NCAA Denies Medical Redshirt For Ifeanyi Momah
by A.J Black on Jan 16, 2012 4:00 PM EST
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In the department of things that make absolutely no sense, file this piece of news. According to GDF's mouth piece Mark Blaudschun, the NCAA has ruled against the Boston College football program, declining WR Ifeanyi Momah's request for an extra year of eligibility. This is stunning news because it seemed like it was a foregone conclusion that the NCAA was going to grant this.
This ruling makes absolutely no sense. Momah only played one game last year (the season opener vs. Northwestern) before he blew his knee out. BC has appealed the ruling, but according to Blaudschun's blog, the prognosis doesn't appear to be very positive. The NCAA's final ruling should be handed down in the next week.
The NCAA has precedent to allow Momah to play, so it's curious why they would vote against this. Just last year they allowed Case Keenum to play a sixth year, and he played in three games. And just last week the NCAA ruled that Miami QB Robert Marve would be granted a sixth year as well. Is there some other politics at play here that influenced this NCAA to rule against BC? Only reason I can come up with.
If Momah isn't allowed to play, that leaves BC with a huge hole at wide receiver. They have plenty of depth at the position but none of the guys on the roster have proven that they can be the "stretch the field" big target that Momah provided. Last year Spaz tried Jonathan Coleman as that player and it didn't work out, as the sophomore struggled for most of the season. Alex Amidon, Spiffy Evans, Bobby Swigert and even Colin Larmond Jr. are too undersized to play that role. And of course Spaz has done little in terms of going out and finding a recruit to fill this void.
Whatever comes out of the appeal, Ifeanyi Momah was a true leader on this team. From switching to defense, to his being named captain in 2011, it was clear that his teammates respected him. He is going to be missed.
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How the hell does the NCAA deny Momah after he played 1 game? Like you said, they’ve granted it to others who have played more.
The NCAA is a joke.
There has to be some principle NCAA is following (see guess above)
I am not buying the “woe is me” song BC is singing
Too bad
Wish he got it. But Momah , I think was asking for a second Medial Redshirt. With Marve , in contrast, his first red shirt was not medical, so his request for a sixth year was based on asking for his first medical red shirt, not his second like Momah
Has NCAA ever given any player 2 medial redshirts? Maybe that is the rule – 1 medical redshirt per career.
You say:
If Momah isn’t allowed to play, that leaves BC with a huge hole at wide receiver. They have plenty of depth at the position but none of the guys on the roster have proven that they can be the “stretch the field” big target that Momah provided
This is wrong. Momah caught several deep, but under thrown, balls against a horrid pass defense.he is not a bona Fide deep threat.
Would be nice to get Momah back, but it is not a big blow to BC.
My guess probably wrong
Case Keenum has a freshman year MedRS, and got another . Same for Texas’s Jordan Shipley. Excerpt from Keenum article:
Case Keenum had studied details of other medical hardship appeals, including the application of former Texas receiver Jordan Shipley, who got a sixth year of eligibility after missing the 2004 and ‘05 seasons with knee and hamstring injuries. He wasn’t always hopeful — he had already participated in four seasons, even though his final one lasted less than three games. His father, though, was more optimistic because he knew the ins and outs of NCAA rules after coaching at Division III McMurry University in Abilene from 1995-2004.
Ok here is a reason
Marve and Keenum took a RS as freshman before ever playing a down. They each played 3 years, and then got hurt early in year 4. nCAA granted a 4th year of eligibility
Momah played as a fresh 2007 and soph 2008 and had a medical RS as a junior 2009. He played year 3 in 2010 and started year 4 and got hurt.
Difference: other guys sat out freshman year, Momah did not.
As long as NCAA is even handed and consistent., I have no complaint
They have to set and enforce limits.
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Tecnically, Marve and Keenum did not get a second med RS. The first RS for each was a RS, nor a medical RS because the injury cauingthe first RS did not occur after they started their on field playing career. Momah got one Med RS and now seeks a second
See this explanation of RS v Med RS. https://www.msu.edu/user/msuncaa/Medical%20Hardship%20Waivers.pdf
Eugene Jarvis (Kent State) also got regular redshirt then a medical redshirt after Boomcat lacerated his spleen in 2009?
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i now thing this is wrong too!
who knows!
by eagleosprey on Jan 17, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
This kinda, really sucks
Fueling the excuse train.
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by Brian Favat on Jan 16, 2012 4:49 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
This is unfortunate
For Momah but let’s not make him out to be Calvin Johnson. Hes had all of one good game against a bad defense. This sucks but should not swing our success a huge amount next year.
by 31southst on Jan 16, 2012 4:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions
31 and Osprey are right
no big loss.
BUT the NCAA is a total bunch of Nazi scum.
One game and the examples cited and there were MORE?
Like the Olympic Snowboarder from Colorado!
Really you affirmative action losers!
The Fighting Sioux?
Maybe we should call North Dakota the beautiful teepee Canadian-American lake Natives?
NCAA Threatens Fighting Sioux Logo and Name in all Tournaments!
I think we need to tell the Fighting Sioux tribe which approved the logo and nickname that the white man was here first and affirmative action and diversity and political correctness take a back seat to these warriors.
I believe the Sioux who dominated vast areas of Canada and The United States since those Indians were natural born asskickers, were also famous for their knitting and crocheting skills.
The Peaceful Knitters… yup, give me a P, as in Puke with these NCAA Nazi’s.
I don’t think Momah was Calvin Johnson, but he was as talented a WR as we had on the roster. I don’t think the loss of Momah will make or break the offense in 2012, but it’s nice to have as many different weapons as possible going into a new season and (yet another) offensive game plan under Martin.
Have to feel for Momah here. He did everything asked of him and just wants to play football.
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I totally feel for Momah
But I think it’s a big stretch to say he is as talented a WR as we have. Losing a starter hurts but I think Larmond and Swigert are both more important.
Larmond and Swigert are both solid, but also are little more than slot receivers. BC is filled with them (Amidon and Evans as well). Do they have any deep threats in their wide receiving corp? They certainly didn’t have anyone this year.
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I don’t think it’s a big stretch. Seems to imply that there are far more talented receivers on the roster. I just don’t see that.
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by Brian Favat on Jan 17, 2012 7:03 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
And Shakim Phillips. Lee and Phillips gone. Momah ruled ineligible. How many WR recruits coming in? 1? 2?
No depth on the roster. Need as many weapons as we can get.
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I'm not a Spaz hater, but
With Kuechly, Holloway, and now Momah gone, it’s gonna be another “rebuilding year” unfortunately.
The Spazoo Stalingrad 5 Year Re-Building Plan... Then in 2014-2015
Repeat.
I was at the Kremlin.
That place was one ugly big brick-ass monster.
Do not ever cross the street to the otehr side where the Politboro is…
Whhhhewwww!!
Whistles and the look!
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