Cam Newton=best news possible for Bruce Pearl and UT men's athletics

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DERELICK_MY_VOLS said:
Well...........at least Cam Newton can now "BUY" all the laptops he wants with $200K....but that would kill the thrill of stealing them.

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Maybe he could loan Masoli a few bones so he could score one too?
 
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PapaBurgundy said:
Just a thought, with all the stuff going on with agents and SEC players, now Cam Newton - which this was supposedly reported to the SEC - is it possible that the NCAA could launch an investigation into the governing body of the conference? aka Mike Slive? Just curious has the NCAA ever investigated a conference for lack of institutional control?
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C'mon man, you're smarter than that---?? The SEC is clear in this and so is Auburn, otherwise they would not have played Newton this season. They were notified by the SEC in July, plenty of time to dislodge from Cam if there was something there. Phone records were turned over for review, and nothing was found connecting AU to the "agent". A rumor is all we have, and if no one can connect the dots, forget about it. Sensational news item, espn.com is good for that. Slive is slick and powerful. He is above reproach with the NCAA.
 
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Sheik Yerbouti said:
I think GAVol had it right. If I were to continue with your analogy, I'd lump the whole SEC together as the "Republicans." The SEC has been riding very high recently, has talked a mean "best conference" game, and has seemed to attract the largest percentage of super-talented athletes. We've been arrogant about it. With Tennessee in trouble, a couple other SEC schools caught up in Agent-gate, and now this... I would think the NCAA would be pretty keen on taking the SEC down a peg if the opportunity presents itself.
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I'm not calling the entire SEC republicans. That doesn't make sense. Please don't presume to continue with anything except your own thoughts. It was meant to imply competition, sling blade.

I'm simply illustrating that Auburn is competition in recruiting. Recruits sometimes avoid schools that are in trouble, which may improve the chances of landing recruits we obviously need. I don't wish for schools to get in trouble, unless it's Florida. A great percentage of folks on this board would probably agree if Florida got the NCAA "death penalty", they would feel a little bit better about our recruiting chances. If they said they wouldn't they'd be lying.

Bottom Line; Priority #1 VOLS, Priority #2, everything else that's college football.
 
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#29
Pimp Dooley?

Again, my original question -- What does understanding why Kiffin backed off of Newton have to do with Dooley's character?

Your inability to answer a simple question is not surprising, given that you are so busy seeking out and destroying all posters that dare question how you manage turn every comment into a Dooley-diatribe.
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Beaznvol said:
I'm not calling the entire SEC republicans. That doesn't make sense. Please don't presume to continue with anything except your own thoughts. It was meant to imply competition, sling blade.

I'm simply illustrating that Auburn is competition in recruiting. Recruits sometimes avoid schools that are in trouble, which may improve the chances of landing recruits we obviously need. I don't wish for schools to get in trouble, unless it's Florida. A great percentage of folks on this board would probably agree if Florida got the NCAA "death penalty", they would feel a little bit better about our recruiting chances. If they said they wouldn't they'd be lying.

Bottom Line; Priority #1 VOLS, Priority #2, everything else that's college football.
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Hard to beat UF if they suddenly had no FB program. Vol fans don't want that. A little swine flu, maybe---------
 
#31
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hatvol96 said:
I completely disagree. Anything that casts the pig farmers on the Plains in a bad light is very good. They are trash and should be exposed as such at every opportunity.
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I will say this . . . this has all the hallmarks of a Bobby Lowder operation. From the Terry Bowden fiasco to the undercover interview with Bobby Petrino to violating Tommy Tuberville's contract to Cam Newton . . . is there any doubt that the tail is wagging the dog at Auburn as badly as in any AD in America?
 
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#32
I'm not excited for this at all. Best case scenario, it hurts Auburn (a team we play little to never) and helps Alabama (a team we hate with all our soul). worst case scenario, Lane Kiffin was involved with something around it... we're already in hot water.... we don't need this.
 
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This is all a load of crap. Miss St. still butt hurt they didn't get Newton. There might be some shady dealings going on at Auburn but this isn't it.
 
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kohlrums said:
I was thinking the same thing in regards to Kiffin. He seems almost too arrogant to pay someone. Thank you, Lane.
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haha this makes me laugh... yeah nukeese just decided oh, ill go to Tennessee and piss off my family, friends, and everyone I know after being committed to Florida to almost a year.... gimme a break, chalk one up to the south florida bandit (eddie gran) on that one. Also, he had the best "recruiter" in the country on staff in coach O. I bet you think he doesn't pay kids either... haha
 
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Sheik Yerbouti said:
I think GAVol had it right. If I were to continue with your analogy, I'd lump the whole SEC together as the "Republicans." The SEC has been riding very high recently, has talked a mean "best conference" game, and has seemed to attract the largest percentage of super-talented athletes. We've been arrogant about it. With Tennessee in trouble, a couple other SEC schools caught up in Agent-gate, and now this... I would think the NCAA would be pretty keen on taking the SEC down a peg if the opportunity presents itself.
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That's not going to change the fact that the biggest and baddest athletes in the country are born in the deep south. The sec might draw on some talent from elsewhere, but they will keep getting the home grown talent, and keep dominating. And the kids from around the country are still going to want to come here to prove themselves. The ncaa can't change that without some real extreme and widespread (unwarranted) sanctions.
 
