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BB73 said:
If the NCAA had any integrity, they would take about 1 week to verify what Dabo said, and if true immediately say the kid could never play football for Ole Miss.

After that, they can determine any further penalties.

So that won’t happen.
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What liability would that open them up to?

It’s got nothing to do with integrity, these are all lawyers. We need to try to look at it through that lense to make any sense at all.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
What liability would that open them up to?

It’s got nothing to do with integrity, these are all lawyers. We need to try to look at it through that lense to make any sense at all.
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I’m waiting for a player ruled ineligible to just start playing and see what they do. Particularly if it’s a wealthier school. Outside of the 60 minutes of game time do we have any enforceable rules?
 
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cincibuck said:
Like the way they laid into Michigan?
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My point

They have a specialist sinking his tooth into it right now

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The 8 Power 4 programs who are in college football hell heading into the 2026 offseason

Which programs are in the worst possible situations going into 2026? These 8 are in need of help in a hurry.
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The 8 Power 4 programs who are in college football hell heading into the 2026 offseason​

I don’t say “hell” lightly. I try not to say it at all, but hey, sometimes, it just fits.

As it pertains to college football, “hell” can’t be confused with purgatory. Some teams exist just fine in purgatory and don’t ever necessarily feel like the situation is dire enough to start throwing around the “H-word.” To be in college football hell, one must understand context. It’s more than just bad vibes. It’s vibes that feel like a certain form of torture is imminent. Whether that’s having an under-performing coach on an insane contract or having a team that can’t seem to get out of its own way, college football hell comes in a variety of forms.

To get out of hell, one can get a breakthrough season or hire the right coach. Indiana was firmly in college football hell for decades, but it hired Curt Cignetti and found a way to replace apathy with dominance. Kentucky was in college football hell the last couple years of the Mark Stoops era, but hiring an offensive-minded, 30-something coach who has dominated the transfer portal has changed the offseason mood in Lexington. Michigan was in college football hell, then Kyle Whittingham bailed the Wolverines out.

Talk to a fan of a team in college football hell, and you’ll probably confirm that notion within the first minute of that conversation. A groan, an exasperated sigh, a Hail Mary plea to the college football gods, etc. You get it. You can smell the desperation on them.

For these 8 Power Conference teams, college football hell is all too real:

Arkansas​

Cincinnati​

Clemson
You had me at “he hired Chad Morris to run his offense.” Ask aforementioned Arkansas or recently hell-departed Auburn (promising new coach) about that. That alone would make Clemson a worthy inclusion of this list, but the Tigers are in hell because the team that Dabo Swinney bragged about breaking Clemson out of its 2020s funk couldn’t even win 8 games. Mind you, that was after it started at No. 1 in the FBS in percentage of returning production. Clemson didn’t pay $60 million to fire Swinney after his disastrous 2025 season. Even worse, he repeatedly defended his ways and all but dared AD Graham Neff to fire him by declaring that he’d find work elsewhere if his time was up. It’s not. Instead, Swinney still has the power to do things like … hire Morris. Clemson fans will defend Swinney to the ends of the earth for those 2 titles, but deep down, they know what everyone else does — the game has passed him by....:nod:

Florida State​

Mississippi State

Nebraska

UNC

Wisconsin

And keep an eye on Tennessee and USC

Just sayin': Dabo would probably sell his soul to the devil for a #11 ranking...... :lol:
 
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TampaBuckeyes said:
I’m waiting for a player ruled ineligible to just start playing and see what they do. Particularly if it’s a wealthier school. Outside of the 60 minutes of game time do we have any enforceable rules?
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I was thinking about that today. If they can't punish a program (demand side) because of TV revenue, well fine... deal with the problem on the player side (supply).

If one kid is ruled ineligible for a year (and loses a year of eligibility as a result), that will reign a lot of this crap in. Who would want to risk it?
 
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sparcboxbuck said:
I was thinking about that today. If they can't punish a program (demand side) because of TV revenue, well fine... deal with the problem on the player side (supply).

If one kid is ruled ineligible for a year (and loses a year of eligibility as a result), that will reign a lot of this crap in. Who would want to risk it?
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They can rule a player ineligible and vacate wins from it. See Sparty.
But does that really mean anything? TV got their viewers. The school got their TV revenue. The player gets his NIL and the chance to showcase what he can do for his NFL draft position.

Where is the punishment? The punishment is in their Wikipedia article that shows asterisks for that season. That's where.
 
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The NCAA is a minacious organization that is comprised of timid, feckless, and cowardly officials who falsely imply power then demonstrate their powerlessness to act in any situation that affects their revenue stream. What Swinney outlines is an egregious example of player interference, and it sure sounds to me like making a player ineligible would be a more realistic strategy. Unfortunately for him, the NCAA always defends its lack of action by saying it doesn't "want to unfairly hurt the kids", Clemson is not the dollar draw it once was. and the offending team is likely to be a major part of attention for the NCAA football TV coverage and storyline for this year.

I remain of the opinion that, should Ohio State ever become the subject of an NCAA investigation, it should "lawyer up", make a provision on the balance sheet, and point to TCUN's national title.
 
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cincibuck said:
What if the NCAA DOES have integrity. What if it's the colleges who lack integrity. Michigan went screaming and kicking all the way to the punishment phase to get off the hook.
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To say tcun has no integrity is like saying the sun sets in the west and water is wet. They have a documented history of cheating and showing no remorse for well over a century.
 
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cincibuck said:
What if the NCAA DOES have integrity. What if it's the colleges who lack integrity. Michigan went screaming and kicking all the way to the punishment phase to get off the hook.
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Well, yeah. But someone has to be the adult in the room. If the referee isn't calling holding, then your offensive line is going to hold. If the sherif isn't going to stop the bandits from robbing the train, then the train is going to get robbed. If the NCAA isn't going to enforce its own rules, then no one is going to follow the rules.
 
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