Here is your UCLA Preview

Poison, Rick N is poison.  Maybe UCLA can hire Gary Barnett to make fun of rape victims too. And Bill McCartney to pray for these creeps’ souls.  If memory serves, it was Neuheisel who introduced the stripper parties into the Colorado recruiting playbook. He claimed that several incidents were just “accidents” where he just coincidentally managed to show up the same place at the same time as a recruit did. The investigation proved those “accidents” happened over 50 times.

The guy’s a snake. He’ll probably do fine with Dorrel’s recruits and then *peter*  out, just like he did pretty much everywhere else. Good luck, UCLA, the NCAA is going to be watching your program like a hawk.

Here  is how he got there:

1995— Neuheisel hired as head coach at the University of Colorado. He is 34 at the time.

January 1999— Leaves Colorado with a 33-14 record and three bowl victories in four seasons. Takes over as head coach at University of Washington with a contract worth $997,000 a year for five years.

Feb. 3, 1999— Reports surface on national letter-of-intent signing day that Neuheisel is being investigated for improper visits to five recruits. It later is revealed that Neuheisel also made improper contact with several of his former Colorado players and engaged one UW recruit in a basketball-shooting contest, deemed an improper tryout by the NCAA.

June 19, 1999— Pac-10 accepts Washington’s self-imposed penalties for two violations, including reducing Neuheisel’s off-campus visits in 2000 from 29 to 9. UW also agrees not to accept any of Neuheisel’s former Colorado players as transfers.

Jan. 1, 2001— Washington beats Purdue 34-24 in the Rose Bowl, capping an 11-1 season.

Sept. 4, 2001— Neuheisel’s contract is improved to a guaranteed $1.21 million a year, with incentives to a possible $1.46 million a season.

Feb. 6, 2002— On national letter-of-intent day, Neuheisel criticizes recruiting tactics of Oregon and UCLA, drawing a Pac-10 reprimand. UCLA coach Bob Toledo also is reprimanded for comments about Neuheisel, and Oregon reprimanded for the tactics Neuheisel criticized.

April 11, 2002— Colorado officials confirm the school has been accused by the NCAA of a lack of institutional control and multiple minor violations during time Neuheisel was coach.

Sept. 3, 2002— Neuheisel receives a contract extension through the 2007 season, including a $1.5 million loan he does not have to pay back if he works through the life of the contract. With the loan and incentives, Neuheisel now can make more than $1.8 million a season.

Oct. 8, 2002— NCAA completes investigation into Neuheisel’s tenure at Colorado and prohibits him from off-campus recruiting through May 31, 2003, as a penalty for his part in more than 50 minor violations.

NCAA places the Buffaloes on probation for two years, reduces the number of scholarships and restricts off-campus recruiting by Colorado coaches.

Dec. 31, 2002— Washington loses to Purdue in Sun Bowl, 34-24, ending a 7-6 season.

Jan. 9, 2003— Neuheisel censured by the American Football Coaches Association after its board finds he has shown a lack of remorse for his role in the Colorado violations.

Feb. 11, 2003— After rumors that he interviewed with the San Francisco 49ers for their head coaching position the previous day, Neuheisel releases a statement denying he ever talked to the 49ers.

Feb. 12, 2003— After more reports that he talked to the 49ers, Neuheisel acknowledges interviewing with San Francisco officials, saying his initial denials were a “knee-jerk reaction” to protect a confidentiality agreement.

Feb. 13, 2003— Washington athletic director Barbara Hedges says there will be no discipline of Neuheisel for lying about having interviewed with the 49ers.

Feb. 14, 2003— Interim UW president Lee Huntsman says he had spoken to Neuheisel about the 49ers incident to make it “especially clear to Rick what the university’s expectations are.” Huntsman says he is “not prepared to talk about” whether the school had considered firing Neuheisel.

June 4, 2003 — NCAA launches inquiry into Neuheisel betting on college basketball. Neuheisel confirms he bet on the NCAA men’s basketball tournament for the past two years as part of an annual auction with his friends and neighbors.

June 12, 2003— UW Athletic Director Barbara Hedges announces that she plans to fire Neuheisel and places him on paid suspension. Under the terms of his contract Neuheisel has until June 26 to appeal.