Originally posted by humyIt was destined to fail. There was too much theoretical work about the subject, for instance, if they were going faster than c, they would have given off radiation which was never seen.
I don't know if this has already been talked about on these forums but it seems that the “discovery” of faster-than-light neutrinos probably was actually just a cliche in the measurements:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-faster-than-light-particles-cross-check.html