Greetings from the final few days of my vacation.
I’m taking a little break from taking a break to let you all know that I was able to confirm today with Julie Manning, CU compliance director, that former CU wide receiver Josh Smith also has been given a release to UCLA.
CU athletic director Mike Bohn and coach Dan Hawkins had originally limited Smith’s release to Southern Cal. He informed them last month that he intended to transfer closer to home near Los Angeles to a school where he could pursue a specific music degree not offered at CU.
When CU limited his transfer option to just USC, he appealed the decision to a committee made up of three professors. They ruled on the side of Bohn and Hawkins, but Manning tells me a deal was worked out between Smith and Hawkins allowing the release and possible transfer to UCLA.
If Smith eventually ends up with the Bruins, he will be the second Buff in the past two offseasons to leave Boulder for Westwood, Calif. Former offensive lineman Kai Maiava left CU after the 2007 season for UCLA, where he is expected to be a heavy contribuitor this season for former CU coach Rick Neuheisel.
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Earn your way back, Simas. Come back to the team a smarter, bigger, humbler man.
Agreed. Simas, from what I saw last year you have the chance to be a terrific player. Don't let this setback ruin your career. Learn from your mistakes, admit the problem, and work to overcome it. We need you in black and gold next year!
someone help me with this one……..simas may get to come back after all his "incidents" yet sumler was denied his last semester of scholarship cause he needed to pursue his master's somewhere else and leave cu—he always appeared to play by the rules. he just wanted to finish his undergraduate work at cu. where am i missing something?
i agree simas did well last year..but what about hawkin's comment saying "once is a mistake and twice is behavior"…conistency deems to be a problem for hawk, on and off….. .
sumler had a football scholarship… quit the team, yank the scholarship and use it for somebody else. makes sense to me. he can apply for other scholarships down the road like everybody else (read: non-football player).
true, however he could have just waited to let hawk know, til may……but instead he was courteous enough to let hawk know so it would benefit recruiting. imho…i might be way off. but, sumler could have finished spring semester and then told hawk…probably sumler's error…i really don't have all the facts at all…just a very outside thought