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Saban has also fired a very good recruiter and position coach, for lying to the NCAA(and Saban) about breaking the bump rule. He has given several questionable guys a second chance, see Kiffin, Sark, Locksley, the kid from UGA(that he kicked out as soon as he was accused again, even though the accuser later recanted). There is no comparison between the college game and the NFL, so don't try to make that argument. Hell, if he had gotten what he wanted, in Drew Brees(the doctors told him he would never recover), he may not have failed at that level, he was only there two years anyway. He improved them in his first year. Guess what, Landry did not start out too well, neither did Belichick or most any legendary NFL coach. We have zero idea if he would have turned it around. I doubt he would have, as he hated the job. (insert your reasoning here). No coach in history can stop all the booster shenanigans. They can make them be more "on the sly" about their dealings, so exact details do not get back to them. FWIW, I have not heard nearly as much bragging about the handshakes as when Shula was still the coach. Does not mean it has stopped, just that they are being more careful.

Where did I state that he is ignorant of these type things happening. I said he told us not to do it and he very likely does not want any officials with the school involved in any way. That is the way you get hammered. He is smarter than that.

I said it above, I know some of this shit goes on. I have personally heard from the horse's mouth, from other boosters, of the $100 handshakes(FYI, that does not mean just $100, just means accidentally bumping into a player and slipping them a envelope with cash in it). I honestly did not know that much about Lupoi until this kid, when the Husky fans went apeshit and I read up on his dealings. FWIW, I do not pay that much attention to recruiting. I have posted more in this thread, today, than I have in total on this section since I joined the Shag(now Surly). I would hope that Saban would put a lid on that shit. He can't do it with the boosters, nobody can shut that shit down but you can take care that your guys in house don't do stupid shit. Just like when he hired Sark, he told him stay away from the booze or you are done, no third chance, you are already on your second chance.

I mean, it may very well be that this new kid or his family might be getting a little "help", then again, it may be 100% on the up and up. I just don't think every time a player goes somewhere he was not expected to go, that it means something shady had to happen. One of my favorite examples was Dre Kirkpatrick. Everyone made a big deal when they saw him driving a two year old Dodge Charger. His mother was a RN at Gadsden Regional Medical Center, the same place my niece was working at the time.My niece had three kids that are from an AA father who skipped out on them. The oldest, named Cameron, of all names, just turned 16 recently. She made him a deal, he will basically be responsible for his little sister and brother, when she is not around and she bought him a 2016 Nissan Rogue, which she bought for 18k cash in hand. Her 5 year old Suburban is also paid for, her house(in a lower-middle class neighborhood), she is still making payments.

Of course it was not an isolated event. It was likely far bigger than most others, as it drew the attention that it did. I know for a fact that boosters have been giving the $100 handshakes for years. I have heard it firsthand, at booster meetings. I think almost every program has those. It is when they do something like Means or like Cam at AU or Bush at USC, that it gets to be ridiculous. I don't think Saban has anything to do with any of it, as I have heard him speak at events and he firmly told us not to be contacting recruits. That does not stop them from doing shady stuff but it is not directed from him. He honestly does not need to do that. In fact, he purposefully goes after the players without any diva in them. Those are usually the ones that are wanting to get paid to play. Still, a few divas do get through the cracks. Sometimes, even if the player is not one, they have family that are sticking their hands out.

As have I. Any time I see a new face/bod I like in Hollyweird, first stop is Wiki for their DOB.

Even if they have been paying them all along, I doubt they are outbidding anybody else. They could bid the same as most anybody else and get them due to all the other benefits of playing there. Facilities, blueblood status, history of Saban putting players in the league, etc.

^While she is underage on the show, she is legal IRL.

Yeah, the Huskies on reddit are going nuts over this. Although, Bama was one of his finalists originally. Also, he could be one of Tua's 10,000 cousins. They think it is all Lupoi's doing, they said he got caught giving a small amount of cash to one of their recruits, when he was with them. Who knows. If he is, as long as he isn't beating up women or covering for domestic abuse/rape, then I do not give a flying fuck. I used to care about those things until I saw the shit that went down at PSU, then Baylor, then MSU and now tOSU. Paying a player does not even faze me anymore.

Lot of he said, she said, what have yous, so and so but the decommit from the Huskies, mentioned above, just committed to Bama.

Nassib was way off on his calculations but maybe he does get some of those guys to save some money and not leave the league broke as fuck. Also, kinda like the instagram note he pushed on them at the end. Had not paid much attention to the Browns or their head coach in recent years. Feel sorry for the dude's family issues but he seems to be a dumbass of a HC. Ol' Fat Freddie brought up a good point and the DC backed him up, HC puts the immediate kibosh on their suggestions.

Supposedly after opening the new Dome in ATL, with the family friendly pricing, they made a pretty decent increase in profits over the previous year. Now part of that may also be because of it being a new stadium, better layout or other factors.

^Probably some sold more than others or sold them for higher prices. $100 bucks profit=1 game, 500=2 games and 1000=4 games.

Remind me, did she know that Jimmy dropped the bomb on the insurance company, which set that chain if events up?

I liked the first episode, want to see sis's hotters.

Yeah, what did it for Paige was the final meeting with Stan, when she found out that not all of their work had been "for the greater good".

Or peach, if made with fresh ones, not those canned abominations.

Also, your corner store does not have a no reentry policy...well for most of us anyway.

He is on track to graduate in Dec. With the new redshirt rule, if he loses out on the job, he could take this as a redshirt year, get his undergrad degree and grad transfer somewhere else and play two years, after this season.

You should not have rolled over with a boner.

Don't knock them for adding those two, they needed to class up the joint a bit.

Health issues?

Mostly because of weak OOC scheduling and being in the pitiful eastern side of the conference, other than UGA and to a lesser extent UScar, that side was pitiful. Their one decent OOC game before the bowl game was Purdue and the boilermakers had Pete pound them in the ass for 4 hours.

She is taking it to extremes but I would like to follow a similar path as far as eating but I am too lazy.

^I was speaking less about geography and more about cultural fit.