Boulder, Colo. ? Describing his role as mostly that of an observer during a lengthy meeting with the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions, Colorado coach Gary Barnett said he believes the university will get a fair decision.

A ruling by the NCAA is expected in six to eight weeks, Barnett said.

The football program is accused of 53 rules violations, 51 of which occurred under former coach Rick Neuheisel, now head coach at Washington, who also appeared before the infractions committee.

Following the nearly 12-hour session in Philadelphia on Friday, CU chancellor Richard Byyny said the NCAA staff recommended reducing the allegation of “lack of institutional control” to “failure to monitor.”

“I think we’ll get a fair decision,” Barnett said Saturday on the first day of full-squad, two-a-day drills. “I think, as a group, we walked away with knowing that, one, we’d been heard, and, two, we’d been treated fairly.”

Barnett said most of the inquiries were directed at Neuheisel. “He got grilled pretty good,” Barnett said.

He said he and Neuheisel didn’t get a chance to converse except for some small talk.

CU hopes to convince the NCAA that it has beefed up compliance under Barnett, but institutional controls were in place under Neuheisel.