The House of Blue

less than one week, man i am sure Temple is glad he is gone.

I'd be very surprised if the NCAA does anything to Louisville. Hell, they haven't even done anything to Miami yet. Now, they might give Hurtt a show cause or some slap on the wrist. But I don't think this will affect Louisville much outside of Hurtt being banned from coaching (Cholly and Jurich aren't going to do anything to him).

I don't see much here that could potentially implicate the Cards save for the tenuous connection between some recruits committing to UofL after Hurtt joined Strong's staff.

Hurtt may have gotten those connections due to Miami's misdoings prior to joining UofL but you can't say that Miami's boosters pushed for Louisville commitments. If Hurrt is punished it will be by the NCAA because I guarantee that Jurich won't bat an eye unless Louisville is somehow implicated, which I can't see how they will be.

This particular piece has nothing to do with Hurtt but if you have followed this entire investigation Hurtt was neck deep in the Shapiro part of the scandal. He will eventually get a show cause order which will end his tenure at UL.

The part that will be interesting is if the NCAA will ever decide to look into why all those former Miami kids decided to pick UL. Maybe they will and maybe they won't but the big thing is just ending Hurtt's career at UL and thus crippling their connection in Miami.

Is that something new?

HUrtt recruited these Miami kids (Bridgewater, etc.) using hookers, cash and alcohol. Once the cover was blown he ran to UL and so did the players. Does Hurtt's shady recruiting of these kids make them at ineligible at UL because he was doing the samething to get them to UL or does the NCAA have some kind of rule that would say Hurtt had to cease contact with these kids once the ocver was blown. Either way the scumbag should get the axe from the NCAA. Another thing is what did these kids accept from these guys? Is their amateur status in question once the investigation is done?

At the rate the NCAA is going, their eligibility will be over anyway. This does explain why it has taken so long to hear anything though, if the investigation is expanding to include the current staff. Whether it ever affects UL anymore than losing Hurtt, remains to be seen ( though some heavy wishful thinking can't Hurtt), he needs to be gone. They already have him dead to right, but won't hand any charges out til everything is done. The evidence on him was part of the Feds investigation of Shapiro on his federal racketeering case, so they can't claim it's hearsay. Heck, without the Feds basically coercing Shapiro to notify the NCAA or they would themselves, who knows how long this would still be going on; but then again neither Hurtt or those Miami recruits would be at UL.

Could we possibly be looking at 2 teams fixing to get the death penalty?

What's the matter with you fellow's? Why the suspicion? Elite Florida 4 & 5 star recruits who could play anywhere in college football decided to go with a small city college who competes in the 6th best conference. And that school has never signed this level of recruit ever before in their history. Now honestly, who could suspect something fishy with that situation, really?

Miami has the history now, so you can see why a south Florida kid would want to stay home. Now back in the early 80s is when FSU and Miami were doing some serious cheating....

I wonder if their prestigious Alumni Association i.e. ESPN has something to do with that?

BlueGhost, I think he's refering to Louisville not Miami. I know it's tough on some fans to understand how a Highly respected defensive coordinator from a National Championship Florida team with deep recruiting roots in the state of Florida, can come to the state of Kentucky as a head coach and essemble an excellent staff to a "city" college and then bring this caliber of recruits with him. Makes you want to scatch your head.