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What, you could not finish your degree in the first four years? I just love it when players say the deserve things.

Heck, why not ask for 2 or 3 while you're at it? All they can say is no.

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Originally posted 09:08 AM ET  12.19 by Bugler

What, you could not finish your degree in the first four years? I just love it when players say the deserve things.

I'm not sure it has anything to do with his degree? He could be in grad school and still playing, can't he?

I've seen a lot worse than that on people getting medical redshirts.

Grad students do play, it's 4 years of eligibility irrespective of degree earned. This would be big for UT. Cosby will be gone, it will be Shipley and Malcolm Williams with Brandon Collins in the slot. TE Bo Scaife played how many years at UT?

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Originally posted 09:08 AM ET  12.19 by Bugler

What, you could not finish your degree in the first four years? I just love it when players say the deserve things.

He'll be in grad school next year.

I thought he was starting Med School.

I am so happy right now. Shipley is the Wes Welker-esque security blanket. And that's the way redshirting goes fellas, you get four years of full playing eligibility. Finish in 4 years? Most everyone redshirts freshman year and ends up playing a full 4, making them 5 year college students. That's just the way it is. He got injured, and he deserves to get that year back.

He'll be in grad school next year?!?!?! He started at Texas one year after me and I've been out of school 4 years. He doesn't want to leave Austin and get a real job. He won't play sundays.

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Originally posted 09:08 AM ET  12.19 by Bugler

What, you could not finish your degree in the first four years? I just love it when players say the deserve things.

He's requesting another year because he sat out 2 YEARS with injuries. You really make yourself look stupid with comments like that. So YES, he does "deserve" another year. Oh, and he's graduating on time, he'll be in grad school, something I'm sure you know nothing about.

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Originally posted 02:18 PM ET  12.19 by a4t2x0

He's requesting another year because he sat out 2 YEARS with injuries. You really make yourself look stupid with comments like that. So YES, he does "deserve" another year. Oh, and he's graduating on time, he'll be in grad school, something I'm sure you know nothing about.

Agreed - the NCAA says you can play for four years. You can sit out one for development (redshirt) and, if signficantly injured, sit out a second year. I could care less about Shipley but this isn't unusual. Makes you wonder why this is even an article...

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Originally posted 09:08 AM ET  12.19 by Bugler

What, you could not finish your degree in the first four years? I just love it when players say the deserve things.

As much as I hate Texas, he seems to be a pretty sharp kid. He just wants to boost his draft stock.

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Originally posted 10:44 AM ET  12.19 by Houston_pragmatist

Grad students do play, it's 4 years of eligibility irrespective of degree earned. This would be big for UT. Cosby will be gone, it will be Shipley and Malcolm Williams with Brandon Collins in the slot. TE Bo Scaife played how many years at UT?

Actually the NCAA has stated in its rules that any academic athlete has 10 semesters to compete in any NCAA sanctioned sport.

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Originally posted 09:08 AM ET  12.19 by Bugler

What, you could not finish your degree in the first four years? I just love it when players say the deserve things.

idiot.

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Originally posted 02:09 PM ET  12.19 by Tongan

He'll be in grad school next year?!?!?! He started at Texas one year after me and I've been out of school 4 years. He doesn't want to leave Austin and get a real job. He won't play sundays.

sounds like a hater to me.

maybe it took him longer to finish his degree because HE PLAYS A COLLEGE SPPORT.

do you know how much of a time commitment that is?
and not everything is about money to everyone, maybe he'll play NFL, maybe he won't.

maybe he just loves the game of football because you have to love a sport to be able to handle the amount of time it takes up without going crazy.

what's the rush to get out of college and "get a real job" when your going to school for free to do what you love while positioning yourself to make more money when that time does come?

I think the main reason is that Colt is coming back... if Jordan is able to stay... Texas is gonna be even better Offensively next year than this year... They will also have TE Blaine Irby back from injury as well

I went to high school with a moron like Shipley. He went to Junior College for like 8 years and took almost every course available. He said that he could get an AA in virtually every subject, but I bought him a Charmin 30 pack instead, and told him it's much softer.

I wonder whatever happened to that guy.

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Originally posted 03:25 PM ET  12.19 by Objective

I could care less about Shipley but this isn't unusual. Makes you wonder why this is even an article...

It's an article because he could have filed for the draft. It's an article because he'll be a top 10-15 WR in 2009. It's an article because he'll be the veteran WR on a team with a Heisman frontrunner. Its an article because there are 650,000 Texas alumni with discretionary income...and many of those read SI...and advertisers want to reach them. Next class will be economics.

I guess my question is why he would want to do it? Although he might higher in the draft if he stayed another year AND had a good, injury free year, why would he want to take the risk. Given his past injuries, all it would take is one more serious injury that could lose him an NFL career altogether. Why not go ahead and go for the draft now and then do grad school or whatever in the off season like others? Steve Young did his law degree while an active player in the NFL.

Maybe because he is disappointed with the way this season is ending, and thinks the team has potential to be even better next season (and maybe even play for a national title).