He read an article from the clarion ledger aloud to the reporter. It isn't like he was going on hearsay, he watched him read. His mom doesn't understand the difference in dsylexia and not being able to actually read. Powe isn't very smart. No argument here. Neither was Chris Strong, Mico, Pig Prather, Dontae, etc.....It is called SEC athletics.
Jerrel Powe = Dontae Jones....discuss**
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Exactly. Is it more plausible that his mother didn't know that dyslexic didn't mean "can't read", or is it more plausible that a CL reporter was lying in reporting that Powe read him the entire article where his mother made the "can't read" comment?
It's plainly obvious to me that his mom was either confused, or just misunderstood his situation. I doubt Powe was just lucky enough to guess all the words in the article he read, though I guess it's possible.
I wish you Rebs could explain why a guy who can legitimately read as PROVEN by the Clarion Ledger needs a reader to help him take the ACT. It seems to me that he would not be allowed to take an oral test if the dumb sumbitch could read it himself.
is the futile effort you and Rebel Bruiser are putting into this.</p>
The kid's momma said in the CL he "just can't read." That quote will live forever. Whether it's accurate or not doesn't matter. You should know this.</p>
I could sit here and explain in great detail how Dontae Jones' 36 hrs were legit. Would it matter? Absolutely not and I wouldn't even try. State will have to live with the perception for eternity. Just like Ole Miss has to forevermore endure letting in the non-reader. </p>
The kid's momma said in the CL he "just can't read." That quote will live forever. Whether it's accurate or not doesn't matter. You should know this.</p>
I could sit here and explain in great detail how Dontae Jones' 36 hrs were legit. Would it matter? Absolutely not and I wouldn't even try. State will have to live with the perception for eternity. Just like Ole Miss has to forevermore endure letting in the non-reader. </p>
I am not trying to say the kid s intelligent. He isn't. If he wasn't a 340 pound 5 star DT, we wouldn't be talking about him and nobody would have gone through the great lengths to get him into school. All I am saying is that the kid can in fact read. Will he be reading Chaucer? I doubt it.
Listening to a postgame interview of Tim Bowens or Norman Hand was pure gold. Powe will forever be the poster child of dumb Ole Miss athletes. Dontae Jones will probably always have that title for MSU, although I agree with an earlier poster who said Dontae was probably more lazy than he was stupid.
My biggest question with Jones is how you guys got him to be motivated enough to pass his fall classes to remain eligible for the spring semester.
That's the trick with basketball. With the real lazy idiots, you have to find a way to get them through a semester with passing grades. With football, you can have a Tim Bowens or Rory Johnson that works as a one year rent-a-player without ever having to pass a single class at your college. You can't really do that with basketball. You have to find some way to fake it for a semester. I guess all you have to do is find 4 athlete-friendly professors to get 12 hours out of someone.
That's the trick with basketball. With the real lazy idiots, you have to find a way to get them through a semester with passing grades. With football, you can have a Tim Bowens or Rory Johnson that works as a one year rent-a-player without ever having to pass a single class at your college. You can't really do that with basketball. You have to find some way to fake it for a semester. I guess all you have to do is find 4 athlete-friendly professors to get 12 hours out of someone.
But it wouldn't have lasted nearly as long as the Powe story has. Hell, from the time we first signed Dontae until he withdrew from school at MSU was only about half as long as the time from UM signing Powe until he plays his first snap for them. Not to mention that Dontae was basketball and Powe is football. Basketball is big in the South now, but football is still king.
Fair enough. What if he did a public reading of Green Eggs and Ham. Would that suffice?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPxPciXcJvc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPxPciXcJvc
"Jerrel's a good kid, he just can't read"
There is no argument you can make to change that statement his own mother made.
End of story....
So put your seersucker back on and go sue someone.
There is no argument you can make to change that statement his own mother made.
End of story....
So put your seersucker back on and go sue someone.
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Speaking of that, I still don't understand how Aaron Harper maintained his eligibility for 4 years. That guy was dense. You could tell that just from talking to the guy. Post-game interviews were the best. I guarantee you that he was not as intelligent as Powe. At least it's pretty close. And he somehow managed to stay eligible for his entire career. That's a whole lot of athlete-friendly courses.
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