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Ducks to play in Felony Bowl

UO is headed for the Fiesta Bowl, unless the NCAA steps in with those long dreaded sanctions over the Chip Kelly / Willie Lyles deal. The Arizona bowl’s former CEO is to be sentenced on multiple federal felony charges on Monday, and state charges Wednesday sometime next year since he’s now singing to the…

Fiesta Bowl follies

3/29/2011: From Katie Thomas in the NY Times: … The most serious revelations involve nearly a dozen employees who told investigators that the chief executive and others working for the bowl encouraged them to make political contributions, then reimbursed them with phony bonus payments. Some said they then were pressured…

BCS official under investigation

2/16/2011: College athletics is corrupt to the core. The PlayoffPAC website has story after story: “Tostitos Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker, a fixture with the game for three decades and one of college football’s most prominent bowl executives, was placed on administrative leave Monday as officials continue to investigate allegations…