Oversigning Update: To the Cheaters belong the Bowls
by joefromboalsburg on Jan 13, 2012 4:32 PM PST
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Oversigning is a clear-cut competitive advantage that drastically tips the playing field in favor of the, for lack of a better word, Cheater. (I realize that there are glaring loopholes in this rule, so cheating is not the legally correct word.)
The results of oversigning on competitive balance are clearly shown by analyzing the results of this year’s bowl games. Teams offering more scholarships than their opponents went 16-4 in this year’s bowls. Almost all of these bowl winners are oversigning cheaters.
The website oversigning.com compiles data on most major teams in the country, listing the number of scholarships granted per year since 2002. The table below lists the number of scholarships granted during the last five years for this year’s bowl opponents, instead of the score. The results show, without doubt, that oversigning tilts the field in favor of the team offering the most scholarships.
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Winner
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Loser
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Diff |
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Miss State
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137
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W Forest
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94
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43
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Auburn
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144
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Virginia
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108
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36
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OK State
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133
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Stanford
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99
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34
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Tx A&M
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116
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NW
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91
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25
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Florida
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120
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Ohio St
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98
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22
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W Va
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121
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Clemson
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103
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18
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Fl State
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127
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Notre D
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110
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17
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Illinois
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120
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UCLA
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106
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14
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OKLA
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122
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Iowa
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109
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13
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S Carolina
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130
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Nebraska
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118
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12
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Cincy
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113
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Vandy
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102
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11
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Oregon
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121
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Wisconsin
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112
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9
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Baylor
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132
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Wash
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125
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7
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Texas
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111
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Cal
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108
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3
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Mich St
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116
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Georgia
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114
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2
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Missouri
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124
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North Car
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126
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-2
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Arkansas
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135
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K State
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139
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-4
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Michigan
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112
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Va Tech
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122
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-10
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Rutgers
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116
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Iowa St
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134
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-18
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This table includes only those games where both teams data are available on oversigning.com. If strict adherence to the NCAA 85/25 rule was adhered to, the maximum number of schollys would be 85 plus 25 over five years, or 110.
Bama, 136 beat LSU, 131 in the BCS Championship game. That makes is 80% for schools with more scholarships than their competitors.
The SEC, which clearly leads the country in oversigning, boasts of producing the BCS Champion for the last six years. Looking at this data, it can be argued that any SEC team that loses a non-conference game or a bowl game should fire their coach! I have highlighted teams with more than 115 scholarships granted during the last five years, which is ‘cheating’ by one per year. Of the nineteen bowl winners on this list, only Texas and Michigan fall into the Non-Cheater category.
In my opinion, this situation should be changed, so that all teams are compelled to play by the same rules.
This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Conquest Chronicles' writers or editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of Conquest Chronicles' writers or editors.
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Oh, they play by the rules by cutting the appropriate number of players loose each year
They treat scholarships as they are legally defined – one year contracts. They simply have no qualms with cutting any given player in any given year of their education in order to make room for the next big class of recruits coming in.
Yeah, the sanctions have forced Kiffin to do this,
but I don’t think SC has ever done anything like this.
by TheViewFromFigueroa on Jan 13, 2012 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
That's not really correct
Oversigning is when you actually sign more kids than you have open scholarships, it’s when you are cutting kids after LOI day. Kiffin isn’t going to be signing more kids than he has open scholarships. There is a huge difference as when you do it after LOI day, you take choice away from a kid. In addition, I all the kids who have transfer have done so for playing time reasons. It’s one thing if a kid does it, another if the coach makes that decision. Those might seem like small differences, but they are huge to the kids.
by ev on Jan 14, 2012 7:21 AM PST up reply actions
In fact Rick Neuheisel did that in his first 4 years at Plan B
Getting rid of Dorrells recruits that he didn’t like—-mostly QBs, RBs and lineman that had been there or recruited by Dorrell and then picked up by Neu.
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Jan 14, 2012 7:58 AM PST up reply actions
This is yet another failure of the NCAA plantation
A Quick Note for the Quitters
No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
basically from title 9-----I look at it this way there should be no limits on how many scholarships at all--it should be survival of the fittest. .
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Jan 16, 2012 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
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