Exactly..Seems they're made of Teflon when it comes to the NCAA..The rumblings have been there, but it's hard to fault folks for believing that nothing will ever touch AU...
Exactly..Seems they're made of Teflon when it comes to the NCAA..The rumblings have been there, but it's hard to fault folks for believing that nothing will ever touch AU...
Would that be the SEC that threw us under the bus a few years ago? I'm a Bama fan first and foremost. I couldn't care less if they ever won another game down on the plains.I think we all saw this coming but in my opinion this is not a good thing for the SEC nor Bama. While it has been fun to watch all it does is give the SEC haters more reason to hate and more importantly diminish the rivalry between Bama and AU. Our schedule has been ripped all year by the media for being weak and Ark and Au are a big part of that. I would much rather beat a undefeated Au team than one that can't even win a conference game. Just my opinion...
If anything the idiot Emmert and his worthless NCAA have tried to demonstrate toughness lately - think Penn State and now the USADA/Lance Armstrong method trying to force the Miami athletes to talk. It looks like they'll make an example of the boogs after their cowardice in the scam case IF they can - think sending a message about grade changes/forgery, etc. And maybe now with their newfound courage they'll not be as afraid to take on the aubs lawyers.It can be dangerous to rely on precedent when trying to predict the fallout of an NCAA investigation, but here goes:
1. The Aubs are in a world of hurt here. The NCAA was embarrassed by the Cam case, and didn't like being made to look like they condoned a father taking bids for his son's services. They are well and truly angry and embarrassed.
2. Remember when they got embarrassed by botching our Stallings / Ingram / Langham / Jones case, and ended up rescinding essentially all our penalties and paying Tom Jones an undisclosed settlement believed by many to be in seven figures? With help from SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer and Phil Fulmer (no stranger himself to playing Brutus), they later trumped up some stuff on Logan Young, Ronnie Cottrell and Memphis, and violated their own punishment guidelines. After letting it drag on for 2+ years, with information conveniently leaking out in the two weeks leading up to signing day.
3. They will make real sure the barn doesn't skate this time, in part to salve their own sore hindquarters dating back to Cam. I don't know what they'll do, but it's gonna hurt.
4. Get ready. It's coming. What does the Barn do when it gets into trouble? It points the finger at big brother. Baits players and makes up stuff if they have to. Before signing day, 2013, some barn booster will allege / fabricate / frame something about our recruiting. Guaranteed.
5. I''m not worried about it. We've recruited so well for so long that I have to believe every coach who hasn't been able to compete has tried to implicate us in something. Through all that, there has not been a whiff of substantiated evidence of wrongdoing. Lots of lies, lots of paranoid allegations about the nefarious CIA-like power of the REC, even some minimally-successful attempts at entrapment. But nothing close to implicating the coaching staff. I'm just saying they'll try to divert attention from their own cesspool, and history says we'll be the target.
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I'm wondering if the only reason Trooper/Luper are still around is because they know where all the bodies are buried. You would think a program would fire and distance itself from any assistant(s) that bring down the hammer.
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Yes! :cool2:is Phillip Marshall auburn's PR man or the party mouthpiece??
I won't believe it until I feel the concussion and see the fireball.And boom goes the dynamite.