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weezie
03-20-2019, 07:41 PM
Seems a bit excessive, possibly for the whole tourney?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/acc/2019/03/20/syracuse-frank-howard-suspended-indefinitely-miss-ncaa-tournament-game-baylor/3228686002/

Yes, of course the tripping incident but that's a big hammer.

uh_no
03-20-2019, 07:43 PM
Seems a bit excessive, possibly for the whole tourney?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/acc/2019/03/20/syracuse-frank-howard-suspended-indefinitely-miss-ncaa-tournament-game-baylor/3228686002/

Yes, of course the tripping incident but that's a big hammer.

indefinitely = 1 game in this case :D

weezie
03-20-2019, 07:46 PM
indefinitely = 1 game in this case :D

Yeah, maybe. Kind of odd that it went under the radar all week. Of course, syr isn't Duke and the klieg lights aren't turned on 24/7 up there.

-jk
03-20-2019, 07:46 PM
indefinitely = 1 game in this case :D

Grayson waves, "Hi!"

-jk

Steven43
03-20-2019, 07:57 PM
Seems a bit excessive, possibly for the whole tourney?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/acc/2019/03/20/syracuse-frank-howard-suspended-indefinitely-miss-ncaa-tournament-game-baylor/3228686002/

Yes, of course the tripping incident but that's a big hammer.

Howard’s suspension is definitely because he tried to trip Zion? We have confirmation of such?

BD80
03-20-2019, 08:00 PM
Seems a bit excessive, possibly for the whole tourney?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/acc/2019/03/20/syracuse-frank-howard-suspended-indefinitely-miss-ncaa-tournament-game-baylor/3228686002/

Yes, of course the tripping incident but that's a big hammer.

The article never mentions the tripping incident. Is there confirmation that that is the reason?

niveklaen
03-20-2019, 08:25 PM
I will never post in a game thread if tripping is the reason.

weezie
03-20-2019, 10:10 PM
The article never mentions the tripping incident. Is there confirmation that that is the reason?

I posted it poorly. Someone elsewhere asked if it was the tripping and I thought maybe but it seemed late after no coverage for so many days.
Regardless Howard sounds like toast for foreseeable future if it's all true.

kAzE
03-20-2019, 10:59 PM
Okay, let's talk about the real important ramifications of this (I'm kidding on the important part, but): are we still taking Syracuse over Baylor in round 1 in our brackets? Howard is kind of important for them . . .

weezie
03-20-2019, 11:08 PM
I picked Baylor on my DirecTV thingy thing earlier this evening. I'm sure somehow I'll be winning ten million dollars at some point.

brevity
03-20-2019, 11:56 PM
It gives me great pleasure to report that the past several posts were entirely unnecessary.

Daily Orange: Syracuse senior Frank Howard suspended for failed drug test, 3 familiar with situation say (http://dailyorange.com/2019/03/syracuse-senior-frank-howard-suspended-failed-drug-test-3-familiar-situation-say/)


On Tuesday, Howard traveled with SU and practiced in the Utah Jazz practice facility with the rest of the team. Syracuse players found out about the suspension once it was made public Wednesday evening, junior guard Tyus Battle said.

“He failed a drug test. Not sure what kind or when it happened,” said a former player, who was one of the three people familiar with the situation.

At the time the (now deleted) rumor post about an act of violence was made, people on Twitter were saying similarly unsubstantiated stuff about firearm and weed possession.

BlueTeuf
03-21-2019, 12:03 AM
Failed drug test...according to Daily Orange
http://dailyorange.com/2019/03/syracuse-senior-frank-howard-suspended-failed-drug-test-3-familiar-situation-say/

cato
03-21-2019, 12:31 AM
Dank memes should be saved for the offseason, Frank.

El_Diablo
03-21-2019, 01:22 AM
I think all failed tests are wrong. I don’t see why people have to bring drugs into it.

subzero02
03-21-2019, 01:40 AM
This thread basically confirms that even if we win the national title, it's going to be a long loooooooooong summer on this message board.

Steven43
03-21-2019, 02:39 AM
I think all failed tests are wrong. I don’t see why people have to bring drugs into it.

Kind of clever, but didn’t quite get there. Not an altogether bad attempt, though.

Steven43
03-21-2019, 03:05 AM
This thread basically confirms that even if we win the national title, it's going to be a long loooooooooong summer on this message board.

Not for those who don’t read it.

subzero02
03-21-2019, 04:50 AM
Failed drug test...according to Daily Orange
http://dailyorange.com/2019/03/syracuse-senior-frank-howard-suspended-failed-drug-test-3-familiar-situation-say/

It turns out tripping might be a more extensive issue for Howard than previously thought...

9211

Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
03-21-2019, 06:18 AM
Wow this thread.

Little bit of everything.

So, Howard tried to trip Zion, assaulted an ungendered person, and failed a drug test?

Duke curse!

johnb
03-21-2019, 06:54 AM
It sounds like Syracuse knew suspension was likely early in the week, which conforms to the delay in testing the B sample.

