Auburn Changed Grades and Bribed Players, Denies Everything
12 years ago

A new report says Auburn’s football program allegedly altered player grades, bribed potential NFL draft picks, and broke all sorts of NCAA recruiting rules.

War dammit, Auburn, y’all screwed up.

According to former New York Times and Sports Illustrated writer, Selena Roberts, three former Auburn players claimed “as many as nine players’ grades were changed before Auburn’s win in the 2011 BCS national championship game.” Former defensive lineman Mike Blanc told Roberts that they couldn’t risk being without running back Mike Dyer, so Auburn “found a way” to make him eligible. Blanc later denied saying this, telling AL.com that the article was “outrageous and isn’t true.”

Darvin Adams, a former Auburn wide receiver, is also quoted in the report, saying coaches offered him money to get him to stay, an apparently common practice at the school. The amounts allegedly reached up to thousands of dollars and were even used as a way to get players to “bypass the NFL draft.” The report can be found on Roberts’ website.

As far as these allegations go, Auburn is taking the “Admit nothing, deny everything” approach. I didn’t even need the news to tell me this. Bama fans everywhere are taking a break from being obnoxious to comment on the accusations. Some of my favorite tweets include “I wish I played football at Auburn, my grades could use the help” and “To cooperate with the NCAA, Auburn plans to forfeit all of their SEC wins from 2012…oh, wait.”

Oh, Alabama. Nothing gets past you. Maybe this will distract everyone from what a douche Nick Saban is, but probably not.

[via ESPN]

Image via SportsMagik

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  2. Jon M Fratsman

    ^^^ Have you lost your fucking mind? What does this look like to you, Sports Illustrated? Grantland? This is a 250-word article. Content is being regurgitated here, not opined upon. Since when do reporters always know everything there is to know about the subject they report upon, especially college students writing for a frat humor website? It’s not TFMs job to be objective, nor is it their job to launch an investigative expose. Get your head out of your ass.

    12 years ago at 9:33 am
  3. actually

    What Bammers don’t understand is that Auburn loves when stuff like this happens. It’ll make it THAT much sweeter when Saban inevitably ditches your ass for another shot in the NFL. And once that happens, Bama’s football program will fall harder than….well, an elephant.

    12 years ago at 12:24 pm
  4. The Creed

    Among the allegations included in renown journalist, Selena Gomez’s blog article (featured in a blog she made herself and named after her dog) is that Auburn spent over $500 on Dre Kirkpatrick’s recruiting visit. As most of you may know, Dre (great name) Kirpatrick was a stand out cornerback at none other than the University of Alabama as he watched Cam Newton lead Auburn to a National Championship. Kirkpatrick came out and said that Auburn spent ‘little to know money” on his recruiting visit. So if a former member of Auburn’s hated rival denied allegations that could get Auburn stripped of a NC, it has to be BS. Also, the commissioner of the NCAA already dismissed this article as nothing but a newspaper article. Sorry to burst your bubble, Updykes.

    12 years ago at 3:34 pm
  5. LongAndStraight

    Can someone please tell me why there’s a female writer for Sports Illustrated? Has to be some sort of fucking joke.

    12 years ago at 10:54 pm