story was part of why he chose Iowa in the first place? In any case, hopefully JUCO strengthens his ligaments and polishes his studies.
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on May 26, 2011 11:22 PM CDT reply actions
It doesn't hurt, that's for sure.
Iowa Western is also one of the better JUCOs in the midwest, I think, which also probably played a factor.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
They'd better be with that backfield. Dawson was 4-star also, right?
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on May 26, 2011 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions
3* or 4*, yeah.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Then why did he go to UNI?
I’m doubting your statement, I just find that odd. That said, I’m also a little surprised Coe went to Iowa Western and not Iowa Central (since that’s where Solomon, Spievey, and Greene all went).
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
I'm NOT doubting your statement
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
He was a 3* guy who, per Scout, had offers from Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Purdue, and Wisco.
So, yeah, it was strange he landed at UNI.
Either he didn’t actually have those offers — or there were some red flags that scared those teams off.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I always figured it was a case of teams cooling on him.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on May 27, 2011 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
For Iowa
This is by no means fact, but I think he was taking his time making a decision and we ended up filling up on RBs so we cooled on him. I think it was the same situation for others and he didn’t have as many options at that point. Could have been red flags too, though.
It's not that I'm lazy, Bob, it's that I just don't care
30+ homer threat, too.
Bad knees, though…
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 27, 2011 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Thank you, I was worried someone wouldn't make a joke like that.
I should have known I could count on you McCann’t.
Whatever farm animal of war, Lana. Shut up!
by Carfino'sWay on May 28, 2011 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think it helps in this particular case.
For one, IWCC is quickly making a name for itself as a JUCO that’s putting kids into good 4-years. And it’s a lot closer to Nebraska than Iowa; I’m not sure state boundaries are better at future recruits than pure proximity. After all, it would be a ton easier for him to make unofficials at Nebraska than Iowa.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
So much for the discussion of Coe ending up as a linebacker
That would be my guess, anyway. I’m sure he’ll be a bona fide running back after two years of running over JUCO defenders. Is there any reason he couldn’t come to Iowa after one year at IWCC if he manages good grades there? I’m curious how that works. I was thinking Greene and Solomon spent just a year at JUCO.
The rules are different.
If you get into a Big Ten school and have problems, you just need to get your grades up. If you don’t get in, you need to finish the 2 years. We’ve ran into that before.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on May 26, 2011 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions
That makes sense. Thanks.
Yeah, there’s a big difference between a guy coming in right away with full eligibility and having to wait two years for a guy with only two years left. I’d love to see this kid reach his potential and, of course, end up at Iowa, but it seems like the coaching staff probably has no choice but to leave the door open, hope for the best, and move on.
This seems odd to me
If any other highschool senior didn’t get in and then went to a CC for a year and got great grades wouldn’t they have a chance to get in? Why the two year rule for football players?
He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on May 27, 2011 7:02 AM CDT up reply actions
because it's a separate rule for participating in athletics than simply being admitted
I’m sure he could get into Iowa after one year.Might even be able to get in now. But that’s different than qualifying to play NCAA sports.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
Good luck to Mr. Coe
Would love to see him in a Hawkeye uniform, but that looks unlikely at this point.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on May 27, 2011 12:36 AM CDT reply actions
Ugh.
Just… ugh.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on May 27, 2011 12:47 AM CDT reply actions
That is just maddening.
Nowhere near as frustrating (and perhaps embarrassing) for Mr. Coe, to be sure, but jesus fucking christ, come on.
I hate standardized testing so much.
"Enjoy the diarrhea."
Oops -
Nowhere near as frustrating as it is for Mr. Coe…
derp
"Enjoy the diarrhea."
by Bucketochicken on May 27, 2011 6:12 AM CDT up reply actions
AIRBHG is starting early this year
We’ll probably have a fourth-string LB running the ball by fall practice.
Screw 4th string
Morris was a stud RB in HS. Owen Marecic ain’t got nothin on him!
