ESPN's Corso rips SEC

ATLANTA - ESPN college football analyst Lee Corso said the perception of the Southeastern Conference is that ``everybody&#39;s a bunch of cheaters, a bunch of crooks.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Corso made the comments at the Atlanta Sports Council college football luncheon Thursday. <br> <br> ``The national view is, the SEC cheats,&#39;&#39; Corso told a crowd of about 500. ``The SEC&#39;s going to get a bad reputation, like the Southwest Conference got 10, 15 years ago. You know what happened to them?&#39;&#39; <br> <br> That conference disbanded after 1995. <br> <br> SEC members Alabama and Kentucky are on probation, and Tennessee and LSU are investigating academic fraud. This week, NCAA officials began looking into possible violations at Mississippi State. <br> <br> Corso, a former coach at Louisville and Indiana, also said the Big 12 is the best football conference ``from top to bottom,&#39;&#39; Nebraska has the best environment to watch a game and ``Oklahoma plays better defense than any team in the SEC by far.&#39;&#39;