Squeaks4 Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 I am currently watching the LSU/Tenn. game on ESPN2 and have noticed a weird decal on the back of some of the Tenn. pleyers...If you have a chance to watch it (!0:00 minutes left in the 4th Qt.) Look at Tenn. QB and look at the back of his helmet, he has a decal of a graduation hat...If anyone knows what that is there for I would love to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 It's probably an award sticker for academic achievement. Many schools have something similar to it. I read that Georgia has white dog bones for football achievement, and black ones for academic achievement. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytimp Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Scholar-athletes, yo. Represent.*Stifles laugh* "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that it's hard to verify their authenticity."--Abraham Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeaks4 Posted September 27, 2005 Author Share Posted September 27, 2005 hmmm could be...I was also thinking maybe it means he will be graduating before the season is over, say if he was a redshirt freshman and has enough credits to graduate after the semester they are in right now but the season is not over, can he still play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz615 Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Plus the endzones are different than they was last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 hmmm could be...I was also thinking maybe it means he will be graduating before the season is over, say if he was a redshirt freshman and has enough credits to graduate after the semester they are in right now but the season is not over, can he still play? I believe the rule is simply that you have four years of eligibility and you must be enrolled in a class (perhaps a few).So, if he's still got the year of eligibility, and he's enrolled in any course(s), he can still play. JUSTIN STRIEBEL | PORTFOLIO | RESUME | CONTACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhambruiser Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Plus the endzones are different than they was last season. yeah i noticed the endzone thing too...i liked the old style lsu endzones where "LSU" was covering the whole end zone...There was also an additional sticker on the back of UT helmets- it was a little helmet...odd how the camera got an awful lot of shots of the back of Claussen's helmet Millican StudiosMillican Studios Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeaks4 Posted September 27, 2005 Author Share Posted September 27, 2005 hmmm could be...I was also thinking maybe it means he will be graduating before the season is over, say if he was a redshirt freshman and has enough credits to graduate after the semester they are in right now but the season is not over, can he still play? I believe the rule is simply that you have four years of eligibility and you must be enrolled in a class (perhaps a few).So, if he's still got the year of eligibility, and he's enrolled in any course(s), he can still play. Is it? Then what is red-shirting all about?...I have a good friend from high school who red-shirted as a Freshman last year for the Boise State Football team, He got in on about 5-10 plays, yet because he red-shirted he still has 4 years of eligibility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenclark Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 I got this from the NCAA site. Just do a search on Redshirt Freshman and it comes up:"The term "redshirt" is used to describe a student-athlete who does not participate in competition in a sport for an entire academic year. If you do not compete in a sport the entire academic year, you have not used a season of competition. For example, if you are a qualifier, and you attend a four-year college your freshman year, and you practice but do not compete against outside competition, you would still have the next four years to play four seasons of competition. Each student is allowed no more than four seasons of competition per sport. If you were not a qualifier, you may have fewer seasons of competition available to you. You should know that NCAA rules indicate that any competition, regardless of time, during a season counts as one of your seasons of competition in that sport. It does not matter how long you were involved in a particular competition (for example, one play in a football game, one point in a volleyball match); you will be charged with one season of competition."(http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/membership_svcs/eligibility-recruiting/faqs/eligibility_seasons.html)Teams usually do this to freshman to give them an extra year to gain some size or if there are a lot of good starters ahead of them and they won't get any playing time. You don't want to waste a year of a player's eligibility by having him ride the pine. You also see guys get redshirted when they are injured. If you hear a guy called a reshirt freshman that means he is actually a Sophomore.Regarding the enrollment question, an athlete in their last semester of classes (for example a person in the spring semester of their senior year or a guy who is graduating a semester late) only has to take the credits necessary to graduate. An example is Matt Leinert, the QB from USC. Matt was redshirted one year and this is actually his 5th year at USC. He purposely made sure he was 2 credits shy of graduating at the end of last year so he could play this year. The only class he is taking this semester is a 2 credit ballroom dancing class. He can still play because of the last semester rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadSt_Bully Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Also on the back of the Tennessee helmets were decals of the states of Louisana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therebelas Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Also on the back of the Tennessee helmets were decals of the states of Louisana, Mississippi, and Alabama. All the SEC are (or should be) wearing those decals. I'm not sure if LSU is as they have their own decal, a fleur-de-lis they are wearing this season in addition to the Louisiana state flag they normally wear.Rick Clausen is in his 6th year of college, so lets hope he's already graduated (I believe he has). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhambruiser Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Rick Clausen is in his 6th year of college, so lets hope he's already graduated (I believe he has). what a bum Millican StudiosMillican Studios Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneDavid Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Virginia Tech players who graduate in December will wear these stickers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 I believe the rule is if its your final semester, you only have to take 1 class to be eligible. Matt Lienert is only taking Ball room dancing or some joke class this semester, but its perfectly legal because he will graduate in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Yep, that's true. And it is a joke - he's taking a 2-credit class in ballroom dancing so he can play an extra year for the Trojans. Perfectly legal, but a joke nonetheless.Anything to avoid getting drafted by the 49ers.... The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugent4president Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Also looking at the game last night, it seemed like that Vols have smaller numbers this year than those made for tv jobs they've had since the manning era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowahoo Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 I think the new endzones are meant to match the new Hat font worn by the LSU coach. The hat was ALL NIKE last night, now Zephyr/Nike mixes. . .I did used to enjoy the massive-ness of those LSU letters. Always looked abstract or like a maze or something to me.Tenn.'s orange seems to have gotten brighter in the last few years. Used to be closer to peach than a true bright orange that it appears now. At least to me, anyone else notice that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 I think the new endzones are meant to match the new Hat font worn by the LSU coach. The hat was ALL NIKE last night, now Zephyr/Nike mixes. . . Not only is it a hat font, but it's also a font for the whole athletic department. And LSU seriously needs to go back to the huge lettered-endzones. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsilva1 Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 LSU payed huge $$$ for this (affectionately referred to as "Tooncies" in BTR)...It didn't go over well with the fans, so now they are starting to go to the "Geaux Font" LSU logo (uniforms, midcourt logo in the PMAC, EZ's in Tiger Stadium, etc.)...Geaux Tigers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsfan39 Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Then what was up with Chris Weinkie when he played at FSU? He was like 28 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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