Iconic Cam goes to the combine, but what’s this about a tape?
Cam Newton throws for the assembled NFL folks, and not particularly well. (AP photo)
Over the weekend Cam Newton went to Indianapolis and did himself no favors. Cam Newton arrived at the NFL combine having already offered a quote that made him sound less like the anchor a franchise seeks and more like … Justin Bieber?
To Peter King of SI.com: “I see myself not just as a football player but as an entertainer and an icon.”
Also this, to Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports: “I don’t want to sound arrogant, but I did something in one year people couldn’t do in their whole collegiate careers.”
Which, you’d have to say, sounded a tad arrogant. Then Newton ran for the assembled scouts and team execs and, you’ll be shocked to learn, ran pretty fast. Then he threw, which went less well. (He completed 11 of 21 passes, which is OK if you’re working against a real defense, which Newton wasn’t.) He also sought to deflect media inquiries about his wayfaring career, saying: “I’m not going to entertain anything that’s in the past. I’m all about the future.”
Speaking of that which Cam prefers not to speak: The latest development, if you care to call it that, regarding Newton and Auburn involves a tape Alabama entertainer/radio host Scott Moore says he has heard in which Cecil Newton, Cam’s father, discussing how much various schools were willing to pay for his son’s services as player/entertainer. The tapes are said to have been made by Mississippi State boosters John Bond and Bill Bell. According to Moore, Cam Newton was in the room during one taped exchange, although there’s no word on whether he identified himself by saying, “Hi, this is Cam, and I’m an icon.”
According to John Pennington of the invaluable Mr. SEC.com:
The word is spreading now that Moore will play the audio recordings on his new radio show in two weeks. Now, what kind of guy would try to build up an audience for the release of potentially groundbreaking news? Somebody trying to build up ratings in order to get his fledgling show into syndication (which Moore has admitted is a goal of his). It’s called a stunt. And this has all the makings of being just that.
For the record, Moore’s Web site — MooreVoices.com — features this description of himself and his talents:
Scott W. Moore is renowned for his college football acumen and uncanny ability to impersonate over 70 celebrities, sportscasters and college football coaches. He is sure to keep your audiences laughing with hilarious takes on Bobby Bowden, Steve Spurrier, Nick Saban, Pete Carroll, Bob Stoops, Ron Zook, Nick Saban, Pat Dye, Lou Holtz, Keith Jackson, Bill Clinton, George Bush and more!
One question: In addition to the always hilarious Bob Stoops, does Scott W. Moore now do an impression of Cecil Newton?
It’s hard to know how to take this. On the one hand, you have one entertainer (Moore) saying he has heard a recording of a conversation for which another entertainer (Cam) was present. On the other, Auburn inoculated itself from Cecil Newton’s pay-for-play solicitation to Mississippi State by insisting Cecil’s son had no knowledge of any overture to anybody. The NCAA bought this defense. Would a tape that puts Cam in the room, so to speak, change the NCAA’s mind? If so, what would happen to Auburn’s BCS title?
Cam Newton told reporters he didn’t go to Indy to talk about the past, a phrasing that sounded a bit too much like Mark-McGwire-on-Capitol-Hill for comfort. It could well be that Newton has a long and prosperous NFL career as both player and entertainer, and when he’s done we’ll still be trying to sort out his one year at Auburn.
By Mark Bradley
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Dawglasville
March 1st, 2011
12:55 pm
Najeh Davenpoop You are right. This is a capitalist society. No one is forced to play college or professional football. You can play any other sport and get paid straight out of high school.
When an athlete chooses to play college football there are rules to play by and consequences when you don’t. If the current system is, “feudal system” or, “a plantation system” then do something about it. You can organize a boycott of watching football. You can try to organize the players to boycott playing football. You seem to enjoy it when people don’t play by the rules and cry injustice when they have to suffer because of it.
dap01
March 1st, 2011
12:57 pm
Cam can not be smart enough to play in the NFL, he thought a laptop could fly.
