Cam Newton’s Heisman is a victory for fact over suspicions
Auburn's Cam Newton won the Heisman Trophy by a wide margin, but 105 voters chose to leave him off their ballot. (AP photo)
(Updated: 9 p.m. Saturday)
The problem isn’t just that some turned Cam Newton’s Heisman run into a morality play. The problem is how we’re judging morality.
His father tried to pimp him to Mississippi State for cash. So is this was supposed to be a vote for Cecil “Huggy Bear” Newton? Is a Heisman vote suddenly not for the student-athlete but for his father, mother and maybe third cousin? Because if that’s true, clear the trophy case. Start with last year’s winner, Mark Ingram, whose father has been in jail for most of the last 10 years for money laundering and bank fraud.
Cam Newton purchased a stolen laptop when he was at Florida, then panicked and threw it out the window when he heard police footsteps. Big mistake, for which he paid a price (public humiliation).
There have been stories of him being on academic probation at Florida. Sorry, but does this put him in some exclusive company in major college athletics that I’m not aware of?
As someone who makes his living in the world of opinion, it nonetheless astounds me how opinion so often trumps fact today.
Cam Newton won the Heisman Trophy Saturday night. Maybe you don’t like it but it was the only choice that made sense.
Newton’s 2,263 points were far head of the next closest competitor, Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck (1079). But 105 voters out of the 886 returned ballots left Newton off their ballots. For the holier-than-thou voters who want to point to the word “integrity” in the Heisman’s mission statement and yell, “Aha!” — fine. The laptop incident and academic issues at Florida two years ago at the age of 19 prove that Newton is flawed. Welcome to a very large club.
Warrick Dunn, here delivering a new home to Janice Cantrell, is a pretty fair judge of character. (AP photo)
Question: Do Heisman voters hold every candidate to that standard every year, or is this just a new policy of theirs?
But to those who chose not to vote for Newton for the Heisman based on what they think he knew or they think he did or they think he took during recruiting, I would suggest they try peddling that in a courtroom and see where it gets you.
“They’ve done their investigation and the NCAA says he’s in the clear right now,” Warrick Dunn said Friday. “If they say he’s eligible, he’s eligible. People need to just let it go. He deserves whatever he gets.”
Dunn, the former Falcons running back, didn’t win the Heisman when he was at Florida State (he finished fifth in 1996). But he’s in New York with Newton this weekend to accept the Heisman Humanitarian Award for his long-standing.
“Home for the Holidays” program and the work of his foundation.
Few athletes in history have commanded as much respect on and off the field. So his opinion carries some weight.
When asked about Newton as an Auburn quarterback, Dunn said: “He’s resilient. Mentally tough. To be able to focus and stay on course during all of this says something about his character. He’s been able to separate the nonsense off the field with what he has to do on the field. It shows he’s strong mentally.”
As for Newton’s Heisman candidacy, Dunn was bothered that it was even a question.
“They’re just not giving him his due,” he said. “You’re innocent until proven guilty. Most of this is about public opinion, not facts. People want the perfect student-athlete. There are no perfect student-athletes. When I went to college, most of us didn’t even know if we were breaking rules. What if somebody talked to us or gave us a ride or bought us a meal? We didn’t know. I think a lot of what’s happening to Cam Newton just goes back to the Reggie Bush thing [when he had the trophy taken away for NCAA violations].”
Newton overcame his early problems. He plays with pure joy. He lifted a college program like few ever have. He’s one bowl game away from completing arguably the greatest season ever by a college player. He has endured the darkest of clouds hanging over his head, beating Georgia just after the scandal broke, Alabama on the road after it mushroomed and then South Carolina in the SEC title game.
If evidence should come out that Newton knew something or took something, the argument changes. Take away the award. A lack of integrity will be confirmed.
It’s not an ideal situation, but it’s better than the alternative of disqualifying somebody on a hunch. We don’t convict people when we think they might be thinking of robbing a bank. That’s not enforcing morality. It’s a presumption of guilt.
