If a coach knows what is going on . . .

[Jacie]

. . . doesn't that mean that the institution knows what is going on?

USC assistant coach McNair’s contract expires

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Southern California running backs coach Todd McNair apparently is no longer with the Trojans.

The school said in a statement Thursday that McNair’s contract expired Wednesday, but made no additional comment.

McNair was given special penalties last month for what the NCAA claimed was his role in the scandal surrounding Heisman Trophy-winning tailback Reggie Bush. USC was hit with a two-year bowl ban and severe scholarship restrictions, and McNair was prohibited from contacting recruits.

McNair was an assistant to former coach Pete Carroll for six seasons, and the NCAA claimed McNair knew about some of the gifts lavished on Bush’s family by two aspiring sports marketers hoping to land Bush as a client.

[Leroy Lizard]

Yes, and the NCAA punished accordingly.

[Doged]

Yeah, the sanctions were harsh, but fitting in my mind. Of course, visiting www.wearesc.com has been fun, too. I don't post there, but just reading the many "we're going to sue the ncaa" threads is entertaining. And of course the fans there claim the coach knew nothing about anything and was cruelly crushed by the ruthless NCAA as a warning to their football program, which of course is the flagship program of all college football. It's really a fun mess over there of late. :D

[Leroy Lizard]

My favorite part was how they were crowing that the investigation would come to nothing because only Yahoo was covering the story. Surely if there was anything to the allegations ESPN would be saying something, right?

But now they are claiming that this was all part of a plot between ESPN and the NCAA to take down a team they feared was going to monopolize winning.

Fun stuff!