Kyle
March 1st, 2011
12:58 pm
Cam is a complete and utter idiot. Even if the tape does in fact come to be and Cam is in the room- the spineless NCAA and even more spineless SEC Commish will do nothing…..what a piece of work. Hopefully he suffers a career ending injury and he can go to ESPN as a Iconic broadcaster….or maybe to the NCAA offices as a Iconic Loser!
WDE (We Deny Everything)
March 1st, 2011
1:00 pm
So this is what Aubies want us to believe. Cam Newton turned down $200,000 to play at UT (where they named a college street for a guy who didn’t even win one NC) in front of 100,000 rabid college football fans to play at Auburn for free?!?! I believe that. And t’s March and I’m still waiting on Santa to deliver my Christmas presents.
Wannabe Steve-o
March 1st, 2011
1:01 pm
Yet again you post trash without mentioning two key facts. 1. Moore is die hard bama fan with a major chip on his shoulder because his beloved tide lost a few stupid football games. 2. Moore is a convicted wife beater. Those two facts discredit him immediately. Bradley once again proves to be the copy/paste master of the ajc. How about some real research for once you hack.
Halsey
March 1st, 2011
1:04 pm
You can’t have any character flaws and be a star QB in the NFL. Just look at how perfect guys like Roethlisberger, Favre and Vick are.
DC
March 1st, 2011
1:09 pm
Kyle you are what is wrong with society.
LOL
March 1st, 2011
1:10 pm
dap01, thanks for making me spew coffee through my nose!
Auburn fans are horrible
March 1st, 2011
1:12 pm
Jason at 11:01…You forgot one response to the cheating allegations:
“Georgia players get arrested all the time.”
As if to say ‘We can do whatever we want because so and so got in trouble.’
Queue Wannabe Steve-o at 1:01:
Moore is a convicted wife beater and a bama fan.
I thought I would have to prove my point but you have done it for me. Thanks Steve-o.
Kudos Auburn fans for overtaking Florida fans in a single year for the worst fanbase on the planet. It took Florida fans 20 years to get this bad but you idiots have managed to beat them out in one year!
Joe
March 1st, 2011
1:13 pm
Sounds like alot of clucking in the barnyard…but where are they barnyeard kids on here?? Oh, that’s right they are mourning their trees……Maybe CamMan can use some of the money he got for playing football at DaBarn to plant some new trees……Anything bad that can happen to the Iconic DaBarn is good news to all….
Kyle
March 1st, 2011
1:16 pm
DC….you want to talk about whats wrong with society…..hmmm…might try paying to play…..players that INTENTIONALLY try to hurt other players….a coach that condones it all……hmmmmmm………sounds like a “barn thing to me….
DawginOH
March 1st, 2011
1:20 pm
As much as I’d love to see AU get busted for the pay-for-play, this seems a little fishy.
Kurt
March 1st, 2011
1:21 pm
DC: what is wrong with society is people that ignore the things that have gone on with the Auburn program, puting their head in the sand like the NCAA and SEC did when it came to the Cam deal, not to mention the arrogance of a head football coach that condones bad behavior in order to win at any cost. What is funny is what goes around comes around and it seems to be ringing true for Auburn…..
Last Word
March 1st, 2011
1:24 pm
Auburn folks know deep down that the program is dirty. But the obsession over watching Bama’s success over the years has really gotten to them. Could you imagine what it’s like being second best in the state for so long? (just ask Tech)
Auburn pays players…….duh! They paid Cam Newton $200,000 or so to play there. It’ll come out one day. Auburn may very well get to keep their trophy. But the *NC is not objective. It’s influenced by the opinions of college football fans, writers, coaches, etc. from all over the country.
I was in line at a store behind a guy with a Univ. of Oregon cap on the other day. We started talking football and the subject of AU cheating immediately came up. It’s all over the country!
