Auburn Scandal: Not academically eligible for 2011 BCS game

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Not only could they barely handle Oregon, a significant number of their players were not really college players at all in that they could not meet academic requirements and had to have their grades changed. Plus allegations of bribery.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9131624/auburn-tigers-coaches-bribed-players-altered-grades-broke-recruiting-rules-gene-chizik-according-report

[_Analytics]

Not only could they barely handle Oregon, a significant number of their players were not really college players at all in that they could not meet academic requirements and had to have their grades changed. Plus allegations of bribery.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9131624/auburn-tigers-coaches-bribed-players-altered-grades-broke-recruiting-rules-gene-chizik-according-report

LOL. Isn't that kind of behavior typical of the SEC?

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It probably goes on everywhere. But no allegations such as these for Oregon at the moment. Oregon did have to dismiss or suspend some players for criminal behavior before the season.

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I think it should be pretty obvious that it's impossible to play collegiate level football or basketball and be a serious student as well.

[_Kevin Graham]

The player she interviewed denied saying what she attributed to him. Could be just another would be "journalist" trying to make a name for herself with bogus "news." No better place to do this than in the "sports news" industry, where validation of sources goes through no rigorous process whatsoever (i.e. Manti Teo's loony story)

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Could be just another would be "journalist" trying to make a name for herself with bogus "news." No better place to do this than in the "sports news" industry, where validation of sources goes through no rigorous process whatsoever (i.e. Manti Teo's loony story)

Selena Robertsused to be journalist for the New York Times Kevin. She's held several other nice reporting jobs. She broke the A-Rod testing positive for steroids story. She's already made a name for herself and has a successful career giving her continued options. I don't think the line of attack you are using to dismiss her was researched or is going to work.

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It probably goes on everywhere. But no allegations such as these for Oregon at the moment. Oregon did have to dismiss or suspend some players for criminal behavior before the season.

No serious impropriety has ever been lobbed at Wisconsin's football or basketball program. "Shoegate" is as bad as it gets. Despite consistently having top teams in the nation, they never ever pull in anywhere near the top ranked recruiting classes. One, that suggests there's something wrong with how outside sources rank recruits, and two, Wisconsin's habit of not pulling in big names probably makes it easier to not be caught up in significant NCAA violations.

Murmurs and accusations have swirled around Oregon's program and Bill Laurie's deep pockets for years now in a way that is not too dissimilar from Auburn's program. They're currently under investigation for their well known scouting shenanigans, so I wouldn't get on a high horse about this too quickly.

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No high horse at all. Just a bit of a wet blanket on KG's vaunted "student athletes". Am hearing rumors that some NBA coaches don't think the college game is good preparation for the NBA and would rather they come straight out of high school. If that starts happening on a large scale, then high schools will become just as corrupt.