By Shane from Centerpoint
I’ve often said that the Auburn football program would probably never be able to compete with the University of Alabama unless it cheated. Apparently, as evidenced by the multiple punishments and resulting probations over the years, several of the head coaches who’ve lead the Tigers in the past agreed. So much so that Auburn is one of the most penalized institutions in the history of college football.
In fact, I feel truthful in stating that almost every single issue Auburn has ever had with the NCAA directly involves its attempts to compete with Alabama.
And, in spite of its desire to be treated with the same national respect as the legendary, tradition–rich Crimson Tide, Auburn remains the “Rodney Dangerfield” of the sport. In their minds they’ve never received the admiration they feel they deserve.
One of the more revealing pictures indicating that Auburn may feel the need to “bend the rules” – to lure high–caliber talent to Lee County – lies in the demise of former Tiger coaches Tommy Tuberville and Terry Bowden. Both had no history with the NCAA and had solid winning records at Auburn, yet they were fired anyway. What did Auburn want from them that they refused to give?
Anybody smell a fish? I’m not insinuating anything here, but every other Tiger coach since 1957 has been in front of the infraction committee’s gun barrel.
Just look at Auburn’s latest attempt to catch the Tide. It included committing minor NCAA violations (Big Cat Weekend) in order to generate attention. In my opinion the tactics used by team Trooper/Luper displayed a blatant disregard for the recruiting rules that govern the conduct of an NCAA member institution.
Keeping Auburn’s well-documented, long-time relationship with the NCAA in mind, and noting the self-reported actions of the current staff, no reasonable person could say it’s outrageous to suspect that the Tigers could be pulling shenanigans again.
Currently rumors abound surrounding Auburn’s resurgence on the recruiting front. Several issues have surfaced recently, but the sudden conversion of high-profile athlete Cam Newton – from a solid Mississippi State commit to an Auburn Tiger – caused an Internet meltdown.
I hear that State head coach Dan Mullen – who previously coached Newton at Florida – is furious about how Newton was influenced to change his mind. Some say he could possibly file a complaint with the SEC or the NCAA.
Actually, I think Auburn’s desire to make a supposedly great athlete with a questionable history its poster boy – in spite of the risk – smacks of desperation. Who knows, the Tigers may be trying to project the image that they are “Second Chance U”.
Maybe Trooper and Luper have convinced Chizik that there is a gold mine full of former lawbreakers out there who can guide his team to the Promised Land.
Anyway, as I look at what I call “Project Cam”, I’m having trouble understanding if Auburn converted the younger Newton or his father, Cecil.
According to Cecil himself, “He (Cam) had a relationship with Dan Mullen and there was a comfort level there”.
Yet, it appears the Auburn staff somehow convinced Cecil (daddy) otherwise. In the very next sentence he says of Mississippi State, “I don’t think that was the right place for Cam”. He then states that Auburn came on strong at the end.
How strong, Mr. Newton? Don’t get upset that I ask, because the school that stole your son from Starkville is as notorious as its history indicates.
By the way, I hope you aren’t buying the “Gus Malzahn thing”. Everybody, even Chizik, knows Malzahn will take the first legitimate head-coaching job that comes his way.
Evidently Auburn is promoting a player who’s been deeply involved with thuggery as the centerpiece of its recruiting class. Cam’s dad Cecil seemed to approve as he described the impact of Cam’s commitment. He said, “You can see the momentum snowballing. Auburn is making a big move”.
That could be dangerous. We all know what’s happened in the past when Auburn’s tried “coming on strong” or using “big moves” to enhance recruiting efforts in reaching for the “stars”. The NCAA record book tells the story well.
Shane writes a weekly column for the Call News and the Capstone Report.
shane, congrats on another worthless article. Its good to see how you waste your time. Did this one take you a whole week to come up with. I love how your fan base buys into it to, you guys are the mullet cult, lead by little nicky himself.
