There was a paranoid thread here not too long ago....

[rightreb]

I believe shortly after the Florida win which speculated that UM would begin the process of hiring private investigators and such simplydue to theapparent positvie turn aroundof MSU football. If I recall correctly, the general attitude from SPS was that Slive would no longer tolerate schools turning in other schools, that those days were over.

So how do y'all feel about it now? I mean throw out what UM supposedly did back in the Sherrill days, or what UM fans
accused MSU fans of doing in attempts to turn it in.

After experiencing Jordon-Hare West in Oxford last weekend, I say fry the bastards.

 

[SyonaraStanz]

MSU didn't turn anyone in; they simply washed their hands of a volatile situation by disclosing all information that they had.

I think the SEC will come under some scrutiny because it appears that they have sat on this issue for almost a year.

 

[skip dog]

Slive mandated that SEC schools would no longer go straight to the NCAA to report other schools, instead they would come to the SEC offices first w/ any alleged allegations & the SEC would decide if it goes to the NCAA (or something close to that). The SEC's way of keeping your dirty laundry in house, what happens in the SEC stays in the SEC, & if it is really bad it will go to the mother ship.

& yes my questions has been, was the "Vaught" predominately AU fans last weekend, b/c it sure did sound like they brought alot ?

 

[DerHntr]

my take on the Newton situation thus far is that this **** was so far out there that we didn't have a choice, either play ball or notify the SEC. the risk of playing ball would be exactly what is happening now to Auburn. so it was really a no win situation.

i think what a lot of us are forgetting is this wouldn't be as big of an issue if the guy hadn't been so damn good. these coaches must have known how pissed off the others would get when a guy as good as Cam was lost to another school (all but Auburn I guess). throw in this agent/handler guy being somewhat open in his shopping for Newton and you end up with a very damn difficult decision to make. and i don't think the decision to sweep it under the rug was an option because it would have been hard for our staff to know how many schools were involved. sort of like the honor code at most universities, even if you don't cheat, withholding information about cheating could also get you into some trouble.

 

[rightreb]

they are the goofiest fanbase in the SEC, I can't really explain it. Just goofy as hell, but obviously loud.

Too many UM fans sell their tickets to the opposing team, so a UM season ticket holder, who has a seat in a designated home section, has to listen to Go Cam! 317 times. The unwritten rule is this, if you happen to get a ticket in an opposing stadium, that is not in a section designated for your team, then keep your mouth shut and enjoy the game.

 

[patdog]

Basically, you report anything to the SEC, not the NCAA. And if nobody's going overboard with it, we'll handle it in-house. I've always thought that if somone got out of line, like Auburn apparently has with the $200K for Newton, the SEC would have no choice but to report that to the NCAA.