Something Closer to Truth Than Rumor

by Ivory Tower on Feb 3, 2009 11:13 AM EST

Before you all mess your britches and have to run to the powder room, let me warn that this is no recruiting related. I am not going to tell you that Stwarkonious Biscotti, or whatever creatively named 5-star, will "go giggity." It is also not tennis related (so, feel free to keep reading). It is, though, about an athlete of particular popular appeal, who, like his compatriots at the Palmer-Salloum Tennis Center, performed markedly well in the class room last fall.

I have it on good authority (my super-secret, top-level-clearance source in the athletic office) that Jerrell Powe, once ~~famed~~ derided for his grammatically incorrect possession of crayons, made a higher-than-half-the-university 2.9 last semester.

2.9 is not just better than the all-university average, it's better than the all-women's average. It's better than the all-Greek average. It's, obviously, better than the all-team average. And, it's one tenth of a point away from Academic All-SEC.

If you feel froggy, you can contact the NCAA Eligibility Center (formerly the the NCAA Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse) and tell them what a bunch of racist, bigot, no-account snot rags they are at (317) 917-6003.

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Check your sources on this. Powe had to attend winter intersession to be eligible to practice this spring. Sources overheard Rocker getting all over him about it.

by Jim on Feb 3, 2009 2:52 PM EST reply actions

Jim,
If that were the case, wouldn't he have been ineligible to attend the Cotton Bowl?

by monkey11508 on Feb 3, 2009 3:59 PM EST reply actions

Yes, that would be the case monkey

by Anonymous on Feb 3, 2009 4:54 PM EST reply actions

Not going to get into a debate about it. He HAD to attend winter intersession. Just ask him or any one who knows him.

by Jim on Feb 3, 2009 5:14 PM EST reply actions

I am not saying he didnt HAVE to attend WI. Many players do HAVE to attend it. However, because the CB was after New Years, he would not have been elegible if he would have failed last sememster.

by Anonymous on Feb 3, 2009 5:18 PM EST reply actions

It could have been a percentage completion issue.

by Juco All-American on Feb 3, 2009 5:35 PM EST reply actions

This article is about his GPA and how well he is doing in school. I never said he failed last semester.(And he could have failed a course or two) I hope he makes it. But the sources used for this article don't know what they are talking about. NM

by Jim on Feb 3, 2009 5:37 PM EST reply actions