Last week the rumors were flying, and today the University of Illinois confirmed that senior running back Jason Ford and redshirt freshman wide receiver Jake Kumerow are academically ineligible under NCAA rules to participate in the 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl on Dec. 31.
Ford is Illinois? leading rusher in 2011 with 600 yards on 155 carries (3.9 ypc) and seven touchdowns. He finishes his career 1,962 career rushing yards, which ranks 16th on the all-time Illinois rushing list, and 26 career rushing touchdowns, which is second in Illinois history behind only Howard Griffith?s school record of 31.
Kumerow played in seven games in 2011 and had three catches for 15 yards on the season. All three of his catches came in the regular season finale at Minnesota on Nov. 26.
From what I heard, Ford just stopped going to class. While he may be the leading rusher in 2011, he still didn?t live up to his expectations, which means going to the NFL is going to be tough in the first place. Now he will be missing the bowl game, so scouts that maybe gave a poop about him will simply forget he existed. I mean, really he should?ve kept up his academic end of the bargain to, you know, help out the team in what?s already going to be a really difficult game with all the coaching turmoil, etc. But, instead, Ford decided to just stick up his middle finger to the entire team and the fans. I?m only happy that in the process he is completely screwing himself.
I don?t even know who Kumerow is, so it?s not fair to go off on him, and perhaps his issues are slightly different. Also, as a redshirt freshman he is sort of young and can learn from his mistakes. Jason Ford knows better, he apparently just didn?t care.
The Illini will leave for San Francisco on Dec. 26.
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Source: http://aeryssports.com/z-for-three/2011/12/23/ford-kumerow-to-miss-bowl-game/
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