– By Jeff Schultz
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Jerry
December 10th, 2010
11:53 pm
Dunn statement is idiotic.
Focus (keeping out distractions) = character.
Really?
Whole lot of immoral people can focus real well.
Ability to focus has NOTHING to do with character.
Jerry
December 11th, 2010
12:02 am
Anyone voting for a guy known to be without question lacking integrity, a prerequisite so important, it’s in the mission statement of the Heisman organization, obviously has a values problem, an inability to distinguish between right & wrong.
The only question is:
Did Cam Newton act in a manner that deserves being recognized for his outstandsing integrity?
No he did not.
realist
December 11th, 2010
12:08 am
The Heisman trophy eligibility criteria is not restrictive enough to exclude those that lack ethics/integrity – hence no reason to exclude Cam.
“Academic integrity” expectations apply to regular students – not football players. No one actually considers a football player a “student”.
Why is everyone so surprised that Cam Newton is a liar and a cheat? The honest truth is that we expect football players to be “academically challenged”. We are impressed when a football player can get through an interview without sounding like a complete idiot. So why the hypocrisy?
Cam is a classic prototype football player in every respect. His sleazy father prostituting Cam out for a few dollars is a sad cliche. I feel sorry for him. He gets my pity vote.
Jerry
December 11th, 2010
12:08 am
When reputable writers at both Fox Sports & the NY Times, BOTH report Newton cheated academically, 3 times at Florida, 1 his freshman year, twice his sophmore year, you are talking about a deeply flawed character here.
Add the laptop incident, where Cam’s side of the story of buying a laptop from a guy in a van, then throwing it out the window in a panic, begs research.
Add the ESPN interview where Cam CLAIMS he has NEVER spoken to his own Dad about the biggest story in college football: Did his Dad try to get $$ for him to play for a school?
Never. Not 1 conversation? Really? The #1 sotry in college football for weeks.
Jerry
December 11th, 2010
12:13 am
Cam isn’t innocent. NY Time s & Fox sports found Newton cheated academically 3 times over a 2 year period.
Innocent until proven guilty?
Jerry
December 11th, 2010
12:18 am
For some reason, when you think of “integrity”, things like candor, honesty, and incorruptability come to mind.
Candor? Won’t answer questions in a straightforward manner
Honest? ny time s says cheated 3 times academically
Incorruptable? Most think Dad tried to get $180,000 in exchange for Cam’s play.
Integrity? No, no, no.
Jerry
December 11th, 2010
12:26 am
The family of a student-athlete cannot act as agent and receive benefits. Violation of Bylaw 12.3.1
So if Newton’s Dad is ever found to receive benefits, Newton will be declared ineligible, for example, repairs to his church building would qualify if found to be compensation for play.
Jerry
December 11th, 2010
12:32 am
NY TIME S reported that $50,000 was needed for church repairs. Repairs were made. Church has not revealed where money came.
Greg
December 11th, 2010
1:03 am
What a ridiculous premise. Thieves should just be publicly humiliated. This is as baseless as the Nike “Image is everything” group. It’s substance that matters and this young man has shown a lack of it at every turn.
Integrity does matter; no matter how you want to make excuses. Your article is a typical excuse for what is wrong with society. Honor, truth, and integrity are what makes a person special. Says a lot about you as a person.
Supes
December 11th, 2010
1:13 am
NY TIME S reported that $50,000 was needed for church repairs. Repairs were made. Church has not revealed where money came.
