GTU: Convicted! But where does Donnan go to get his reputation back?

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Well, well, well, pencil necks. The chickens, it would appear, have come home to roost. The NCAA press release concerning GTU's conviction for cheating its fool head off is fairly breathtaking reading. For an "Institute" that brays about its committment to academics, its integrity, its overall superior standing to other mere colleges in matters of ethics and honesty, this week certainly has been a revelation.

GTU is looking less like MIT on the Connector, and more like the love child of Jerry Tarkanian's UNLV and anyplace ever coached by Jackie Sherill.

Let's look at a couple of the highlights, shall we? I do all the work here, so you, loyal readers, can reap the benefits. The link is below, if you want to savor the flavor of the whole thing yourself.
INDIANAPOLIS --- The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has placed the Georgia Institute of Technology on two years probation and vacated records in several sports after the school improperly certified academically ineligible student-athletes to compete.

Ouch, baby. Very ouch. Widespread use of academically ineligible athletes at GTU. This wouldn't overlap with their brief moments of pigskin glory in the late 90s, would it?

The violations and penalties involve the sports of football, men's and women's track and field and women's swimming between the 1998-99 and 2004-05 academic years.

Hmmmm. Sure seems to overlap. I see "football" and "betweeen 1998-99" and "2004-05" right there. Quelle horreur, nerds. You've sucked since 2001. You can't even CHEAT consistenly and win. No wonder Braine conceded that GTU isnt a 9 or 10 win a year school. He knew what was coming and just admitted the obvious. If you can't win when you cheat, how can you win if you dont cheat? Maybe you nerds should have hired Bobby Lowder as a consultant.

The case involves 17 student-athletes over a six-year period being certified as making satisfactory progress toward their degrees, even though they didn't meet the standards contained in NCAA bylaws.

Wow. 17 athletes. Want to bet they werent all swimmers?

All 17 student-athletes