I just read thru the NCAA regs, and it seems that testing is done on 11,000 of the 400,000 NCAA athletes. Is the percentage that low in basketball? It also seems championship/tournament games are a trigger for what seems an unusual testing event. It also seems that barring an appeal, suspension is for a year regardless of drug. Is it really true that (legal) mj = steroids in regards to punishment?

left_hook_lacey
03-21-2019, 07:05 AM
Me:I wish we had a thread where we could speculate about Grayson's tripping, the Duke lacrosse scandal, transgender athletes, and PJ Hairston's drug charges.

DBR: Hold my beer.

Spanarkel
03-21-2019, 08:12 AM
Unlike one ACC head coach whose players recently tested positive for PEDs, Boeheim is not allowing Howard to travel with the team/sit on the bench during tonight's game.

devilseven
03-21-2019, 08:39 AM
Unlike one ACC head coach whose players recently tested positive for PEDs, Boeheim is not allowing Howard to travel with the team/sit on the bench during tonight's game.

He may not be on the bench tonight, but Howard traveled with the team to Salt Lake City and practiced with the team on Tuesday at the Utah Jazz practice facility, according to the Daily Orange.

slower
03-21-2019, 08:46 AM
Karma for injuring Tre and tripping Zion.

Good riddance.

Spanarkel
03-21-2019, 09:14 AM
He may not be on the bench tonight, but Howard traveled with the team to Salt Lake City and practiced with the team on Tuesday at the Utah Jazz practice facility, according to the Daily Orange.

AFTER results of failed drug test became known on Wednesday, 3/20, Howard did not practice with the team on Wednesday and Boeheim's quote directly suggests Howard will not be on the bench tonight.

“(Frank) won’t be here with us tomorrow,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said Wednesday afternoon in Salt Lake City, before the Orange practiced. Howard did not appear in practice or for interviews Wednesday.

flyingdutchdevil
03-21-2019, 09:26 AM
Me:I wish we had a thread where we could speculate about Grayson's tripping, the Duke lacrosse scandal, transgender athletes, and PJ Hairston's drug charges.

DBR: Hold my beer.

We also speculate about new beers.

Steven43
03-21-2019, 09:51 AM
Me:I wish we had a thread where we could speculate about Grayson's tripping, the Duke lacrosse scandal, transgender athletes, and PJ Hairston's drug charges.

DBR: Hold my beer.

Who is PJ Hairston? Were you by chance referring to T.J. Harrison?

BD80
03-21-2019, 10:07 AM
Me:I wish we had a thread where we could speculate about Grayson's tripping, the Duke lacrosse scandal, transgender athletes, and PJ Hairston's drug charges.

DBR: Hold my beer.

Excuse me: "Hold my unidentified gender neutral allegedly performance-enhancing substance which may, or may not be, a liquid"

OldPhiKap
03-21-2019, 10:10 AM
Excuse me: "Hold my unidentified gender neutral allegedly performance-enhancing substance which may, or may not be, a liquid"

It's called "gender fluid" for a reason.

(not sure what that reason is, though)

BD80
03-21-2019, 10:11 AM


So, Howard tried to trip Zion ... and failed a drug test?

...


...
I just read thru the NCAA regs, and it seems that testing is done on 11,000 of the 400,000 NCAA athletes. ...

I'm guessing that anyone trying to trip Zion gets an immediate drug test …

I'd rather tug on Superman's cape ...

devildeac
03-21-2019, 10:22 AM
Dank memes should be saved for the offseason, Frank.

Cheats have likely figured out a way not to fail any tests.

devildeac
03-21-2019, 10:26 AM
Me:I wish we had a thread where we could speculate about Grayson's tripping, the Duke lacrosse scandal, transgender athletes, and PJ Hairston's drug charges.

DBR: Hold my beer.

devildeac: Which one?

devildeac
03-21-2019, 10:28 AM
I'm guessing that anyone trying to trip Zion gets an immediate drug test …

I'd rather tug on Superman's cape ...

"...And you don't mess around with Jim." (Sumner, that is :D)

uh_no
03-21-2019, 10:29 AM
"...And you don't mess around with Jim." (Sumner, that is :D)

Operator, well could you help me make this call? It's TV Ted and I don't know the difference between a charge and a block.

roywhite
03-21-2019, 10:29 AM
Cheats have likely figured out a way not to fail any tests.

Haha. Supplying clean urine samples was (is?) part of the tutor's responsibilities.

OldPhiKap
03-21-2019, 10:35 AM
Cheats have likely figured out a way not to fail any tests.

Yeah — don’t take ‘em.

OldPhiKap
03-21-2019, 10:38 AM
"...And you don't mess around with Jim." (Sumner, that is :D)


Operator, well could you help me make this call? It's TV Ted and I don't know the difference between a charge and a block.

"If I could save time (outs) in a bottle . . ."