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
Andre Dawson
Wasn’t he Cedar Rapids Washington and not Cedar Falls?
Yeah yeah, Cedar somethings...
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
He doesn't have to be gone for two years, does he?
If he performs well academically in year one, wouldn’t he have the opportunity to transfer in 2012? I know when I was kicked out of Iowa for poor grades they were more than willing to let me come back after a year of community college if I could improve my grades. I see no reason that it wouldn’t be the same for an athlete.
(Do you think Coe’s nickname is “Big Rod”? Because if I was 6’3"/230 and my name was Rodney I’d totally expect my friends to have nicknamed me “Big Rod”.)
Disregard the academics question, I see WSR has handled that already.
Lo siento.
by The Mexican't on May 27, 2011 8:44 AM CDT up reply actions
I've been wrong before.
And it wouldn’t be a surprise if I was wrong again. But because he’s a non-qualifier, it means he’s got an entirely different set of hoops to jump through.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on May 27, 2011 8:58 AM CDT up reply actions
That's pretty much all the Spanish you speak, right?
And “Yo quiero Taco Bell” doesn’t count.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 27, 2011 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions
For the most part.
I can read Spanish and appear as if I know what I’m saying, but I couldn’t possibly hold a conversation in Spanish.
by The Mexican't on May 27, 2011 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I think he should call himself Rodimus Prime.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Because he has the touch?
And he has the power.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
by HoyaGoon on May 27, 2011 12:31 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Nice.
Coincidentally my friend posted this on his Facebook wall today.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on May 27, 2011 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Re: Big Rod
Maybe. Although to me he’s not that big, but I’m biased. My husband is 6’7 and 285 (and had been up to 335 a year ago). He’s known as Big Matt, Big Dog, and Lurch (Addam’s Family) by different groups of friends.
Does he have any college eligibility left?
"I know you're from Middle America, and sometimes you feel like you're representing more than just a school or a conference, maybe an entire group of American citizens out there."
by Twin Cities Hawk on May 27, 2011 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Probably not
He’s got 2 master’s degrees too, so he did his time. He’s got a bum hip anyway(probably from being so damn big). He is good at clearing paths though. It’s definitely beneficial to walk through a crowded area with a big dude. It’s like the parting of the Red Sea.
Terrible movie
but Chris Parnell’s explanation of Calvin’s split pee stream as depicted on his car decal almost makes it worthwhile.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 27, 2011 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions
I disagree. Hot Road was not a great movie, but it wasn't that bad.
I think it was redeemed by a few other funny bits: cool beans, falling down the mountain, punch dancing, Danny McBride.
If I were flipping channels and it were on
I’d totally watch it. But I still think it’s a pretty bad movie. Although Andy Samberg constantly getting his ass kicked by Ian McShane is pretty special.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 28, 2011 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions
You cannot forget the best part of that movie.
The Whiskey scene which ends with Danny McBride delivering back to back to back killer lines. “I’ve been drinking green tea all god damn day.” “I swear to God I go to church every god damn Sunday.” “This is my hat now, this is totally my hat.” That scene alone makes that movie alright in my book.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
I'm not sure how I forgot that scene
and yet remembered the weird dance in the convenience store parking lot. Yeah, that shit’s hilarious.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 30, 2011 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on May 27, 2011 9:05 AM CDT up reply actions
Actually, if Coe DOES make it back to Iowa...
I think turning him into an inanimate carbon rod will be AIRBHG’s next trick.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Mother fucking shit goddamn asshole
That is all
You forgot to say "earmuffs"
Going, going, going, going, going, going, going, going.... Alright, I'll stop for now.
by EnergizerHawk on May 27, 2011 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions
AIRBHG -
(To quote CeeLo) – I really hate your ass right now.
