And another thing about the Miami mess, this notion that we cannot give anyone else the death penalty because it took SMU so long to recover from there's is ridiculous. SMU added two years onto the original NCAA-mandated one year of death and then moved their games to a small stadium. The goal was to eliminate the boosters by making Mustang football irrelevant, and it worked. Also the death penalty on SMU was another nail in the coffin of the Southwest Conference and so the Mustangs were forced to drop down to a lesser conference. Plus while Texas is loaded with players, SMU is an afterthought on the recruiting trail (which is why they always cheated).
Miami can take a year off and bounce back nicely with a committed athletic director and school president. There is so much talent in that area that they will look a lot like the Butch Davis squads of the late 1990s--talented but young. And in an ACC that may lose Florida State and/or Virginia Tech to the SEC, they will be able to compete for titles soon enough.
So don't cry for them Canes.
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