Cheating wins Championships

Submitted by Bighousemike84 on

Ok so not exactly some kind of prophetic realizaton but it is something that I was thinking about that struck me as interesting.

 

It has now been 13 years since the NCAA implamented the BCS system. It was 13 years of ups and downs in college football. Through it all 13 teams were crowned National Champions. But almost all of those teams have something in common, NCAA violations.

http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/champions_national.html

1998 Tennessee 13-0 Fiesta: Beat Florida St. 23-16 Phillip Fulmer
1999 Florida State 12-0 Sugar: Beat Va. Tech 46-29 Bobby Bowden
2000 Oklahoma 13-0 Orange: Beat Florida St. 13-2 Bob Stoops
2001 Miami, Fla. 12-0 Rose: Beat Nebraska 37-14 Larry Coker
2002 Ohio State 14-0 Fiesta: Beat Miami, Fla. 31-24 (2 ot) Jim Tressel
2003 LSU (National Champs)
USC (#1 in AP Poll)		 13-1
12-1		 Sugar: Beat Oklahoma 21-14
Rose: Beat Michigan 28-14		 Nick Saban
Pete Carroll
2004 USC 13-0 Orange: Beat Oklahoma 55-19 Pete Carroll
2005 Texas 13-0 Rose: Beat USC 41-38 Mack Brown
2006 Florida 13-1 BCS Championship Game:
Beat Ohio State 41-14		 Urban Meyer
2007 LSU 12-2 BCS Championship Game:
Beat Ohio State 38-24		 Les Miles
2008 Florida 13-1 BCS Championship Game:
Beat Oklahoma 24-14		 Urban Meyer
2009 Alabama 14-0 BCS Championship Game:
Beat Texas 37-21		 Nick Saban
2010 Auburn 14-0 BCS Championship Game:
Beat Oregon 22-19		 Gene Chizik

 

Of that list I see only 3 schools who have not faced some form of NCAA sanctions in the last 10 years; Oklahoma, Texas, and LSU. I dont include Auburn because come on, seriously, I shouldnt even have to explain why. We have seen Florida State and its exam scheme, USC and its payment of players, Florida having to suspend Newton because of his antics, Alabama caught redhanded, Miami and its swagger, and Ohio State with not 1 but 3 offenders(Clarrett, Troy Smith, Pryor). And when you consider the cheating that doesnt get caught then you have to add LSU to the list of cheaters with the obvious over signing of recruits.

 

So in some way shape or form, 11 of the last 13 National Champions cheated to win that championship. They committed acts that they knew to be violating NCAA rules but they did it with the intent to create and advantage to win. Now I havent done any extensive research on the subject. This is just me thinking through the information. Feel free to pick this apart or add in your own info, I might be way off in my thinking. But I actually think I am on to something here and am curious what you think.

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justingoblue

January 30th, 2011 at 1:12 AM ^

Not trying to be an asshole, but you should include what happened to each school and an explanation before this is a good/great post. Good start, but you should include more than "I count" when it comes to the sanction data.

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moredamnsound

January 30th, 2011 at 1:13 AM ^

That's crazy and something that I've never really thought about. I wish we would've won when we had our NCAA investigation. Then again it would've taken more practice hours for that to happen.

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MI Expat NY

January 30th, 2011 at 11:50 AM ^

LSU has already self-imposed penalties by taking away a couple scholarships for recruiting violations.  The NCAA will definitely hit them with major violations.

Also, with Oklahoma, I know the school didn't face penalties but their starting QB, Rhett Bomar, and somebody else were paid by a booster for a "no-show" job. 

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BLUEOkie

January 30th, 2011 at 1:17 PM ^

Oklahoma was hit with probation, loss of 2 scholarships a year(forgot how many years), and had to vacate all wins from the previous year.  They appealed and had the wins reinstated.  The other player that supposedly received the most money was a 4th string receiver that never dressed when everyone around these parts knew it was Adrian Peterson.  No excuse for what Rhett did but Oklahoma totally fucked him over.

 

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Rosey09

January 30th, 2011 at 3:11 AM ^

 Not to defend UF, but how is suspending someone cheating? I'd be willing to bet almost all FBS teams save the service academies have suspended multiple players in the past decade for behavior/breaking the law (ourselves included).

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sbeck04

January 30th, 2011 at 3:21 AM ^

Oklahoma did have violations. Rhett Bromar(sp?), the starting QB and one of the O-lineman were kicked off the team a few years ago for having fake jobs at a dealership or some such. Think it was the year they lost to Boise. Plus, you know what they say. If you aren't cheating then you aren't trying.

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bronxblue

January 30th, 2011 at 7:18 AM ^

I think the point is there, but as we saw with UM, not all violations are created equal.  Some of the violations at these schools were relatively minor, or at least not the type that display widespread cheating like, say, what happened at Auburn or USC.  Also, there is a temporal element to everything - the violations at Tenn, Alabama, or OU didn't really occur when they won the championship - most occurred either years before or after, and have little to no connection to the win.  But yeah, it is a little depressing, though when UM wins a title in 2013 people could point to the RR "violations" and say the same thing.

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PurpleStuff

January 30th, 2011 at 10:02 AM ^

If you go back a year further you could include that Michigan team whose All-American safety was suspended for 6 games one season after winning the national title because he took illegal benefits from an agent.  If you look at basketball as well as football you'd find one of the dirtier programs in the game's history right in Ann Arbor at that same time.

If your point is that just about any successful program in a sport with huge money at stake for the school and the players (albeit in the near future) is going to have some dirt, then you are correct.  If your point is that poor, innocent Michigan is getting screwed over because all those other meanies are cheating, then you are just being a homer.

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wolverinenyc

January 30th, 2011 at 12:09 PM ^

Same song and dance about the NCAA infractions committee really. They are woefully inadequate at policing schools and then when they do, or try to anyway, the rules don't seem to be truly the same for everyone. They are a joke. Nuff Said.

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ski bum

January 30th, 2011 at 1:03 PM ^

Mich works around the rules too (current probation, Harbaugh comments about player's education integrity, Fab Five, etc...).   They just aren't doing any winning.

 

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