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That’s just the beginning…but they are being extra careful with that…as soon as Cam goes to the NFL and signs and gets money it’ll all be for nothing b/c then he’ll actually have a lot more money legally…
sCam Newton eats figs
December 11th, 2010
3:01 am
sCam Newton is guilty as sin. And he refers to himself in turd person all the time, “people don’t know scam newton” and “i’m not gonna talk about what some people be sayin’ i did or didn’t do”…
he’s guilty and all these white guy apologists in the meedya are gonna look silly (but they’ll spin it 9 ways to sunday).
all the newtons be long-legged mack daddies
TybeeDawg
December 11th, 2010
5:50 am
Well, here’s another opinion:
“Cam Newton is the best player in college football. I just couldn’t vote for him to win the Heisman. This isn’t some sort of protest vote. I’m not trying to make a statement about crooked parents or shady boosters or NCAA loopholes or cockamamie explanations or inexplicable exonerations. The reason I left the Auburn quarterback off my Heisman Trophy ballot is much simpler than that. Four of the five Oklahoman writers with Heisman votes chose Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton, above, but Jenni Carlson decided against it after reading through the Heisman voting rules and NCAA bylaws. Why Cameron Newton will win the Heisman without my vote I’m not sure he’s eligible to win the award. On a night when Newton is sure to make several trips onto the stage at the College Football Awards Show, the trophies he wins tonight will be a precursor to Saturday night’s coronation. Oh, I have no doubt that Newton will win the Heisman. He’s a cinch, a shoo-in, a sure thing. And I had every intention of voting for him when I sat down at my computer Monday afternoon to fill out my ballot. I always like to take one last look at the candidates before voting, but Newton was a for sure No. 1. He not only threw for 28 touchdowns but also ran for 20 more, and he did it playing in the toughest conference in the land. The only question I needed to answer was who else was going on my ballot. Oregon running back LaMichael James? Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck? Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon? Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore? After poring over statistics and weighing my options, I finally decided how to vote: 1. Newton, 2. Luck, 3. Blackmon. I typed in their names and their schools. I checked the spelling. All I needed to do was enter my e-mail address so a confirmation letter could be sent my way, then hit the “Submit My Vote” button. But I happened to glance at the top of the ballot and the bold words “Rules Governing the Vote” caught my eye. I started reading.
“In order that there will be no misunderstanding regarding the eligibility of a candidate, the recipient of the award MUST be a bona fide student of an accredited college or university including the United States Academies. The recipient must be in compliance with the bylaws defining an NCAA Student-Athlete.”
An alarm went off in my head. Compliance with the bylaws? According to bylaw 12.3.3., NCAA rules do not allow individuals or entities to represent a prospective student-athlete for compensation to a school for an athletic scholarship. Those words come directly from an NCAA press release, an edict issued a week ago addressing Newton’s eligibility. It went on to say that, “According to facts of the case agreed upon by Auburn University and the NCAA enforcement staff, the student-athlete’s father and an owner of a scouting service worked together to actively market the student-athlete as a part of a pay-for-play scenario in return for Newton’s commitment to attend college and play football.” To me, that sounds like a violation of the bylaws. To me, that means Newton isn’t in compliance and isn’t eligible to win the Heisman. Yes, I recognize the NCAA has declared Newton eligible, but it has also said that reinstatement often concludes before an investigation is closed. This thing ain’t over. But regardless of what may happen with Newton down the road — it may be hard to believe, but I gave no thought to Reggie Bush’s vacated Heisman — I didn’t decide to leave him off my ballot because of future considerations. I left him off because the Heisman rules say that recipients must be in compliance with NCAA bylaws, and in the NCAA’s own press release, it said bylaw 12.3.3 had been violated in the Newton case. I went back to my ballot and started hitting the delete button. The ballot that I submitted: 1. Luck, 2. Blackmon, 3. Moore. Newton will win the Heisman without me.
I just had to vote my conscience.”
TybeeDawg
December 11th, 2010
5:51 am
Cam Newton is the best player in college football.
I just couldn’t vote for him to win the Heisman.
This isn’t some sort of protest vote. I’m not trying to make a statement about crooked parents or shady boosters or NCAA loopholes or cockamamie explanations or inexplicable exonerations. The reason I left the Auburn quarterback off my Heisman Trophy ballot is much simpler than that.