If AU does get to keep the *NC trophy, it will always be a hollow victory. It is not deserved because it was won under mass cheating circumstances. Everyone knows it. And since the NC is “mythical” and thus subjective, AU’s has been erased in the court of public opinion. AU fans can deny, deny, deny, but everyone else knows it.
Hope it was worth all that to you Aubies.
Kurt
March 1st, 2011
1:27 pm
Congrats Auburn and your fans…..you now rank as public enemy #1 in the world of college football…..cheats and liars…..you make USC look like angels!
DC
March 1st, 2011
1:27 pm
Kyle, chop block U aka UGA give me a break…that stuff happens on the field. I don’t condone it but neither did the coaches…all those hits EXCEPT FOR ONE were legal by nick fairley. And he got flagged for it…but would I wish for bad to happen to another person? No..especially not injury etc..Im hoping you are exaggerating for the sake of making a point.
Auburn fans are horrible
March 1st, 2011
1:32 pm
DC…Uhh that towel swinging coach actually gave Dirty Fairly a high five on the field after his ridiculous un-flagged Ray Lewis celebration dance. A high five generally meeans ‘job well done’ or ‘congratulations.’ If that is not condoning awful play, I don’t know what is.
DC
March 1st, 2011
1:36 pm
Last word, yes and there are unicorns and dragons…stop with your day dreaming and live in the present and in the now. NC is actually hollow but blame the designers who made the trophy. NC isn’t hollow as in the fact that AU didn’t win it…AU is NC for 2010. Period. There is no objectiveness about it. They won the AP and coaches poll and the blah blah blah poll as well.
The guy was an oregon fan..what do you think he would say…haha thats like a red sox fan bashing a yankee fan..
I love how bams throw stones so easily…aren’t you guys on probation already?
Halsey
March 1st, 2011
1:36 pm
I think it’s funny when any fanbase of a major college football program thinks their school is clean. They’re all ‘dirty’. It’s all about degrees of dirtiness.
Buckeyes
March 1st, 2011
1:46 pm
State of georgia (and ecspecially UGA fans) needs to realize this state sucks at football and will never win another natty title!! Get over it and stop trying to bring down schools that actually have a good football program. All schools cheat and the ones that win national titles are the ones that don’t get caught (ala AJ Green). All schools and booster give money to athletes. There called sluch funds ppl and you must be dumber than dirt to believe UGA doesn’t have any. And to all these no class rednecks throwing cheap shots at auburns toomers corner, get some class and a real education by actually stepping into a classroom. Its a thing called TRADITION and if you actually attended a school you would know. Hey how about we poison those cheap ass hedges at Stanford!!!! And no I didn’t go to auburn. Graduated from THE ohio state
The Original WDE
March 1st, 2011
1:51 pm
What’s with all the false bravado coming out of you clowns today? You make it sound like the NCAA just announced shutting down our program.
Basically the headline is a guy with a radio show building up the playing of a tape. Until those tapes are played and implicate Auburn, I couldn’t give a rat’s a&&- and neither would you if it were one of your players involved.
It’s a simple fact that it is impossible to prove that something DID NOT happen. Allegations are allegations, and I expect you idiots to keep pretending you have access to some information the NCAA doesn’t.
As for me I’ll stick to the on-field results until something more compelling comes out. It’s the only thing we all certainly know happened.
DC
March 1st, 2011
1:53 pm
he also was signaling him to get off the field now…
UGA coach does choke sign to kicker (remember that game?)…
Auburn also didn’t have the entire team on the field ready to get in a fight..but we can look back at 1 minute of a game all we want…whatever makes you forget the other 59 minutes of the game
mexdawg
March 1st, 2011
1:55 pm
Auburn-Pat Dye,Bobby Lowder,Michael McGreger-Colonial bank-slush fund-blank ATM cards given to players-rigged bingo machines-paid players.Follow the yellow brick road.That’s what the FBI did.It’s been going on at the barn for years.Just ask Eric Ramsey.
