That's factually correct, but that's kind of combining hypothetical scenarios. My scenario was "if Ole Miss told the truth". We know that's not going to happen, just like we know Ole Miss isn't getting the death penalty. However, for the sake of argument let's say Ole Miss really did come out and say: "Over the past few season we paid 75 recruits to visit us, we also paid 40 players to come to Ole Miss and we put 25 of those players on payment plans and continued paying them while at Ole Miss. This was done with some degree of knowledge and participation from our coaches". Just for the sake of indulging the scenario, how could that possibly not put the death penalty on the table? But we both know Ole Miss was never going to admit all their wrong doing anymore than the NCAA was going to give them the death penalty.
That might apply to you but I'm not sure it applies to me. I was one of the one calling Ole Miss cheaters before Tunsil's class had even signed. A few of us that followed recruiting were adamant about it, but there seemed to be at least an equal number of people around here that seemed to think nothing was going on. The point is, what ever you might have done, or thought, does not apply to me. I was calling them out for cheating when they landed Treadwell, Tunsil, etc... and this was well before they beat Alabama.
That is pertinent because there's no sour grapes, I'm just mad because they beat Alabama or landed Tony Conner type scenario. I was upset because of how blatant and egregious their cheating was. I explained it several times, but I will explain it again. The issue isn't so much did they break any rules, we all know a lot of programs break rules. That's not necessarily cheating. For example, if I take a test and the teacher says what ever you do, do not get out your cell phone! And I do get out my cell phone, but all I do with it is check Facebook, am I cheating? No, I'm not cheating, I'm not looking up answers, but I am breaking the rule. So, for example if a team pays a player who is already going to go to school there, there is actually no advantage gained! That's just one example but you get the point, breaking a rule isn't necessarily cheating. To give another example, what advantage did Alabama gain from the whole textbooks thing? But, Ole Miss cheated, blatantly. They didn't just break rules, they treated recruits like free agents and that isn't really the norm in college football, even at the top programs.
Now, would it be harder to spot cheating at LSU? Yes, it would, because they already are great at recruiting so if they land some huge recruits it won't raise any red flags. We can debate the impact/danger of that though, Ole Miss went from being no threat at all to a threat, but LSU could go from good to great if they had for instance landed Treadwell and Tunsil. I don't see how that would have been a lesser issue, but I will reiterate it would be harder to tell. If LSU's landed those same recruits for those same reasons it would have been far more difficult to spot the cheating, but it would be no less of a concern if it did in fact go on. It's just easier to tell when someone is cheating when the improvement is more dramatic.