Four of the five Oklahoman writers with Heisman votes chose Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton, above, but Jenni Carlson decided against it after reading through the Heisman voting rules and NCAA bylaws. AP photos
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Why Cameron Newton will win the Heisman without my vote I’m not sure he’s eligible to win the award.
On a night when Newton is sure to make several trips onto the stage at the College Football Awards Show, the trophies he wins tonight will be a precursor to Saturday night’s coronation. Oh, I have no doubt that Newton will win the Heisman. He’s a cinch, a shoo-in, a sure thing.
And I had every intention of voting for him when I sat down at my computer Monday afternoon to fill out my ballot.
I always like to take one last look at the candidates before voting, but Newton was a for sure No. 1. He not only threw for 28 touchdowns but also ran for 20 more, and he did it playing in the toughest conference in the land.
The only question I needed to answer was who else was going on my ballot. Oregon running back LaMichael James? Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck? Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon? Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore?
After poring over statistics and weighing my options, I finally decided how to vote: 1. Newton, 2. Luck, 3. Blackmon.
I typed in their names and their schools. I checked the spelling. All I needed to do was enter my e-mail address so a confirmation letter could be sent my way, then hit the “Submit My Vote” button.
But I happened to glance at the top of the ballot and the bold words “Rules Governing the Vote” caught my eye.
I started reading.
“In order that there will be no misunderstanding regarding the eligibility of a candidate, the recipient of the award MUST be a bona fide student of an accredited college or university including the United States Academies. The recipient must be in compliance with the bylaws defining an NCAA Student-Athlete.”
An alarm went off in my head. Compliance with the bylaws?
According to bylaw 12.3.3., NCAA rules do not allow individuals or entities to represent a prospective student-athlete for compensation to a school for an athletic scholarship.
Those words come directly from an NCAA press release, an edict issued a week ago addressing Newton’s eligibility. It went on to say that, “According to facts of the case agreed upon by Auburn University and the NCAA enforcement staff, the student-athlete’s father and an owner of a scouting service worked together to actively market the student-athlete as a part of a pay-for-play scenario in return for Newton’s commitment to attend college and play football.”
To me, that sounds like a violation of the bylaws.
To me, that means Newton isn’t in compliance and isn’t eligible to win the Heisman.
Yes, I recognize the NCAA has declared Newton eligible, but it has also said that reinstatement often concludes before an investigation is closed.
This thing ain’t over.
But regardless of what may happen with Newton down the road — it may be hard to believe, but I gave no thought to Reggie Bush’s vacated Heisman — I didn’t decide to leave him off my ballot because of future considerations. I left him off because the Heisman rules say that recipients must be in compliance with NCAA bylaws, and in the NCAA’s own press release, it said bylaw 12.3.3 had been violated in the Newton case.
I went back to my ballot and started hitting the delete button.
The ballot that I submitted: 1. Luck, 2. Blackmon, 3. Moore.
Newton will win the Heisman without me.
I just had to vote my conscience.
Read more: http://newsok.com/why-cameron-newton-will-win-the-heisman-without-my-vote/article/3522047#ixzz17nZsAzrg
GT71
December 11th, 2010
7:13 am
Jeff – send a copy of your article to Mark Bradley.
He needs a reminder about all this. He has besmirched the already fairly low standards of his profession over the last several weeks and needs a splash of water in his face. Cold water…very cold water.
But I will say to Mr. Dunn: you are PRESUMED innocent until FOUND guilty.
Felix Millan
December 11th, 2010
7:41 am
no, Warrick—Reggie Bush could have solved his situation by NOT taking the money to start with. Incredible logic.
AltamahaDawg
December 11th, 2010
8:30 am
As Jeff pointed out, the thing that catches my attention the most, (and I have mentioned this in other pages) is that the commissioner states that the SEC is going to be closing the “loophole”. That would indicate to me that their is going to be new language that would have changed the results of his playing those last few ballgames.
