(12-04-2023, 11:45 AM)Jag149 Wrote:

(12-04-2023, 08:41 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: 13-0 Auburn should've been on the death penalty but were only on probation at the time.

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Incorrect. I believe the below is what you are referring to.  In 2004 Auburn was not on probation or was there any NCAA inquiries into anything. 

If you do not believe me the NCAA database is easy for you to search ...

The violations: Auburn booster Corky Frost was found to have given more than $4,000 in cash and merchandise — including steaks and tires for a car — to Tigers defensive back Eric Ramsey. Ramsey made several secret recordings of conversations with Frost and Auburn assistant coach Larry Blakeney, who also provided cash to Ramsey from another booster. Head football coach Pat Dye, then also the school's athletic director, was never directly implicated, but charged with lack of institutional control.

The sanctions: Dye resigned after the 1992 season, months before the sanctions were announced. Auburn got two years of probation, lost 33 scholarships over a three-year period, was hit with a two-year postseason ban and a one-year television ban. Frost and Blakeney were permanently disassociated from the program.

The aftermath: Ramsey and wife Twilitta were booed heavily at their graduation from Auburn in December 1992. Auburn went 11-0 under first-year head coach Terry Bowden in 1993, but was ineligible for the SEC championship due to the NCAA sanctions. The Tigers — who won or shared in four SEC titles under Dye in the 1980s — wouldn't win the conference again until 2004. Dye never coached again, but remains an active presence around the Auburn athletic department. Blakeney left in 1991 to become head coach at Troy, where he stayed more than 25 years and won 178 games.

Later it was found an Alabame alumni had been paying Ramsey to get recordings. I believe he was disbarred eventually.