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AJeray4TN said:
Pimp Dooley?

Again, my original question -- What does understanding why Kiffin backed off of Newton have to do with Dooley's character?

Your inability to answer a simple question is not surprising, given that you are so busy seeking out and destroying all posters that dare question how you manage turn every comment into a Dooley-diatribe.
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I guess this was to me...

Didn't Justin explicitly answer that for you or do you not know what sarcasm is?

Being confused once was one thing, but reiterating and reinforcing your confusion isn't really helping your cause.
 
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#37
If you haven't heard by now Urban Meyer is the one that convinced this guy, John Bond, to go public with the story against the advice of Dan Mullen.

Wanna know why? Because Meyer is under immense heat right now for the product he has put on the field and the player he let slip away.

Wanna know why Mullen discouraged the story leaking? Because the NCAA, the SEC, and both schools have known about this since as early as July and Auburn already knows nothing bad is coming their way for it. If anyone were going to be punished it would have been Miss St.
 
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That's the popular theory from an Auburn perspective, but it's not as if the runner is not already under investigation by the NFLPA. There were probably shenanigans here, it's just a matter of to what degree and if anybody left a paper trail.
 
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VolOnthePlains said:
If you haven't heard by now Urban Meyer is the one that convinced this guy, John Bond, to go public with the story against the advice of Dan Mullen.

Wanna know why? Because Meyer is under immense heat right now for the product he has put on the field and the player he let slip away.

Wanna know why Mullen discouraged the story leaking? Because the NCAA, the SEC, and both schools have known about this since as early as July and Auburn already knows nothing bad is coming their way for it. If anyone were going to be punished it would have been Miss St.
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Thanks for the insight Gene.
 
#40
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Newton's father turned over all of his financial statements over the summer. Nothing came of it. No one would have ever heard about any of this if that moron from Miss St. hadn't felt the need to go public.

I'm not saying the runner isn't a scum bag (they all are). But this one seemed to be acting independently of the Newtons.
 
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GAVol said:
I will say this . . . this has all the hallmarks of a Bobby Lowder operation. From the Terry Bowden fiasco to the undercover interview with Bobby Petrino to violating Tommy Tuberville's contract to Cam Newton . . . is there any doubt that the tail is wagging the dog at Auburn as badly as in any AD in America?
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A mutual friend asked me what I thought about Tony Barbee considering the Auburn job last spring. I told him the only way it was a good idea was if Tony went in planning to be there just long enough to raise his profile sufficiently to get a better job. The Auburn athletic department is, was, and always will be a sewer. Rarely do I root for the 'AA. In this case, I'll make an exception.
 
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Stopping schools from paying players is much different from harassing TN over a few rouge hostesses, or a coach having a barbeque at his house. The allegations against Cam Newton is what the NCAA should focus on.
 
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#44
Nothing will be made of this. In fact, this is probably a product of the Roll Tide faithful. According to ESPN last night the family provided financial statements to prove funds weren't accepted. Thus far they have complied and the SEC and NCAA has known about this for sometime now.
 
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Beaznvol said:
I'm not calling the entire SEC republicans. That doesn't make sense. Please don't presume to continue with anything except your own thoughts. It was meant to imply competition, sling blade.

I'm simply illustrating that Auburn is competition in recruiting. Recruits sometimes avoid schools that are in trouble, which may improve the chances of landing recruits we obviously need. I don't wish for schools to get in trouble, unless it's Florida. A great percentage of folks on this board would probably agree if Florida got the NCAA "death penalty", they would feel a little bit better about our recruiting chances. If they said they wouldn't they'd be lying.

Bottom Line; Priority #1 VOLS, Priority #2, everything else that's college football.
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Thanks for the lecture, but I already understood your point.
 
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n_gerard07 said:
I'm not excited for this at all. Best case scenario, it hurts Auburn (a team we play little to never) and helps Alabama (a team we hate with all our soul). worst case scenario, Lane Kiffin was involved with something around it... we're already in hot water.... we don't need this.
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You guessed correctly. The original story out of Starkville had us directly in the middle of it, and being the school under inquiry, not Auburn. Did you not find it odd we went from a "full court press" in May of 2009 through October of 2009 then suddenly "lost interest" listing a "one-half suspension" of Newton at JC as the reason why, and suddenly "preferred" Sims? Did anyone notice the nexus to us being investigated by the NCAA at the same time? Did anyone really think the hostess issue was enough to get the NCAA to open such a full inquiry into football? Likely, they find nothing, because of the way such deals typically go down, but this story is not a "good" story for UT if it continues on its original path.
 
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#47
#47
Auburn recruiting well hurts us much more than Bama. Especially considering we have a staff custom made to recruit GA. Saban will not suffer if Auburn is good.
 
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