I would also be willing to bet that when the NCAA revises thier rules on this, it will NOT be in favor of having a grater burden of proof of intent. It will be more iron clad.
If this had happened back in the summer, the AU fans would have been looking forward to the second game of the year when he was reinstated after sitting out the opener for recruiting violations. And everybody could have feigned thier indignation, how the NCCAA needs to be more subjective, how unfair it is to punish a school for something a player’s Dad did, yes a rule WAS broken, but he said this and that, and no money “actually” exchanged, but, but, but………and the NCAA would have been quite unmoved by any of it.
DKJ
December 11th, 2010
8:36 am
Great Article Jeff! Cam Newton deserves the heisman! His performance on the field speaks for itself; he the best college football player period…………….
W.C. Fields
December 11th, 2010
8:36 am
I’m the one that said, and I quote me, “Anything worth having is a thing worth cheating for.”
Snake Doc
December 11th, 2010
8:46 am
Newton deserves nothing. You journalists and your agendas make me want to puke. The boy’s father tried to extort money, shopped his son around. I believe its against NCAA rules to solicit benefits. Nuff Said. But you wacky journalists and your crazy typing machines will state its not fair, it was his fathers fault, Cam Newton didn’t know anything about it, its not fair.
Thats all hogwash! Thats why you people, journalists, with your liberal arts diplomas should go work in the real world. You folks have no clue, sitting behind a typewriter spouting nonsense, thinking you are the one to change the sports world. Most real people quit listening to the BS that spews from your collective typewriters years ago. You no longer matter nor does the tainted Heisman trophy which is really just a glorification of Sportswriters, not the player.
Bow Wow
December 11th, 2010
8:48 am
Good article, Jeff. The Newton critics are mainly those pups that left Auburn with their tails between their legs: “Newton, Fairley, wah, wah, wah.” It is a shame that more athletes don’t put their money to good use like Dunn. You could build a number of houses for the price of a fur-lined Bentley. We will see which direction Newton takes. He may even return for another year at Auburn.
AU Fan
December 11th, 2010
8:50 am
“NY Time s & Fox sports found Newton cheated academically 3 times over a 2 year period.”
UF denied any of that. Also, it’s a federal offense to release a students grades to the public. If the school released grades, or anyone affiliated with the school, then the school will have a massive lawsuit on its hands.
AU Fan
December 11th, 2010
8:51 am
“Newton deserves nothing. ”
Gotta love hypocritical people who chant “DIE DIE DIE” and yet they have their own skeletons hiding in the closet.
AU Fan
December 11th, 2010
8:52 am
“Thats why you people, journalists, with your liberal arts diplomas should go work in the real world.”
Uh………liberals arts degrees don’t get you a job as a journalist, Forrest.
Coach Johnsons Paul
December 11th, 2010
8:53 am
There is a little law on the books that does convict person’s for “thinking about robbing a bank” and/or planning to rob a bank, it’s called CONNSPIRACY!!! Ever heard of that one???
AU Fan
December 11th, 2010
8:53 am
Bow Wow
Most of the crybaby dawg/bama fans on the AJC blogs A: never went to college and B: totally ignore their own teams flaws.
Case in point: Bama is on probation until 2012 for paying players. UGA had 11 players arrested for different offenses.
AU Fan
December 11th, 2010
8:54 am
“it’s called CONNSPIRACY!!! ”
It’s called SPELL CHECK!!!
AU Fan
December 11th, 2010
8:55 am
“There is a little law on the books”
No one is on trial, Matlock.
Earl
December 11th, 2010
9:05 am
I think he deserves the Heisman, but I ‘m having a real hard time believing he did’nt know what his father was up to.
will
December 11th, 2010
9:07 am
JS: Nothing to do with this story. When is the AJC or someone else going to do a story on
gambling and the amount of $$$ involved with it? Would be interesting to see how much is won
and lost “around” the Division 1 football programs. That would provide some insight into a lot of
“boosters” and their involvement. Always wondered if a lot of coaches are let go because of not covering the spread.
sasquatch
December 11th, 2010
9:08 am
dunn got free shoes while at fsu so he knows the drill.
