Can Tweets Be Trusted?

[AUChizad]

Hope not...

http://twitter.com/SECFootballGuy

BREAKING: Sources w/i AU Athletic Dept say Chizik will announce at pc this afternoon, Newton will not play vs. UGA

[wreckingball]

No

[Snaggletiger]

What's a tweet?

[AUChizad]

The last couple of tweets from this account...

Multiple sources out of the NCAA office are reporting that the NCAA will advise Auburn to sit Cam Newton after new developments.

Per my sources... "we can't make Auburn hold him out, but it would be very foolish on their part to go against our recommendation".

@finebaum @BFeldmanESPN @espn4d My sources say that the NCAA has advised Auburn to bench Newton after new developments in the investigation.

[GH2001]

Fuckers should be made to cite a source in detail with such an accusation.....

[Townhallsavoy]

Wow...so Kenny says something on the radio, and then the NCAA benches Cam? 

That's probably not true.  It's probably all bullshit.

However, if that is what the NCAA does, then I don't care anymore. The NCAA is run by a bunch of silly middle school kids who couldn't correctly complete a group project for a 6th grade history class.

[Snaggletiger]

It's true.  I didn't think so at first but then I went back and read it again.  The guy said "sources".

The man has a source so it must be true.

[GH2001]

Wow...so Kenny says something on the radio, and then the NCAA benches Cam? 

That's probably not true.  It's probably all bullshit.

However, if that is what the NCAA does, then I don't care anymore. The NCAA is run by a bunch of silly middle school kids who couldn't correctly complete a group project for a 6th grade history class.

I call bs....what does auburn have to lose at this point by playing him?

[Jumbo]

I follow and it drives me fucking crazy, its about a valid as anonymous sources.

[AUJarhead]

I call bs....what does auburn have to lose at this point by playing him?

I think at this point, we all know if he's guilty, we're going to forfeit our wins.  So I would suspect it would be to avoid (heavy?) probation.

[War Eagle!!!]

Wow...so Kenny says something on the radio, and then the NCAA benches Cam? 

That's probably not true.  It's probably all bullshit.

However, if that is what the NCAA does, then I don't care anymore. The NCAA is run by a bunch of silly middle school kids who couldn't correctly complete a group project for a 6th grade history class.

Exactly. I just watched first take and the were saying, "Well now, you have someone actually coming on record to say this with an actual dollar amount."

Well bullshit. This is the same story told with different "facts" as a week ago. I don't understand this shit...

[RWS]

I call bs....what does auburn have to lose at this point by playing him?

This. AU might as well play him, because if all of this shit pans out to be true, then a few vacated/forfeited wins are the least of AU's worries.

[Townhallsavoy]

This. AU might as well play him, because if all of this shit pans out to be true, then a few vacated/forfeited wins are the least of AU's worries.

It's pretty obvious that we're either completely innocent or we're getting the death penalty.

I mean, if all of this is true, Auburn has slapped the NCAA in the face and said, "screw you we play by our own rules."

[AUJarhead]

This. AU might as well play him, because if all of this shit pans out to be true, then a few vacated/forfeited wins are the least of AU's worries.

Disagree.  If you basically tell the NCAA FO, you will get hammered if/when probation comes.  You play nice with them, maybe you don't get a bowl ban.

[AUTailgatingRules]

Why are we not seeing this anywhere else.

[Snaggletiger]

Why are we not seeing this anywhere else.

This tweeter can't be expected to reveal his inside source, can he?  If he outed his source, he would no longer possess the enormous E-PENIS (Said with cool echo effects) he's packing now.

[RWS]

Disagree.  If you basically tell the NCAA FO, you will get hammered if/when probation comes.  You play nice with them, maybe you don't get a bowl ban.

If this is an issue where money was solicited from MSU by Newton or his father, all it's going to mean to AU is they will have to give up every game that Newton played in. Even if the NCAA recommends to AU that they not play him, that's really more for their protection; if this is isolated to MSU. I don't see the NCAA seeking additional punishment for AU for simply playing him when they recommended he be benched, and AU did nothing else wrong in this whole thing. This is the scenario I think is most likely.

If there is anything that points to AU paying Newton, then AU is fucked beyond belief anyway, and 10 losses on the books for the 2010 season isn't going to be shit compared to the sanctions AU will receive.

[AUChizad]

This tweeter can't be expected to reveal his inside source, can he?  If he outed his source, he would no longer possess the enormous E-PENIS (Said with cool echo effects) he's packing now.

His source is probably the Yahoo Sports article from last night...