Oversigning Update: To The Cheaters Belong The Bowls!
by joefromboalsburg on Jan 7, 2012 6:34 PM CST
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Oversigning is a clear-cut competitive advantage that drastically tips the playing field in favor of the, for lack of a better word, Cheater. (I realize that there are glaring loopholes in this rule, so cheating is not the legally correct word.)
The results of oversigning on competitive balance are clearly shown by analyzing the results of this year’s bowl games. Teams offering more scholarships than their opponents went 15-4 in this year’s bowls. Almost all of these bowl winners are oversigning cheaters.
The website oversigning.com compiles data on most major teams in the country, listing the number of scholarships granted per year since 2002. The table below lists the number of scholarships granted during the last five years for this year’s bowl opponents, instead of the score. The results show, without doubt, that oversigning tilts the field in favor of the team offering the most scholarships.
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Winner
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Loser
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Diff
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Miss State
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137
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W Forest
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94
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43
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Auburn
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144
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Virginia
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108
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36
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OK State
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133
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Stanford
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99
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34
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Tx A&M
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116
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NW
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91
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25
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Florida
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120
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Ohio St
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98
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22
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W Va
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121
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Clemson
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103
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18
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Fl State
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127
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Notre D
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110
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17
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Illinois
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120
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UCLA
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106
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14
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OKLA
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122
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Iowa
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109
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13
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S Carolina
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130
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Nebraska
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118
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12
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Cincy
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113
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Vandy
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102
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11
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Oregon
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121
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Wisconsin
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112
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9
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Baylor
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132
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Wash
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125
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7
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Texas
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111
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Cal
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108
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3
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Mich St
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116
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Georgia
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114
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2
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Missouri
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124
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North Car
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126
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-2
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Arkansas
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135
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K State
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139
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-4
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Michigan
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112
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Va Tech
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122
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-10
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Rutgers
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116
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Iowa St
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134
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-18
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This table includes only those games where both teams data are available on oversigning.com. If strict adherence to the NCAA 85/25 rule was adhered to, the maximum number of schollys would be 85 plus 25 over five years, or 110.
The SEC, which clearly leads the country in oversigning, boasts of producing the BCS Champion for the last six years. Looking at this data, it can be argued that any SEC team that loses a non-conference game or a bowl game should fire their coach! I have highlighted teams with more than 115 scholarships granted during the last five years, which is ‘cheating’ by one per year. Of the nineteen bowl winners on this list, only Texas and Michigan fall into the Non-Cheater category.
In my opinion, this situation should be changed, so that all teams are compelled to play by the same rules.
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Houston numbers not on the website.
PSU is 106
Son of an Infidel.....Eater of Vegetables!
by joefromboalsburg on Jan 11, 2012 10:23 PM CST up reply actions
That's interesting
It would be even more interesting to see the breakdowns on teams that sign more than the 25 in any given year. To my knowledge, OU doesn’t sign more than 25 in a single year, but some SEC teams regularly do that.
You give out over 110 or more scholarships in a 5 year period simply by the normal number of early NFL draft entries, transfers, dropouts, kids who don’t qualify academically, etc. That’s why the scholarship limit per year is 25, not 20.
But when you’re signing over 30 players a year, that’s when it gets shady.
To level the playing field I suggest that all schools oversign and become cheaters as well.
The one thing being a lot older has going for it, most of us older have seen more CFB than most younger people have seen web pages.
You can add Bama 137, LSU 126 to the list
Source: Wall Street Journal article http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203716204577016110526669958.html
Rumor has it that Texas is about to sign a huge corporate sponsorship deal for the Longhorn Network. They just have to decide which brand represents them best: Dyson, Eureka or Hoover.
That put's this bowl season at a clean 80% win rate for the team with more scholarships over the last 5 years.
Son of an Infidel.....Eater of Vegetables!
by joefromboalsburg on Jan 13, 2012 6:15 PM CST up reply actions
Why does the NCAA allow this to exist?
Ok, (thinking aloud…) NCAA — everything they do has something to do with the quest for more $. Knowing that going in, the answer to my question must be that those who oversign players produce more revenue, much of which ends up in the NCAA’s hands. Or, the NCAA is run by people with connections to the universities who oversign. These universities tend to be more successful (duh!) which ends up in more $ for the university.
Am I close?
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