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No Recounts in this Florida Race
FSU Still No. 1 on FindLaw's "Tarnished Twenty" List of Errant FootballTeams
Mountain View, Calif. (November 22, 2000) -- Some new teams have enteredthe fray, but one retains top billing in the raucous arena of the "TarnishedTwenty," FindLaw's annual roster of U.S. college football teams facing legaland disciplinary actions.
Florida State University holds the top spot in the midseason update of theTarnished Twenty 2000, FindLaw's survey of teams ranked accordingto the number and severity of ongoing or recently concluded criminal, civil,NCAA and other administrative proceedings and investigations. FindLaw(http://www.findlaw.com) is the pioneer and leader in online legal informationand services.
In the newly released second edition, the Seminoles hold the topspot for a battery charge against a backup quarterback and ongoing casesagainst one teammate for alleged solicitation of sex from an undercover policeofficer and another for assault. The same team topped the Tarnished Twentyat the start of this season and the end of last season.
Two other Florida teams on the last edition of the Tarnished Twentyremain on the latest one, though each has dropped a notch. They are theUniversity of Miami (No. 6) and the University of South Florida (No. 15).
Newcomers include the U.S. Naval Academy (holding the No. 2 spot), OregonState University (No. 3), Duke University (No. 5), Georgia Tech University(No. 11), the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga (No. 12) and theUniversity of Minnesota (No. 20).
"Again, the Tarnished Twenty list has spotlighted more unacceptable footballprogram behavior across the country," says FindLaw Sports Reporter TonyRosmiller. "Perhaps there will come a day when college football cleans upits act and there's no longer any need for such a list. Until then, FindLaw'sTarnished Twenty will serve as a watchdog against errant behavior, both onand off the field."
The Tarnished Twenty 2000, as of November 20:
- Florida State University
- U.S. Naval Academy
- Oregon State University
- University of Wisconsin
- Duke University
- University of Miami
- University of Tennessee
- University of Kansas
- California State University - Northridge
- University of Georgia
- Georgia Tech University
- University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
- Colorado State University
- Auburn University
- University of South Florida
- Clemson University
- University of Missouri
- University of Arkansas
- Albany State University
- University of Minnesota
Stay tuned for the third edition of the Tarnished Twenty 2000, coming inearly December.