WSJ: At Auburn, Athletics and Academics Collide

[BobPSU92]

See the link below. From the article:

"In 2013, Auburn University’s curriculum review committee took up the case of a small, unpopular undergraduate major called public administration. After concluding that the major added very little to the school’s academic mission, the committee voted to eliminate it.

But according to internal documents and emails reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, the committee’s decision was ultimately overruled by top administrators after it met significant opposition from another powerful force on campus: Auburn’s athletic department."

http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-auburn-athletics-and-academics-collide-1440635278

I. AM. OUTRAGED.

 

[dwiz]

I would bet that the SEC football players have read less than 50 books for pleasure in the past year, combined.

 

[psu00]

I would bet that the SEC football players have read less than 50 books for pleasure in the past year, combined.

Are you including the coloring books or just the 'pop up' and comic books?

Edit- oh yeah ........."Culture!!" (How could I forget? ).

 

[sluggo72]

The WSJ is always last to know

 

[Nashville Lion]

This is no surprise...Auburn has historically always been one of the dirtiest programs. I think that Oklahoma and Auburn have been sanctioned the most of all the big time college football programs.

 

[ewb75]

I found this wiyh a little research it was on 24/7 Huskers board by Zonie87. It matches the limited research I was doing, but set up succinct and well laid out.It is from 2012, but gives you an idea of historically who cheats (and gets caught). Big10 is well represented with MSU and Wisky. Several other articles included Minny. But nobody beats the SEC. Just look at bowl ban and percentages

Listed below are the current FBS schools that have been placed on probation, in which the school’s football team was somehow involved. It’s important to keep in mind that violations in other sports often bring attention to a school’s entire athletic program. Sometimes the football violations paled in comparison to violations in other sports, but if the football program was involved I still listed them (i.e. Baylor’s probation from 2005-09).

College Football (FBS) Programs That Have Been Sanctioned the Most

Note: The count includes seasons not yet completed (i.e. USC 2012-2013).
Rk School Seasons Sanctioned
1 Southern Methodist (TX) 17 7
2 Southern California 15 6
3 Auburn (AL) 11 4
4t Alabama 10 3
4t Michigan St. 10 3
4t Oklahoma 10 5
7t Colorado 9 5
7t Illinois 9 5
7t Texas A&M 9 4
7t Wisconsin 9 4
11t Arizona St. 8 4
11t California 8 3
11t Cincinnati (OH) 8 4
11t Kansas 8 4
11t Kansas St. 8 4
11t Miami (FL) 8 3
11t Oklahoma St. 8 2
11t South Carolina 8 3
19t Florida Intl 7 2
19t Houston (TX) 7 3
19t Memphis (TN) 7 3
19t Mississippi 7 3
19t Mississippi St. 7 3
19t Ohio St. 7 3
19t Texas Tech 7 3

Notes

Since 1953, the year the NCAA instituted penalties, Southern Methodist has spent 29% of their seasons on probation. By 2013, Southern California will have spent 25% of their seasons on probation.

The 2012 season, will be Florida International’s first season off of probation since they joined the Sun Belt Conference in 2005.

Schools that are currently from the SEC have been sanctioned 35 times, for a total of 77 seasons; the most by any conference in the FBS.

College Football (FBS) and NCAA Probation by Conference

Note: The count includes seasons not yet completed (i.e. USC 2012-2013).
Conference Sanctioned Seasons
Atlantic Coast 18 38
Big 12 25 56
Big East 8 14
Big Ten 21 48
Conference USA 22 51
Independents 2 3
Mid-American 3 4
Mountain West 6 12
Pac-12 31 64
Southeastern 35 77
Sun Belt 5 13
Western Athletic 3 8

The bowl ban is one of the most severe penalties the NCAA can hand out. Since 1953, the NCAA has handed out a total of 80 bowl bans to current FBS schools.

Auburn and Southern Methodist are tied for the most years of bowl bans; nine bowl bans in total.

College Football (FBS) Programs That Have Received the Most Bowl Bans

Rk School Years Bowl Bans
1t Auburn (AL) 9 4
1t Southern Methodist (TX) 9 5
3 Southern California 6 4
4t Florida 5 3
4t Houston (TX) 5 2
4t Kansas St. 5 2
4t Miami (FL) 5 3
4t Oklahoma 5 3
4t Oklahoma St. 5 2
10t Indiana 4 1
10t North Carolina St. 4 1
10t Texas A&M 4 4
10t UCLA 4 2
14t Alabama 3 2
14t Arizona St. 3 3
14t California 3 2
14t Colorado 3 2
14t Illinois 3 2
14t Kansas 3 3
14t Kentucky 3 3
14t Michigan St. 3 1
14t Mississippi 3 2
14t Mississippi St. 3 2
14t Tulsa (OK) 3 1

On 21 occasions a bowl ban has kept a current FBS school from winning a conference championship, has prevented them from competing in a conference championship game, or has kept a conference champion out of a bowl game.
School Year(s)
Alabama 2002
Arizona St 1959
Auburn (AL) 1957, 1993
Clemson (SC) 1982, 1983
Florida 1984, 1985, 1990
Kentucky 1977
Miami (FL) 1995
Michigan St. 1978
North Carolina St. 1957
Oklahoma 1973, 1974
Southern California 1959, 2011
Southern Methodist (TX) 1981
Texas A&M 1956, 1994
Wyoming 1959

References

Thanks to Robert Bradley for the idea.

The NCAA has made available a database of every major infraction they have dealt with. You can access their Legislative Services Database to conduct your own research on the topic. I would have liked to have been able to provide a link to every document I accessed, but unfortunately the links change with every user session. Most of the information posted was found using the NCAA database.

 

[Option Bob]

Good to see the Big Ten keeping up with the SEC at last. Three teams in the top 10 (MSU, Illinois, and Wisconsin) tops the SEC's Alabama and Auburn, but I guess the SEC will count TAMU for the tie.

 

[Ten Thousan Marbles]

See the link below. From the article:

"In 2013, Auburn University’s curriculum review committee took up the case of a small, unpopular undergraduate major called public administration. After concluding that the major added very little to the school’s academic mission, the committee voted to eliminate it.

But according to internal documents and emails reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, the committee’s decision was ultimately overruled by top administrators after it met significant opposition from another powerful force on campus: Auburn’s athletic department."

http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-auburn-athletics-and-academics-collide-1440635278

I. AM. OUTRAGED.

Somebody we know had some insight into this for us in an article published this past December:


http://www.theplayerstribune.com/math-meets-football-one-in-600-billion/