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From Kill in press conference. Said no more. "He will not play this semester, that's all I will say."
 


Hopefully this ends up as a redshirt year and not the end of his career.
 


If he is out for the semester, then I am guessing, yes guessing, that it is academics related.
 


Also mentioned that Rodrick Williams Jr. sat the first half for being late for team meeting.
 

FWIW, my brother's friend goes to the U and knows Andre. He said Andre just doesn't want to play. I'm not sure if that's really true or what the reasoning is behind it, but I figured I'd share since it's at least something.
 

jaymil said:
FWIW, my brother's friend goes to the U and knows Andre. He said Andre just doesn't want to play. I'm not sure if that's really true or what the reasoning is behind it, but I figured I'd share since it's at least something.
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I usually take "someone said" with a grain of salt, so I will just say, IF that is true, then he should just move on to some anonymous DIII school and have his good old time.
 

This is disappointing as the guy looks to be very talented. I guess the guys that want to play and have their priorities (success in school and football) in order will have to pick up the slack.
 




Ski U Mah Gopher said:
Why was Williams, Jr. only punished with a half, while Harbison missed the whole game?
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Because that is the way Coach Kill decided to do it. In other words, it's none of our business to know every little thing that goes on in the locker room.
 

Probably as simple as, were there prior infractions of team rules.
 

Dr.Don said:
I usually take "someone said" with a grain of salt, so I will just say, IF that is true, then he should just move on to some anonymous DIII school and have his good old time.
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Or stay at the U and just quit football? If he doesn't want to play football why would he go DIII to play football?
 



This sucks. For the Gophers and for him. But time to move on.

Cue the threads about how "at other programs, this would have slid through the cracks and he'd be playing".
 

MadtownGopher said:
Semester? Leaving hope for a January bowl game? Haha
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You added the "haha," but the possibility of a bowl game is the first thing I thought, too. Kill didn't say "done for the season" or "off the team." I'm guessing "semester" was deliberate.

Now, can/will he contribute in a bowl game after missing the season? That's a different question. But if it IS related to academics, the message is, "Get your grades in order and your 2014 season can start with this year's bowl game."
 

Hates Monikers said:
You added the "haha," but the possibility of a bowl game is the first thing I thought, too. Kill didn't say "done for the season" or "off the team." I'm guessing "semester" was deliberate.

Now, can/will he contribute in a bowl game after missing the season? That's a different question. But if it IS related to academics, the message is, "Get your grades in order and your 2014 season can start with this year's bowl game."
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Why would you burn a year by playing in the bowl game. That would be idiotic. If he gets his grades in order and still wants to play, it will be next year. But my opinion is that we've seen the last of him. Too bad, but some folks lose the desire...
 

Ski U Mah Gopher said:
Why was Williams, Jr. only punished with a half, while Harbison missed the whole game?
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Maybe Williams was only a few minutes late while Harbison missed a majority of the meeting. Or maybe it wasn't Harbison's first time being late (probably more likely).
 

jaymil said:
FWIW, my brother's friend goes to the U and knows Andre. He said Andre just doesn't want to play. I'm not sure if that's really true or what the reasoning is behind it, but I figured I'd share since it's at least something.
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Would he rather work on his hip hop career instead? Sit at mom's house and eat cheetos? Oh wait... being a D1 athlete and college student is hard?? Ok, go find your nearest Army/USMC recruiter,
tell them how hard it is and they'll set you up with a nice lil summer camp full of fun and games.
 

Sparlimb said:
Why would you burn a year by playing in the bowl game. That would be idiotic. If he gets his grades in order and still wants to play, it will be next year. But my opinion is that we've seen the last of him. Too bad, but some folks lose the desire...
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Well, here are three possibilities: 1) if you're planning to transfer to another DI school and going to sit out a year anyway, 2) if you still think you have a chance to play in the NFL and want to get done with these pesky academic requirements as quickly as possible, 3) you want to get back into the head coach's good graces and do anything he asks to help the team win a game.

I didn't say this was the plan, and I didn't say it was likely. But if there's one certainty about the McDonald story, it's that nothing is certain.
 

Gopher028 said:
Would he rather work on his hip hop career instead? Sit at mom's house and eat cheetos? Oh wait... being a D1 athlete and college student is hard?? Ok, go find your nearest Army/USMC recruiter,
tell them how hard it is and they'll set you up with a nice lil summer camp full of fun and games.
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You make it sound like being a d1 athlete is easy?
 

lakesgopher said:
You make it sound like being a d1 athlete is easy?
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It's not easy, but the academic side is a LOT easier than for a regular student. My roommate in college was an academic adviser/tutor for basketball/football at the U, Miami Fla. & Colorado. For the actual student/athletes who were taking difficult classes it could be a real balancing act, but for the guys who were just there to play football or basketball it literally could not have been easier. The only way to fail was not try. Maybe things have changed, but I doubt it.
 

How can this be academic? It was my understanding that, as an academic risk McDonald's return to the team was contingent on his enrolling in summer school & making adequate progress? Isn't that progress precisely why he was finally allowed to practice this Fall? How could he have made adequate progress & then not made adequate progress? How is the coaching staff not tracking his progress every single day? I suspect this is more attitude than academic.
 

If it had to do with grades he wouldn't have been in fall camp to begin with. Grades were posted in late may. I doubt it is grades. I have friends who say he smokes weed with AJ Barker (Yes, that doofus is still enrolled here.)
 

the kid not having desire to practice/workout/play makes as much sense as anything. actually it makes more sense than most other scenarios,
 

I have friends that told me that they saw McDonald and Aj's Mom's Friend doing it in the stacks at Wilson, and that AJ was smoking weed in the corner watching....


Probably as likely as several of the other "sources" in this article. It will probably come out eventually so just worry about what you can control instead of rumor-mongering over what you can't.
 

Andre can choose a couple of different paths here. He can learn a lesson like the Rashede Hagemans/Michael Carters of the world or waste his talent like the Walker Lee Ashleys of the world.
 


My guess is that he doesn't have the fire. This is not uncommon. It takes not only physical toughness but mental toughness too at D1.
 

My only comment about Andre:
It's sad...
 

TrapperDoo said:
My guess is that he doesn't have the fire. This is not uncommon. It takes not only physical toughness but mental toughness too at D1.
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And if Andre is gonna be a part of Kill Kingdom, he will develop this or he is bye bye.
 

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