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NOT shocked at all, the NCAA did it to the University of Miami a few years ago, they dominated for a decade or more then all of a sudden couldn't do anything or recruit? USC is getting what they deserve. Here's a history reminder: The Dennis Erickson Era (1989-1994) Miami entered the following season as the number one team in the country, but a 28–21 upset loss to Ty Detmer and No. 16 BYU in the opener derailed both the team's national championship chances and Craig Erickson's nascent Heisman campaign. Later in the year, the Hurricanes lost to Notre Dame 29–20 in a game dubbed the "Final Conflict," as Notre Dame had decided to discontinue the 27-game rivalry, feeling the intensity of the series had reached an unhealthy level. Miami ended the season with a 46–3 Cotton Bowl Classic victory over No. 3 Texas in the 1991 Cotton Bowl in which the team was penalized a bowl- and school- record 16 times for 202 yards, including nine unsportsmanlike conduct or personal foul penalties. On one play, Randal Hill scored on a 48-yard touchdown reception and continued to sprint out of the end zone and up the Cotton Bowl tunnel, where he then pretended to shoot at the Longhorns with imaginary pistols. The program was widely criticized for its conduct, with Will McDonough of the Boston Globe likening the Cotton Bowl Classic display to a "wilding" and Bill Walsh calling it "the most disgusting thing he'd ever seen in college sports." After the season, the NCAA responded with the so-called "Miami Rule," which made it a 15-yard penalty to engage in excessive celebration or flagrant taunting. Also during the off-season, Miami ended its 48-year status as an independent and joined the Big East Conference. The 1991 Hurricanes captured the program's fourth national championship in nine years behind quarterback Gino Torretta and a linebacking corps that featured Jessie Armstead and Micheal Barrow. Miami's toughest test came in mid-November at then-No. 1 Florida State in the initial Wide Right game; with the No. 2 Hurricanes leading 17–16 in the final minute of the game, Florida State kicker Gerry Thomas' potential game-winning field goal attempt sailed "wide right" of the uprights.[59] Miami completed the second undefeated season in school history with a 22–0 shutout of No. 11 Nebraska in the 1992 Orange Bowl and finished first in the AP Poll, splitting the national championship with Coaches' Poll champ Washington. Hurricane Andrew devastated much of South Florida in August 1992, causing the program to relocate its preseason practice sessions north to Dodgertown in Vero Beach. That season, Miami went 11–0 against the second-toughest schedule in the country, topping No. 3 Florida State in Wide Right II and No. 7 Penn State the following week in Beaver Stadium. Meanwhile, Torretta became the second Hurricane to win the Heisman Trophy, throwing for 19 touchdowns and 3,060 yards on the season and setting 11 school passing records during his career. Miami earned a trip to the 1993 Sugar Bowl, where the top-ranked Hurricanes were denied a repeat national championship by No. 2 Alabama, 34–13. The Sugar Bowl loss ended the program's 29-game winning streak, which dated to 1990. The following two seasons yielded less success. In 1993, Miami lost three games in a season for the first time since 1984, failed to win the Big East for the first time since joining in 1991, and was shutout in the Fiesta Bowl by Arizona, leading some to wonder whether the program was in decline. In 1994, Miami defeated Georgia Southern in the season-opener for its 58th consecutive home win, setting an NCAA-record; the streak, which began in 1985, was snapped two weeks later when Washington defeated the Hurricanes 38–20 at the Orange Bowl. Led by All-American defensive tackle Warren Sapp and sophomore linebacker Ray Lewis, the team rebounded to earn a berth in the 1995 Orange Bowl, where No. 1 Nebraska outscored Miami 15–0 in the final quarter to win the game, 24–17, and the national championship. With the threat of NCAA sanctions hovering over the program for a variety of infractions, Erickson stepped down after the 1994 season to become head coach of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. Erickson departed Miami with a 63–9 record over six seasons and the highest winning percentage (.875) and most national championships (2) of any coach in school history. The Butch Davis Era (1995-2000) Several early candidates to replace Dennis Erickson, including former UM defensive coordinator and 1994 Sports Illustrated Coach of the Year Sonny Lubick, withdrew from consideration. Eventually Miami settled on former Hurricanes assistant and Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Butch Davis. The Hurricanes finished Davis' first season with a record of 8-3, which may have drawn a bowl invitation. However, on December 20, 1995 the NCAA announced that Miami would be subject to severe sanctions for numerous infractions within the athletic department. Among the sanctions was a one-year ban from postseason participation and a scholarship reduction of 31 over a three year period beginning in 1996. In 1994, Tony Russell, a former UM academic advisor, pleaded guilty to helping more than 80 student athletes, 57 of whom were football players, falsify Pell Grant applications in exchange for kickbacks from the players themselves. The scandal dated all the way back to 1989 and secured more than $220,000 in federal grant money. Federal officials later said that Russell had engineered "perhaps the largest centralized fraud ... ever committed" in the history of the Pell Grant program. In late 1995, the NCAA concluded that, in addition to the fraudulent Pell Grants facilitated by Russell, the university had also provided or allowed over $400,000 worth of other, improper payments to Miami football players. The NCAA also found that the university had failed to wholly implement its drug testing program, and permitted three football student-athletes to compete without being subject to the required disciplinary measures specified in the policy. Finally, the NCAA concluded, the university had lost institutional control over the football program. Miami docked itself seven scholarships as part of a self-imposed sanction in 1995, and the NCAA took away another 24 scholarships over the next two years. As a result of the scandal, Sports Illustrated's Alexander Wolff wrote a cover story that Miami should at least temporarily shut down its football program. Further, On June 21, 1996, Miami football players broke into the apartment of the captain of Miami's track team and struck him repeatedly. In response, Davis suspended three key players for the coming 1996 season. Davis also suspended two other players who were involved in separate violent incidents. The imposition of scholarship reductions led to a long and sometimes painful rebuilding period for the Hurricanes. The low point for Miami came in 1997 when they posted a 5-6 record, the first losing season since Howard Schnellenberger's first year in 1979. The 1997 season saw the Hurricanes suffer one of the program's most humiliating losses, a 47-0 beating at the hands of in-state rival Florida State

