In light of the NCAA ruling against Alabama, some Colorado football fans may argue that the Buffaloes do have a winning season under coach Dan Hawkins after all. That’s not the policy of the CU sports information department, however.
The NCAA committee on infractions ruled Thursday that Alabama must vacate 21 football victories during the 2005, 2006 and 2007 seasons because athletes in a variety of sports improperly obtained free textbooks for other students.
Although the penalty includes Alabama’s 30-24 victory against CU in the 2007 Independence Bowl, Colorado will continue to list the game as a loss, said CU associate athletic director David Plati, who heads the sports information department. The 2007 Buffs finished 6-7, including the bowl game.
“If that’s the case, we would put an asterisk by the game, with a reference that Alabama’s victory was vacated because of an NCAA ruling,” Plati said Thursday. “But we’ve never changed records.
“Some schools change the series records between teams when something like that happens. But I agree with the NCAA statistics people that you leave the result that happened on the field.”
Tom Kensler, The Denver Post
