Its a day late but definitely not a dollar short, as the NCAA will reportedly come down on Alabama to the tune of an unknown number of vacated football victories between 2005 and 2007, three additional years of probation and a cash penalty, according to the Birmingham News.Alabama football players and athletes in several other sports were involved in a prohibited textbook and materials disbursement scheme. It's seemingly benign stuff compared to recent allegations against Memphis and USC, but this is Alabama we're talking about, which seems to have its Brooks Was Here moment every time it finds itself paroled.
The Birmingham News speculates that the 'Tide will forfeit at least 10 victories that involved ineligible players up to, but not including, the 2007 win over Tennessee and its bowl win; ESPN's Mark Schlabach reported that number could be twice as high. Mike Shula presided over the 2005 and 2007 teams, Nick Saban took charge in 2007. They combined for 23 wins in that three-year period.
Amusingly, as pointed out by Joe Cribbs' Car Wash, this kills commissioner Mike Slive's ambitions for a probation-free SEC. It was cute while it lasted though. To their credit, the Tide appears to have avoided a postseason and television ban and loss of scholarships as the NCAA has trended recently towards vacating victories over other forms of punishment (see: Oklahoma).
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6-11-2009 @ 12:44PM
mdkin01 said...
People keep bringing up Memphis but the University of Memphis played by the rules. If there was any wrongdoing with Rose, it occurred before he was cleared to play by the NCAA and it is not a Universities or the coaches job to send representatives to the testing centers to make sure the right guy is taking the test. It is also not a universities job to oversee the high schools records department to make sure grades arent being changed. If they get penalized for all that it has more to do with sending a statement then anything else, but in reality the NCAA is the one that screwed up not the university. Now USC is a different story altogether.
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6-11-2009 @ 5:15PM
cwebsterk said...
Alabama just can't seem to quit cheating. This school represents everything that is wrong with college football, Corrupt from top to bottom.
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6-12-2009 @ 2:05PM
Clay said...
Alabama is obviously bad at cheating because they always seem to get caught. If you think for one second that Alabama is the only team in college football that cheats you are very naive. To say that Alabama, "represents everything that is wrong with college football, Corrupt from top to bottom." is a little over dramatic. Would you be making these same comments about any other school or is it just that you hate Alabama that much? How do you feel about USC and the fact that they pay players to play for them? Love them or hate them Alabama is back to being a national power and will continue to be for many years to come.
7-23-2009 @ 4:27PM
bamajimtide said...
you need to get your facts stright befor running mouth, do a little investagateing yourself and find who is really the big cheaters in footbal.
6-11-2009 @ 5:48PM
mhsdude2428 said...
actually dude i hate to tell alabama dont cheat this is the first time in like years since theyve been on probation. and how in the heck do they represent everything thats wrong with football all this happened while mike shula was the coach its all his fault. alabama is still one of the strongest teams in the nation
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6-12-2009 @ 5:31AM
cwebsterk said...
LOL MHSdude, you wrote "this is the first time in like years Alabama's been on probation." That's like saying, "this is the first time in like years I've robbed a bank" or "I haven't beat my wife in a really long time." Actually they were let off probation in 05. These new charges are from 05 yo 07!!! So looks like they didn't waste any time getting back to their old, or rather, USUAL ways. A leopard doesn't change its spots. This program has been in trouble as long as I can remember.
6-12-2009 @ 2:10PM
Brian Grummell said...
"How do you feel about USC and the fact that they pay players to play for them?"
That is false. Reggie Bush and his family were paid by wannabe agents with zero connection to USC.
I highly doubt the allegation that Floyd paid a representative of Mayo. Thats stuff from back in the 50's when there was a wild west atmosphere to college football and basketball, this is the 2000's, for a coach to do that he would have to be the biggest idiot ever. Besides, Mayo was already enrolled at USC at that point to where a payment was completely unnecessary, and according to the timeline it would have been almost impossible for Floyd to be where he's accused of being.
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6-15-2009 @ 3:48AM
bo said...
as a royal member of i hate the alabama crimson tide bunch im wanting to know ,are the losing any scolerships and will they be banned from playing in any post season game in the next several seasons ,myself i think yhey shouldnt be allowed to play in sec tital game or a bowl game for atleast 2 years, it wasnt that long ago that they paid albert means to come play for crimson tide,so they should lose recruits and not get to play in any bowl games for atleast 2 or 3 years and no sec tital game, because if they only forfiet games from the last few years that will not hurt them,they need punished and so does usc and memphis and soon to be kentucky because id bet my left leg that they have already broke several ncaa rules ,cause calipari is a cheater and so was patino at ky and eddie sutton and joe b hall so investagate uk for next 3 years then you can put them on probation, and take some wins away
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6-16-2009 @ 12:41PM
Josh said...
What a non-penalty! I'm sure Mike Shula will update his resume right away. This is stupid.
The NCAA is terrible for not ever truly enforcing their rules. Even the Death Penalty doesn't actually have any death in it! Read a debate about this issue over at the sports debates, www.thesportsdebates.com
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