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdx6WWyY2Vs9xGYhQE5G2x_lw__AD9G9BK003 to my knowledge the big-12 is having money issues, and to comment on your post I wish Notre Dame would join the big-10 because they are rich in tradition, but they wont for 2 reasons 1. they're greedy fucks with the NBC contract, (but I heard on the radio today that they will force Notre Dame to a cable company and not NBC just so they'll join a conference because the money wont be there) 2. they will suffer even more in the recruiting area, Penn St. has said since joining the Big-10 their recruiting has suffered heavily, now with that being said I'm glad we got Nebraska instead of Missouri or any of the Big East jokers, the Big East is the worst football conference in my opinion, and I know it was a few years ago but Nebraska was a power house mid to late 90's. The program has established itself as a traditional powerhouse, and has the fourth-most all-time victories of any NCAA Division I-A team. The Cornhuskers recently completed their 119th season and hold an all-time record of 827–341–40. Nebraska is one of only 7 football programs in NCAA Division I-A history to win 800 games. The Cornhuskers are the winningest college football program over the last 50 years, both by winning percentage and number of wins. Nebraska has claimed 46 conference championships and part or all of five national championships: 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, and 1997. The titles in the 1990s marked the first time since Notre Dame in 1946–49 when a team won three national championships in four seasons. The 1994 and 1995 seasons still stand as the only consensus back-to-back national titles by any Division 1-A school since Oklahoma in 1956-57. Nebraska posted a 60–3–0 record between the 1993-97 seasons. ESPN.com has named the 1971 Nebraska Cornhusker team the greatest team of all time I'm excited to see them come to the Big-10, and I would love to get tickets to Ohio State vs. Nebraska

ESPN's Mark May has the scoop on USC's Athletic Director, and what he says is he'll be gone by the fall

the punishment USC is getting/got is what the NCAA did to The University of Miami, Remember a few years ago when The University of Miami dominated for a decade or more and then just fell off the map? its because they got punished for the exact reasons that USC is getting punished for now, so in about 10+ years USC will start winning again until then its gonna be boring/disappointing for the USC fans

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I dunno, the first 2 movies were HORRIBLE!

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that's because they become family, sorry to hear about your loss Tim

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or like the dad in the movie The last house on the left: after beating him, keep him alive long enough to microwave his head until it pops

Agreed! wasn't there another missing girl that was last seen with him?

scott?

what do this plates look like?

if your moving in reverse yes it will, but if your sitting still then no, I see it all the time at work

car looks clean, welcome

if the trans is ok, it could be the brake pads, wear indicators could be rubbing the rotor making the noise

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why is there moisture in the headlight housing?

upgrade and buy a PS3 and I'd be more then happy to beat your ass up and down the street

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