Ugly Wins: Do Nice Guys Really Finish Last in College Sports?

From Scene intern Mark Wheeler: Oregon sports has hit the big time. Not with the football team's recent trip to the Rose Bowl, or their famous Nike sponsorship — but rather with the four unsavory arrests of players in 2010, including star running back LaMichael James. While former Vols coach "He Who Must Not Be Named" (cough Lane Kiffin cough) demonstrated in 2009 that you can have players arrested and still have a lackluster season, there does seem to be a disconcerting correlation between arrests in the program and winning percentage.

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