DENVER (AP) The NCAA interviewed University of Colorado officials and former coach Rick Neuheisel on Friday as it investigated 53 alleged recruiting violations by the school between 1995 and 1999.

The meeting with the NCAA infractions committee was held in Philadelphia and lasted 11 hours. The NCAA is expected to rule on the allegations within six weeks, Colorado said in a release.

The allegations include improper visits with recruits and violations of apparel policies.

Colorado Chancellor Richard Byyny told the committee he did not believe the violations gave the university a recruiting advantage but conceded that any questionable activities must stop, Plati said.

Neuheisel, now the coach at Washington, was on a flight back to Seattle on Friday and could not be reached for comment.

Neuheisel and Colorado submitted a 900-page response to the NCAA probe in late June.

Fifty-one of the alleged violations occurred during Neuheisel's tenure at Colorado from 1995 to 1998. In his response, Neuheisel acknowledged some secondary violations and said neither he nor any members of his staff at Colorado intentionally broke NCAA rules.

The NCAA on Friday downgraded one allegation from lack of institutional control to a possible failure to monitor.

Byyny said Colorado has improved its monitoring. He has asked the NCAA not to penalize the university.

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