The Hurricanes have seen better days, finishing 7-5 last season, losing three straight to end the year, and the firing of head coach Randy Shannon. But nobody expected the scandal that hit South Florida on August 16th. A Yahoo! Sports report named former UM booster and convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro as a man who provided impermissible benefits to 72 or more of the football and basketball student athletes. The NCAA has concluded from their own private investigation that 12 current athletes are ineligible, and five of those only suspended for the first game against Maryland. But with a black eye on the program and Florida and FSU lurking in the water, new head coach Al Golden will have his work set out for him when it comes to winning back the state of Florida.