UNAGRAD

I came over to this board to read about North Dakota football, but all I can find out about is how stupid, ignorant, toothless and how much UNA cheats. Why do you feel that it is necessary to constantly run down the opponent? Do you run us down, so you will feel better about your own team? Hey Goon, we have heard of hockey, but since we live in beautiful warm Alabama we can go out and do something more constructive instead of playing in the snow and ice. One last point before I go. You had better treat the UNA fans with respect, because there will be a lot more of us in the stands on December 13th at the National Championship game than North Dakota will be able to bring if they beat UNA on Saturday. We would be happy to pull for your opponent if you make it to the championship game.

O.K. The UNA sports information director just emailed me back. This is what he said: "No, UNA has never been on NCAA probation. The incidents that are being discussed happened from 1989-91 and involved the financial aid office. In 1992 UNA self imposed a three scholarship reduction on the football program while the financial aid situation was being reviewed. UNA won all three national championships with three LESS scholarships than the NCAA limit. The catch is that it wasnt until after the 1995 championship that the NCAA finally ruled that there was no will-ful violation and that UNA' self-imposed penalties more than covered the over-awardings from previous years."

You may be correct, but I don't remember it and it is not listed on the NCAA Infractions web page. I will try to research it more myself, but would appreciate a link that verified these accusations. I can assure you that UNA never had as many scholarships as Alabama, and if it was true UNA never did anything that even remotely compared to The University of Alabama

I am a UNA fan and I don't remember UNA ever getting put on probation, but I may be wrong. I emailed the UNA sports information department and asked them, but have not received a response. I do know that this is not the same coach we had then, because Coach Bobby Wallace is now the coach at Temple University.