College sports has had its fair share of scandal, none more than the Penn State football sex abuse scandal that has rocked Happey Valley. Punishment was harsh from the NCAA and will likely cripple the program for a decade or more. And what makes it harder to swallow is the fact that Penn State had been held up as the gold standard in college football of doing it the right way. Which is an accurate statement, because the program had NEVER been on probation before the penalties were handed down yesterday. But what about the local schools? How clean are the UK, UL, and IU programs? Well, a website called footballgeography.com put together a great website listing all of the occurances of probation for each of the FBS schools. Below are some of the schools of note, both in the Big East and SEC, along with some of the greatest offenders of NCAA rules. The schools are grouped by total number of different cases of probation, along with the total number of years the school has been on probation and total number of years they have been banned from a bowl:
7 CASES OF PROBATION
SMU: 17 years probation, 9 years bowl ban
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6 CASES OF PROBATION
Southern Cal: 15 years probation, 6 years bowl ban
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5 CASES OF PROBATION
Colorado: 9 years probation, 3 years bowl ban
Illinois: 9 years probation, 3 years bowl ban
Oklahoma: 10 years probation, 5 years bowl ban
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4 CASES OF PROBATION
Auburn: 11 years probation, 9 years bowl ban
Cincinnati: 8 years probation, 2 years bowl ban
Wisconsin: 9 years probation, 0 years bowl ban
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3 CASES OF PROBATION
Alabama: 10 years probation, 3 seasons bowl ban
Florida: 6 years probation, 5 years bowl ban
Florida St: 6 years probation, 0 years bowl ban
Georgia: 4 years probation, 0 years bowl ban
Kentucky: 6 years probation, 3 years bowl ban
Miami (FL): 8 years probation, 5 years bowl ban
Mississippi: 7 years probation, 3 years bowl ban
Mississippi St: 7 years probation, 3 years bowl ban
Ohio State: 7 years probation, 2 years bowl ban
South Carolina: 8 years probation, 2 years bowl ban
Texas: 3 years probation, 0 years bowl ban
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2 CASES OF PROBATION
Rutgers: 2 years probation, 0 years bowl ban
Tennessee: 3 years probation, 0 years bowl ban
Arkansas: 4 years probation, 0 years bowl ban
Indiana: 5 years probation, 4 years bowl ban
LSU: 2 years probation, 0 years bowl ban
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1 CASE OF PROBATION
Penn St: 5 years probation, 4 years bowl ban
Pittsburgh: 2 years probation, 0 years bowl ban
Syracuse: 2 years probation, 0 years bowl ban
West Virginia: 2 years probation, 0 years bowl ban
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0 CASES OF PROBATION
Louisville
Vanderbilt
South Florida
