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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The NCAA placed Alabama's football program and 15 other of the school's athletic teams on three years' probation for major violations due to misuse of free textbooks, stripping the Crimson Tide of 21 football wins over a three-year period.
As a result, the NCAA ruled the football team must vacate any wins in which any of those seven players took part during 2005-07. Alabama said that pending a successful appeal, the decision would cost the program 21 wins, including the 2005 Cotton Bowl victory over Texas Tech and an upset of Florida earlier that season.See the full content of this document
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Alabama Football Put On Probation
Eight of the wins using ineligible players occurred in 2005, Mike Shula's best season as coach.
Neither the football team nor any other sport lost postseason eligibility or scholarships."The penalty itself is not one that's directed at the coach," said...See the full content of this document
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