I meant to add - but who knows with Kiffin. I don't know what TN booster would have given Kiffin money for a player, though.
As expected, Huntsville radio host Scott Moore was back on the air this morning — this time with WNSP-FM 105.5 in Mobile — talking about the audio tapes he claims to have heard relating to Cam Newton.
In today’s interview, Moore reveals that the tapes he’s heard were made by former MSU players John Bond and Bill Bell. (Earlier today, we reported that the tapes Moore discussed yesterday were the much-rumored Kenny Rogers-owned tapes, mainly because he did not specify in the webclip available to us who had made the tapes. In referring today to the tapes made by Bond and Bell, it now appears that at least three different people — Bond, Bell and Rogers — possess tapes and text messages relating to Newton.)
In today’s interview, Moore makes the following claims:
1. Cam was in the room when Cecil asked Mississippi State for more money.
2. The NCAA has copies of some of the tapes.
3. Cecil reveals on one tape that he received a $200,000 offer from Tennessee but also said he’d give Mississippi State a $20,000 discount.
4. The NCAA is about to start looking into Auburn’s recruiting practices in Arkansas. (The NCAA was asking questions in Louisiana last week.)
5. An FBI agent told Bond that Cam will be a footnote in the bureau’s investigation and that the investigation into Colonial Bank will eventually be a problem for Auburn.
(Sidenote — Anybody else sick of this crap? The story? The rumors? The claims? The two-bit cowards who have tapes but refuse to release them? The stories that change from day to day? Good God in Heaven let us please go back to talking about football and basketball. Rant over. Feeling better now.)
Some questions:
First, why doesn’t Bond — the former MSU quarterback — stop giving radio interviews, teasing information and allowing others to hear his tapes and instead just release the ******* things?
“I heard bits and pieces of them back in September. I heard the rest of it in October and into November. And so, you know, uh, John Bond is a very good friend of mine. And the day John interviewed with the NCAA back in September he told me about it. And there’s another, I would say, several guys that John trusted and, uh, and went public. We sat down and let these guys hear the tapes. … And I’m sure those guys will end up coming out very, very soon as well with what they’ve heard. … I just spoke with John earlier today and HBO’s trying to get John to come out on HBO’s ‘Real Sports’ and, you know, put these tapes out on ‘Real Sports. And he’s been reluctant to do that because Mississippi State has said, ‘Hey, look, just kinda stay out of it.’”
Apparently Bond doesn’t really want to stay out of it or he’d stop teasing the world with his knowledge and tapes. He wants the spotlight. If he didn’t, he’d tell Scott Moore to pipe down and stop drawing it back towards Bond. So why would Bond want the spotlight?
“Obviously these things, obviously they’ve got a lot of value. Obviously. And, uh, you know I think, uh, they belong to Bill Bell and they belong to John Bond. They’ve got a lot of information on these tapes. I can’t speak for what reason those guys have not sat down and played ‘em or gotten the information out to everybody.”
Actually, it sounds like Moore just did a very good job of explaining why they haven’t released the tapes. Bond and Bell want to get paid. Hmmm. That kinda puts Bond and Bell in the same “pay me” ballpark as Cecil Newton.
Question Two: How did Tennessee go from making a $150,000 offer — according to Moore yesterday — to making a $200,000 offer — according to Moore today?
“Cecil went out there, put these offers out, and said, ‘I had an offer from Tennessee for a $150,000, then he actually went up — and I didn’t get to expand on that yesterday — but he went back to them and he said, ‘I’ve got an offer from Tennessee for $200,000, but we’ll go to Mississippi State for $180,000.’”
Another question: How does Moore know that Cam was in the room on an audio tape?
“They’ve got tapes that exist that have Cam Newton in the room with his dad talking about these deals. You have got him present in the room while his dad’s on the phone trying to shop his son around.”
I’m sure we’ll have more on this as Moore continues his radio tour drumming up interest for his buddy’s tapes. And it probably won’t be too long before we learn someone else has a tape or two also.
Oh, boy. Can’t wait.
But if you’re wondering why we at MrSEC.com so often point to the fact that this league is in danger of destroying itself through boosters attacking rival schools… we give you Exhibit A.
[...] Radio host Scott Moore of WZZN-FM 97.7 in Huntsville, Alabama will be making the rounds today. That’s because yesterday he revealed that he has heard Kenny Rogers’ audio tapes regarding Cam Newton’s recruitment.“There are tapes. There is some very incriminating, damning things on those tapes.”Moore also said there are text messages that Rogers has kept that also shine a bad light on two programs in particular — Auburn and Tennessee.“The bottom line is these numbers that we keep hearing about — this $150,000 offer from Tennessee, this $180,000 from Auburn — those came from Cecil Newton (to Rogers on the tapes). They didn’t come from Auburn or Tennessee, they came from Cecil Newton. He’s the one that said these offers were made to him.”Moore said that he never heard anything on the tapes “that would implicate Mississippi State.”“What I’ve heard is offers… (Newton) saying on these tapes that these offers were from Tennessee for $150,000 and a $180,000 offer from Auburn. I heard him say that, I’ve seen the text messages. And they exist, that’s the bottom line.”Interestingly, Moore said there are “several tapes” from “several different people.”First things first, once again, we’re hearing someone talk about the tapes and not the tapes themselves. Is Moore going to make this up? You certainly wouldn’t think so.Second, we have to wonder if the tapes are real. It’s hard to imagine why Kenny Rogers would manufacture false tapes unless he plans to sell them off at some point in the future. It’s unlikely he would go to such lengths, but I saw a recent, poorly done documentary claiming the whole 1960′s “Paul is dead” ruse was real… just the other night. There are nuts out there who will go pretty far to make a buck. But the odds that Rogers (and others) faked phone calls and text messages? Tinier than tiny.Third, until we hear the tapes and see the messages, we have to wonder if Newton is simply talking big. Just because he said it, it doesn’t mean it’s true.As Moore says: “You get back to Cecil Newton coming to these guys in Mississippi and saying, “Hey, I got an offer from Tennessee for $150,000… I have an offer from Auburn for $180,000… Hey, Mississippi State, what are you gonna do?’”It’s certainly possible Newton was trying to drive up a price from Mississippi State, the school his son wanted to attend in the first place.But that’s enough of the “possible explanation” stuff. If Moore is correct, this sounds awfully damning for Auburn and Tennessee.Which is why one has to wonder just how much the NCAA has talked to — or attempted to talk to — Rogers. The NCAA has been looking into Auburn but has yet to send a formal letter of inquiry announcing an investigation. (There’s usually preliminary digging before the investigation is made official, but still, the NCAA hasn’t found/heard enough yet to dive in with both feet.) The NCAA also just wrapped an investigation into Tennessee and Lane Kiffin. Judging by the accusations they’ve shipped off to LA, it’s clear that the NCAA would love to get their hands around Kiffin’s neck. If they had access to or knowledge of credible information showing that Kiffin made a $150,000 offer to the Newtons, it’s quite likely UT’s letter of allegations would have been considerably more brutal.UPDATE – One more quote from Moore in summary:“(Newton) went to Mississippi State and said, ‘Hey, what can you guys do for us?’ I mean that’s a fact. That’s what he did. And you know Mississippi State came back and said, ‘Listen, we’re not gonna do anything for you, but if you go to Auburn, we’re gonna turn you in.’ And that’s what happened.”ANOTHER UPDATE TO THE STORY HERE. [...]
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