Auburn

[whaler11]

College football really is disgusting. Mike Rice gets strung up (earned) but his transgressions are really nothing compared to what really goes on.

http://www.roopstigo.com/reader/auburns_vainted_title_victims_violations_and_vendettas_for_glory/

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

Seems pretty stupid to treat your own players like that. I can't imagine how it could help the program.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

I need to take a shower after reading that.

Win at all costs? Not for me.

 

[huskymedic]

Jason Kirk (@JasonKirkSBN)
4/3/13, 9:09 PM
Almost everyone quoted in the Mike McNeil story besides Mike McNeil is shooting it down:
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/4/3/4180300/auburn-football-mike-mcneil-story

Never thought much of Selena Roberts reporting...

 

[whaler11]

Off the top of my head but her ARod and Lance Armstrong stories don't seem inaccurate. Think she had a Duke lacrosse story that probably doesn't hold up.

People retracting direct quotes? Seems impossible that she would fabricate quotes from multiple sources. Come on with that.

She's an Auburn grad if what I've read tonight is accurate....

 

[huskymedic]

Picking up steam...

http://espn.go.com/college-football...recruiting-rules-gene-chizik-according-report

 

[Chin Diesel]

Off the top of my head but her ARod and Lance Armstrong stories don't seem inaccurate. Think she had a Duke lacrosse story that probably doesn't hold up.

People retracting direct quotes? Seems impossible that she would fabricate quotes from multiple sources. Come on with that.

She's an Auburn grad if what I've read tonight is accurate....

That's what they said about the NYT reporter.

 

[whaler11]

That's what they said about the NYT reporter.

Always a chance she made them up, but pretty doubtful.

Regardless, is there any doubt that Auburn is one of the five dirtiest programs? North Carolina makes up classes and grades - that doesn't even get you in the top 20. Schools like Auburn just go ahead and make large cash payments.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Always a chance she made them up, but pretty doubtful.

Regardless, is there any doubt that Auburn is one of the five dirtiest programs? North Carolina makes up classes and grades - that doesn't even get you in the top 20. Schools like Auburn just go ahead and make large cash payments.

The SEC schools are openly paying their players. No one cares anymore. Old news.

 

[ZooCougar]

Jason Kirk (@JasonKirkSBN)
4/3/13, 9:09 PM
Almost everyone quoted in the Mike McNeil story besides Mike McNeil is shooting it down:
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/4/3/4180300/auburn-football-mike-mcneil-story

Never thought much of Selena Roberts reporting...

Yeah because a bunch of college athletes are more credible than the responsible adult journalist. Ooooooookay....

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Jason Kirk (@JasonKirkSBN)
4/3/13, 9:09 PM
Almost everyone quoted in the Mike McNeil story besides Mike McNeil is shooting it down:
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/4/3/4180300/auburn-football-mike-mcneil-story

Never thought much of Selena Roberts reporting...

You really think those kids didn't say those quotes? I guess we'll find out when they sue her.

 

[freescooter]

This just in. NCAA President Mark Emmert announced that in light of the unprecedented accusations arising about Auburn football, Alabama A&M will receive the death penalty for the 2013 and 2014 season.

 

[IMind]

I'm shocked I tell you... shocked... and I'll be just as shocked when Kentucky's championship under Calipari is vacated.

 

[huskymedic]

You really think those kids didn't say those quotes? I guess we'll find out when they sue her.

Didn't say that and she is standing by her quotes. I just said I never thought much of Robert's writings (especially from SI days... she had that rotating opinion column on the last page).

 

[Durks07]

This just in. NCAA President Mark Emmert announced that in light of the unprecedented accusations arising about Auburn football, Alabama A&M will receive the death penalty for the 2013 and 2014 season.

That'll show' em!

 

[huskymedic]

Dogpile on the Tigers... Dogpile on the Tigers...

http://espn.go.com/college-football...s-football-players-failed-synthetic-pot-tests

"The 2010 national champion Auburn Tigers were gripped by an epidemic of synthetic marijuana use that led to a rash of failed drug tests and a decision at the highest levels of the university to keep the results confidential, ESPN has learned.

A six-month investigation by ESPN The Magazine and "E:60" into the spread of synthetic marijuana at Auburn reveals that a dozen students on the football team, including its star running back, Michael Dyer, failed tests for the designer drug. The investigation also found that because the school did not implement testing for the drug until after it won the national championship in January 2011, as many as a dozen other seniors who used synthetic marijuana were never caught."

