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None of the above! How about that program from the west coast?
usc!!!!!!!!!!!!

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What ever happened to the Reggie Bush, USC trouble? Funny, if it were an SEC school or any Florida school they would be on probation but since the west coast has terrible football-USC excluded-they have to keep one team that can compete with the rest of the NCAA. Disgusting. USC would never go undefeated in the SEC nor would Ohio State have ever played in a championship game if they had to play anyone. Point proven on the field as Auburn would have done the year before.

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Arizona State is my guess. F/X doesn't make TV movies about crooked colleges for any school.

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do you mean to tell me OU is one of the dirtiest programs when usc, ohio st., miami, ala.,fla., fsu.,texas,neb., and many other programs don't do the same thing? For many years when Mich. & Osu ruled the big10, there weren't any violations that kept them on top all the time? I know there were countless rumors about both programs, but no penalties were ever assessed. Yet when illinois attained some success ('68,pete elliot, 83, mike white,) they came down hard on them. All the big schools " cut corners", even ND. Just don't get caught or be honest. There is just too much $$$ involved for there not to be cheating. GO SOONERS1

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You cats can't be serious. #1 is EASILY the University of Colorado. First and foremost, I'd like to say that this list is really dumb. The dirtiest programs goes far beyond the simple mathematical algorhythm Mr. Holiday is using. Sure, Miami is #10. Wouldn't they be #1 if you considered things other than just NCAA violations and sanctions? Why is it that we aren't taking into consideration the FIU brawl. Did that not qualify as a "dirty" moment for Miami?
Colorado had saw its players rape girls on recruiting visits, and even rape a female teammate. Then Gary Barnett used the excuse that she was a "terrible" player. Nice, Gary. That didn't get him fired, although losing by 67 to Texas did.
CU is also the school of Mr. Rae Carruth, who - for those of you who have forgotten - shot a woman to death in the back of a limousine... Go Buffs.
Also, Nebraska didn't make this list. That's gotta hurt its credibility.
Props to the ACC and Big Ten for staying relatively scandal-free as far at this is concerned.
Also, what about the Boston College gambling incident? I know it wasn't quite the same on a national level as Rhett Bomar's ordeal, but I think it still warrants mentioning.
If #1 is USC or any other Pac 10 school I will eat a dry-erase marker. If it's a Big XII school, I will gloat.
Go UMass, beat BC

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no one says any of those schools are less dirty, just that OU is stupid enough to get caught

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mcspartan perhaps you should check the NCAA infractions list, as well as look at the completely objective formula that Pete used. Pete will be the first to tell you or anyone that he and I do not see eye to eye on most things and I can count on one hand the number of blogs he has written that didnt include some biased jab at my alma matre (AU, his is UA), however he has done his homework and done an incredibly good job by anyones standards. He has left opinion off of his criteria and gone completely with hard analytical data available to us all. As far as Ohio State they arent squeeky clean and no one is suggesting such, its just that the schools that have been hammered most are the ones that make the top 10. Unfortunately that includes my school, as well as Petes and for that matter the school you root for as well. I am proud to say that my alma matre has been for the most part clean since '91 and there is no indication that the program is being underhanded, Oklahoma can't say that. In fact OU was told to do full audits of summer work for scholarship athelets as one of the safeguards against the improper benefits during one of the probationary periods in the recent past (this is in the NCAA COI report). Failing to continue the practice is exactly what got them put on probation this time. You should'nt be mad at anyone but the people at the university that failed to do their job with diligence (that and maybe a carsalesman and a couple of former players).

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John, maybe it will be CU lets wait and see and the Boston College gambling incident? The NCAA didnt find evidence of point shaving or game fixing or any wrongdoings from the "Atheletic Department or Boosters". However if you go a few years back to Gary Barnetts Northwestern Team you will find players involved in a point shaving for pay scandal (and even that was determined to involve a few players acting without the program having knowledge). And you wont get an argument about Miami having thugs for players from me. But the blog isn't about which team has the most unsavory characters its about which team is the most corrupt as a program (read that as "atheletic department, boosters, etc.."). Past that I see your UMASS team is considering a move up to Div IA for football, that is interesting but you have a long way to go before you Beat BC dont you?

