Received this tweet from Dan Levy of Bleacher Report:

did Whitlock complain about anonymous sources when ranting on an article where, best I read, there aren’t any

Indeed, Levy is right. Jason Whitlock and others can rip on Thayer Evans all they want. And they did.

However, it is fairly difficult to dispute that Sports Illustrated is using named sources in its Oklahoma State stories.  Multiple name sources.

From today’s installment on academics.

“The philosophy, the main focus [of the program], was to keep [the best players]  eligible through any means necessary,” says Fath’ Carter, a safety from 2000 to  ’03. “The goal was not to educate but to get them the passing grades they needed  to keep playing. That’s the only thing it was about.”

“Online classes are the easiest way for [players] to keep their grades up,” Cole  says. “If you didn’t do the work, you can email [the instructor] and can almost  talk them into giving you a passing grade anyway.”

Is everyone lying? Were they all misquoted?

In fact, it is hard for me to remember a series of stories on this scale that had so many named sources. Usually, anonymous sources are prominent when the dirt starts flying on college campuses.

Named sources equates to greater credibility in our business.

People can believe what they want to believe. In my mind, having names behind those quotes makes me believe Oklahoma State is looking at some tough times.