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The NCAA isn't so bad after all.

That might be the sentiment inside the Oklahoma football offices after the NCAA informed University of Oklahoma President David Boren that they were reversing their decision to force Oklahoma to vacate their wins from their 2005 season.

Boren and Oklahoma were vehement in appealing the NCAA's initial decision and that persistence paid off as Bob Stoops and the OU football program will be able to keep the eight victories earned in their Holiday Bowl Championship season.

The wins were deemed vacated because Rhett Bomar and J.D. Quinn were technically ineligible during those victories after they were found to be in violation of NCAA rules for accepting money for work not performed at a local car dealership.

OU continued to argue that the rest of the team shouldn't be punished because of the actions of two players.

""While we are pleased with the findings by the NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee, we are most pleased for the 100 student athletes and coaches who played by the rules and worked their hearts out for a successful 2005 season," Boren said in a statement released by OU.

The win also means Bob Stoops' coaching record at Oklahoma will remain intact. OU had not removed the wins from any published materials until the appeals process was complete.

With the NCAA's announcement, they won't have to make any adjustments.

"This decision is a great thing for those individuals involved with our 2005 team," Stoops said. "Most of the players on our current roster were not on that team, but I know those victories mean a lot to the players and coaches who were here at that time."

The NCAA was very complimentary of the university's efforts to uncover and report the violations in a timely manner.

That was the basis of OU's argument in appealing the initial penalties. And the basis for the NCAA to lift the initial ruling.

""We fully appreciate and respect the process required in these matters," said OU Vice President and Director of Athletics Joe Castilgione. "We are pleased that the NCAA recognized the University's approach in taking immediate and significant action upon our discovery of the violations and of the work and cooperation of the University of Oklahoma in the ultimate detection of the violations."