Cheating? UW isn’t cheating enough

What in the name of Billy Joe Hobert is everyone so worried about?

With all the news about Washington “recruiting violations” you’d think the Dawgs were coming off a 2008 national championship season. You better thank baby Jesus that I’m not on that coaching staff because I’d be handing out $100 bills and keys to “rental cars” at the locker room door. Drastic measures must be taken to turn this program around and if you ask me, which nobody has, they aren’t cheating enough.

Another report surfaced today that new UW coach Steve Sarkisian and his staff may have broken a couple more NCAA rules. The LA Times reports that UW coaches allowed a Times reporter to sit in during off-campus visits with players, one of whom was a junior. This is against the NCAA law. Also, the NCAA forbids off-campus contact with players before July 1, after the completion of their junior year of high school. Stupid.

If you missed the other stupid NCAA law that was broken by UW, coaches broke a minor NCAA violation a couple weeks ago when they rolled out the fog machine and cranked up the siren for recruits who ran out of the Husky Stadium tunnel. Bylaw 13.6.7.9 prohibits prospects from participating in any “game-day simulations” during a visit and prohibits the use of “personalized recruiting aids.”

Is the Washington Huskies football program such a juggernaut that they must be watched every step of the way? What was the big tipoff that the Huskies are embarking on a decades-long dynasty of football dominance? Was it the 0-12 record last season? Is it the 18-54 record since 2003 and no bowl appearances to speak of that has everyone spooked? The head coaching carrousel, maybe? Was it the hiring of an assistant coach from a “rival” school with no head coaching experience or real ties to the program? Was that it?

Former USC running back Reggie Bush violates just about every NCAA rule and nothing happens. I don’t even want to know how many pairs of shoes each player is “issued” from the University of Nike. But people hemorrhage over Washington rolling out a fog machine so recruits can run out of the tunnel? By the way, how pathetic of a scene must that have been? Aren’t you the slightest bit embarrassed? It’s one thing to run into the Rose Bowl or Notre Dame Stadium. It’s a whole other sad situation when one breaks through the synthetic fog only to see a run down, rusty Husky Stadium with only the seagulls swooping up garbage from the stands.

Hello Dawg fans!