Philip Nelson
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- Inside Gopher Nation
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Ex-Gophers quarterback Philip Nelson gets another chance at East Carolina
By JOEDY McCREARY Associated Press
AUGUST 6, 2016 — 6:47PM
AP
Philip Nelson
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Quarterback Philip Nelson is out to make the most of his chance at East Carolina.
The 22-year-old former starter at Minnesota looks to redeem himself with the Pirates, more than two years after he was involved in a nightclub fight that left a former college football player with a serious brain injury and led to his dismissal from Rutgers without playing a regular-season game.
Nelson declined to discuss the specifics of his case because of a pending civil suit. He said Saturday that he's grateful for another chance and wants to focus on the future.
Going through it "has completely made me a better person, and I'm happy with where I am as a football player and as a human being right now," Nelson said during media day.
Nelson walked onto the team in August 2015 and sat out that season because of the transfer. New coach Scottie Montgomery gave him both a scholarship and the starting job at quarterback this spring.
"It's very clear who the leader of this team is," said Montgomery, referring to Nelson. Offensive coordinator Tony Petersen called him "perfect" for how he wants the air-it-out Pirates to play.
"He can do it all. There's nothing about Philip that doesn't fit our offense," he said. "He's exactly what I would recruit every day."
Nelson threw for 2,179 yards and 17 touchdowns while starting 16 games for the Golden Gophers from 2012-13. His rise to the top of East Carolina's depth chart came partly because of his strong spring and in part because some competitors left the program.
Blake Kemp, who threw for 2,653 yards last season, transferred to Northern Arizona. Kurt Benkert, who would have been the starter in 2015 had he not suffered a season-ending knee injury before the opener, left after spring ball for Virginia and a reunion with ex-East Carolina coach Ruffin McNeill.
Nelson said he expected to compete with Benkert through preseason camp for the job and was surprised that he left.
But if anyone could relate, Nelson could: He originally transferred from Minnesota to Rutgers after the 2013 season, hoping to play in a more pass-friendly system. He only played 2014 spring football at Rutgers before the night in May that changed several lives.
Witnesses to the nightclub fight in Minnesota told investigators that Nelson shoved former Minnesota State-Mankato player Isaac Kolstad after mistaking him for a bouncer that kissed his girlfriend. Kolstad knocked Nelson to the ground, but a third man punched Kolstad in the head and Nelson then kicked Kolstad in the head. Kolstad suffered a brain injury that required emergency surgery and spent months recovering at the Mayo Clinic.
Nelson was kicked off the team at Rutgers two days after the fight and was charged with felony first- and third-degree assault. He pleaded to a misdemeanor fifth-degree assault charge and was sentenced to two days of jail time already served and 100 hours of community service. Three doctors reported a lack of medical certainty as to whether Nelson's kick caused Kolstad's brain injury.
McNeill brought him to East Carolina, and Nelson climbed the depth chart during his first spring with Montgomery.
"You learn a lot about life through that," Nelson said. "To be able to come back here and meet these players and coaches and everyone that comes with this community, it's kind of reassuring to me to know that people do appreciate me and like me for who I am. I'm not some person that some other media have made me out to be."
By JOEDY McCREARY Associated Press
AUGUST 6, 2016 — 6:47PM
AP
Philip Nelson
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Quarterback Philip Nelson is out to make the most of his chance at East Carolina.
The 22-year-old former starter at Minnesota looks to redeem himself with the Pirates, more than two years after he was involved in a nightclub fight that left a former college football player with a serious brain injury and led to his dismissal from Rutgers without playing a regular-season game.
Nelson declined to discuss the specifics of his case because of a pending civil suit. He said Saturday that he's grateful for another chance and wants to focus on the future.
Going through it "has completely made me a better person, and I'm happy with where I am as a football player and as a human being right now," Nelson said during media day.
Nelson walked onto the team in August 2015 and sat out that season because of the transfer. New coach Scottie Montgomery gave him both a scholarship and the starting job at quarterback this spring.
"It's very clear who the leader of this team is," said Montgomery, referring to Nelson. Offensive coordinator Tony Petersen called him "perfect" for how he wants the air-it-out Pirates to play.
"He can do it all. There's nothing about Philip that doesn't fit our offense," he said. "He's exactly what I would recruit every day."
Nelson threw for 2,179 yards and 17 touchdowns while starting 16 games for the Golden Gophers from 2012-13. His rise to the top of East Carolina's depth chart came partly because of his strong spring and in part because some competitors left the program.
