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08-20-2008, 08:52 AM
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| Marcus Ball Rumor
People are saying that he's interested in Tennessee. He was released from his scholly at FSU. Quote:
posted by Andrew Carter on May 5, 2008 4:27:53 PM
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So Florida State announced today that junior linebacker Marcus Ball asked for a release from his scholarship, and that the university granted his request. I think some details might have been missing from FSU's one-sentence release but the point remains: Ball is gone.
And you know what? It's not necessarily a bad thing for the Seminoles.
Don't get me wrong. Ball is talented. He's energetic. And he probably would have started in the fall -- at least after serving a likely three-game suspension resulting from FSU's academic fraud scandal.
But Ball had been in trouble before. He was suspended during his sophomore season from the Music City Bowl, which FSU lost 35-28 to Kentucky. And he was suspended last Nov. 10 during FSU's loss at Virginia Tech. He missed that one for the nebulous "violation of team rules."
You have to wonder how much Ball's past discretions led him to "ask for a release" from Florida State. And you have to wonder whether the coaches are sad to see him go. My guess is they're not.
On the surface, Ball's departure might appear to be another setback in an off-season that's turning rocky. Team MVP Preston Parker, of course, was arrested two weeks in Palm Beach County and charged with possession of marijuana and carrying a concealed weapon.
Ball's exit, though, isn't necessarily a bad thing. It doesn't cost FSU in the short term because he would have likely missed the team's first three games. And it doesn't hurt FSU in the long term because the program has a solid core of good young linebackers (see: Kendall Smith, Maurice Harris, Nigel Bradham and Vince Williams) who now will have more of a chance to prove themselves.
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Stone Mountain (GA) Stephenson Ht: 6-foot-0  ( Events) Wt: 204 lbs  Forty: 4.52 secs Bench reps: 18  Vertical: 33 inches Shuttle: 4.06 secs Class: 2006 (High School)
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08-20-2008, 08:58 AM
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08-20-2008, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by BrierVol61  a thug? | Sounds like one. | |
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08-20-2008, 10:10 AM
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Thug Life!!! | |
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08-20-2008, 10:58 AM
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| TN recruited him hard initially...he was a beast in high school. I saw him on tv in the state playoffs and he played rb and couldn't be stopped. I wouldn't mind having him if he has grown up a bit. | |
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08-20-2008, 11:17 AM
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| Tenn might be just what he needs...maybe we could add that family atmosphere that the kid needs in his life! | |
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08-20-2008, 11:22 AM
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| | C.J. Black owes me $50...
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| Kenney O'Neal and Brandon Warren...
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08-21-2008, 01:38 AM
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| I head Jacksonville State is looking for a linebacker. | |
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08-21-2008, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Rasputin_Vol Kenney O'Neal and Brandon Warren... | Yeah, that Brandon Warren kid really sucks.  | |
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08-21-2008, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Rasputin_Vol Kenney O'Neal and Brandon Warren... | I'm not following you here. Kenny was an obvious waste of talent but Brandon Warren might be the best TE we've had since Witten. | |
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08-21-2008, 12:22 PM
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| | Carolina Vol
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| Do we really want him? Sounds like a distraction waiting to happen.... | |
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08-21-2008, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by gainesvol82 I'm not following you here. Kenny was an obvious waste of talent but Brandon Warren might be the best TE we've had since Witten. | They both were originally out of FSU like marcus ball. hopefully he wasn't comparing warren to o'neal as a bust | |
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08-22-2008, 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by tsvol06 Yeah, that Brandon Warren kid really sucks. | Yeah, I was clearly stating that Warren sucks...
...or maybe I was making a connection with us seeming having a pipeline to Tallahassee recently.
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08-22-2008, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Rasputin_Vol Yeah, I was clearly stating that Warren sucks...
...or maybe I was making a connection with us seeming having a pipeline to Tallahassee recently. | Maybe | |
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