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 Florida State vacates 12 football wins in scandal |
| Posted by Steve - 02-7-10 20:34 - 0 comments |
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Florida State vacates 12 football wins in scandal
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Buzz up! 36 PrintTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP)—Florida State announced Sunday it will vacate 12 football victories and a 2007 men’s track national championship in an academic cheating scandal, along with dozens more victories and placings across 10 men’s and women’s sports.
The NCAA stripped the school of wins in which 61 athletes implicated in the scandal contributed. The college sports governing body upheld the decision last month after Florida State appealed the sanctions as “excessive.”
The men’s basketball team lost all 22 wins from 2006-07, and women’s basketball lost 16 victories that year, including two in the NCAA tournament.
Bobby Bowden, who retired after this season as the second all-time winningest coach in major college football behind Penn State’s Joe Paterno, has now won a few less. Bowden finished with 389 before subtracting the five wins from the 2006-07 season, including the Emerald Bowl, and seven regular-season victories in 2007-08.
Florida State was allowed to keep placings in sports like track, cross country, golf and swimming if they still had enough points to win after subtracting contributions from the implicated athletes.
The school said it would return all vacated trophies to the appropriate agencies this year.
Among the other victories vacated:
— Softball: 32 from 2006-07, including two from the ACC tournament.
— Baseball: 4 from 2006-07, including one NCAA tournament win.
— Women’s basketball: 6 from 2007-08.
— Men’s indoor track and field: dropped from 2nd to 4th place at NCAA championship
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| Gators have #1 recruiting class |
| Posted by Steve - 02-3-10 21:26 - 1 comments |
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When Meyer announced he was leaving Florida because of health concerns Dec. 26, it sent shockwaves through college football and into the living rooms of a number of the nation's top recruits. The Gators already had assembled one of the nation's best recruiting classes, but many prospects feared what a future without Meyer would bring in Gainesville.
Urban Meyer hasn't taken a break from recruiting in 2010.
Meyer is known for pouring his heart and soul into the relationships with his players and recruits. Consequently, he quickly changed his mind and decided he would not retire. Instead, Meyer said he would take a short leave of absence - which hasn't happened yet.
Meyer's change of heart reassured recruits enough to catapult the Gators to the Rivals.com recruiting national championship. This is the second time Florida has had the best class in the nation, both occasions coming with Meyer leading the Gators.
While Florida's 2010 class didn't pass the 2006 USC class that featured stars Taylor Mays, Stanley Havili and five five-star recruits overall, the Gators signed the second-best class in Rivals.com history. With 2,938 points, the class fell 59 points short of USC's total in 2006. Florida did beat its 2007 class, which finished with 2,959 and featured players such as Joe Haden, Carlos Dunlap, Maurkice Pouncey and Michael Pouncey.
The Gators finished just ahead of USC, Texas, Auburn and Alabama. The rest of the top 10: LSU at No. 6, Oklahoma at No. 7, UCLA at No. 8, Tennessee at No. 9 and Florida State at No. 10. There are several uncommitted players who could cause some shifts in the top 10, but nobody has enough left on the board to knock the Gators from the top.
Florida already was in position to have the nation's top class before Meyer's situation developed. The Gators had the No. 3 class after early commitments from Rivals100 prospects Gerald Christian, Jaylen Watkins, Leon Orr and Ian Silberman - all before April 20, 2009.
"When I got here, I spent time with my position coach, Coach Meyer and Coach (Steve) Addazio, and I said that was it," Watkins, the nation's fourth-best corner, said about his commitment to Florida last spring. "It felt like home here. They have great academics. I could get a good education while I become the best athlete I can be. I love the coaches."
Throw in additional pledges from Rivals250 stars Jordan Haden and Jonathan Dowling, and the foundation for an elite class was set.
THE TOP 10
The nation's top 10 recruiting classes for 2010:
1. Florida
2. USC
3. Texas
4. Auburn
5. Alabama
6. LSU
7. Oklahoma
8. UCLA
9. Tennessee
10. Florida State
COMPLETE TEAM RANKINGS
Then, something special happened Jan. 9. On that day, the Gators landed three-five star commitments on national TVat the U.S Army All-American Bowl. |
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| My top 10 BUCS ever |
| Posted by LEO - 02-3-10 12:12 - 4 comments |
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These are my top 10 BUCS players ever WHO"S YOURS
LEE ROY SELMON
DOUG WILLIAMS
WARREN SAPP
MIKE ALSTOTT
RICKY BELL
JOHN LYNCH
WARRICK DUNN
BRAD CULPEPPER
VINNY TESTAVERDE
RONDE BARBER
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| Kiffin next USC coach |
| Posted by Steve - 01-12-10 21:51 - 3 comments |
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Lane Kiffin will be the next USC coach, Rivals.com has confirmed.
Kiffin will replace Pete Carroll, who left to take the Seattle Seahawks head coaching job. Kiffin coached Tennessee for one year, leading the Vols to a 7-6 record and a trip to the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
Kiffin became the youngest head coach in modern NFL history in early 2007 when Al Davis named him to lead the Oakland Raiders. After going 4-12 his first year with the Raiders, ESPN reported that Davis drafted a letter of resignation for Kiffin to sign in January 2008. But Kiffin was defiant and continued to clash with Davis until he was fired Sept. 30, 2008. He finished 5-15 as NFL coach.
Davis called Kiffin a liar in a bizarre news conference trashing his former coach. Kiffin later filed a grievance against the Raiders after his dismissal, claiming he was fired without cause and seeking pay for the two months between jobs in Oakland and Knoxville. He was officially hired by Tennessee on Dec. 1, 2008.
Kiffin, 34, reportedly plans to bring his father, longtime NFL defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin with him to USC. Former Mississippi head coach Ed Orgeron, a former Trojans assistant, is also believed to be headed back to USC as part of Kiffin’s staff.
Carroll, 58, left USC for the Seahawks on Monday, signing a five-year, $33 million deal. He went 97-19 over nine seasons at USC with two national championships and seven Pac-10 titles.
USC is awaiting a hearing with the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions in February, regarding allegations of improprieties in both the football and men’s basketball programs.
Air Force’s Troy Calhoun may be a top target to replace Kiffin at Tennessee. |
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