-- Roy Williams

devildeac
03-21-2019, 10:40 AM
Operator, well could you help me make this call? It's TV Ted and I don't know the difference between a charge and a block.


"...There's something in my eyes, you know it happens every time..."

;)

killerleft
03-21-2019, 10:52 AM
Cheats have likely figured out a way not to fail any tests.

Of course! As long as the drugs were available to non-athletes at UNC, all is well in the Cheater Garden.

Steven43
03-21-2019, 11:00 AM
Of course! As long as the drugs were available to non-athletes at UNC, all is well in the Cheater Garden.

Did you hear that hack, Art Chansky, on NPR last night promoting his latest book of lies and half-truths? He defended UNC in the cheating scandal by saying something to the effect of: All schools do it. Do you think Duke doesn’t also set up its athletes with easier classes? Of course they do.

BandAlum83
03-21-2019, 11:18 AM
Operator, well could you help me make this call? It's TV Ted and I don't know the difference between a charge and a block.

If I could save piss in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every drop
'Til my test passes NCAA
And no fans have to boo

Steven43
03-21-2019, 11:34 AM
Who would have thought there were so many rabid Jim Croce fans on DBR?

Spanarkel
03-21-2019, 11:38 AM
Who would have thought there were so many rabid Jim Croce fans on DBR?

Croce graduated from Villanova: should I consider changing my bracket?

devildeac
03-21-2019, 12:38 PM
Who would have thought there were so many rabid Jim Croce fans on DBR?

"...Baddest man in the whole dammed town..."

Well, maybe not as "bad" as Zion...

BD80
03-21-2019, 01:04 PM
"...Baddest man in the whole dammed town..."

Well, maybe not as "bad" as Zion...

Zion is badder than Leroy and Jim together.

(All): "Zion is badder than Leroy and Jim"

OldPhiKap
03-21-2019, 01:06 PM
I find Jim Croce's stereotyping of roller derby participants to be in poor taste.

Phredd3
03-21-2019, 01:48 PM
I find Jim Croce's stereotyping of roller derby participants to be in poor taste.

Poor taste, maybe, but "she was built like a 'frigerator, with a head" is a great line.

OldPhiKap
03-21-2019, 01:54 PM
His denigration of dogs that happen to work in junk yards is also appalling.

mattyoung18
03-21-2019, 01:56 PM
Karma for injuring Tre and tripping Zion.

Good riddance.

I can see and hear the Cameran crazies waving and saying seeeeeeyaaaa

Fish80
03-21-2019, 01:59 PM
Wow this thread.

Little bit of everything.

So, Howard tried to trip Zion, assaulted an ungendered person, and failed a drug test?

Duke curse!

I'm curious about the ungendered person, sounds like a painful bit of surgery.

Steven43
03-21-2019, 02:03 PM
I'm curious about the ungendered person, sounds like a painful bit of surgery.

No, not really, but it was a painful bit of posting.

plimnko
03-21-2019, 02:03 PM
Cheats have likely figured out a way not to fail any tests.


don't fake tests go with fake classes?

devildeac
03-21-2019, 02:07 PM
don't fake tests go with fake classes?

Indeed they do.

Indoor66
03-21-2019, 02:19 PM
I'm curious about the ungendered person, sounds like a painful bit of surgery.

What is an ungendered person? Sounds rather impossible to me but what do I know. I am rational.

OldPhiKap
03-21-2019, 03:05 PM
I'm curious about the ungendered person

Does that make you ungendered-curious?

BD80
03-21-2019, 03:34 PM
I'm curious about the ungendered person, sounds like a painful bit of surgery.


What is an ungendered person? Sounds rather impossible to me but what do I know. I am rational.

These days, all it takes is a declaration.

Fish80
03-21-2019, 04:21 PM
Bolden is playing tomorrow, per Bleacher Report

Jack White is doubtful, hamstring

mattyoung18
03-21-2019, 04:27 PM
don't fake tests go with fake classes?

uncheat??that just pops in my mind now go figure.

arnie
03-21-2019, 04:37 PM
Bolden is playing tomorrow, per Bleacher Report

Jack White is doubtful, hamstring

Why is the partially good news in this thread?😀

killerleft
03-21-2019, 09:07 PM
Did you hear that hack, Art Chansky, on NPR last night promoting his latest book of lies and half-truths? He defended UNC in the cheating scandal by saying something to the effect of: All schools do it. Do you think Duke doesn’t also set up its athletes with easier classes? Of course they do.

Art writes and speaks as if Joseph Goebbels was his hero. It is to Art's credit that he can't hold a candle to him.

weezie
03-21-2019, 09:40 PM
...Art Chansky, on NPR last night...

Sorry I missed that. His face is made for radio and his books would look great in the shredder. Jerk.

Dukehky
03-21-2019, 11:01 PM
It turns out tripping might be a more extensive issue for Howard than previously thought...

9211

He may not be going to Hell in a Bucket, but Carolina sure as hell is. I just hope they don't enjoy the ride.