AU Fan
December 11th, 2010
9:14 am
“I think he deserves the Heisman, but I ‘m having a real hard time believing he did’nt know what his father was up to.”
So, what’s your point?
Pago Pago Dawg
December 11th, 2010
9:17 am
Yes indeed, dunn did go to”free shoe u”.
6-6ers heading to Memphis
December 11th, 2010
9:18 am
You know it sucks to be a dawg fan when your team hasn’t had a good story written about them in over 3 years.
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHHAH
"You name It, The Crimson Tide has done It"
December 11th, 2010
9:32 am
Alabama still gets my vote as college football’s most consistently dirty program.
If I were king of the NCAA, I would not only saturate Alabama with investigators, I would set up a branch office in Tuscaloosa.
In Alabama, cheating is as much a part of the football lore as the houndstooth hat worn by Bear Bryant and that purty dress worn by Mike DuBose’s secretary.
Alabama has seen it all over the last 20 years. Shady loans. Athletes illicitly accepting cash payments from agents and boosters. Multiple probations. Postseason bans. Scholarship reductions. Lack of institutional control. You name it, the Crimson Tide has done it.
Welcome to Alabama, where the NCAA probations are nearly as prevalent as national championships. Actually, in the last decade, Alabama has recorded more NCAA probations (three) than it has national titles (one).
Jerry
December 11th, 2010
9:43 am
Jeff-
I don’t understand how you can be so offended when a Georgia player steals a $35 scooter helmet, but so forgiving when a Heisman trophy candidate buys a stolen $1000 laptop for $120, paints it a different color, and throws it out the window when the cops catch him, resulting in an arrest, and cheats 3 times academically over a 2 year period.
Which is it:
1) $35 theft of a scooter helmet is wrong
2) $120 purchase of $1000 laptop, trying to get rid of it when cops bust him, and cheating academically 3 times over a 2 year period, and father trying to extort $180,000 for his son to play, rather than wait 12 months on a big NFL paycheck?
You seem to show moral outrage over little things Georgia players do, and you seem to show no outrage when it’s Cam Newton.
You can’t be both outraged by the theft of a $35 scooter helmet, and not outraged by all of the immoral choices Cam has made.
smitty
December 11th, 2010
9:50 am
so using PED’s isn’t cheating, right?…..the cam affair is just another symptom of the f’d up sports culture of our society…..i heard it in a song once……”the crumbling difference between wrong and right”
have a nice day…..
UGA class of 71 & 73
December 11th, 2010
10:01 am
Lately at my alma mater ( UGA ) we have witnessed a summer of player drunk driving, one guy got blown out for shoving his gal pal and another for groping one in a Valdsota area bar and another for stealing a cyclist’s helmet and a couple of others for being drunk in public and Caleb King with not having his license on him and failing to appear in court on a similar charge. Dumb stuff ……………..all of it.
Frankly, these moron’s actions are just like the local Atlanta WSB 6 PM news broadcasts ………… disgusting every night.
Absoutely the local police were involved ……………Athens PD and the Social Circle PD and that town near Valdosta State ………..Pooler? Cops handled it. Police took care of it.
My point??? The FBI was NEVER, involved in any of theUGA thugs dealings and including the Jan Kemp affair. Never once did the FBI get involved. Not once.
With the SCAM Newton thing …………………..they ARE involved.
AU family …………………….BE PROUD ………….. you all have a sub prime player and a sub prime coach. Obama would be proud because you are looking the other way.
AU is a fine school with a fine program. This Scam / Victoryland Dog Track episode will forever taint y’all like SMU in the 80s was tainted and has been to this day.
Russ555
December 11th, 2010
10:01 am
More evidence to convince me that colleges have no business in the business of professional sports.
