http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3159534

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" As many as 20 Florida State football players will be suspended from playing against Kentucky in the Dec. 31 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, as well as the first three games of the 2008 season, for their roles in an alleged cheating scandal involving an Internet-based course, a source with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday morning. Florida State officials are expected to announce the results of the investigation this week. The source said university officials determined Monday night the exact number of football players who will be suspended. The university isn't expected to immediately reveal the identities of the student-athletes involved in the alleged cheating. "If the players fight the suspensions, they'll risk losing all of their eligibility," a source with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday morning. The source said student-athletes in several other sports also were implicated in the cheating scandal. The investigation already has led to the resignations of two academic assistance employees who worked with FSU student-athletes. The school revealed in September that as many as 23 student-athletes were given answers before taking tests over the Internet. Further investigations revealed additional student-athletes were involved in the cheating, according to the source. The school's investigation found that a tutor gave students answers while they were taking tests and filled in answers on quizzes and typed papers for students. Florida State president T.K. Wetherell, a former Seminoles football player, reported the initial findings in a letter to the NCAA in September. Wetherell ordered an investigation by the university's Office of Audit Services in May after receiving information an athletics department tutor had directed one athlete to take an online quiz for another athlete and then provided the answers. The tutor implicated in the audit told investigators he had been providing students with answers for the test since the fall of 2006, according to a university report. The school announced in October that athletics director Dave Hart Jr. will resign Dec. 31. Wetherell appointed State Rep. William "Bill" Proctor interim athletics director. Proctor also is a former FSU football player. The school announced last week that longtime football coach Bobby Bowden had agreed to a one-year contract extension through the 2008 season that will pay him at least $1.98 million. Bowden, who is in his 32nd season at the school, is major college football's all-time winningest coach with 373 career victories. Florida State also designated offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher as Bowden's eventual successor. Fisher's new contract calls for him to replace Bowden by the end of the 2010 season. If Fisher isn't named FSU's new coach by then, the school's booster organization would owe him $2.5 million. Under the terms of the new contract, Fisher would owe Seminoles boosters $2.5 million if he leaves the school before the end of the 2010 season. The Seminoles struggled for the fourth consecutive season in 2007, finishing 7-5 overall, 4-4 in ACC play. It is the fourth consecutive season they failed to win 10 games, after winning at least 10 games in 14 consecutive seasons, from 1987 to 2000."

12/18/2007 11:35:36 AM

FREE SHOES UNIVERSITY

I mean really FSU is the only ACC school that wasn't in the top 100 colleges this past year according to Newsweek. Any wonder why.

12/18/2007 11:38:15 AM

I wonder how the nomination of Fisher to suceed Bowden will affect Amato's status at FSU?

Isn't chuck the "executive HC"??? Does his title still apply? I doubt it will under Fisher...

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 11:50 AM. Reason : sp]

12/18/2007 11:49:52 AM

Ouch. This is going to lead to the biggest blowout of the bowl season.

12/18/2007 11:55:11 AM

I hope we play them within the first 3 games of the season

12/18/2007 11:57:38 AM

^,^^

12/18/2007 11:59:14 AM

must be some stupid motherfuckers that have to cheat at fsu

12/18/2007 12:03:19 PM

^,^^,^^^

12/18/2007 12:08:15 PM

i mean, you give fsu football players an online course. OF COURSE they're going to cheat on it.

12/18/2007 12:11:47 PM

you give any football team an online course some of them might cheat..but only the Noles would get caught

12/18/2007 12:12:51 PM

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""If the players fight the suspensions, they'll risk losing all of their eligibility," a source with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday morning."

so basically, bend over and take it in the ass or you're fucked even more.

12/18/2007 12:15:33 PM

seems like every year FSU has some sort of major incident/player suspension going into their bowl game.

12/18/2007 6:46:28 PM

they were gonna get raped by kentucky anyways.

12/18/2007 7:02:20 PM

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"Isn't chuck the "executive HC"??? Does his title still apply? I doubt it will under Fisher..."

executive to the head coach

12/19/2007 9:53:53 AM

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"i mean, you give fsu football players an online course. OF COURSE they're going to cheat on it."

12/19/2007 9:57:47 AM

was adrian mcpherson teaching the course

12/19/2007 10:02:32 AM

^^^beat me to it.

You can't really blame the students. They studied their fannies off but still couldn't learn the material. After all... if they didn't pass the test they'd be non-qualifiers.

[Edited on December 19, 2007 at 1:28 PM. Reason : -]

12/19/2007 1:25:05 PM

Yeah. And the likes of Akron and Houston would have an even further stranglehold on college football.

12/19/2007 4:00:47 PM

Online course? Seriously? Whatever happened to dragging your arses outta bed? It's not like it's 30 degrees in the morning down there.

Cross the Music City Bowl off the list of games to watch next week.

12/19/2007 4:48:14 PM

Season of inches work their fannies off you people walk of champions.

Wasn't Chuck hired there again for his discipline? Oops...

[Edited on December 19, 2007 at 4:50 PM. Reason : x]

12/19/2007 4:49:39 PM

^ Chuck's wat?

12/19/2007 5:42:57 PM

Haha, they've increased their suspension count.

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7592722?MSNHPHMA

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"Thirty-six Florida State players won't be going to the Dec. 31 Music City Bowl against Kentucky because of an academic cheating scandal, other violations of team rules or injuries."

12/22/2007 3:59:01 PM

hahahahahaha... gonna be a great game.


I think I might tune in for the laughter that will ensue.

12/22/2007 5:05:13 PM

F$U Criminoles. They are also known as the Semenholes.

12/22/2007 5:13:15 PM