LSU men's track team could be named 2007 National Champions

that might be one of the best 1st posts i've ever read. fine job.

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Because of the unique nature of Track and Field, why would LSU not be the National champions?

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It's possible that they would simply remove the FSU athletes from all of the results, and recalculate the scoring from each event accordingly. With the new scores, it is theoretically possible that someone else could end up with more points than us (e.g., if they go from 2nd to 1st in a race where we go 3rd to 2nd, and if the gap between 1st and 2nd is bigger, then they would end up with more extra points than we would).

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They just vacate the titles and no one has them. It last happened with the 2004 and 2005 men's outdoor titles. Arkansas was forced to vacate them because of recruiting violations.

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Exactly what I was thinking.

My alma mater, MIssissippi College, was stripped of its 1989 football title in Div II. They didn't award it to Jacksonville State, they just left it vacant.

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My alma mater, MIssissippi College

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prayers sent

That tennis player was ridiculous, and so was his girlfriend. She said she was a senior. I'll see if I can stalk up a photo.

You know... that's pretty much bullshite. It is meaningless to strip a title if you don't give it to someone else. In the record books they won't leave it blank... it'll say vacated by FSU for infractions, which basically tells everyone that they won it. If they strip a title it should be awarded to the next team and the original winner should never be mentioned.