Why are you guys so scared of Auburn recruits…oh wait, because we are bringing in some talent and you fear that. watch out, bammer will be no more when nicky gets caught cheating and it might be sooner than you think…
Shane why the hell are you even worried about Auburn? Yall just won your 28th national championship! Celebrate! Quit worrying.
Auburn cheats? Hell, yall are “staring down the gun!” Remember?
Antonio Langham?
Albert Means?
You talk about Auburn being in trouble so much and we haven’t ever won a damn thing. Yall are the ones with 29 national titles! Right Shane?
What about Dre Kirkpatrick, Kendall Kelly, and Jerrell Harris? How about that Shane? When is the last time that many recruits from the SAME school (Gadsden City High) went to the SAME university? How about the fact that Gadsden City’s AD’s daughter was given a job at the Crapstone shortly after those kids signed? I guess that’s a coincidence as well huh?
Screw you Shane. You Jackass.
Yo Shane,
Congrats on writing an article without a major spelling or grammatical mistake. Must be a first.
Remember, if history teaches us anything, 3 years following a UAT national championship we’ll start finding out how they did it. Since the Bahr, you can’t duck the penalties.
Bammer is going to get hit, and hard. Take it from one who’s paying part of the bill for some major detective work. We’ve already found a lot in Gadsden, and you know what I’m talking about.
2013…year of the death penalty for Bammer. Welcome to SMU land.
Corny Boy
Face it if you weren’t F Bombs bitch or personal cock sucker you would not have this forum. You are obsessed with the Barn while the Tide is high.
You are pathetic.
Guru,
Yeah Right!!!
LMFAO!!!!
RTR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a joke of an article! Well, I guess i forgot who wrote it! Shane, let me ask you, who is on Probation right now??
Shane, I guess the ice machine business is slow this time of year. You and Finbaum are both idiots. Whatever happened to that Chet Williams investigation you were doing? Can you explain how bammer claimed a N C in 1941 when they finished 3rd in the SEC,and got beat by Miss. ST and Vanderbilt?
Spurrier must be cheating. I mean, for Lattimore to go with SC over Auburn, with all the cheating Chizik and Co. are doing, Spurrier must be cheating. That’s it. Spurrier pays players. South Carolina will be on probation soon.
Shane, I’ll send you a bill for writing your next blog.
inbred shane back in june the ncaa said ua@t has cheated more than any major college football team in america. get your facts correct idiot. auburn will beat the terds in recruiting this year lil one.while bama fans continue to be the joke of college football wearing shirts with 13. you toothless bastards are as stupid as you look. brush your tooth today. ROTFLMFAO
Kosmo,
I’m not Shane, but you are a freaking idiot. The NCAA did not call Alabama that. In fact, Auburn has about 2x as many major NCAA violations as Alabama….that puts you up there right behind SMU.
When AU people talk cheating, it is funny considering that it really is the Auburn Creed.
Your friend,
Alan
capstonereport, are you inbred shanes
big bubba? you idiot i read what the ncaa said to ua@t. you have 16 programs on probation until june 12th 2012. we all know your football team will be hit with severe probation before then. ua@t has cheated so long it has become a habit. the end is near toothless one.
Kosmo,
I feel sorry for someone like you that forgets Auburn is one of the most penalized programs EVER in the history of the NCAA. Your program was even on SERIOUS PROBATION when you won your ONLY championship.
My guess is you’ll end up on on serious probation BEFORE you win another SEC Championship.
Cappy,
Missed the Coleman thing pretty bad huh? The imp couldnt persuade him. WDE, it must suck today to be a Bammer.
Hey Shane,
You do realize that all of your so-called “evidence” is equally applicable to Bammer’s recruiting over the past few years, don’t you?
If history is any guide, we’ll find out within the next couple of years how Bammer got Julio Jones and others. And within 4 years Bammer is back in front of the NCAA “staring down the barrel”.
You are a goof.
