1969 Camelia Bowl vs Montana

[westnodak93bison]

We won 30-3 and MT supposedly had 18 JUCO kids that were not allowed to play.
Anyone have knowledge of the MT team back in 69' and could they have made up a 27 pt deficit with a full strength team?

[westnodak93bison]

I was 3 months old back then. Kind of looking for some input from the elders on the board.

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[Hammerhead]

According to gogriz.com, they lost "several key players" due to transfer rules in the 69 and 70 Camelia bowls. http://www.gogriz.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060509aaa.html They also called it the Division II championship when it was the college division championship.

I was only 1 in 1969.

[westnodak93bison]

Supposedly back then JUCO players were not allowed to play in bowl games?

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[BisManBison]

I was 3 yrs old back then. Kind of looking for some input from the elders on the board.

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3 in 69? You mean months?

[westnodak93bison]

3 in 69? You mean months?
I'm old and my memory ain't what it used to be.

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[HerdBot]

3 in 69? You mean months?

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[Bisonator98]

According to gogriz.com, they lost "several key players" due to transfer rules in the 69 and 70 Camelia bowls. http://www.gogriz.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060509aaa.html They also called it the Division II championship when it was the college division championship.

I was only 1 in 1969.

Hmmm no mention about their little indiscretions back around that time either? How convenient they left those out.

[westnodak93bison]

Hmmm no mention about their little indiscretions back around that time either? How convenient they left those out.
Please elaborate.

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[Bisonator98]

Please elaborate.

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Think they were busted for paying players a couple years after those Bowl games.

[Hammersmith]

In 1972, their head coach(Swarthout) and four other university officials and coaches were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to illegally use federal-aid money by using some of the funds to pay for fictitious jobs for athletes. Swarthout was eventually found not guilty, but it ended up costing him his job. Student government also pulled out of funding athletics over the matter. And while everyone involved was acquitted, the university had to pay back about a quarter mil to the feds, so something improper was going on, just maybe not criminal.


source: wiki and http://missoulian.com/news/local/university-of-montana-football-program-investigated-by-feds-before/article_4764fabc-b8fb-11e1-ae8e-0019bb2963f4.html

[56BISON73]

In 1972, their head coach(Swarthout) and four other university officials and coaches were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to illegally use federal-aid money by using some of the funds to pay for fictitious jobs for athletes. Swarthout was eventually found not guilty, but it ended up costing him his job. Student government also pulled out of funding athletics over the matter. And while everyone involved was acquitted, the university had to pay back about a quarter mil to the feds, so something improper was going on, just maybe not criminal.




source: wiki and http://missoulian.com/news/local/university-of-montana-football-program-investigated-by-feds-before/article_4764fabc-b8fb-11e1-ae8e-0019bb2963f4.html

Wow that ran right up to the president of the school. Wonder what ol griz1952 would say about them always--"doing it right"? :biggrin:

[Tatanka]

Wonder what ol griz1952 would say about them always--"doing it right"? :biggrin:
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[BISON Thunder]

So THE vaunted University of Montana State was already cheating back in the '70's? Do you think this is the reason they beat us all the time...I mean, have more championships than us...I mean, is it loud and cold?

[southcliffbison]

So THE vaunted University of Montana State was already cheating back in the '70's? Do you think this is the reason they beat us all the time...I mean, have more championships than us...I mean, is it loud and cold?

Or USMM...... The university of the state of montana at Missoula

[Bisonator98]

In 1972, their head coach(Swarthout) and four other university officials and coaches were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to illegally use federal-aid money by using some of the funds to pay for fictitious jobs for athletes. Swarthout was eventually found not guilty, but it ended up costing him his job. Student government also pulled out of funding athletics over the matter. And while everyone involved was acquitted, the university had to pay back about a quarter mil to the feds, so something improper was going on, just maybe not criminal.


source: wiki and http://missoulian.com/news/local/university-of-montana-football-program-investigated-by-feds-before/article_4764fabc-b8fb-11e1-ae8e-0019bb2963f4.html

Worse then I heard.

[Bison 4 Life]

Wow that ran right up to the president of the school. Wonder what ol griz1952 would say about them always--"doing it right"? :biggrin:

It was somehow a conspiracy involving a bunch of NDSU hoodlums.