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Recruitment violations plague Buffs
BOULDER, Colo. — The NCAA punished the Colorado football team because of recruiting violations.
The Associated Press
Colorado was not banned from television or bowl appearances, but it must reduce the number of scholarships it offers from 25 to 20 in either the 2003-04 or 2004-05 academic year.
The school voluntarily reduced the number of expensepaid visits by recruits to its campus to 51 this academic year. It will also be limited to 51 visits next year, down from the normally allowed 56.
And it didn't spare former coach Rick Neuheisel, either.
The team was placed on two years' probation, and Colorado had its scholarships cut Tuesday. Because most of the violations occurred under Neuheisel, now the coach at Washington, he was barred from off-campus recruiting at that school until May 31
In addition, the number of
The football program was accused of 53 rules violations, 51 when Neuheisel was Colorado's coach from 1995-98. Many of the infractions involved improper contact with recruits.
coaches who can recruit off-campus at any one time must be reduced from seven to six through July 31.
"I want to stress that at no time did I intend to break NCAA regulations, and I never suggested to my staff we operate outside those rules," Neuheisel said in a statement. "I never deceived anyone, nor was I dishonest.
"While being creative in approach, I felt that I was operating within the letter of those rules. It was my mistake to make those judgments without consulting the proper sources at my disposal as a head coach."
The NCAA's infractions committee ruled that Colorado didn't properly monitor its football staff.
"This was a serious case in which a football coaching staff, led by the former head football
coach, in a calculated attempt to gain a recruiting advantage, pushed beyond the permissible bounds of legislation, resulting in a pattern of recruiting violations," the committee's ruling said.
During a 12-hour hearing in August, Neuheisel told the committee he and his staff had accidental encounters with prospects on high school campuses called "bumping"and that Colorado did not gain a recruiting advantage as a result.
However, committee chairman Tom Yeager noted that of the 26 prospective athletes involved, seven eventually enrolled at Colorado.
Other alleged violations included letting recruits keep apparel, and excessive compensation to recruits ranging from $3.20 to $36.76.
Neuheisel said he believed the NCAA used this case to send a message about inadvertent contacts between coaches and recruits.
"The committee's obvious message is that these bumps should no longer be a part of the
Gary Barnett, Neuheisel's successor at Colorado, argued before the committee that any penalties should follow Neuheisel.
college football culture," he said.
But the committee ruled that both Colorado and Neuheisel were at fault.
"There are consequences both for the institution that benefitted by these recruiting violations as well as a consequence for the coach who was involved in the majority of the violations," Yeager said.
And Yeager noted that Neuheisel's penalty was more than a slap on the wrist.
"When the head coach of any sport is restricted in the off-campus recruiting process, that is a significant restriction in recruiting," he said.
Colorado athletic director Dick Tharp said the university "takes full responsibility" because it hired Neuheisel and his staff.
"Nobody wants to be on probation," he said. "This is serious business."
Colorado takes toll on Kansas State, Snyder
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN — Kansas State coach Bill Snyder needed only one sentence to make his point.
When asked at his weekly news conference Tuesday about the team's disappointing secondary play against Colorado, Snyder jokingly said he'd rather talk about his birthday on Monday.
Point well taken. The Wildcats gave up two big pass plays and one running play that could have been stopped by free safety James McGill in a last weekend's 35-31 loss to Colorado. In all, Colorado racked up 483 yards of offense and used the big play to exploit Kansas State's secondary.
"We weren't real good for a seg"
ment of the game," Snyder said. "They had 291 yards on four plays. We were not very good on those four snaps. For a substantial amount of the time, we were decent. But we have to get some things ironed out."
It may not get any easier for the Wildcats, who could play without starting free safety Bobby Walker. This week they'll have to stop one of the Big 12's leading wide receivers, Oklahoma State's Rashaun Woods.
Woods leads the conference with 599 receiving yards. His 38 receptions include five for touchdowns and he averages 15.8 yards per catch.
"I get a chance to see how good I really am," said Kansas State
cornerback Terence Newman, who Colorado virtually avoided, opting to pick on the other corners. "I haven't been really tested. Rashaun Woods is a playmaker."
Colorado didn't have a receiver with statistics even comparable to Woods, but still fooled the Wildcats with play-action passes. On Colorado's first possession, quarterback Robert Hodge threw a 41-yard play-action pass to Derek McCoy that set up a 1-yard touchdown by Chris Brown.
On their next possession, Hodge threw a 71-yard scoring pass to freshman tailback Brian Calhoun.
Later in the first, Jeremy Bloom burned cornerback Randy Jordan for a 94-yard scoring play.
"Giving up big plays is not
acceptable," defensive coordinator Bobby Elliot said. "But I'm very optimistic that we will once again be a good defensive secondary. Defensive backs are like tailgunners. You're going to get shot at and you're going to get hit."
Nevertheless, Newman and the other cornerbacks took the performance hard. They held a meeting on Monday to ensure that they stay focused.
"People need to pay attention to what they're doing and stop going through the motions." Newman said. "We feel like we let the offense down and we know we're going to get negativity. People are going to say that secondary is the weak link. But everyone's ready to get back after it."
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