Been away for awhile. But now I'm back to tackle the most recent set of accusations against Auburn. Ok so lets break this down. Since Auburn beat LSU and it appeared they were destined for greatness, there has been an onslaught of accusations trying to tarnish their success and outright attacks driven by resentment. First there was the Cam saga, which didn't play out like many hoped. Then there was the poisoning of Toomer's Corner trees, created by the butt-hurt of losing a game after being ahead by 24 points. Next after Auburn signed another outstanding recruiting class, there was accusations of wrongdoings in Louisiana. After that fell through, there was the claim (and later faking) of tapes proving Cam did have knowledge of the money. Now we are at present day and four disgruntled ex-players have decided they would go public with their stories of receiving extra benefits while at Auburn. They do so on an HBO special reportedly earning nothing more than the good feeling of coming clean. Yet they either can't remember the names of the people who gave them these benefits or just refuse to name them. The weird thing is while HBO called mutiple Auburn players who said they received nothing and the former highschool coaches and teammates of the "confessing" players disputing their claims, none of this was mentioned in the show. Yet they did have Tyrone Prothro discuss how he didn't receive anything while at Alabama. Imagine that... four Auburn players hand picked to talk about Auburn being dirty and then one Alabama player talks about how they are clean. What they failed to mention is Prothro attended Alabama while they were on probation after being found guilty of paying players! And then two years after he leaves they go on probation again for athletes receiving improper benefits. I guess that wasn't relevant to the story. As of now one of the Auburn accusers is refusing to cooperate with NCAA by saying he knows names, but wont release them and another says he will not meet with NCAA as long as Auburn attorneys are present. I guess they got over that "coming clean" feeling.
It is aggravating to have to listen to all of this mess, but I guess I can't blame some fan bases for being envious or even a little confused by Auburn's success. After all they were promised by their current coach to "dominate them 24/7 365".
