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cadillacattack Illegitimi non carborundum est

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Looks like reggie Bush and pete carroll need to get their stories straight .....again :hihi:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_usc_mcknight_2

USC probes possible recruiting violation 2 hours, 25 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES - Southern California is looking into whether it may have violated NCAA recruiting rules while pursuing highly rated recruit Joe McKnight, a university official said.

McKnight signed a national letter of intent with USC on Wednesday and made comments during a news conference that seemed to suggest communications involving former Trojan Reggie Bush, who is now with the New Orleans Saints. Former players are forbidden from telephoning prospective recruits, their relatives or guardians.

"We're aware of it, and we are looking into it," sports information director Tim Tessalone told The Associated Press late Thursday.

The university's action was first reported by the Los Angeles Times on its Web site late Thursday.

USC coach Pete Carroll denied any call took place, and McKnight's high school football coach said the recruit misspoke during the news conference. The star running back has been living with his high school coach, J.T. Curtis.

"It never happened," Carroll told the Times.

During the Wednesday news conference, McKnight said Carroll set up a conference call so he and Curtis could talk to Bush and ease concerns USC might face sanctions.

The NCAA and the Pac-10 Conference are investigating whether Bush or his family received "improper benefits" from agents while he was playing for USC.

Regarding McKnight, Mike Matthews, associate commissioner of compliance for the Pac- 10, said boosters are not supposed to be involved in the recruiting process but could not comment without knowing specifics. NCAA spokeswoman Crissy Schluep also said she could not comment without knowing more.

Curtis told the Times on Thursday that he spoke to Carroll during McKnight's recruitment, but not on a conference call with McKnight or Bush. He also said McKnight told him "Coach Carroll was talking to Reggie on the speakerphone and Joe was able to listen and hear Reggie Bush's side of the story," the newspaper reported.

After being informed of Carroll's denial Thursday night, Curtis called McKnight and later said the recruit never heard Bush on a speakerphone.

"He said when they came in his house, the discussion was brought up about probation and that's when the conversation came up that they had talked to Reggie, but Joe was not there," Curtis said. "He said, 'I was not on the speakerphone. I never called him and he never called me. I want to make it clear I never spoke to Reggie and he never spoke to me. I just messed it up. I shouldn't have said it that way (at the news conference).'"

Curtis said McKnight may have been overwhelmed by the attention and scrutiny that accompanied his announcement.

"At the press conference, it seemed like he got 1,000 questions in five minutes," Curtis said. "If you saw what was going on it would be easier to understand."
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cadillacattack, Feb 9, 2007

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red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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It will all come out.

red55, Feb 9, 2007

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BamaBengalTiger Geaux Tigers !!!!!

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red55 said: ↑

It will all come out.
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Only if someone picks up the rug, because that is were it will be swept. Under the rug.

BamaBengalTiger, Feb 9, 2007

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O what a tangeled web we weave............

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Such BS. They do this crap and then just say, "oh, that's not what we meant, Reggie never talked to Joe like Joe explicitly said happened and Ken Norton never contacted that other recruit in dead period like he explicitly said happened." What a joke!

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You've got to figure that the NCAA scutinizes USC very carefully. I mean the talent they have piled up recently is just way out of line with the avergae school for as long as anybody can remember. Those guys are vengeful. They plotted for years to get Dale Brown and he went through three investigations before they found something that coud stick. They are more careful these days.

They waited until they had Bama by the short hairs before they hammered them. It was no contest. If they ever do find the smoking gun, they will come down very hard on USC.

red55, Feb 9, 2007

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red55 said: ↑

You've got to figure that the NCAA scutinizes USC very carefully. I mean the talent they have piled up recently is just way out of line with the avergae school for as long as anybody can remember. Those guys are vengeful. They plotted for years to get Dale Brown and he went through three investigations before they found something that coud stick. They are more careful these days.

They waited until they had Bama by the short hairs before they hammered them. It was no contest. If they ever do find the smoking gun, they will come down very hard on USC.
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If USC does get caught, i hope they do get punished severely, not just because they're USC, but for anyschool that cheats in general. I can't see them doing it because the fact they are USC and college football is better when the "traditional powers" are better.

LSUTyga73, Feb 9, 2007

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LSUTyga73 said: ↑

If USC does get caught, i hope they do get punished severely, not just because they're USC, but for anyschool that cheats in general. I can't see them doing it because the fact they are USC and college football is better when the "traditional powers" are better.
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I'd call Bama a traditional power. They didn't cut them much slack.

This issue is a minor recruiting infraction. May lose some recruiting visits, or something along those lines. The real investigation will be all the money Reggie's family got while at USC.

TigerWins, Feb 9, 2007

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red55 said: ↑

You've got to figure that the NCAA scutinizes USC very carefully. I mean the talent they have piled up recently is just way out of line with the avergae school for as long as anybody can remember. Those guys are vengeful. They plotted for years to get Dale Brown and he went through three investigations before they found something that coud stick. They are more careful these days.

They waited until they had Bama by the short hairs before they hammered them. It was no contest. If they ever do find the smoking gun, they will come down very hard on USC.
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And they waited till that FedEx (?) package with the $$$ broke open to hammer Kentucky's basketball team :hihi: .

I'm dating myself here, but one of my fondest memories of my time at LSU was when my freshman history professor made everyone in class raise their right hand and solemnly swear that they would never, ever, under any circumstances buy an LSU recruit a fish sandwich so help us God. It was one of those huge classes in Coates Hall. Good times.

Seriously, though, I would love to see USC get hammered. I hope you're right about them. But I fear that it would take something akin to the above-mentioned Kentucky package o' cash to force the NCAA to act.

geauxgeauxhon, Feb 9, 2007

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USC investigating eh? What better way is there to find out what you need to hide? Seems to me that the worst thing that has happened to LSU in recent years was Reggie the Bush being drafted by the Saints... Just another reason for me not to like the guy (as a guy and a player)...

locoguano, Feb 9, 2007

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