College Football 2010

[Makkah]

Anyone watching the HBO special tonight? 4 former Auburn players will be smearing Auburn with pay-for-play booster stories.

Few worthy things to preemptively note:
-2 of the players have obvious axes to grind (1 currently has a lawsuit
pending against Auburn for the former training coach pushing him too hard)
- 1 completely wasted his Pro career by blowing 90% of his money
-He also has a charity that HBO is sponsoring
-Former players Junior Rosegreen, Lee Ziemba, Karibi Dede, Ronnie Brown
Carnell Williams, Quentin Groves, Ryan Pugh, among others have
publically claimed these guys are full of poop, going so far as to question
why mediocre players were getting paid when good ones weren't

This is but a segment of the HBO special. May be interesting to watch.

I'm not above admitting that boosters everywhere (including Auburn) probably have their hands out to the players. But the segment comes off as sounding like someone just watched The Program.




EDIT: Late edit so as to not bump thread...


An article outlining 3 or 4 sources also refuting said shadiness:

http://auburn.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1206313

[Keller]

finebaum Sheridan about NCAA investigation at AU,'They think they know the third party & who put up the money.'
36 minutes ago

finebaum Sheridan,'If the dots get connected, major sanctions will follow- vacation of Heisman & national champiosnhip.'
39 minutes ago

finebaum Sheridan,'The investigation on Cam Newton is centered on his recruitment to AU. MSU is not a factor at all.'
41 minutes ago

finebaum Sheridan on Cam Newton investigation,'As I understand it, the NCAA is trying to get an alleged 3rd person or bag man to come forward.'
42 minutes ago

finebaum Danny Sheridan w/PF,'NCAA 's investigation into AU has been revved up since Chiziik's encounter in Destin.'

Rhett is all

[Makkah]

This coming from Paul Finebaum. You know who he is, right?

[Keller]

This coming from Paul Finebaum. You know who he is, right?

I've heard he has an SEC football focused call-in radio show.

Not sure why that is relevant as he was quoting a USA Today sports writer.

[Makkah]

http://www.dannysheridan.com/bio/index.php

Seems like a stand-up dude running that website. Note that he's also a Bama grad. It's just another dude trying to break the story when there is none. Note that the NCAA can not share info like that with media unless the investigation is closed.

I lived in B-ham a year and had to listen to Finebaum daily on my ride home from rotations. He is trash. Just another shit-stirring media-type.

I'm not going to put much faith in more unfounded accusations until actual evidence presents itself. I did that too much last year.