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The 15 Most Unethical Programs in College Football History
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:37 pm
Per Athlon Sports (Bama, you can breathe now...this is in alphabetical order)...
1. ALABAMA
Mike DuBose took over at Alabama after a successful run by Gene Stallings, but the program recorded only two bowl appearances under his watch. The highlight of DuBose’s tenure was a 10-3 record in 1999 but that year also brought plenty of controversy. Alabama booster Logan Young paid Means’ high school coach to have the top recruit join the Crimson Tide, which brought on an extensive hit from the NCAA. Alabama was banned for two years from postseason play and were forced to reduce 21 scholarships. This incident wasn’t the only one in recent years for the Crimson Tide, as the program was forced to vacate 21 wins from 2005-07 as a result of a textbook scandal.
2. Colorado
3. FLORIDA
Before Steve Spurrier arrived in Gainesville, the Gators football program was a bit of an underachieving, probation-earning mess. The low point came under coach Charley Pell. After an 0–10–1 season in 1979, his first year at the helm, Pell earned eight wins during an impressive second campaign and seemed to have the Gators on the brink of title contention in the SEC after a 9–2–1 season in 1984. But those improvements had come at a cost. The NCAA found Pell's program to have committed 59 infractions, resulting in a TV and bowl ban for the 1985 and 1986 seasons and a three-year scholarship reduction, penalties that crippled the program until Spurrier's arrival in 1990.
4. Florida State
5. Miami
6. North Carolina
7. Oklahoma State
8. OKLAHOMA
Barry Switzer was a self-proclaimed players' coach, and late in his tenure in Norman, the inmates were clearly in charge of the asylum. The Sooners athletic dorm was the scene of drug use and gunplay, and former star quarterback Charles Thompson was arrested for attempting to sell cocaine to undercover FBI agents, resulting in Sports Illustrated's famous cover featuring Thompson in handcuffs and prison orange, under the heading "Oklahoma: A Sordid Story - How Barry Switzer's Sooners Terrorized Their Campus." Switzer resigned in 1989, as the program he left behind was going on NCAA probation.
9. Ohio State
10. Penn State
11. SMU (the gold standard of cheating)
12. TEXAS A&M
Speaking of the Southwest Conference, a close runner-up for mid-1980s corruption in the storm-tossed league would seem to be Texas A&M. Amid positive developments under Jackie Sherrill, such as Cotton Bowls and the institution of the 12th Man tradition, the Aggies ran a loose ship and were ultimately deemed to be guilty of such shenanigans as improper employment, extra benefits, unethical conduct and lack of institutional control. Sherrill was not personally implicated in the infractions, but he did resign in 1988, the same year his program went on probation.
13. Washington
14. UCLA
15. USC
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1. ALABAMA
Mike DuBose took over at Alabama after a successful run by Gene Stallings, but the program recorded only two bowl appearances under his watch. The highlight of DuBose’s tenure was a 10-3 record in 1999 but that year also brought plenty of controversy. Alabama booster Logan Young paid Means’ high school coach to have the top recruit join the Crimson Tide, which brought on an extensive hit from the NCAA. Alabama was banned for two years from postseason play and were forced to reduce 21 scholarships. This incident wasn’t the only one in recent years for the Crimson Tide, as the program was forced to vacate 21 wins from 2005-07 as a result of a textbook scandal.
2. Colorado
3. FLORIDA
Before Steve Spurrier arrived in Gainesville, the Gators football program was a bit of an underachieving, probation-earning mess. The low point came under coach Charley Pell. After an 0–10–1 season in 1979, his first year at the helm, Pell earned eight wins during an impressive second campaign and seemed to have the Gators on the brink of title contention in the SEC after a 9–2–1 season in 1984. But those improvements had come at a cost. The NCAA found Pell's program to have committed 59 infractions, resulting in a TV and bowl ban for the 1985 and 1986 seasons and a three-year scholarship reduction, penalties that crippled the program until Spurrier's arrival in 1990.
