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Danny Sheridan : "I found Bigfoot"

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As much as it pains me to say this to a Bama Fan.....

Thanks!:thumb:
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And I've got all my teef, no longer drink out of the toilet and only play wif myself at home and no longer while standing in line at the pizza hut buffet. ROLL TIDE! :thumb:

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Proud Tiger said: ↑

Now Sheridan has been exposed as a fool so we Auburn fans just wanted to share that here for the record.
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Sheridan was an idiot to go back on the radio, but he isn't a hack that follows message boards like I do. He probably knows who the guy as do tons of people - it is really not a big deal. Just go kill him like Alabama does to their boosters and stop bumping it every week.

And if we're going to post Auburn stuiff let us learn how to format articles so idiots like me can read them. Deceks ass should be sitting first row in that seminar.

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tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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Proud Tiger said: ↑

tirk...I can understand why you and other LSU fans wonder why this Sheridan stuff would be posted here. One reason is that there were several posts about it here a couple of weeks ago where Sheridan said he was going to drop a bomp on Auburn. At least one reputable bama fan posted here that he knows Sheridan and said he would back up his claims. Now Sheridan has been exposed as a fool so we Auburn fans just wanted to share that here for the record. Here is another article on it from the ESPN
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no i read some of the sheridan quips a few weeks ago. i was just saying I dont think the stuff you posted was clear or interesting to anyone outside of auburn. i was certain everyone already knew he was a fool.

dont get me wrong, i enjoy the pissing match amongst you inbreds of alabama but unfortunately, I couldnt even muster an interest in this thing.

but I remember seeing sheridan on those sunday morning infomercials 20 yrs ago with the dyed hair and terrible insight on games. im pretty sure nothing he says has ever carried any weight. then again wayne root turned his gig into a political career and you barners and gumps are still listening to sheridan and f-bomb.

tirk, Aug 18, 2011

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Barrett Salle is a columnist and writer for Scout.com and ChuckOliver.net

By Barrett Sallee

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My name is Barrett Sallee. I wrote this piece about Danny Sheridan a few weeks ago. I don't hide behind my keyboard. My e-mail address and Twitter handle are both located at the bottom of this column. I don't live in my mother's basement.

Now that we have that out of the way, let's move on to the disgraceful acts that took place in the studios of the Paul Finebaum Radio Network on Wednesday afternoon.

Danny Sheridan, a sports analyst (oddsmaker) for USA Today, made his long-awaited return to the airwaves after supposedly receiving the name of the "bagman" that paid off Cam Newton's father, Cecil Newton, in order to sway the younger Newton to the Auburn Tigers.

The result? A whole lot of nothing. Raise your hand if you're surprised (put your hand down, you shouldn't be).

Sheridan, hiding behind the advice of Vince Kilborn - one of the most prominent lawyers in Alabama - claimed that he was able to track down the name of this alleged "bagman" through his sources, but couldn't reveal it over the air for fear of A) being sued and B) getting his sources fired.

If Sheridan's source is telling the truth, legal action is out the window. There's no defense from the truth, so if the name Sheridan claims to have is, in fact, the "bagman," Sheridan has nothing to worry about from a legal perspective. Clearly, he's not 100 percent confident that the information he has is accurate.

Sheridan also has nothing to worry about in relation to his sources getting fired. Alabama's "shield law" (section 12-21-142 of The Code of Alabama) protects him from revealing his sources. That law reads as follows:

"No person engaged in, connected with or employed on any newspaper, radio broadcasting station or television station, while engaged in a news-gathering capacity, shall be compelled to disclose in any legal proceeding or trial, before any court or before a grand jury of any court, before the presiding officer of any tribunal or his agent or agents or before any committee of the Legislature or elsewhere the sources of any information procured or obtained by him and published in the newspaper, broadcast by any broadcasting station, or televised by any television station on which he is engaged, connected with or employed."

Sheridan claims that he will take a polygraph test to prove that he's telling the truth. What he is hoping slipped by most people is the simple fact that he IS telling the truth. There's no doubt in anybody's mind that somebody, somewhere told him the name of this alleged "bagman." A simple Internet search would have turned up 20 people that were definitely the "bagman," even before Sheridan made his initial claims. That doesn't make the information legitimate.