BFD
March 1st, 2011
2:04 pm
I would not hitch my wagon to Cam. Too much smoke for me.
mexdawg
March 1st, 2011
2:04 pm
Hey Buckeye,you mean the same ohio st that is like 1-9 vs the SEC.Give me a break.I seem to recall we were one of those nine in case you forgot.You may be something special in the big ten or whatever you call that weak a#% confrence now but this is the SEC and we sure as hell don’t give a damn about the bucks around here.
Bradley's got no life
March 1st, 2011
2:12 pm
Bradley – get over your hatred at Auburn.
Did the Auburn guys you hit on while in college turn you down?
GET A LIFE.
UGA Fan
March 1st, 2011
2:15 pm
waaaaaaaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
My team sucks and all I know how to do is attack other schools and their players (that I wish we had).
I’m a sore loser.
Robert
March 1st, 2011
2:16 pm
Anyone who talks about rumors instead of FACTS is an idiot.
Yes, this includes most UGA fans.
Keith
March 1st, 2011
2:17 pm
Proud to hate Auburn and anyone associated with the program…..and as far as the comment about the Oregon fan…..dont flatter yourselves Auburn people….Oregon people have more class in their pinky than Auburn people will ever have……again, Lane Kiffen and USC are saints compared to you
Beat the rush...hate AU Early.....
March 1st, 2011
2:19 pm
will be interesting to see the Barners at their away games this year…wonder if they will talk the same smack as they talk on here……what a bunch of slime
Auburn FAN
March 1st, 2011
2:21 pm
SHOW ME THE MONEY….SHOW ME THE MONEY…….SHOW ME THE MONEY……I HAVE NO CLASS…I AM A LOSER….I WILL ALWAYS BE A STEPCHILD IN ALABAMA……..GEEZ……I REALLY AM LIKE DIRT
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Buckeyes
March 1st, 2011
2:33 pm
@ mexicandog
When did this article become about Big Ten vs SEC???? OSU multiple National titles, UGA only 1!!!! Enough said. Typical UGA fan with his blinders on. Why don’t you worry about running your state first, then maybe the SEC East, then the SEC , and THEN maybe you can work on winning the NC and playin OSU. Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t Tech the last school in Georgia to win a NC???? Baby step mexdag, baby steps!!!
WDE (We Deny Everything)
March 1st, 2011
2:39 pm
Buckeye is a poster made up by a *UA fan. Why would any OSU fan have that kind of venom about this subject.
My brother-in-law is an Oregon grad. Even before *AU and Oregon were matched up, he was asking about the Cam Newton situation. Said that most folks out West have a very low opinion of *AU. He even knew about the Milt McGreggor slant.
If *AU’s not dirty, they sure have a huge public relations problem. But I think the problem stems from the dirt.
WIN WITH RICHT
March 1st, 2011
2:40 pm
Suckeyes
OSU does pretty well playing cupcakes. But, when they have to play a quality opponent in a bowl game, they get their nuts handed to them. In the SEC, OSU would only be a mediocre team fighting to break .500.
Buckeyes
March 1st, 2011
2:40 pm
I’m really MikeP. But I got my bottom scorched earlier and I don’t dare come back under that name!
north avenue thug school
March 1st, 2011
2:43 pm
buckeyes
aw yeah b. set them pups straight. y’all be winnin some serious nashnul titles. It don’t matter none y’all ain’t gots to play no body all year or even beat some weak sister in a confrence chmpshim game. y’all had to beat 1 semi tuff team to win dem titles
much love
Art Schlichter
March 1st, 2011
2:43 pm
Did someone mention Buckeye?
Steve
March 1st, 2011
2:45 pm
bama is AU’s curse.
Woody Hayes
March 1st, 2011
2:45 pm
No Art, that was just some ignorant Auburn fan trying to hide behind a Big 10 school.
WIN WITH RICHT
March 1st, 2011
2:46 pm
WDE-Wimpy Delusional Eunuch
You must still believe in Santa and the Tooth Fairy. Get a grip. Calling Auburn’s problem a public relations problem is crazy.