NFL should establish minor leagues to develop their talent.
DK
December 11th, 2010
10:03 am
Everyone has their heads in the sand. Morality does still matter to those who matter. Jeff, you need to get a real job instead of telling us how to think.
6-6ers heading to Memphis
December 11th, 2010
10:03 am
“AU family …………………….BE PROUD ………….. you all have a sub prime player and a sub prime coach. Obama would be proud because you are looking the other way. ”
Sucks to be a whiny little crybaby dawg fan.
DAWG
December 11th, 2010
10:05 am
realist and smitty…..you two have it right.
6-6ers heading to Memphis
December 11th, 2010
10:05 am
“This Scam / Victoryland Dog Track episode will forever taint y’all like SMU in the 80s was tainted and has been to this day.”
Guess that UGA degree didn’t come with common sense. Auburn won’t get probation because Auburn hasn’t been investigated for any wrongdoing.
Also, once again, dawg fans fail to know what the NCAA death penalty is. The NCAA death penalty has only been given out once to a football program. To receive the death penalty, a school has to be on probation and VIOLATE that probation.
The only team that could get the death penalty is Alabama BECAUSE they are on probation RIGHT NOW.
6-6ers heading to Memphis
December 11th, 2010
10:06 am
“Morality does still matter to those who matter. ”
Are you a supporter of UGA or U of Alabama? If so, you are a hypocrite.
6-6ers heading to Memphis
December 11th, 2010
10:08 am
“You seem to show moral outrage over little things Georgia players do, and you seem to show no outrage when it’s Cam Newton.”
UGA had 11 players arrested in one season. Cam Newton didn’t do anything wrong at Auburn. He did some stupid things at UF but like everyone, he gets a second chance and so far has done an outstanding job staying out of trouble.
You should worry about your own losing program.
6-6ers heading to Memphis
December 11th, 2010
10:09 am
“Jeff, you need to get a real job instead of telling us how to think.”
What is your definition of a real job?
AU Fan
December 11th, 2010
10:09 am
I have a big fat belly and live with my mommy.
All I want for Christmas is some freshly squeezed Cammie Cam juice
and I love Robert Gibbs
Jerry
December 11th, 2010
10:10 am
One of the problems with this, is you have a player, with a proven track record of moral depravity.
Now, we’re all supposed to believe the leapoard has changed his spots and become the moral icon?
I ain’t buying it.
Cam Newton’s moral compass is broken.
Whichever NFL team drafts him will regret it.
AU Fan
December 11th, 2010
10:12 am
I also love posting old stories about UGA and ALA that happened 10 years ago.
Better go, mommy needs me to help her get dressed.
Why do UGA fans steal other blog names?
December 11th, 2010
10:14 am
“I also love posting old stories about UGA and ALA that happened 10 years ago.”
11 players were arrested this year. Alabama is on probation until 2012. UGA fans who steal blog names are not smart.
FHA/FANNIEMAE/FREDDIEMAC AU and Scam Newton
December 11th, 2010
10:15 am
These quasi fed gov agencies were over seen by a DEMOCRATIC HOUSE and SENATE not Bush. Oor president is not the Wizard Of OZ ……………..he only signs bill and the House initiates them. The US HOUSE ( AU) controlled all of it or did not control it all. See??
Chris Dodd and Barny Frank refused to allow ANY changes that Bush envisioned to slow down the dangerous lending practices by the banks on home mortgages. These organizations insured them or guranteed a secondary market would exist for the SCAM NEWTON type of loans to folks like Pastor Newton with a sketchy past.
Perfect metaphor SUB PRIME is …………perfect. Any thing to advance the liberal agenda with folks that are shady or sketchy or UNQUALIFIED which Scam Newton was for college. Cna he play ball? Can Barney Frank blow a horn?? You betcha !!!
AU family ……………….be proud ……………….Obama and Chell would be too !!