John Clay ineligible (Update: Or is he?)

[MarquesJohnson2000]

www.jsonline.com/watch/?w...7&id=26112

 

 

Needs more tutoring, apparently.

 

(updated thread title - hawing)

[BuckyTuba]

this really doesn't mean that much, since we have a preseason heisman candidate at running back with a couple solid backups. clay is the type of guy who would have gone early to the draft after his junior year, so i'm not too worried about it.

 

it does give us a little less depth at tailback though.

[GAME05]

he would have been better off redshirting, anyway. not too big a deal.

 

though we'll lose that two-headed monster at RB, I'll still take a winded PJ Hill over most anybody else.

[Oldcity]

I don't really see any positive side to this. This stinks.

[Athens Badger]

Big loss with only 3 RB on scholarship going into the fall now.

 

Hopefully we'll have him in 08.

[fstorm1]

Although it may not "hurt" the team from a RB standpoint, it hurts him as he loses a year of eligibility (which he can gain back), and can't practice with the team this year.

 

A bit disheartening to hear, frankly. Future is/was so bright. I can't speak for anybody else here, but if I had that talent, I'd make darn sure I 1)did my schoolwork and 2)kept my nose clean.

 

I didn't have that talent back in school, and so didn't bother with #1. #2? Yeah, did that. Hmmm, maybe I should have partied more. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[sheetswannabe]

I went to school with Johnny, hes probably pretty sad, but now very motivated, hes that kind of kid.

[jaybird2001wi]

My brother was Johnny Clay's former teacher in high school, so my brother is taking this news as a shock. But I can't say I am surprised since the Badgers were fawning over him since he was a junior and they were doing everything to get him on the Badgers. The only reason Deondre Jenkins, a wide receiver who graduated a year before Clay in high school, was given an athletic scholarship to Wisconsin was to lure Clay to the state capitol.

[packfan79]

I thought I remember reading somewhere that he wanted to go to UW was for the academics and that he was a pretty good student. Does this mean he failed classes he needed or just took easy classes that didn't qualify as the minimum standards? I was looking forward to seeing him get playing time so this is disappointing.

[Rightomac13]

My day just got a whole lot better when I read this this morning.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=648831

[RockCoCougars]

Man, Alvarez is an absolute wizard at getting these guys clearance to play. He could probably get Michael Vick to suit up if he had to.