One of the Sooners' primary football recruiters made a boo-boo.
Feb 21, 2012 - Oh, the perils of social media. College coaches probably wish they could just go back to the days of U.S. Mail and the telephone. Oklahoma coach Jay Norvell likely does, after he apparently failed to understand the difference between tweeting at a recruit and sending the recruit a direct message. The direct message feature of Twitter is private, but tweeting at an unsigned prospect is both public and a potential NCAA violation, though minor. Let's take a look at Norvell's tweets:
@10justscoredThis is Coach Jay Norvell from Oklahoma. Cel (405) 431-9954 Would like to offer you a Full Scholarship to Oklahoma. Call me!
— Jay Norvell (@CoachJayNorvell) February 21, 2012
That's Norvell tweeting at Rashaad Samples, a receiver out of Dallas Skyline High School. Norvell is considered an excellent recruiter for his work in Texas and California. He coaches offense for Oklahoma. And he's also going to need a new cell phone number after tweeting his out. The tweets have since been deleted, but not before screencaps were grabbed.
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also sent one
to ricky seals-jones.
by mattw on Feb 21, 2012 12:45 PM EST reply actions
NCAA
“Tweeting is permissible as long as coaches are not using it to contact individual prospective student-athletes”
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Issues/Recruiting/Social+Media+and+Recruiting
I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I am a college football fan.
by spinmonkey on Feb 21, 2012 1:20 PM EST reply actions
Hearing he deleted these tweets. HAHA!
I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I am a college football fan.
by spinmonkey on Feb 21, 2012 1:21 PM EST reply actions
^^^ meant to say that
Norvell is saying his Twitter was hacked.
I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I am a college football fan.
by spinmonkey on Feb 21, 2012 1:22 PM EST up reply actions
The hacker also somehow has his personal cell phone number?
Weird. Must be some hacker.
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by mikjones24 on Feb 21, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions
Lies!
Everyone knows that hackers say things like “Taking a shit in the airport”.
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by ProbablyMonty on Feb 21, 2012 6:25 PM EST up reply actions
And his Facebook, apparently.
Samples got the same offer there.
Hi, my name is Michael Procton, and I will mindf*** you with logical yet (often) pessimistic retorts until the cows come home. Good Day.
--by Aisander D on Feb 4, 2012 7:59 PM EST
I gotta stop takin' my baths durin' Peter's shenanigans.
by MichaelProcton on Feb 21, 2012 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
That's the...
Big 12 recruiter of the year for you…
I also find it funny that he’s going after RSJ who is announcing his commitment tomorrow…
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by TowerPower on Feb 21, 2012 1:53 PM EST reply actions
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by jcrogers23 on Feb 21, 2012 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
How about we recruit some defensive players!!!!
I still have nightmares of WR’s running free through the secondary. My 7th grade football team covered better than those guys.
by jesse.starks5 on Feb 21, 2012 5:04 PM EST reply actions
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