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My guess is a shock..Mississippi State or another low rate school

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Agreed that BC is the real football school in New England, and will be for a while. However, I'd trade last year's 13 wins in div 1-AA for a 3-8 season with the big boys anyday. I haven't heard anything about UMass moving up since the mention of joining C-USA about five years ago. We'll see what happens.

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I have enjoyed the series, and sorry if someone has said this before, but Pete has to be called out saying that the Fanhouse results are computed by "using its own calculus." Technically, adding up numbers is called arithmetic, which we all learned in grade school. If the formula isn't complex and derived from statistic theory or anything, just say it's a simple way to measure up teams. ESPN does the same thing all the time and it bugs me to no end.
However, I love the analysis and appreciate the research that went into this.

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John follow this link to something you might be interested in:

http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/062707aaa.html

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John follow this link to something you might be interested in:

http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/062707aaa.html

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Alright, let's get a few things clear about CU:

No formal charges were ever brought against the school, the coaching staff, or any of the players for the notorious scandal of 2001. You know why? Because there was no tangible evidence of what was being alleged, and the testimonial evidence of those allegations was absolutely baseless and preposterous. Ms. Lisa Simpson, the primary accuser, used the following rationale for condemning the CU football team: "I was drinking, there were football players where I was drinking, I blacked out, I awoke in my own bed and I'd clearly had sex, therefore football players raped me." Obviously, you can see why this case has been thrown out of court 10+ times before it's even been given the chance to go to trial. The NCAA levied no sanctions against CU for this mess, as they didn't do anything, so we can all lay off this "CU players rape everyone constantly" garbage, it's getting really old.

Truthfully, the charges brought by Lisa Simpson (I'm leaving katie hnida out of this, her charges were along the lines of "I was constantly treated like crap" not along the lines of "I was raped") were less cohesive than those brought against the Duke lacrosse team by a prostitute. The difference is that, just by sheer luck, Duke's scandal broke during a time where people wanted accountability from the press, whereas CU's "scandal" broke at a time when people were more than happy to believe everything that they read. Duke got a formal apology from the whole of the press corp, whereas CU got left with a nation of people who think that every football player from their 2001 team is serving time in prison for rape as we speak, because the press didn't report on charges being thrown out of court. Instead, they chose to only report on charges being brought over and over again... didn't anyone start to wonder why these same charges kept getting brought time and again without any actual trials taking place? Nope... I guess the american public's just not wise enough question that on their own.

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My guess is the entire SEC. Those good-old-boys are bad bad bad.

Also, not sure where all the USC hate is coming from..didn't USC totally thump Auburn twice and Arkansas twice in the last games played against SEC schools.

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Jasper, I don't know whether or not Katie Hnida was actually raped or not, just like I don't know exactly what happened at the Duke Lacrosse party, but if you're going to shoot that kind of crap out there, do some research first. Hnida's claims are that she was sexually abused by a handful of players, and was raped by one of them. The rape incident didn't involve alcohol, and took place when she was alone with him watching a movie.

I don't really see the parallel with Lisa Simpson unless you're pointing to the fact that neither Lisa nor Katie are particularly fond of rape. Apparently you think that's a bad thing. Good for you.

And Todd thanks for the link, I actually looked up some info on it after your last posting.
I just don't know what conference we could join. C-USA has 12 members, the MAC has 13, the Sun Belt, WAC and MWC are WAY too far away, and none of the power conferences would welcome us. Maybe a long term plan to join UConn as a Big East newbie could be worked out, but they already have 16 schools in other sports (albeit only 8 in football), so that could get complicated too.

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Miami is a big surprise but they were more about being pompous than doing anything illegal.

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Pete, if you're going to reference a dictionary definition, please use the correct definition. From your link:

"Mathematics. a method of calculation, esp. one of several highly systematic methods of treating problems by a special system of algebraic notations, as differential or integral calculus. "

The part of the definition that says it is an estimation means that it is a TYPE of estimation. What you are saying is basically the same as saying that cheddar means cheese; no, it means a specific type of cheese. Calculus is not a synonym of estimation or computation, it is an example.

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