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Oklahoma must forfeit 2005 football season
By Associated Press
July 11, 2007

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) � The Oklahoma football program must forfeit its wins from the 2005 season and will lose two scholarships for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years. The penalties, announced Wednesday by the NCAA, stem from a case involving two players, including the Sooners' starting quarterback, who were kicked off the team for being paid for work they had not performed at a Norman car dealership.

The NCAA said Wednesday morning it planned to announce its decision about possible sanctions against the Oklahoma football program, more fallout from a case that came to light last year when two players � including the Sooners' starting quarterback � were kicked off the team.

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In an e-mail sent to media outlets, the NCAA said a 2 p.m. conference call with Miami athletics director Paul Dee, the acting chairman of the NCAA Committee on Infractions, was scheduled to discuss the case.

On Aug. 3 � the day before the Sooners began preseason practice � Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops dismissed quarterback Rhett Bomar and offensive lineman J.D. Quinn from the team amid allegations that the players had been paid for work they had not performed at a Norman car dealership.

The NCAA subsequently alleged that Oklahoma had failed to adequately monitor the employment of several athletes, including some football players who worked during the academic year. The NCAA said Oklahoma's "failure to monitor" led to the university not detecting NCAA rules violations.

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[Mr Electric]

DeMarco Murray will make up for both of those scholarships that they lost...that guy is going to dominate

[DonnieIsTheKing]

...how exactly does losing their '05 wins effect the team or the school in general? Only Stoops suffers because now his career coaching record takes a hit...