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Football's Dirtiest Programs: #1, Texas Tech

Using its own calculus, FanHouse ranks the 10 Dirtiest Programs of the last 20 years. It's ironic, in an Alanis Morissette sort of way, that a school that didn't even have an infractions case before SMU had been given the death penalty could rank #1 on a Ten Dirtiest Programs list. When the Red Raiders decided to start...

Football's Dirtiest Programs: #2, Oklahoma

Using its own calculus, FanHouse ranks the 10 Dirtiest Programs of the last 20 years. The Sooners are no strangers to the NCAA's Committee on Infractions. With six football cases in their file, it's no shock to find them near the top of this list. That said, prior to Bomar-gate Oklahoma had kept its nose clean for almost...

Football's Dirtiest Programs: #3, Texas A&M

Using its own calculus, FanHouse ranks the 10 Dirtiest Programs of the last 20 years. In the early 80s Joe Paterno quipped that he wouldn't retire because it would leave football in the hands of "the Jackie Sherrills and the Barry Switzers." This irritated Sherrill, but the shoe seemed to fit. On Sherrill's watch both...

Football's Dirtiest Programs: #4, Alabama

Using its own calculus, FanHouse ranks the 10 Dirtiest Programs of the last 20 years. One internal sanity check for any "dirtiest programs" list that relies on NCAA infractions, and the Association's appraisal of their severity, is that Alabama needs to be near the top of the list or something is amiss. The blogger in me...

Dirtiest Football Programs: #5, Kentucky

Using its own calculus, FanHouse ranks the 10 Dirtiest Programs of the last 20 years. When it comes to the cheating-to-wins ratio, few teams do as poorly as the Kentucky Wildcats. From the beginning of the 1998 season to the end of the 2001 season (the time during and immediately after the cheating in the report) the Cats...

Background on Infractions

A summary offence is a crime in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment (required for an indictable offence).

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