KEY MOMENTS IN THE AFLs ESSENDON SUPPLEMENTS DEBACLEAugust-September 2010: Essendon sack Matthew Knights as senior coach, replacing him with James Hird. Fellow former Bombers captain Mark Thompson is also named as one of Hirds deputies2011-12: Sports scientist Stephen Dank oversees a supplements regime at Essendon2013February 5: Following weeks of speculation, Essendon hold a media conference where they announce they are coming under AFL and ASADA investigation over supplements use at the club. It emerges that Dank and fitness boss Dean Robinson left the club in 2012February 7, 2013: The so-called blackest day in Australian sport. AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou is among key Australian sporting officials who join Sports Minister Kate Lundy and Justice Minister Jason Clare at a Federal Government media conference in Canberra. The media are told of grave concerns about organised crime infiltrating Australian sport in areas such as doping and bettingApril 12: Demetriou says Hird has to consider standing down as the investigations continues into the supplements saga. Later that night, Essendon have a rousing win over Fremantle in Perth. Hird is adamant he will not step asideMay 6: An internal Essendon review commissioned by former Telstra boss Ziggy Switkowski is made public. It includes the damning accusation: a disturbing picture of a pharmacologically experimental environment never adequately controlled or challenged or documented within the club.May 23: Essendon chief executive Ian Robson resigns, the sagas first significant casualtyJune 24: Essendon captain and 2012 Brownlow Medallist Jobe Watson admits in a TV interview that he took the anti-obesity drug AOD-9604, which at the time is considered a key substance in the sagaJuly 26: Essendon lose a big Friday night match to Hawthorn by 56 points. Chairman David Evans, who has fallen out with Hird over the saga, has a physical breakdown in the Essendon rooms after the game and resigns the following day, with Paul Little taking overAugust 13: Following the release of an interim ASADA report, the AFL charges Hird, Thompson, club doctor Bruce Reid, Bombers football manager Danny Corcoran and the club itself with bringing the game into disreputeAugust 21: The AFL releases details of the charges it has laid. Hird and Little hold a media conference where they blast the league.August 27: After behind-the-scenes legal wranglings, the AFL hands down a series of penalties. Essendon are kicked out of the 2013 finals, fined $2 million and stripped of draft picks. Hird is suspended for 12 months, while Corcoran and Thompson are also punished.2014AFL season: Thompson, who revels in his role as interim coach while Hird serves his suspension, takes Essendon to a losing elimination final against North MelbourneMarch 20: Hirds wife Tania, known to be furious at how her husband has been treated in the saga, drops a bombshell. In a TV interview, she says Demetriou tipped off Essendon before the supplements investigation started. The AFL boss has always strenuously denied having any prior knowledge about the investigationJune 12: The anti-doping process officially starts, with ASADA issuing show cause notices against 34 current and past Essendon players over the supplements regimeJune 13: Essendon and Hird launch Federal Court action against ASADA, saying the joint investigation was unlawfulAugust 11-13: Federal Court hearing before Justice John Middleton. Hird and ASADA boss Aurora Andruska give evidenceSeptember 19: Middleton rules in favour of ASADAOctober 2: Hird appeals to the Federal Court, but Essendon does not, straining the relationship between coach and club. There is even speculation, proven incorrect, that the club has sacked HirdOctober 2: Robinson settles a wrongful dismissal claim with Essendon out of courtOctober 17: ASADA issues fresh show cause noticesNovember 11: Thompson leaves Essendon after negotiations with the club break down over what role he might have, given Hirds suspension is endingNovember 14: The AFL serves infraction notices against the 34 players. While Watson and Dustin Fletcher play for Australia in international rules, the others immediately start provisional suspensionsDecember 15: The AFL anti-doping tribunal starts its hearing, which is held in private2015January 30: The Federal Court rules against Hirds appealMarch: Essendon field a team, including top-ups, in the pre-season as they await the tribunal verdictMarch 31: The players are clearedApril 17: The AFL anti-doping tribunal find Dank guilty of 10 chargesMay 12: WADA launch an appeal against the anti-doping tribunals findings on the 34 players, taking the case to the Confederation of Aribitration for SportJune 25: Dank handed a lifetime banAugust 18: With Essendons season in freefall following the WADA appeal, Hird and the Bombers part waysOctober 5: John Worsfold appointed as Essendon coachNovember 9: WorkSafe Victoria charge Essendon with breaching the occupational health and safety laws. The Bombers are later fined $200,000November 16: WADAs CAS appeal is underwayDecember 14: Lindsay Tanner replaces Little as Essendon chairman2016January 12: CAS rules against the 34 players and the 17 still on AFL lists - including 12 at Essendon - are banned for the season. The AFL says pending any appeal by the players, the Commission will conduct a hearing to decide whether Watson should keep his 2012 Brownlow MedalFebruary 9: The 34 players launch a last-ditch appeal through the Swiss legal systemAFL season: Essendons makeshift team, featuring 10 top-up recruits, finishes last. It is Essendons first wooden spoon since 1933. Meanwhile NRL club Cronulla, who also suffered heavy penalties for a supplements program with strong connections to Dank, win their first premiership. Cronulla, lacking Essendons financial clout, opted not to fight their penaltiesSeptember 22: Watson confirms he will return to Essendon, ending weeks of speculation about his AFL future. 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Louisville knows that and is working to correct the flaws masked by those gaudy numbers against Charlotte and Syracuse.Despite gaining a school-record 845 yards and scoring at least 60 points for the second straight game, Louisville left last Fridays 62-28 throttling of Syracuse with room for improvement. The Cardinals dropped passes, lost two of six fumbles and allowed some big plays along with 426 yards.Coach Bobby Petrino blamed some of the drops on a lack of concentration and others on the receivers ongoing process of developing timing with dual-threat sophomore quarterback Lamar Jackson. The coach also lamented some defensive lapses but noted how the unit made key plays when needed to against the Orange.The Cardinals may not have to be perfect against the Seminoles, but Petrino said theres little room for errors.We do have to limit our turnovers, we have to take care of the football and we have to not hurt ourselves, Petrino said Monday. I think thats the biggest thing, to not hurt ourselves.Fortunately for Louisville, mistakes have been minimal while winning its first two games by a 132-42 margin. High scoring has always been one of Petrinos priorities, so lighting up the scoreboard hasnt been a shock.We want to wear you out as much as we can and were having fun doing it, said wide receiver Jamari Staples, who leads Louisville with 219 yards but is still looking for his first touchdown. 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Jackson has already rushed and passed for 1,025 yards and 13 touchdowns -- including his much-celebrated hurdle over a Syracuse defender en route to a TD.Dangerous as Jackson has been with his arm, quick feet and athleticism, Petrino has been pleased with the QBs decision-making and inclusion of multiple targets.Lamar is smart with the ball, said Florida State defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi, adding that Jackson is faster than Mississippi quarterback Chad Kelly. When there are times he has to make a play he is going to carry it. Chasing him down is more like a running back. Last year he was more in the pocket.As Louisville looks to Jackson to gain an edge against the Seminoles, the trick will be holding it after losing halftime leads versus Florida State the past two years. The Seminoles recently showed their knack for comebacks as they rallied from a 28-6 hole to beat Ole Miss 45-34 on Labor Day.If they can get on top of Florida State, the Cardinals dont plan to let them up again.We always start off good in the first half and then kind of slip up in the second half and dont do what we normally do, senior linebacker Keith Kelsey said. Were not going to let that happen this year.----AP Writer Joe Reedy in Tallahassee, Florida, contributed to this report.----Online: AP College Football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org----Follow Gary B. Graves on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/GaryBGraves ' ' '
