Stanford, Notre Dame and … the University of Miami?

As news spread that a convicted Ponzi schemer said he plied University of Miami football players with everything from booze to prostitutes, university president Donna Shalala tried — as best she could — to spin the story away from the troubling allegations.

“Let us not forget who we are,” Shalala said in a video posted on the university’s website Aug. 29. “Nationally the academic achievements of our student-athletes are mentioned in the same breath and spirit as Notre Dame and Stanford. This is because we are first and foremost an academic institution.”

Notre Dame. Stanford. And … UM. Really?

We checked it out and rated her statement Mostly False.