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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, September 28, 1999
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Sooners ranked among nation's best
By Michael Rigg sports@kansan.com Kansan sportwriter
For loyal Oklahoma fans, a national ranking for the Sooners didn't used to be an issue. It was simply a matter of how high the team was in the rolls.
In 1995, the Sooners dropped from the polls after a 49-10 loss to Kansas State and have shown few signs of resurfacing since. But this week, after Oklahoma came from behind beating Louisville 42-21, the Sooners found themselves ranked in both national polls. The Sooners checked in at No. 23 in the AP Top 25 and No. 25 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll.
But, Sooner coach Bob Stoops said he wasn't impressed with the polls.
"It doesn't mean anything," he said. "Our goal coming into the
season wasn't to be ranked No. 25 in the country. We just want to improve and let the rest take care of itself."
Okla homa made it into the polls after a come-from-behind victory a gainst Louisville and
preseason All-American quarterback Chris Redman. The Sooners were down 13-7 at halftime and were trailing 21-14 midway through the third quarter before they scored 28 unanswered points and put away the Cardinals.
In fact, the Sooners' second-half domination of Louisville was so great that the first game ball given in the Oklahoma locker room was to conditioning coach Jerry Schmidt.
"I told our players at halftime that I was kind of pleased that we
were behind, because I wanted to see what kind of fight, will to win and character we had." Stoops said. "I think our players know a little more of what they are doing and played with more confidence in the second half."
Sooner quarterback Josh Heupel agreed.
"It was a good test for us to be down at halftime because it tested our character and let us know what kind of physical condition we were in," Heupl said.
Heupel entered this season as a relatively unknown junior college transfer. After throwing for a school record 429 yards and five touchdowns against the Cardinals, Heupel is working on becoming a household name in Oklahoma. He was named the Big 12 Conference's Offensive Player of the Week for the second consecutive week.
After Saturday's comeback, even Louisville coach John L. Smith was impressed with the transfer quarterback.
"He's a great player," Smith said. Stoops said he was one of the few who was not shocked by Heupel's early-season performance.
"I knew from spring ball that Josh is very confident," Stoops said. "I'm not really surprised at all."
Oklahoma is 3-0 for the first time since 1958, when the Sooners' season ended with a 5-5-1 record. Oklahoma will play its toughest game of the season when the team travels to South Bend, Ind., to take on Notre Dame. Although the Irish are favored by six points, Stoops is convinced his team will be ready.
"We're excited by the challenge." he said.
Edited by Jamie Knodel
Tennessee suspends four football players
The Associated Press
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Four Tennessee redshirt freshmen football players have been suspended indefinitely as a result of an internal academic fraud investigation. ESPN reported.
Also, ESPN said Sunday night that it had obtained internal memos showing high-level administrators in Tennessee's athletic department were told of four tutors who might have done school work for at least five football players, possibly violating the university's honor code and NCAA rules.
Three of the players have transferred, according to ESPN. The alleged problems date to 1995.
None of the information was passed on to the proper campus authorities charged with investigating possible rules infractions, said Malcolm McInnis, NCAA compliance officer for Tennessee.
nothing's wrong."
"All of those incidents should have been investigated and resolved." McMnis said.
NCAA rules require member schools to follow school procedures in investigating and to report any rules violations.
"I should have been part of that loop," Asp said. "If the memos are in writing, they should have been copied and the notes passed on to me. I should be informed of anything, even if
McInnis and Carl Asp, Tennessee's NCAA faculty athletic representative, said they did not know about the documents until contacted by ESPN.
Asp said Tennessee's internal investigation was focusing on Ron Payne, a tutor who has worked with hundreds of football players for more than a decade.
Robin Wright, former coordinator for academic programs in the Tennessee athletic department, said she attempted to alert her bosses, Gerry Dickey and Carmen Tegano, to possible academic fraud
Last December, she sent a memo to Dickey in which she said tutor Jenai Brown admitted to her that Brown had been helping players with their papers.
Brown denied having done any work for players she tutored.
"That's a lie." she said.
According to memos obtained by ESPN, Wright cited five unidentified players she believed might have committed academic fraud — a defensive lineman, a linebacker, a receiver, a defensive back and a center.
The defensive back used an unapproved math tutor who admitted she had gone to his classes and taken notes — both clear violations of rules, Wright said in a memo.
Wright left Tennessee for a better-paying job at Stephen F. Austin University, where she
runs the tutoring program for all students.
"One reason I'm in Texas is because of that kind of thing," Wright said. "I worried that if I staved there my reputation would be hurt."
On Saturday, Tennessee officials suspended redshirt freshmen Leonard Scott, Reggie Ridley, Keyon Whiteside and Ryan Rowe before the seventh-ranked Volunteers' 17-16 victory against Memphis.
Athletic director Doug Dickey said in a news release that the school would hold the players out of competition until officials had completed their own investigation.
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"The University of Tennessee has received information which, if true, could affect the eligibility of four football players," said Dickey, who is unrelated to Gerry Dickey.
Tory Edge, a former Tennessee receiver who graduated in 1997, said he was aware of players who had papers written for them by tutors.
Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said he was not notified of the situation until Saturday and would not comment.
"Not with every tutor," Edge said. "But you get some guys who come up there just bleeding orange. They don't care — they just want to be around the football team. You got some young ladies who come up there who just think these guys are the greatest. And you got hormones flying, and you got everything else going on except for academics."
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