'15 GA WR Preston Williams (UT Signee 2/4/15)

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WiseGuy said:
Why?

All of our college "careers" depended on making a good score on that test.
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High school kids can take the test a couple of times though to improve your score. Sounds like in this situation he needs to score relatively close to that suspicious 2nd test or they won't buy it. That is significant pressure.
 
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How does one even cheat on a standardized test? Seeing the answers beforehand, having somebody else take the test for you, having somebody fill in the answers after the fact. Seems to me that they could nix all of these things merely by ensuring a secure test location. Are there any other methods that I'm missing?

Which brings me to my point - it irritates the hell out of me that the NCAA clearinghouse can actually punish you for accomplishing what you set out to accomplish. You f*** off for the first session, do poorly, apply yourself for the second one and kill it. Great, you did exactly what you set out to do - except you actually did it too well so now the clearinghouse is up your ass. It's like they're punishing kids for improving. And sure, they can ace the 'retake retake' and it all goes away, but that's not a solution without consequence - those few lost months really matter for many kids. And that's not even touching the fact that they're bringing this out two weeks before many universities start their fall semester instead of much earlier.

There are just so many things about this process that I don't like. Makes me really question what the NCAA's underlying motivation is. If it's to 'support the success of student-athletes' (a phrase that I'm pulling straight from the front page of their website) then they certainly do a poor job of it.
 
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This could be more devastating if he wasn't coming off a serious injury. Let's hope he passes test so he is cleared, Pearson gets cleared, and we get Preston valuable but not critical game experience this year.
 
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When you retake it, you usually have to make a score similar to your previous score — within three points or so, I believe — to prove that the unusually high score was legitimate. Henderson, based on everything I've heard, wasn't able to get the score he needed when he retook the test.

-Callahan
 
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Vol8188 said:
Some of you freaking out for no reason. This offseason hasn't been that bad. Outside of Pearson and Mosley (who will probably be cleared of all wrong doing) everything else has been very minor.
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Not freaking out over here...just tired of hearing bad news about current players
 
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He should merely have to get a qualifying score and that's it. I got a 34 but I'd venture to say that 29-30 is more accurate of where I was in HS. Just being honest.
 
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Dust10 said:
High school kids can take the test a couple of times though to improve your score. Sounds like in this situation he needs to score relatively close to that suspicious 2nd test or they won't buy it. That is significant pressure.
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Thank you! :hi: Dude has been up in my grill lately with sarcastic comments...what a wiseguy!
 
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engineerVOL said:
When you retake it, you usually have to make a score similar to your previous score — within three points or so, I believe — to prove that the unusually high score was legitimate. Henderson, based on everything I've heard, wasn't able to get the score he needed when he retook the test.

-Callahan
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I would think Callahan knows what he's talking about. But it seems like the kid should only have to make a high enough score this time to get accepted when combined with his other entry results like his high school grades, etc. That is, if he can qualify now, how can they disqualify him on some unproven assumption that he cheated the second time he took the test?
 
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