"Sometimes the truth gets in the way of a good story" - KF
by The Bacon Explosion on May 27, 2011 9:33 AM CDT reply actions
Obviously RB depth is incredibly important in Iowa City
And losing a 4* prospect before the season starts is a bummer. But I keep hearing the McCall is really the guy from this class that is going to shine.
Couldn’t Coe redshirt this year at Iowa Western and still maintain 3 years of eligibility if he comes to Iowa in 2013? This assumes, of course, that he’d be willing to sit and watch JUCO football instead of running over defenders for 1700 yards and 15 TDs.
Well
And losing a 4* prospect before the season starts is a bummer. But I keep hearing the McCall is really the guy from this class that is going to shine.
And everyone wanted to turn Coe into a LB anyway.
I think Coe COULD redshirt at IWCC; the question is whether or not he’d be willing to do so. (I suppose there’s also the question of whether or not a year away from football would be good for him or not.)
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
If he really wants to stay at RB, I see no way he moves to LB after crushing people in JUCO.
He’s going to be a terror monster at that level, and probably has his sights set on a JUCO all-american ring. Coaches may be hard pressed to change his mind after two years of leveling people.
Despite bringing up the redshirt idea, I have a hard time imagining Coe will be willing to sit out a year when he’s likely to be one of the top athletes on the field at any given time.
by The Mexican't on May 27, 2011 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
Let's hope this conversation isn't happening anytime soon:
“So, AJ, we know we promised you a shot at being the quarterback here at Iowa but…”
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 27, 2011 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
It's far more likely he would save his redshirt for 4-year.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
Perhaps, but no matter what he'll only have four years to actually play.
So it’s a matter of choosing between 2 years in JUCO, 2 years at a 4-year school and 1 year in JUCO, 3 years at a 4-year school, I think.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
yes.
very true
but, no matter how much i liked the school i had committed to, and especially if that had as much to do with that school being the best one guaranteeing you a chance at RB, I would want to prove to everyone that I was a RB>
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
Maybe the JUCO coaches will use him as a DE and we get a beast when he returns to Iowa City
Battles are won with a hammer, wars are won with a scalpel
It was just speculation
that Coe could even crack the two-deeps next year. Johnson and white have made great progress and have 2 years in the system. Coe could just as easily been the next Jeff Brinson. Like Aesop’s fox wisely said, " Who wants those grapes anyway, they are probably sour."
"Make it tasteful, but dongier" - Blackheartnopants
I'm sure that one's a lost cause
And it’s time to move on
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
You can only kill a God by no longer believing in Him
And ignoring Him. Unfortunately, AIRBHG has an invedible ability to constantly demand our attention and subservience.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
by HoyaGoon on May 28, 2011 2:17 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
While this sucks giant balls...
I don’t feel sorry for the kid at all. Maybe he’ll pay a little more attention in class from now on, unbelievable.
This week's winner of the "Knee-jerk Comment of the Week"
by The Mexican't on May 27, 2011 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
You put an extra word in compared to what I was thinking.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on May 27, 2011 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
What's a "Knee Comment"?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 28, 2011 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions
when did this place start attracting the Hawkeye Nation riff-raff?
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
by HoyaGoon on May 28, 2011 2:19 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
#10 in the blog rankings, baby!
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on May 29, 2011 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions
This is all because he was screwed out of Marchinformation
his vengeance will be swift and painful. When Coker is hit by a stray meteor and the phone White uses to call 911 explodes, we will have no one to blame but ourselves.
by justsomehawkeyefan on May 27, 2011 7:01 PM CDT reply actions
WAIT!!!
This means Iowa will have an extra scholarship for next season, right? Any idea if they’ll just give it to one of the current walk-ons for a year or two, one of the incoming walk-ons they were on the verge of offering, or is there someone else out there that might come if given a scholarship?
Can they still get Chance Early back?
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
Memory says Ferentz will give it to a non-schollie guy. May be incorrect, though
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on May 27, 2011 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions
What the hell?!
because of AIRBHG, Iowa needs to recruit nothing but RB’s from now on.
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