Breaking: Demetrius Jones to Northern Illinois

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QB Jones Jumps From Weis’ Sinking Ship
Published 9/15/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... The only QB in America with a shorter leash than Charlie Frye had a little surprise for his coach. From Sunday Morning QB (posted at 2:38 am) : ...

Nebraska Vs USC - Game Day Thread
Published 9/15/2007 by corn blight <info@cornnation.com> at Corn Nation
... Notre Dame sees one of their star recruit quarterbacks leave for Northern Illinois? After they fail to score over 10 points today against Michigan, can we dispense with the "Charlie Weis, Offensive Genius Coach", please? ...

Benched Notre Dame QB Finds Asylum In MAC
Published 9/15/2007 by Matt Sussman at The Futon Report
... After being named the season starter for the Fighting Irish, Jones didn’t even make it three games on the roster. On Friday we learned that Jones didn’t make the trip with the team to Ann Arbor for their game in Michigan, and nobody said why. This morning, Sunday Morning Quarterback was one of the first places to notice that Jones was already listed in the NIU student directory. ESPN ...

Blogger Interviews: Brian Cook
Published 9/20/2007 by The Big Picture at The Big Picture
... , and SMQB was the first person to note Jones' registration information popping up in the NIU online phonebook after industrious messageboarders dug it up. It was on ESPN hours later without accreditation. The Internet is becoming a source of information; it's always been one but now all the best information trickles out onto message boards before it hits newspapers. Every major school has Scout/Rivals/indie message boards populated by sources close to players and coaches and these days I know 75% of the actual news before it hits the papers. Knowing the dimly lit alleys of the Internet and knowing who is reliable and who is not is now just as valuable as being an actual journalist, and at some schools even more so. ...