CRAPSTNEREPORT, NOW THAT AUBURN IS BACK BEATING UAT CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YOU PITIFUL BASTARD YOUR DIDDY DID NOT RAISE YOU VERY WELL I SEE. UAT’S FOOTBALL PROGRAM WILL BE HIT HARD BEFORE JUNE 2012. ALL THE MONEY BAMA HAS PAID OUT TO THESE RECRUITS OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS WILL COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU. HOW MUCH MONEY DID IT COST BAMA TO HIRE THAT HITMAN TO KILL LOGAN YOUNG? THE POLICE IN MEMPHIS HAVE DECIDED TO REOPEN THE CASE. BAMMERS BETTER BE SCARED
You know the problem with you university at auwish is, you just don’t have a clue.
You get your first top 5 class in history and all of a sudden you’re back. Probably even throwed toilet paper in tress. Thats understandable though, since thats where most of your kin reside.
You speak of history only when it benefits your stance on a subject. But based on history if Bama were to stop playing football today it would take the chessers 1200 years to catch up. Now that is something to be real proud of. Keep running that mouth, cause once again it WILL be shut by the end of November.
ROLL TIDE BABY!!! 13 and COUNTING!
YO! “Kosmo,” it was in ONLY ONE of the 3 sets of rankings I checked that AU’s class was considered better than Alabama. What’s VERY NOTICEABLE about this AU class is that there are 32 commits when the most that some other schools listed were 29. Alabama signed 26, so you can’t say that ‘Bama was one of those that signed 29. What’s FUNNY is that you had to sign 32 AND THEN you beat ‘Bama in ONLY 1 SET OF RANKINGS! As for these violations that several barners have accused Alabama of, where’s the proof? If you have ANYTHING CONCRETE, SHOW US! I asked this question about the so-called “shenanigans” in Gadsden and I have YET TO SEE any PROOF!
Come on now Bammer From St. Clair! You didn’t see those Big Foot like grainy photographs from that “packet” that made the rounds? That isn’t proof enough that Alabama cheated???????????????????????
…..about as much as y’all have on Auburn….
1) Run a clean operation, always on the up and up, and sleep good at night.
2) Outsmart and stay one step ahead of your competition and NCAA and hope you never get caught.
or………
3) Make sure you have as much dirt on your competition as they have on you, and shield one another for the betterment (and protection) of both programs.
I think I’m going with number 3.
Am I wrong, but isn’t Alabama on probation now?! Think before you speak rednecks. LOL
hahahahahahahahah. Keep up that pompous, arrogant attitude bammers.
AU FOOTBALL: Cullman lineman spurns Bama for Tigers
By Andrew Gribble | Auburn University Beat Reporter
Published: February 7, 2010
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nowBuzz up!Auburn’s recruiting machine kept on chugging Saturday, and, in this instance, threw a kink in Alabama’s.
More than 100 fans gathered at a Cullman sporting goods store to see big offensive lineman Spencer Region commit to Alabama, but left shocked when he announced his intentions to sign with Auburn in 2011.
AuburnSports.com, AuburnUndercover.com and AUTigers.com all reported the story first Saturday.
“Some stuff happened (Friday) night, and then this morning I chose Auburn,†Region told AuburnSports.com. “There were a lot of Alabama fans (at the announcement) because I guess they took me for granted. They thought I was a lock.
“I felt like I was taken for granted even by the coaching staff at Alabama. That’s just not where I need to be. I’m not about to go into that kind of program.â€
Region, at 6-foot-6 and 330 pounds, is expected to be one of the state’s top prospects when the 2011 recruiting rankings are released.
Region joins junior-college safety Izauea Lanier (East Mississippi Community College) as the first two Auburn commitments for 2011.
So auburn beat us in recruiting, in 1 poll anyway. Avereage it all up and we’re equal for the year, at best. When you sign back to back # 1 classes, it gets a little harder to get everybody you want. Auburn still won’t compete with us this year. It will be next year they might get us. We’re gonna win it all again this year. Our offense will be better, defense the same, and hopefully ok at kicker. Everybody fears Alabama and Saban now We should leave the SEC and join the NFL. RTR