Blake Kemp, who threw for 2,653 yards last season, transferred to Northern Arizona. Kurt Benkert, who would have been the starter in 2015 had he not suffered a season-ending knee injury before the opener, left after spring ball for Virginia and a reunion with ex-East Carolina coach Ruffin McNeill.
Nelson said he expected to compete with Benkert through preseason camp for the job and was surprised that he left.
But if anyone could relate, Nelson could: He originally transferred from Minnesota to Rutgers after the 2013 season, hoping to play in a more pass-friendly system. He only played 2014 spring football at Rutgers before the night in May that changed several lives.
Witnesses to the nightclub fight in Minnesota told investigators that Nelson shoved former Minnesota State-Mankato player Isaac Kolstad after mistaking him for a bouncer that kissed his girlfriend. Kolstad knocked Nelson to the ground, but a third man punched Kolstad in the head and Nelson then kicked Kolstad in the head. Kolstad suffered a brain injury that required emergency surgery and spent months recovering at the Mayo Clinic.
Nelson was kicked off the team at Rutgers two days after the fight and was charged with felony first- and third-degree assault. He pleaded to a misdemeanor fifth-degree assault charge and was sentenced to two days of jail time already served and 100 hours of community service. Three doctors reported a lack of medical certainty as to whether Nelson's kick caused Kolstad's brain injury.
McNeill brought him to East Carolina, and Nelson climbed the depth chart during his first spring with Montgomery.
"You learn a lot about life through that," Nelson said. "To be able to come back here and meet these players and coaches and everyone that comes with this community, it's kind of reassuring to me to know that people do appreciate me and like me for who I am. I'm not some person that some other media have made me out to be."
Brandon Eggum Named Acting Head Coach for Gopher Wrestling
- By Unlimited424
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Well, here we go folks...we finally have some news on the JRob Xanax scandal with Assistant HC Brandon Eggum being named Acting Head Coach!! No word yet on what will happen to J...or when the investigation will be done.
At least now, we have clear interim leadership so that we can actively pursue the high level recruits that I've mentioned on the board lately.
Go Gopher Wrestling!!!
Brandon Eggum Named Acting Head Coach for Gopher Wrestling
The University of Minnesota on Monday announced that Brandon Eggum has been named the Acting Head Coach of the school’s wrestling program
Gophersports.com
Aug. 1, 2016
The University of Minnesota today announced that Brandon Eggum has been named the acting head coach of the school’s wrestling program. Eggum will assume this new position immediately.
“Given the University’s internal investigation of Coach Robinson, it is important to have clear and continued leadership as the program prepares for the 2016-17 academic year,” said Minnesota Director of Athletics Mark Coyle. “Coach Eggum is an effective leader and will ensure continued stability within the wrestling program.”
Eggum joined Minnesota’s coaching staff in 2001 immediately after finishing his wrestling career with the Gophers.
As a wrestler at Minnesota, Eggum was both a four-time letterwinner and a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree. He finished his final three seasons as an All-American and won two individual Big Ten titles. He ranks among the program’s 20 best all-time in wins and winning percentage. On the international level, Eggum won silver medals at the 2001 World and 2002 Pan American Freestyle Championships.
As a coach, Eggum has been with the Minnesota staff for each of the program’s three national titles, as well as five Big Ten team championships. Gopher wrestlers have won 27 individual conference crowns and 62 All-America medals with Eggum on staff. He has served as the program’s head assistant coach for the past five seasons.
The University is conducting an ongoing internal investigation into Head Coach J Robinson and allegations made against him earlier this year. Robinson is currently on administrative leave.
At least now, we have clear interim leadership so that we can actively pursue the high level recruits that I've mentioned on the board lately.
Go Gopher Wrestling!!!
Brandon Eggum Named Acting Head Coach for Gopher Wrestling
The University of Minnesota on Monday announced that Brandon Eggum has been named the Acting Head Coach of the school’s wrestling program
Gophersports.com
Aug. 1, 2016
The University of Minnesota today announced that Brandon Eggum has been named the acting head coach of the school’s wrestling program. Eggum will assume this new position immediately.
“Given the University’s internal investigation of Coach Robinson, it is important to have clear and continued leadership as the program prepares for the 2016-17 academic year,” said Minnesota Director of Athletics Mark Coyle. “Coach Eggum is an effective leader and will ensure continued stability within the wrestling program.”
Eggum joined Minnesota’s coaching staff in 2001 immediately after finishing his wrestling career with the Gophers.
