Who knows how much of it is true. I bet this happens at every school to some extent or another. Any way Yay Sooners! lol

schools have done much worse trying to get kids to go there.

It’s amazing how crooked collegiate athletics can be at times.

probably isnt hard to guess who might have rec’d it so fast

I thought this was gonna be some scandal that is being exposed for the first time.

This was just a story about a normal Friday night of football recruiting….

What is with my freaking profile picture?

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=893953

Lufkin, Texas, defensive tackle Jamarkus McFarland said parts of a class assignment referenced in a New York Times article detailing his recruitment were “spiced up,” but the recruit and his mother stood by the remainder of the newspaper’s story.


JaMarkus McFarland and his mother stand behind many of the comments in a recent New York Times’ story.
The Times documented McFarland’s recruitment, culminating with a Christmas Day piece detailing his commitment to Oklahoma.

The Times article included inflammatory statements McFarland had written about the recruiting practices of Texas and LSU for a senior English class assignment.

McFarland said he embellished a passage taken from the English paper detailing free alcohol and drugs and topless women at a party of Texas fans in Dallas.

“Some things we knew were kind of mixed up because (the reporter) got a paper of mine,” McFarland said. "The paper I wrote for an English class – it was spiced up a little bit for class. But a majority of it was correct.

“I could have said I just went to a party. For an English paper – I’m taking a college course – you’ve got to explain. It’s brainstorming. If I knew he was getting it, I would have known what was right and what wasn’t right.”

McFarland declined to indicate what parts of his English paper were “spiced up,” but reiterated no Texas players or coaches were at the party in Dallas.

He said he was not sure how the Times reporter obtained the English paper but suspected a family member had given it to him.

“I didn’t know he had it,” McFarland said, referring to Times reporter Thayer Evans. “He came to my house one time when I dropped LSU (from consideration) just to observe. I think he got it then.”

A lavish party hosted by boosters, coaches or players during the recruitment of a prospect as McFarland described in his paper is forbidden by NCAA.

McFarland said neither he nor his mother have heard from the NCAA since the story was published. He said he has not spoken to Texas or LSU since the story ran.

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/12/brown-questions-ny-times-story.html

In accordance with NCAA rules, Texas coach Mack Brown declined Monday to comment about Lufkin defensive tackle Jamarkus McFarland, who committed to Oklahoma at 12:01 a.m. on Christmas day.

But the New York Times story that detailed the recruiting struggle between the Sooner and Texas was fair game.

The piece, by writer Thayer Evans, detailed a wild party hosted by Texas fans in Dallas, which McFarland attended. It also reported the offer of an interest-free low to McFarland’s mother, Kashemeyia Adams, if McFarland were to attend Texas, although the offer did not come from a representative of Texas, according to Adams. McFarland later told Rivals.com that the party account had been “spiced up” for a class paper.

After the Texas traveling party arrived Monday in Phoenix to begin preparation for the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Brown answered questions about the article, but not the recruit.

Asked about if he had any knowledge of possible recruiting improprieties, Brown answered: “Absolutely not. We encourage the NCAA to check out every player we’re recruiting ever year. We call them and ask them to. We welcome them there.”


Brown was also concerned by a behind-the-scenes piece authored by Evans last season about California running back Darrell Scott, who eventually chose Colorado over Texas at the 11th hour.

“One-sided stories usually don’t make it when sources aren’t checked on the other side,” Brown said. “The story has absolutely no credibility with me because the writer did the same thing exactly last year and it’s obvious he has an agenda, in my mind, against Texas.”

Neither Brown nor Texas athletic spokesman John Bianco said they were contacted by the Times for comment before publication.

At the same time, Brown seemed ready to move ahead with bowl preparation.

“If I worried about everything bad written about me in my life, I’d never sleep,” Brown said.

Also, the kid claims he attended that party on Oct. 11th — the day of the Texas/OU game. Well, he took an official visit to that game as a guest of OU. He even sat in the OU section during the game. Recruits are supposed to be chaparoned at all times during those visits. Since he was a guest of OU, why was he at a crazy party like that and it’s UT’s fault?