The Blue Board

Glen Harbin - played baseball
Demtrius Goode - graduated from school with a degree
Petey Smith - kicked off team
Brandon Moore - now starts at Texas
Corey Grant - now at Auburn
Keiwone Malone - transferred to Memphis for playing time
Robby Green - kicked off team for failing NCAA drug test
Darrington Sentimore - started at TN, just left early for NFL Draft
Aaron Douglas - passed away
Kerry Murphy - graduated from school with a degree
Kendal Kelly - medical hardship
Wes Neighbors - graduated from school with a degree

Terry Grant - graduated from school wtih a degree
Travis Sikes - was arrested for DUI
Rod Woodson -
Star Jackson - transfered to GA State for playing time
Deion Belue - starter at CB, went to JUCO
Alfy Hill - denied eligibility by NCAA
Taylor Pharr - medical hardship
Milton Talbert - medical hardship
Darius McKeller - medical hardship
Wilson Love - on 2012 roster
Ronnie Carswell - left because of lack of playing time

It just does this guy a disservice when he clearly adds names in there to help his cause that just don't belong in this discussion. Guys who have been in the program for 4 years and graduated, guys who have passed away, guys who didnt get into school, guys who transferred to other Division 1 schools and are playing now when they would not be playing at Alabama and guys who chose to play MLB baseball are just ridiculous to include in this listing. He would still have an interesting argument/discussion if he only used players who got medical hardships, or even if he included guys who transferred (though that's ridiculous in its own right for a program like Alabama where kids who can't play know they can play at lesser programs and want to get PT).

Including guys who never got into school, died, picked MLB or were denied entry by the NCAA? How does that have anything to do with Alabama getting rid of kids? That's just ridiculous. Heck, 3 or 4 of those guys on the list PLAYED for Alabama this season and 2 others started on the defensive lines of Texas and Tennessee.

To be fair, SEC defenders have repeatedly offered up these contradictory defenses:

--We don't oversign
--We do but only to make up for legitimate roster openings
--We do, but it's just because our players are more inclined to seek out more playing time (as opposed to bench-warmers at non-SEC schools)
--We don't because our coaches are good at doing math and know all of the transfers and injuries beforehand, so even though we technically oversign, it doesn't really count
--So what if we do? If a kid can't cut it on the field, how is it different than if a kid can't cut it in the classroom?
--So what if we do? We'd be dominant even if we didn't
--Yeah, we may have convinced some guys to go elsewhere and lied about why we did so, but we didn't *force* anyone to leave.
--It's irrelevant whether we do or not because Ohio State does it
--It's irrelevant whether we do or not because Texas does it
--It's irrelevant because everyone does it
--Didn't Lane Kiffin just reject an early enrollee DE?
--etc.

I'm not saying any of the above arguments are necessarily incorrect (OK - a few of them are, without a doubt, totally false). However, it's safe to say neither side has argued their point of view in a uniform, sensible manner -- both sides are all over the place.

Yeah. I'm anti-oversigning (as are a lot of SEC fans, I believe), but I'm not really interested in the who-did-what debate at all. I think oversigning wrong, regardless of who does it, and would like to see rules implemented that effectively prevent it from happening.