Cam Newton speaks in Roll Tide/War Eagle Documentary (Clip inside)

[mav1234]

the thing that frustrates me most about the USC stuff is that Carroll fuging bolted before anything could happen to him, so now the program he left behind and the coach that took over for him had to deal with the mess he helped create IMO. Not saying "let USC off", but it's one of the reasons I do not like Carroll very much. Felt like they were punishing the program for what really was not some kind of institution-wide corruption, but the action/inaction of a very particular player and coach. But maybe I don't know enough about it.

anyway that's a thread derail. I don't know enough to say who is guilty of what ,I just was frustrated with it all. I think the punishment was much larger than the crime.

[The_Mango55]

the thing that frustrates me most about the USC stuff is that Carroll fuging bolted before anything could happen to him, so now the program he left behind and the coach that took over for him had to deal with the mess he helped create IMO.

Yeah we should all feel so bad for Lane Kiffin :rolleyes:

[rainwater]

why's that? i saw the special. did i miss the segment where Cam returned his Heisman?

i'm not saying that this 30 for 30 was an attack on Cam. all i'm saying is that epsn spent almost a full year trying to make Cam Newton seem like a horrible person.

Again, I really doubt you watched the special. Cam commented about returning the Heisman. It was hilarious. Cam wasn't shown in a negative light during th special. You are trying to throw your ESPN hate all over a documentary that wasn't even created by ESPN.

[footballisasport]

Again, I really doubt you watched the special. Cam commented about returning the Heisman. It was hilarious. Cam wasn't shown in a negative light during th special. You are trying to throw your ESPN hate all over a documentary that wasn't even created by ESPN.

No one is HATING on ESPN but let's be real, when real scandals hit, folks like those at ESPN don't seem to really know how to handle it...Case in point, what is now happening at Penn State. Then later on, a similiar situation or a situation they can turn into a similiar incident takes place and they sit there dictating the story, while playing public judge, jury, and state executioner to those they can easily turn into villians.

When I first read the Cam Newton story, I called it back then bogus and a media witch-hunt against Auburn. It really seemed more like some in the media was using the incident with Cam's father, despite the fact that it seemed quite clear back then that it was the recruiter who offered the money to Cecil as a way of preventing Cam from attending any other school but his and not Cecil using the recruiter to secure money from school for his kid, as way of going after Auburn. I remembered reading an article by a writer who made it clear that his reason for going after Cam was due to his dislike of how talented he was and his extreme dislike for Auburn. The writer was a writer for Fox.

The Cam Newton story became the ESPN real time USC story. Since what Reggie Bush did happened five years before it actually hit the fan and it was easy to spin the Cam Newton story into a similiar incident, even thou it wasn't, because the USC scandal was still fresh in the public's mind.

IMO, it seems whenever these folks in our media feel they drop the ball in one incident, they over compensate or even worst create a similiar scenerio where they can play heroes.

As I stated before, it's not even about Cam but how our media genuinely handles real life scandals vs. making up their own.

[whatever]

Again, I really doubt you watched the special. Cam commented about returning the Heisman. It was hilarious. Cam wasn't shown in a negative light during th special. You are trying to throw your ESPN hate all over a documentary that wasn't even created by ESPN.

i'm not talking about anything that was said in the documentary last night. i'm talking about pretty much everything else that was said about him on ESPN prior to the first or second week of his rookie year. Chris Fowler was even taking shots at him during the Heisman ceremony. it's not a conspiracy theory. there's a reason that so many people hated Cam Newton prior to the draft and even into the preseason.

knowing what you know of Cam right now, does he seem anything like the person that the media spent most of the last 12 months making him out to be.

he's confident, smiles a lot, and loves to play football. that much should be obvious to anyone that's seen him play. somehow the media was able to take one twisted quote from Peter King and turn him into this selfish, lazy punk with a questionable work ethic.

[unicar15]

Swag.

[The_Mango55]

Oh so y'all aren't upset about the documentary but instead something totally unrelated? Well then, let me complain about something totally random too!

You know what makes me mad? People who drive slow in the left lane! I mean what the hell people, they make the right lane for a reason, if you're gonna drive like someone's grandma then stay out of the fast lane. And use your freaking turn signal before you switch lanes. Also I hate people who slow way down before they merge into the turn lane. The turn lane is there for slowing down!

[CatMan72]

I watched this show last night... it mentioned the "Sir Cameron Newton: Leader of Men, Lover of Puppies...Esquire" stuff only for the purpose of setting up the drama surrounding his comeback win in the Iron Bowl.

It's worth watching just to see the butt-hurt Bama fan whine about how Cam kicked their ass.

[C47]

When I first read the Cam Newton story, I called it back then bogus and a media witch-hunt against Auburn. It really seemed more like some in the media was using the incident with Cam's father, despite the fact that it seemed quite clear back then that it was the recruiter who offered the money to Cecil as a way of preventing Cam from attending any other school but his and not Cecil using the recruiter to secure money from school for his kid, as way of going after Auburn. I remembered reading an article by a writer who made it clear that his reason for going after Cam was due to his dislike of how talented he was and his extreme dislike for Auburn. The writer was a writer for Fox.

Maybe you should practice reading comprehension....

http://secfb.neswblogs.com/2010/11/12/atlanta-tv-station-cecil-newton-admits-to-soliciting-pay-for-play/

Cecil himself admitted to being the one seeking money, not the other way around.....

[tiger7_88]

Maybe you should practice reading comprehension....

http://secfb.neswblogs.com/2010/11/12/atlanta-tv-station-cecil-newton-admits-to-soliciting-pay-for-play/

Cecil himself admitted to being the one seeking money, not the other way around.....

Funny, I see a characterization.

But I don't see a quotation.

Can you show me in that article (or any article) where Cecil Newton was directly quoted saying such a thing? Rather than filtered through a so-called witness with an agenda of his own and a reporter with an agenda of his/her own? I'm sure you can since you seem to be an expert on all of the facts of this case.

[GSQUARED]

Alabama > Auburn

[tiger7_88]

Alabama > Auburn

Maybe after the 26th of this month.

But, until that time, 28-27 still stands.

:D

[Delhommey]

[Kurb]

Dont steal my sig. Delhommy