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...However, he was willing to share some insight on the transfer of former Florida running back Mike Blakely and his eligibility at Auburn. Blakely signed with Florida in December but never officially practiced or played for the Gators.

"We have filed a waiver in an attempt to see if we can have Mike be immediately eligible and we're in that process right now," said McGlynn, who spent five years on the NCAA staff before accepting his Auburn position. "We're working with the NCAA and hoping to get a favorable outcome on it. That's where we are at this time."

Blakely would give the Tigers some much need depth at running back where they have only two experienced players in sophomore Mike Dyer and junior Onterio McCalebb.

McGlynn said he hasn't seen an appeal be impacted by the fact that a player never practiced at his previous school. "But that doesn't mean anything," he said. "The NCAA takes each case on its merits and looks and reviews those specific facts and makes a decision.

"We need to make an argument based upon the rule. The rule was not put into place based upon an individual in Mike's situation in order to be eligible here at Auburn. I believe we put together a strong waiver to that. Now it's just a matter of seeing what the NCAA has to say about it."

McGlynn said he expects to have a response from the NCAA soon.

"They usually take two or three weeks," he said. "I anticipate we will hear something here in the next couple of weeks on the outcome. If they deny it then we have the ability to appeal, and that takes some times as well.

"Obviously, we want to get this done before camp. I always tell people to understand that under the rule right now he is ineligible. He can come in, he can practice, he can receive aid, and he can be a part of the team, but cannot be eligible in his first year at Auburn. So we're treating it right now like a redshirt, hoping that we get good news and he'll actually be able to compete."

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/06/auburn_compliance_director_ric.html

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McGlynn said he expects to have a response from the NCAA soon.

"They usually take two or three weeks," he said. "I anticipate we will hear something here in the next couple of weeks on the outcome. If they deny it then we have the ability to appeal, and that takes some times as well.

"Obviously, we want to get this done before camp. I always tell people to understand that under the rule right now he is ineligible. He can come in, he can practice, he can receive aid, and he can be a part of the team, but cannot be eligible in his first year at Auburn. So we're treating it right now like a redshirt, hoping that we get good news and he'll actually be able to compete."

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/06/auburn_compliance_director_ric.html

Man, it's ALWAYS " a couple of weeks " with these things....

Why don't they get off their arses and just decide already ? They have the facts. Nothing has changed , and nothing IS going to change...what's the hold up ?

Grrrr.

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Any one not think he gets in this year? Seems like this is trending our way...

Count on me to toss the cold water. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see the NCAA setting a precedent to favor Auburn. Right now he's not eligible and I think they will leave it at that.

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Any one not think he gets in this year? Seems like this is trending our way...

Count on me to toss the cold water. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see the NCAA setting a precedent to favor Auburn. Right now he's not eligible and I think they will leave it at that.

I think b/c of the argument from AU that he hasn't played or participated in anything while at UF that will favor heavily towards AU. I think he gets to play!!

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Enough people claimed we got preferential treatment last year from the NCAA with the Cam saga. If they set a precedent in our favor this year with Blakely, there will be another huge outcry. That's probably reason enough (for them) not to let Blakely play. Plus, like Mikey said, he's already deemed ineligible. I imagine they'll just leave the situation as is. Hopefully I'm wrong.

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Looking at the facts, as I understand them, it'll be a shock to me if he's not ruled eligible to play.

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Count me in Mikey's camp. I don't see why it makes a difference whether he practiced with the team or not. He enrolled at UF. He had to be released from his commitment prior to coming to Auburn. I really don't see why this is remarkably different. He's just transferring, and when you transfer, you sit for a year. I'll by anything other than that outcome.

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Count me in Mikey's camp. I don't see why it makes a difference whether he practiced with the team or not. He enrolled at UF. He had to be released from his commitment prior to coming to Auburn. I really don't see why this is remarkably different. He's just transferring, and when you transfer, you sit for a year. I'll by anything other than that outcome.

How do you not see that whether he practiced with the team or not isn't remarkably different than other situations? He was barely even on campus at that.

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It might make a difference from the football coach's perspective, but it doesn't make a difference from a scholarship perspective. I hope I'm wrong. I just don't expect the NCAA to carve out a new exception for this, and that's exactly what they'd have to do.

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My guess is they'll rule against his playing this year, but he can still practice and he's still on Auburn's squad. Essentially it'll be a redshirt year for him at worst.

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Not much new here, but FWIW:

If all goes as hoped, Auburn will have an answer in the next couple weeks, giving the team and Blakely plenty of time to plot a strategy for the season.

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The signing of a national letter of intent is easy to overcome. A tougher hurdle for Blakely, however, is that he received aid from Florida.

There are few identical precedents for Blakely's situation, but McGlynn said that doesn't necessarily matter.

"The NCAA takes each case on its merits and looks and reviews those specific facts and makes a decision," McGlynn said.

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