*Edit

The counter-argument - http://auburn.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1491830

>>The parent of a former Auburn player said Gene Chizik made things very clear to players in 2011 that using synthetic marijuana would result in disciplinary issues. Aegis Sciences Corporation of Nashville, which handled the department's drug testing needs, hadn't yet developed a test for the then-legal substance when Auburn requested one in September 2010. Auburn agreed to help Aegis create a new test by offering urine samples for use in clinical trials. Twelve football players tested positive during the first two months of trials, a fact first reported by ESPN.com and later confirmed by a knowledgeable source, though the athletic department didn't formally add "spice" to its own list of banned substances until August 2011. The NCAA added "spice" to its own list of banned substances in August 2011 as well.<<

Think ESPN accelerated their story after Roberts released hers?

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT - An SEC program covered up violations to protect national championship winning football team, leads multiple felony arrests.

 

[huskypantz]

SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT - An SEC program covered up violations to protect national championship winning football team, leads multiple felony arrests.

There is so much corruption you just don't know where to start. The school runs the town. The football equipment manager holds a more prestigious position than the police chief. It's obvious that the cops don't take a dump without calling the coaching staff first.

 

[traitor71]

I'm not surprised to hear any of this. I have a good friend from high school that went on to play for Minnesota. His strength coach went on to work at Auburn and was there during this period. Anyway, the two had become pretty good friends after his playing days so he always had a few tidbits of info here and there. Mostly stuff about guys behaving crazy, never having to worry about a grade, etc. He did once tell me that "whatever they are saying about Cam Newton isn't true..it was a lot more money and the state trooper that escorts him around isn't just there to keep the media off him, but to manage the flow of women that Newton would be seeing on a daily basis". He never mentioned anything about drugs however, just guys drinking like crazy, which in itself is probably not that out of the ordinary.


I know..."cool story bro".

 

[Nostical]

the state trooper that escorts him around isn't just there to keep the media off him, but to manage the flow of women that Newton would be seeing on a daily basis

That's the exact same thing I heard from a lawyer friend in Little Rock when Bill Clinton was Governor, lol.

 

[traitor71]

That's the exact same thing I heard from a lawyer friend in Little Rock when Bill Clinton was Governor, lol.

I wish I had a state trooper to manage my women. Hell, I wish I had women that actually needed to be managed.

I'm glad my wife doesn't read these boards.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

I wish I had a state trooper to manage my women. Hell, I wish I had women that actually needed to be managed.

I'm glad my wife doesn't read these boards.

She'd be more upset if she knew you used her picture as your avatar.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

This just in. NCAA President Mark Emmert announced that in light of the unprecedented accusations arising about Auburn football, Alabama A&M will receive the death penalty for the 2013 and 2014 season.

And UConn men's basketball will lose two more scholarships a year til 2016 and they will be ineligible for next year's NCAA as well as the Conference Tournament for whatever the heck conference they're in.

 

[huskymedic]

So much for that... thought the whole Roberts story was about his innocence (and Auburn bailing on him + "infractions")?

Former AU player McNeil withdraws not guilty plea, sentenced

Posted: Monday, April 8, 2013 9:55 am | Updated: 10:17 am, Mon Apr 8, 2013.

Mike McNeil has withdrawn his not guilty plea and has agreed to plead guilty to first-degree robbery. McNeil has been sentenced to 15 years and must spend three years in prison and three years on probation. McNeil was charged with armed robbery along with three other teammates of an Auburn residence in 2011.

Last week, Circuit Judge Chris Hughes denied granting a motion from McNeil’s attorney, Ben Hand, to withdraw from his representing his client and that McNeil should seek other options before trial, such as adding another attorney.

We will update with more information as it becomes available.

http://www.oanow.com/news/article_5b967954-a05c-11e2-a3c1-0019bb30f31a.html

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

So much for that... thought the whole Roberts story was about his innocence (and Auburn bailing on him + "infractions")?

Former AU player McNeil withdraws not guilty plea, sentenced

Posted: Monday, April 8, 2013 9:55 am | Updated: 10:17 am, Mon Apr 8, 2013.

Mike McNeil has withdrawn his not guilty plea and has agreed to plead guilty to first-degree robbery. McNeil has been sentenced to 15 years and must spend three years in prison and three years on probation. McNeil was charged with armed robbery along with three other teammates of an Auburn residence in 2011.

Last week, Circuit Judge Chris Hughes denied granting a motion from McNeil’s attorney, Ben Hand, to withdraw from his representing his client and that McNeil should seek other options before trial, such as adding another attorney.

We will update with more information as it becomes available.

http://www.oanow.com/news/article_5b967954-a05c-11e2-a3c1-0019bb30f31a.html

You're tough to read sometimes because you seem to try to imply a lot of things without actually saying them.

I think McNeil is probably guilty of this crime. But I also think a lot of what was reported by Roberts concerning the university and their handling of things is true. They are not mutually exclusive.