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The University of Alabama has filed formal notice with the NCAA to appeal the vacation of 21 football victories, as well as a tennis win and individual records in track and field, the Tuscaloosa News and Mobile Press-Register are reporting. Both papers say that the appeal will not includ the three-year probation or the fine of $43,900 handed down by the NCAA after finding the university guilty of failure to monitor its textbook distribution program to scholarship athletes.