Bomar problem ? Aggie post

MeanGreen61 · August 7, 2006

Off another board.

Check the date on this post. Poster caught a lot of flack from fellow Aggies, but did hit the Bomar nail on the head.

http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp...ge=1&forum_id=5

UNTLifer · August 7, 2006

gmg.com

good_ken · August 7, 2006

More proof that people don't read my posts.

gksmith · August 8, 2006

Heard on PTI today (8/7) that he may head for TCU.

SilverEagle · August 8, 2006

Heard on PTI today (8/7) that he may head for TCU.

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Not anymore.

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/colleges/15223704.htm

Frogs won't pursue Bomar

By JEFF WILSON

Star-Telegram Staff Writer

TCU football coach Gary Patterson said late Monday that his staff has stopped recruiting Rhett Bomar, the former Oklahoma quarterback who was booted off the Sooners team Wednesday for violating NCAA rules.

Patterson said lineman J.D. Quinn, Bomar's roommate who was also involved in a scheme that netted the players money for work they didn't do, also will not be pursued.

"I got home, wrote down the pluses and minuses, and I just can't do it," Patterson said. "I feel for the families and want to help them with their options. But TCU isn't an option at this time."

Patterson didn't address whether he would pursue the duo if they landed at a junior college or in a lower NCAA division for this season and were eligible for Division I-A play in 2007.

"Right now, I'm not going to think about that," he said.

His focus is fully back on getting the Horned Frogs ready for their Sept. 3 season opener at Baylor. Patterson confirmed that the recent speculation, which focused mostly on Bomar, had become a distraction, and he addressed the situation with the team after a two-hour practice Monday.

Bomar and TCU seem to be a nice match on the field. Bomar rebounded from a slow start to rally Oklahoma to an 8-4 record last season, and his potential is one of the reasons the Sooners were considered a contender for the national championship.

Patterson said last week that he had a scholarship available for a quarterback after former backup Chad Huffman left the Frogs to pursue professional baseball. Huffman was expected to back up starter Jeff Ballard this season and possibly become the starter in 2007.

As the roster stands now, a sophomore or redshirt freshman will be the starter next year.

Bomar and Quinn had been contacted by TCU, Patterson said, but neither had been on campus. Bomar, from Grand Prairie, and Quinn, from Garland, are sophomores who could have two years of eligibility remaining if they resume Division I-A football next season.

"We've known both of the families," said Patterson, the 2005 coach of the year in the Mountain West Conference. "We wanted to help them through this troubled time."

Patterson said last week that a decision on whether to offer either player a scholarship would include high-ranking TCU officials, including Chancellor Victor Boschini. But Patterson said he made his decision without input from the chancellor.

In addition to violating NCAA rules, Bomar and Quinn have had recent brushes with the law. Bomar pleaded guilty in May to being a minor in possession of alcohol, and Quinn was arrested in November on suspicion of drunken driving.

However, both were in good academic standing when they were dismissed from the Sooners football team.

By ending his pursuit of Bomar and Quinn, Patterson is also putting an end to a situation that could escalate into a major distraction for the Frogs. He said a courtship could last two or three weeks.

Classes for the fall semester begin Aug. 21, and Bomar and Quinn would need to be enrolled by then so that they could have a full academic year without football and satisfy NCAA transfer rules between Division I-A programs.

Kyle Brennan, TCU's director of compliance, said the Frogs could have signed Bomar and Quinn to scholarships even though both have no NCAA eligibility.

The players, Brennan said, can receive aid while pursuing their reinstatement with the NCAA. To do that, the minimum standard requires them to repay the money they received from Big Red Sports/Imports in Norman, Okla.

Even then, though, there are no guarantees for reinstatement.

In the end, the questions surrounding their dismissal from Oklahoma made bringing either player to Fort Worth too great a risk for Patterson to take.

"I love the kids. I love the families. We recruited them out of high school," Patterson said. "But at this point in time, we just can't do it."

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Jeff Wilson, 817-390-7953 jwilson@star-telegram.com

Eagle1855 · August 8, 2006

newest report has him possibly enrolling at Texas State...

eulesseagle · August 8, 2006

IMHO, DD should go after Bomar & Quinn and after all the other BCS rejects.

SilverEagle · August 8, 2006

IMHO, DD should go after Bomar & Quinn and after all the other BCS rejects.
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I'm more interested in DD going after Quinn, than I am Bomar.

VideoEagle · August 8, 2006

I thought I read the NCAA itself has (or is going to after an investigation) suspended him so no NCAA institution could take him without a reinstatement. Reinstatement for knowingly violating the rules in not a certainly.

A NAIA school can take him right now without problems. That is other than the personal problem he has.

Gator · August 8, 2006

IMHO, DD should go after Bomar & Quinn and after all the other BCS rejects.
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Aren't they still subject to sanctions by the NCAA/ I am not sure that being pitched by Okla. ends their troubles.

Green Crazy · August 8, 2006

I'm more interested in DD going after Quinn, than I am Bomar.
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I agree with you SE. What this team needs is a qb that is respected by the team and Bomar doesn't seem to be a people person. Phillips seems to have the teams trust right now and I don't think it would be good for the teams chemistry to bump the assumed leader of the team for a arrogant stranger. Where as an ol would not only help the rushing and passing game, but also fill a vacant spot on the line next year. Not to mention you can't have a convicted violator be the leader on the team, this person is ideally supposed to set an example.

Plus, my wife is the drill team director at a Garland h.s., so we attend every one of the schools football games and the word on Quinn was that he was a good kid and well liked. He probably only got that job because he was Bomars roommate.