College Football's Biggest Scandals Since 2000 - Bleacher Report

CFB [Home](/college-football)[Scores](/college-football/scores)Teams[Recruiting](/recruiting)[Highlights](/cfb-highlights) ## Featured Video ### WEMBY GETS POSTERIZED BY DUREN 😮 Jim Tressel's cover-up of Tattoo-gate led to a five-year ban from coaching college football.Associated Press # College Football's Biggest Scandals Since 2000 Kerry MillerJul 12, 2017 Scandals have played a big part in college football becoming the 24/7/365 sport that it is today. For the most part, these scandals are relatively minor transgressions that only turned into major problems when the cover-up was blown. Jim Tressel might still be coaching at Ohio State if he had come forth earlier with his knowledge about players selling memorabilia for tattoos. It's a similar situation for several of the academic and pay-for-play issues on this list. The same cannot be said when it comes to Jerry Sandusky, Colorado's mid-2000s recruiting tactics and everything that has happened at Baylor over the past few years. Those are the crimes against humanity that cannot and should not be forgotten anytime soon. We're listing the scandals in chronological order of when the story first broke. Things that led to vacated wins, firings or bowl bans were considered. ## Notable Omissions 1 of 10 John Bazemore/Associated Press Todd Gurley In addition to the scandals that warrant a deeper discussion on the following slides, here are a few others that temporarily unsettled the college football world: —Arizona State running back Loren Wade was [sentenced to 20 years](http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/news/ex-asu-running-back-sentenced-to-years/article_c38e0320-db31-587f-86f8-bbcea58638f9.html) in prison for shooting and killing a former ASU football player in March 2005. —Georgia's [Todd Gurley was suspended](http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/11783535/georgia-bulldogs-rb-todd-gurley-given-four-game-suspension-ncaa) for four games in 2014 for selling autographed memorabilia. This came f