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bermuda grass

I don't like coastal (bermuda) but it's what I have to use, my only hay source for the goats. They don't like it, I'd prefer haygrazer for them and for the soiled hay in the compost. (Haygrazer is a sorghum hybrid especially grown for it's leafy stem for critter fodder). In the compost pit, bermuda doesn't sprout, and I haven't had any trouble with it in mulch when I use finished compost around. But, it's our yard grass since it's drought hardy, and when growing around your beds and trees, it's tough to eradicate. Will go dormant in the summer, native is worse than coastal for this, and you think it's dead and safe to use. As soon as it gets a little water, it comes back again. To sprig new pastures, they often just bale long runners and disc them in the ground to cut up the runners and make contact with the soil. As soon as it rains, those dead looking sprigs take right off and grow. 
Make sure your compost is hot and you turn it often and add a lot more green matter to help break down the hay, and probably best to put a black sheet of plastic over the top of the compost to aid in cooking it further. I wouldn't use it uncomposted as a mulch or it'll probably sprout again. Spreads by long runners, seeds, and root cuttings, so it's tough to get out once it gets established. 
The stuff is easy to yank up when the soil is friable and loose, but once the roots take a firm hold, your intended garden plants are likely to pop out of the ground when you yank a nearby bermuda grass runner or root, and discover it was entangled with your good plants 2 yards away!
If you're really dedicated, you can cut it to the ground, and smother it with mulch, but you have to keep trimming it as it grows thru the mulch. Eventually, that particular plant will lose it's vitality and die off. Now, do that with the next trillion pieces of sprouting bermuda grass and you're all set.

I was on a list group especially for compost fanatics, but lost the information. Anyone have that one handy? Or a search-site? they may know the exact details on composting and safely using bermuda hay for gardening purposes.
thanks
martha