CAL APPEALING BAN RULING.Byline: Ross Siler Special to the Daily News Even if Cal manages to post a five-win improvement in its first season under coach Jeff Tedford Jeff Tedford (born November 2, 1961 in Lynwood, California) has been head coach of the California Golden Bears college football program since 2002. A first-time head coach, Tedford has won wide acclaim for turning the once-downtrodden Cal football program into a national power. , the Golden Bears might not be able to play in their first bowl game since 1996. The NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association imposed sanctions in June calling for a one-year postseason ban and scholarship reductions through 2006 in connection with an academic fraud scandal from 1999. However, Cal appealed the ruling and is preparing for a hearing this fall and final decision sometime in November. ``It's a moot point moot point n. 1) a legal question which no court has decided, so it is still debatable or unsettled. 2) an issue only of academic interest. (See: moot) unless we win six or seven games, anyway,'' Tedford said. ``Our goal is to do that and count on the appeal being positive. But we need to focus on taking care of our part of the deal, winning enough games to be bowl eligible.'' The violation took place when two Cal receivers, Ronnie Davenport and Michael Ainsworth Michael Lionel Yeoward Ainsworth (13 May 1922 - 28 August 1978) was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played his county cricket for Worcestershire but also appeared on a number of occasions for Combined Services and Free Foresters. , were given credit by an associate professor for course work they did not complete in order to remain eligible. The university penalized pe·nal·ize tr.v. pe·nal·ized, pe·nal·iz·ing, pe·nal·iz·es 1. To subject to a penalty, especially for infringement of a law or official regulation. See Synonyms at punish. 2. itself when the violation was discovered but was hit with additional sanctions, including the postseason ban by the NCAA. |
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