you know...if you asked me 2-3 years ago just who were the 5-6 dirtiest, blatantly cheating programs in D-I,
I would have said based on the clear evidence that was openly available of NCAA violations, drug use, players being paid, bar fights, etc..,
that it would clearly be...Indiana (Kelvin Sampson), Memphis (Calipari), USC (Floyd), UConn (Calhoun), Kentucky, and Kansas.
Now, four of the five have gone down hard, really hard...and one more got off soft, even though they found serious violations.
http://cjonline.com/login.shtml?orq:http://hawkzone.cjonline.com/stories/101306/haw_faultku.shtml
and even one other, Kentucky, is reeling with two coaching changes in the past 2 years and the cloud of suspicion over Cal...
so each has dug it's own grave.....each has hung themselves with their greed....and I can't really say I feel sorry for them.
so I guess it proves that where there's smoke, there's fire.....
so the question I ask is why it took so long for the NCAA to find the filth in these programs and why it took so long for the media
to actually print the stuff that's been known and talked about in the blogs & message boards for years?
More evidence of the pro-BCS bias...
BTW-- here are a couple articles about the LONG delay and all the silence regarding the blatant cheating going on for years at USC.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-usc-silence31-2009may31,0,1313134.story
http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/basketball/la-sp-streeter31-2009may31,0,7274691.column
in the end, USC is apparently hoping for the same leniency and non-existent penalties Indiana got, because they sent
Sampson packing and claimed they had cleaned house and the problem was already solved...........