4. Florida State
5. Miami
6. North Carolina
7. Oklahoma State
8. OKLAHOMA
Barry Switzer was a self-proclaimed players' coach, and late in his tenure in Norman, the inmates were clearly in charge of the asylum. The Sooners athletic dorm was the scene of drug use and gunplay, and former star quarterback Charles Thompson was arrested for attempting to sell cocaine to undercover FBI agents, resulting in Sports Illustrated's famous cover featuring Thompson in handcuffs and prison orange, under the heading "Oklahoma: A Sordid Story - How Barry Switzer's Sooners Terrorized Their Campus." Switzer resigned in 1989, as the program he left behind was going on NCAA probation.
9. Ohio State
10. Penn State
11. SMU (the gold standard of cheating)
12. TEXAS A&M
Speaking of the Southwest Conference, a close runner-up for mid-1980s corruption in the storm-tossed league would seem to be Texas A&M. Amid positive developments under Jackie Sherrill, such as Cotton Bowls and the institution of the 12th Man tradition, the Aggies ran a loose ship and were ultimately deemed to be guilty of such shenanigans as improper employment, extra benefits, unethical conduct and lack of institutional control. Sherrill was not personally implicated in the infractions, but he did resign in 1988, the same year his program went on probation.
13. Washington
14. UCLA
15. USC
LINK
This post was edited on 10/7/21 at 2:42 pm
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Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:39 pm to JetDawg
Kind if weird not seeing us. We're usually on these lists.
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:39 pm to JetDawg
I think you need a pause button man…
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:39 pm to JetDawg
Skanks 
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:40 pm to JetDawg
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:40 pm to JetDawg
I approve this list.
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:40 pm to JetDawg
quote:
JUL 26, 2012
Digging for the trolling
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:42 pm to JetDawg
Did you just post an article from 2012?
Thanks, Peepaw.
Thanks, Peepaw.
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:42 pm to Hayt
those where probably the hardest questions on that test, the others were laughable. Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:43 pm to NYCAuburn
quote:
Digging for the trolling
Nope. It's the latest article about the subject I could find.
I do believe Auburn would've come in at #16, if that makes you feel better.
This post was edited on 10/7/21 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:44 pm to JetDawg
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:45 pm to JetDawg
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I do believe Auburn would've come in at #16, if that make you feel better.
LOL UGA is tied for third in the SEC for NCAA major infractions. First A&M, Second USC
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:45 pm to JetDawg
No Clemson? List is bullshite.
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:47 pm to JetDawg
Wait, I thought Auburn was king of the cheaters according to this board...
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:47 pm to JetDawg
No LSU? Bet
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:48 pm to JetDawg
Keep it Down Home Cuz
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:48 pm to NYCAuburn
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LOL UGA is tied for third in the SEC for NCAA major infractions. First A&M, Second USC
All minor and never has UGA been placed on probation resulting in redacted wins, championships nor bowl bans. Thank you very much.
BTW, just about EVERY NCAA school has had multiple minor infractions in their history. Everyone.
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:51 pm to JetDawg
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All minor
Um they are called major violations for a reason quote:
redacted wins,
Has Auburn
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BTW, just about EVERY NCAA school has had multiple minor infractions in their history. Everyone.
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BTW, just about EVERY NCAA school has had multiple minor infractions in their history. Everyone.
Yes but there is a difference between major and minor and UGA is tied for 3rd in the SEC...thank you very much
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:54 pm to JetDawg
NGL, kinda shocked we aren't on this list.
Posted on 10/7/21 at 2:54 pm to NYCAuburn
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Yes but there is a difference between major and minor and UGA is tied for 3rd in the SEC...thank you very much
Yeah, but Auburn's been put on PROBATION multiple times resulting in bowl bans. You're lucky the NCAA didn't redact your 1957 probationary-plagued national title. If that had happened during the past 30 years, it would've been yanked.
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