As a wrestler at Minnesota, Eggum was both a four-time letterwinner and a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree. He finished his final three seasons as an All-American and won two individual Big Ten titles. He ranks among the program’s 20 best all-time in wins and winning percentage. On the international level, Eggum won silver medals at the 2001 World and 2002 Pan American Freestyle Championships.
As a coach, Eggum has been with the Minnesota staff for each of the program’s three national titles, as well as five Big Ten team championships. Gopher wrestlers have won 27 individual conference crowns and 62 All-America medals with Eggum on staff. He has served as the program’s head assistant coach for the past five seasons.
The University is conducting an ongoing internal investigation into Head Coach J Robinson and allegations made against him earlier this year. Robinson is currently on administrative leave.
It’s all probably just a strange coincidence, right?
- By rockgopher
- Dinkytown XIX
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ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS DEATH=> Activist and Sanders Supporter Who Served Papers to DNC on Fraud Case Found Dead
Jim Hoft Aug 4th, 2016 10:26 pm 959 Comments
On July 3, 2016, Shawn Lucas and filmmaker Ricardo Villaba served the DNC Services Corp. and Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz at DNC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., in the fraud class action suit against the Democrat Party on behalf of Bernie Sanders supporters.
Shawn Lucas was thrilled about serving the papers to the DNC before Independence Day.
** This was before Wikileaks released documents proving the DNC was working against the Sanders campaign during the 2016 primary.
Shawn Lucas was found dead this week.
According to Snopes Lucas was found dead on his bathroom floor.
We contacted Lucas’ employer on 4 August 2016 to ask whether there was any truth to the rumor. According to an individual with whom we spoke at that company, Shawn Lucas died on 2 August 2016. The audibly and understandably shaken employee stated that interest in the circumstances of Lucas’ death had prompted a number of phone calls and other queries, but the company had not yet ascertained any details about Lucas’ cause of death and were unable to confirm anything more than the fact he had passed away.
An unconfirmed report holds that Lucas was found lying on the bathroom floor by his girlfriend when she returned home on the evening of 2 August 2016. Paramedics responding to her 911 call found no signs of life.
This follows the death of 27 year-old Democratic staffer Seth Conrad Rich who was murdered in Washington DC on July 8. The killer or killers appear to have taken nothing from their victim, leaving behind his wallet, watch and phone.
Shortly after the killing, Redditors and social media users were pursuing a “lead” saying that Rich was en route to the FBI the morning of his murder, apparently intending to speak to special agents about an “ongoing court case” possibly involving the Clinton family.
And on June 22, 2016, former UN official John Ashe “accidentally” crushed his own throat and died a week before he was scheduled to testify against the Clintons and Democrat Party.
John Ashes died before his court appearance.
He crushed his throat… while exercising.
It’s all probably just a strange coincidence, right?
Jim Hoft Aug 4th, 2016 10:26 pm 959 Comments
On July 3, 2016, Shawn Lucas and filmmaker Ricardo Villaba served the DNC Services Corp. and Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz at DNC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., in the fraud class action suit against the Democrat Party on behalf of Bernie Sanders supporters.
Shawn Lucas was thrilled about serving the papers to the DNC before Independence Day.
** This was before Wikileaks released documents proving the DNC was working against the Sanders campaign during the 2016 primary.
Shawn Lucas was found dead this week.
According to Snopes Lucas was found dead on his bathroom floor.
We contacted Lucas’ employer on 4 August 2016 to ask whether there was any truth to the rumor. According to an individual with whom we spoke at that company, Shawn Lucas died on 2 August 2016. The audibly and understandably shaken employee stated that interest in the circumstances of Lucas’ death had prompted a number of phone calls and other queries, but the company had not yet ascertained any details about Lucas’ cause of death and were unable to confirm anything more than the fact he had passed away.
An unconfirmed report holds that Lucas was found lying on the bathroom floor by his girlfriend when she returned home on the evening of 2 August 2016. Paramedics responding to her 911 call found no signs of life.
This follows the death of 27 year-old Democratic staffer Seth Conrad Rich who was murdered in Washington DC on July 8. The killer or killers appear to have taken nothing from their victim, leaving behind his wallet, watch and phone.
Shortly after the killing, Redditors and social media users were pursuing a “lead” saying that Rich was en route to the FBI the morning of his murder, apparently intending to speak to special agents about an “ongoing court case” possibly involving the Clinton family.
And on June 22, 2016, former UN official John Ashe “accidentally” crushed his own throat and died a week before he was scheduled to testify against the Clintons and Democrat Party.
John Ashes died before his court appearance.
He crushed his throat… while exercising.
It’s all probably just a strange coincidence, right?