I don't know that I agree it was BS or bogus. Their assistant got caught on wiretap on the FBI corruption investigation involving shoe companies and agents like Christian Dawkins. There was no doubt the assistant was guilty and he served time in federal prison for it.

The thing that can be characterized as BS or bogus is the fact that they were the only 1 of 4 schools caught (hey Kansas, I'm looking at you) that was punished severely for it, which included the post-season ban. The others essentially skated free for the most part. From a fairness perspective relative to the other 3 schools and to the fact the shoe game has always been a dirty underworld of which has funneled recruits and money to a lot of top schools, it didn't make a lot of sense. But, they did indeed violate the rules. That may have been what others were saying in the thread too and I just misinterpreted.