Big 12 Notes – Arizona State Week

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Big 12 Notes – Arizona State Week

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November 12th

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Mel Tucker fallout: Michigan State to vacate wins; pay fines; lose visits; three years of probation

From On3Sports … The Michigan State football program will serve three years of probation, vacate wins, pay fines, and have limitations in both on and off campus recruiting as the result of NCAA rules violations committed under former head coach Mel Tucker.

The penalties are part of negotiated settlement between Michigan State University and the NCAA’S committee on Infractions. University resident Kevin Guskiewicz and athletic director J Batt issued the following joint statement on Wednesday.

With Michigan State cooperating fully, the NCAA Committee on Infractions determined that Tucker’s staff knowingly committed numerous rule violations. Those violations included impermissible recruiting inducements and benefits as well as financial compensation for unofficial visit expenses. Tucker’s staff also engaged in impermissible contact with prospective student-athletes.

The NCAA released a summary report of its findings with regard to rules violations committed during Tucker’s tenure on Wednesday. In that report, former Michigan State assistant coach Brandon Jordan and director of recruiting Saeed Khalif were both named as having knowingly committed rules violations.

Impermissible financial inducements included improper travel expenses for unofficial visits to six former recruiting targets and their families. Three of the recruiting targets that received impermissible benefits played a total of 26 games at Michigan State. Michigan State has greed to vacate all victories during the 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons.

Jordan was hired as a pass-rush specialist by Tucker. Brandon later left Michigan State to take job in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks. Khalif joined the Michigan State coaching staff after spending four years as the director of personnel at Wisconsin. Khalif held the title of general manager on Tucker’s staff.

Both Khalif and Jordan refused to cooperate with the investigation according to the NCAA report. Tucker contested his responsibility during a hearing. Khalif received a six-year show cause penalty for NCAA rules violations. Jordan received a five-year show cause penalty.

The settlement between Michigan State and the NCAA requires the Spartan football program to pay a fine of $30,000, plus 1.5% of the football program budget.

The settlement also included a significant reduction in unofficial visit days and official visits day, and in-person off-campus recruiting through the 2027-2028 academic year.

… Read full story here …

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November 11th

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Kansas State leading tackler out for the remainder of the season

From ESPN … Kansas State will be without leading tackler Austin Romaine for the remainder of the season after the All-Big 12 linebacker hurt his hand a couple of weeks ago and finally opted for surgery rather than to continue playing through the pain.

Wildcats coach Chris Klieman announced Monday that “we decided to shelve him for the rest of the year.”

The 6-foot-2, 240-pound Romaine has made 66 stops this season, despite playing with his left hand heavily wrapped in recent weeks. He made 11 stops and intercepted a pass in a loss to Texas Tech a couple of weeks ago.

Romaine’s injury is another massive blow to the Wildcats, who were ranked in the preseason Top 25 but have struggled to live up to expectations. They are just 4-5 overall and 3-3 in the Big 12 heading into Saturday’s trip to Oklahoma State, which means they need to win at least two of their last three games to become eligible for a bowl game.

They finish at No. 15 Utah on Nov. 22 and against Colorado at home the following week.

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November 9th

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AP Top 25: BYU falls out of Top Ten; Four Big 12 teams ranked

From ESPN … The Texas Longhorns returned to the top 10 of the Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, while the ACC has five teams ranked for the first time this season and two Group of 5 conferences are now represented with a month before the College Football Playoff bracket is set.

The Longhorns, the preseason No. 1 team, are ranked No. 10 in advance of their visit to No. 5 Georgia this week. They had been in the top 10 for the first six polls before their loss at Florida knocked them out of the Top 25 for a week.

Four straight wins elevated them to No. 13 last week, and they jumped three spots ahead of BYU and Virginia and an idle Oklahoma, which they beat 23-6 on Oct. 11. Texas did not play over the weekend.

BYU, which was unbeaten before its 29-7 loss at Texas Tech, dropped four spots to No. 12 to end its two-week stay in the top 10.

Ohio State was No. 1 for the 11th week in a row with 55 first-place votes. Indiana remained No. 2 after its narrow escape at Penn State, but the Hoosiers’ six first-place votes were five fewer than last week.

No. 3 Texas A&M got four first-place votes, three more than a week ago, and was 31 points behind Indiana. Alabama and Georgia rounded out the top five. Ole Miss, Oregon, Texas Tech, Notre Dame and Texas rounded out the top 10.

In all, 19 spots in the Top 25 changed hands.

Rankings include CFP initial week rankings (third column) … 

Others receiving votes: Tulane 83, Missouri 59, North Texas 55, Iowa 54, Houston 43, SMU 8, Arizona State 7, Illinois 5, San Diego State 5, UNLV 2, Memphis 1

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Big 12 Lines: Arizona State a 10.5-point home favorite over West Virginia 

From DraftKings.com

Big 12 … 

Saturday, November 15th

• Arizona at No. 22 Cincinnati … 10:00 a.m., MT,  FS1 … Cincinnati is a 6.5-point home favorite …
• Kansas State at Oklahoma State … 10:00 a.m., MT, ESPNU … Oklahoma State is a 19.5-point home underdog …
• West Virginia at Arizona State … 11:00 a.m., MT, TNT … Arizona State is a 10.5-point home favorite …
• UCF at No. 8 Texas Tech … 1:30 p.m., MT, Fox … Texas Tech is a 23.5-point home favorite …
• No. 15 Utah at Baylor … 5:00 p.m., MT, ESPN2 … Baylor is a 7.5-point home underdog …
• TCU at No. 12 BYU … 8;15 p.m., MT, ESPN … BYU is a 5.5-point home favorite …
• Idle … Colorado … Houston … Iowa State .. Kansas

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