2025 College Football Season Has Arrived

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  1. SanDiegoKid89

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    Wow, Michigan State just got slammed by the NCAA. They should have just created an elaborate scheme to cheat their way to a National Championship. Then all they would have to do is not have their head coach for a couple of games.
     
  3. Terry O'Keefe

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    Didn't see this coming. I of course knew about Tuckers problems, but was totally unaware of the ineligible players issue.

    Some pretty significant financial penalties.

    The vacating wins. meh.
     
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    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Stu did you eat at the XXX Diner?

    If some suggested eating at the XXX Diner, I might have thought porn was involved. :D:eek:
     
  5. Bobdawolverweasel

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    Michigan’s penalties also included a 30M dollar fine and 4 years of probation and a long list of show cause punishments compared to MSU’s 30k fine. Plus, the Stallions story broke and he was gone weeks before the end of season victories in 2023 against PSU and OSU along with the playoff victories over Alabama and Washington. I assume all those teams changed their signals after the Stallions story broke so I am not sure how his actions would have impacted the scores of those games. But, for MSU to be forced to vacate wins while M did not certainly does not fit within my definition of a just punishment for improper conduct.
     
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    And just to be clear. I agree Michigan’s punishment by the NCAA was far lighter than warranted. The point I was trying to make in my last post was that I believe our 2023 end of season and playoff victories were earned on a level playing field. But, I would not have had an argument if the NCAA had vacated all wins from 21-23 due to Stallions actions.
     
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