Nachos in dis mudda
March 1st, 2011
2:55 pm
WDE thinks Auburn will repeat next year. Delusional, dopey barn boy.
MikeP
March 1st, 2011
2:56 pm
WDE (We Deny Everything)
March 1st, 2011
11:46 am
“Nice try “Pat”. 1) You’re not a Dawg fan. 2) Cam’s “career”?!?!!? He was at AU for one semester….”
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Hey look. It’s Cobb Dawg back with a whole new name! Embarrassed about what you wrote earlier? This doofus has been told many times how many terms of school Cam Newton attended at Auburn, yet he keeps coming back with “one semester”.
Had it been one semester, Newton couldn’t have participated in spring practice or else not participated in the regular season. I’m pretty sure you remember him participating in the regular season. He played in the spring game and every newspaper story about Auburn’s practices last year included progress reports on Newton . Here’s a thought: Call the NCAA and tell them that Newton wasn’t in school at Auburn last spring. I’m certain they’ll appreciate being sent on yet another wild goose chase by yet another jealous fan of a rival school.
(AU) Asterisk University
March 1st, 2011
3:00 pm
we wun, we wun. we are lak Bammma naw. i live in a traler an muh wafe is also muh cusin. I luv cooch Pat Dye. he is awsum. i’m glad he is our cooch!
MikeP
March 1st, 2011
3:02 pm
dap01
March 1st, 2011
12:54 pm
“David: How could someone with Cam academic past and criminal past be admitted into a university? Only a college that kept Cadillac eligible would admit PC Cam (Icon Cam).”
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You’ve answered your own question. The academic stuff was total unsubstantiated BS, written to increase somebody’s hits on his blog site. Criminal past was buying a stolen laptop, for which he was sentenced to attending a class on awareness. Sounds like a real gangsta’, right?
With not even a drunk and disorderly on Cam’s record. he wouldn’t fit in at UGA, not enough arrests.
TM
March 1st, 2011
3:03 pm
AnotherOpinion2- you probably believed that Mark McGwire didn’t take steroids either. He spoke under oath that he was not going to talk about the past… blah-blah-blah. But as soon as something could benefit him, he admitted taking Roids. I don’t know about you, but if i am accused of breaking rules and i did not. I am going to make sure everyone knows i did not.
The NCAA found Mr. Newton guilty of brokering money from MSU, which is a violation they ignored because they believed Cam “didn’t know” what was going on. I don’t buy it and I am not alone.
Like I said, i am for any evidence that proves either side. And i welcome it.
bamaguy
March 1st, 2011
3:05 pm
I agree with an Auburn alum friend of mine that you can’t go crazy over every rumor (and with the interned there are thousands). You can only deal with the facts as they are made know. The truth, whatever it is, will come out sooner or later. Until then, there are lots of media types trying to cash in on rumor and speculation.
Buckeyes
March 1st, 2011
3:08 pm
HaHa UGAhole fans are so funny. Yeah I’m really an auburn fan disguised as a OSU fan. Good try though. Plus if I was an auburn grad/fan I wouldn’t even have wasted my time commenting and getting into a battle of wits with a bunch of unarmed little boys. But hey come holler at me when you win 5 more NC.
MikeP
March 1st, 2011
3:09 pm
Last Word
March 1st, 2011
1:24 pm
“Auburn folks know deep down that the program is dirty. But the obsession over watching Bama’s success over the years has really gotten to them. Could you imagine what it’s like being second best in the state for so long? (just ask Tech)”
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What planet do you live on? Auburn has beaten bammer 7 of the last 9 years, 17 of the last 30. The Tigers have had the upper hand in this state ever since before Bryant retired. Get real.
cut me in
March 1st, 2011
3:29 pm
if they sell that tape, cam and cecil be wanting them a cut of those proceeds. don’t hold back now.