When the FBI's investigation of point-shaving shenanigans at Toledo stalled out a couple weeks ago, accused third-string running back Scooter McDougle, the throbbing heart of the minor scandal, looked forward to getting his eligibility back. Um, yeah. About that:
McDougle, 22, the Rockets running back who is suspended from the team because of his alleged connection to a point-shaving scandal, has been ruled academically ineligible for the 2007 season.Oh, irony, you wicked trickster you. For his part, the McDougle dad is McDougle pissed:
"He's not academically ineligible, and that's all I can say," McDougle Sr. said. "I'm so sick of that university, I don't even know what to do with all of this."(There's a Scooter, Sr.? Impressive dedication.) Not that it should matter, right? When you are a third string tailback at Toledo and you are a senior, it's time to pack up those CFL dreams and get to work on your degree in the hopes that Scooter McDougle III can have a nice place with air conditioning and maybe a pony.
