By no means is my following statement a defense of UCF-they're rolling around in the dirt, no doubt-but would this story get any play if the program we're talking about comes from a major conference? Donnie Jones is a protege of Billy Donovan-does anyone else recall the mud slung Eddie Munster's way when he started reeling in big-time recruits when he first started out at Florida? Nothing stuck (I don't recall any investigative reporting) and now Donovan's a respected elder in the coaching ranks. College BB recruiting is rotten straight through to the core and seemingly everyone knows it-it's when some unknown program like UCF jumps out that attention really gets paid.