A far more likely reason for this fiasco was the drama that played out in an Alabama courtroom over the last few months. Legalized gambling has been a hot topic for several years, but two defendants were acquitted and a mistrial was declared for seven others in a high profile vote buying trial last week. This trial had long been the subject of rampant Internet rumors that phone recordings tied to the case were related to Cecil Newton's pay-for-play conversation with Mississippi State boosters, and Cam Newton's eventual decision to sign with Auburn.

Jim Parkman, a self-proclaimed Alabama fan and attorney for Slocomb Senator Harri Anne Smith, told WRBC Fox 6 in Birmingham, Ala., that there is no trace of any evidence on those recordings.

"I did hear all the rumors they just said. People even say I have a great source that has heard the tapes. There is no tapes I'm aware of. Never has been. I'd like for them to be. I'm an Alabama fan."

So is it a coincidence that Sheridan - an Alabama grad - made his initial claims as the trial was ongoing, and conveniently lawyers up after the trial bears no evidence of any wrong doing in relation to Auburn football? I'll let you be the judge of that, but the answer is pretty clear.

The medium in which Sheridan appeared also warrants criticism. The Paul Finebaum Radio Network is a nationally syndicated circus that originates from the heart of the ongoing Iron Bowl war - Birmingham, Ala. The show is theater. The host, callers and, in this case, guest, all play a role to agitate one side or the other in the never-ending battle for state supremacy. The result is a four-hour radio program that is tragically entertaining and tragically depressing at the same time.

But this time, the act went too far. This was a ratings ploy, plain and simple. Paul Finebaum deserves a lot of credit for the empire that he's built for himself, capitalizing on the fever pitch in which the Iron Bowl exists on a daily basis. But this transparent, pathetic series of appearances by Sheridan on Finebaum's air is the responsibility of the host, and he could have - and should have - have put an end to it long ago.

Six months ago, I thought it was impossible for anyone - and I mean ANYONE - to make Cam and Cecil Newton sympathetic figures. Wednesday afternoon, Danny Sheridan and Paul Finebaum did just that, and they owe the Newtons an apology.

I'll hang up and listen.
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cadillacattack, Aug 19, 2011

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no one feels sympathetic for cam newton or his dirty dad.

and outside of alabama, this sheridan thing is just typical barner/gump foreplay before the local sheep get ****ed again.

tirk, Aug 19, 2011

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tirk said: ↑

no one feels sympathetic for cam newton or his dirty dad.

and outside of alabama, this sheridan thing is just typical barner/gump foreplay before the local sheep get ****ed again.
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sez the man accountable for 36% of the posts in a thread about Danny Sheridan .... :rolleye33:

cadillacattack, Aug 19, 2011

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cadillacattack said: ↑

sez the man accountable for 36% of the posts in a thread about Danny Sheridan .... :rolleye33:
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you're on our board, hoss. you will be kept in check when nonsense prevails.

unless its our own nonsense of course.

durty cam stinks to high heavens but i like the dude personally.

tirk, Aug 19, 2011

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well, well, well ..... Sheridan exposed as a complete fraud:

NCAA statement on Danny Sheridan comments - NCAA.org

NCAA statement on Danny Sheridan comments

Danny Sheridan continues to make vague, unsubstantiated claims without backing them up with proof. Contrary to his claims of having an inside source with details on the Auburn investigation, the NCAA has not provided information to Sheridan or anyone else. As a matter of due diligence, the NCAA spoke with Sheridan this week to determine if he had any facts pertaining to the investigation. Sheridan, however, did not provide any information to the enforcement staff and certainly did not provide a name. Instead, he unsuccessfully attempted to gather information for his own use.
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cadillacattack, Aug 26, 2011

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cadillacattack said: ↑

well, well, well ..... Sheridan exposed as a complete fraud:

NCAA statement on Danny Sheridan comments - NCAA.org
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FYI, the NCAA never tells the full story. In due time they will. During an investigation, nothing is released. This is one of the reasons you never see schools take them to court, they may appeal, that it.

LSUDad, Aug 26, 2011

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FYI, the NCAA never tells the full story. In due time they will. During an investigation, nothing is released. This is one of the reasons you never see schools take them to court, they may appeal, that it.
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I trhink they told the whole story on Sheridan. They in essence called him a fool for thinking he could get info rather than give it. They recognize he has none to give.

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