The last I heard on Saturday OHIO has received no word -- one way or the other -- on its appeal of K's eligibility. Is it possible that the NCAA may actually wait until the season starts to hand down a verdict? This is almost unconscionable. But, it's the kind of behavior one comes to expect from the NCAA. It seems to me sometimes the NCAA is a disaster waiting for a place to happen.

We've heard no decision yet, everybody is milling around on the field.......

Frankly, more troubling to me at this point is the fact that Chandler Thomas' transfer isn't 100% done.

Or a case of red tape or someone not getting their job done. Just another way to look at it.

I can't speak of the transition from undergrad to grad school, but in the transition from high school to undergrad....

Students are accepted on the basis of assumption that they will graduate from high school. If a student has good grades and test scores, is not on a downward trend, and their past and their past and future coursework will fulfill school or state graduation requirements, he/she is accepted. Any wrinkle or cause for concern would prompt a school to request additional credentials or deny the student outright. A student can begin his/her freshman year based on that assumption, but they are instructed by admissions and academic advisors to request that the high school's guidance office send the university the final transcript when it is available (usually about a month after graduation). Guidance offices know the drill. A student can take the first semester of classes but will be blocked from registering for second semester until the final transcript is received.