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I kinda liked Kentucky here already so this helps out a bit more. Don't know if this news has hit yet or if it will affect the line too much anyway.
But worth noting.
Source: http://www.nolesports.com/apps/pbcs....712140320/1026
Article published Dec 14, 2007
Seminoles start bowl practices in limbo
By Steve Ellis
DEMOCRAT SENIOR WRITER
Florida State football coaches begin preparation for the Music City Bowl today not knowing exactly which of their players will be available for the Dec. 31 game.
FSU will declare an undetermined number of players ineligible for the bowl game. The school's decision relates to academic misconduct involving student-athletes and a former tutor who provided improper help on an online test.
"Oh, yeah. We don't have a choice," FSU President T.K. Wetherell said Thursday. "When we know without a shadow of a doubt, or that a kid admits he has done something, we don't have a choice. NCAA rules tell us that."
Football players are being re-interviewed about their involvement in a case that has already involved 23 student-athletes. That process is winding down.
Players who admit wrongdoing will be suspended for multiple games. FSU is still waiting for written confirmation from the NCAA regarding the percentage of missed games it will demand. One scenario is that underclassmen could miss close to four games depending on what the NCAA determines.
The number of football players involved won't be known until the interview process is complete.
Players who admit to wrongdoing will be suspended for games. Those who deny involvement and are later determined by the NCAA to have received improper help could lose their athletic eligibility.
Wetherell said FSU could also be subject to forfeiting games if a player who is later determined to be involved participated. That means FSU must closely scrutinize the interview process.
FSU coaches enter today's practice with the understanding all players will be available for practices held in Tallahassee before the team breaks for the holiday on Dec. 22. But suspended players are not expected to make the trip to Nashville.
A committee appointed by Wetherell and chaired by university provost Larry Abele is also completing a final report on the academic misconduct cases that will be delivered to the NCAA. Wetherell would like that to be completed before Christmas.
The committee includes FSU's NCAA faculty representative Joe Beckman, general counsel Betty Steffens and The Compliance Group, a consulting firm from Kansas that is putting together the report.
But worth noting.
Source: http://www.nolesports.com/apps/pbcs....712140320/1026
Article published Dec 14, 2007
Seminoles start bowl practices in limbo
By Steve Ellis
DEMOCRAT SENIOR WRITER
Florida State football coaches begin preparation for the Music City Bowl today not knowing exactly which of their players will be available for the Dec. 31 game.
FSU will declare an undetermined number of players ineligible for the bowl game. The school's decision relates to academic misconduct involving student-athletes and a former tutor who provided improper help on an online test.
"Oh, yeah. We don't have a choice," FSU President T.K. Wetherell said Thursday. "When we know without a shadow of a doubt, or that a kid admits he has done something, we don't have a choice. NCAA rules tell us that."
Football players are being re-interviewed about their involvement in a case that has already involved 23 student-athletes. That process is winding down.
Players who admit wrongdoing will be suspended for multiple games. FSU is still waiting for written confirmation from the NCAA regarding the percentage of missed games it will demand. One scenario is that underclassmen could miss close to four games depending on what the NCAA determines.
The number of football players involved won't be known until the interview process is complete.
Players who admit to wrongdoing will be suspended for games. Those who deny involvement and are later determined by the NCAA to have received improper help could lose their athletic eligibility.
Wetherell said FSU could also be subject to forfeiting games if a player who is later determined to be involved participated. That means FSU must closely scrutinize the interview process.
FSU coaches enter today's practice with the understanding all players will be available for practices held in Tallahassee before the team breaks for the holiday on Dec. 22. But suspended players are not expected to make the trip to Nashville.
A committee appointed by Wetherell and chaired by university provost Larry Abele is also completing a final report on the academic misconduct cases that will be delivered to the NCAA. Wetherell would like that to be completed before Christmas.
The committee includes FSU's NCAA faculty representative Joe Beckman, general counsel Betty Steffens and The Compliance Group, a consulting firm from Kansas that is putting together the report.
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