For those of you who may not have been following things on a minute-by-minute basis (actually have lives) and don't want to sift through pages of reactionary rants, I thought I'd put this up.
No opinions or conjecture (at least I can guarantee this in the opening post), just a summary of what's gong on.
As of 6:30 pm, here is what is actually known or being reported elsewhere from supposedly reputable but unnamed sources:
1) Simmons has not practiced with the team yet and CU is not able to pay for any food, housing, clothing, etc. yet as per NCAA rules.
2) Yesterday, a reputable poster at Rivals said we should know something today and he seemed to think the outcome would be positive.
3) Today, Ringo posted at Scout that an official release on Simmons is expected some time today. And that it "appears" Simmons could miss all or part of fall camp and be unavailable for CSU due to some extra classwork to get done.
4) This evening, another reputable poster at Rivals said that some idiot CU "fans" have been calling Independence CC and harassing them. It's not helping, obviously, and is making it more difficult for CU and Simmons to get them to do us a favor by expediting things.
5) Also this evening, AZ had some SCOOP that the rumors that Simmons is "ineligible" are false. Apparently, something weird is going on that his source wasn't at liberty to divulge. But nothing is absolutely known yet regarding his playing status either.
No opinions or conjecture (at least I can guarantee this in the opening post), just a summary of what's gong on.
As of 6:30 pm, here is what is actually known or being reported elsewhere from supposedly reputable but unnamed sources:
1) Simmons has not practiced with the team yet and CU is not able to pay for any food, housing, clothing, etc. yet as per NCAA rules.
2) Yesterday, a reputable poster at Rivals said we should know something today and he seemed to think the outcome would be positive.
3) Today, Ringo posted at Scout that an official release on Simmons is expected some time today. And that it "appears" Simmons could miss all or part of fall camp and be unavailable for CSU due to some extra classwork to get done.
4) This evening, another reputable poster at Rivals said that some idiot CU "fans" have been calling Independence CC and harassing them. It's not helping, obviously, and is making it more difficult for CU and Simmons to get them to do us a favor by expediting things.
5) Also this evening, AZ had some SCOOP that the rumors that Simmons is "ineligible" are false. Apparently, something weird is going on that his source wasn't at liberty to divulge. But nothing is absolutely known yet regarding his playing status either.