Yep. More than just rumors about Mo Williams academic issues. He has been declared academically ineligible.

Williams plans to remain on Pitt’s team and take a redshirt season. He would have three seasons of eligibility remaining.

“We believe Maurice can achieve a lot at Pitt, both academically and athletically, and our expectations are for him to use this as motivation for improvement,” Panthers coach Dave Wannstedt said in a statement.

How come Pitt never makes public those kinds of press releases on ther website?

While much of the attention is on the fact that this throws the door wide open for incoming freshman stud Jonathon Baldwin to take Williams spot as the #3 WR/deep threat. It is also more opportunities for T.J. Porter and Cedric McGee to get more chances. Even Dorin Dickerson at TE becomes a more important option.

This is the second M. Williams, that’s a WR in the Big East to have severe academic issues to end his season this week — at least Mo Williams simply struggled rather than being caught cheating (“multiple times”? Really? How many times are you allowed to attempt that at Syracuse?).