I know I have said it before, but I honestly fear just that.
Trees or no trees, this is the WAR I was talking about years ago.
They cannot stand for us to be ahead of them. No expense is being spared, no avenue unexplored, no leverage left un-levered in an effort to bring us to our knees. We don't think that way, but they do. Success isn't enough, it's only satisfactory when they succeed AND we suffer.
The Tuscaloosa News is the center of this effort. Through its connections with the New York times, it feeds national reporters rumor and innuendo while shielding Bama. Follow the trail. They've used Andrew Bone for YEARS to sway recruits and slip false information about Auburn to them. They use their connections at Rivals to influence recruiting. They won't stop until we are broken.
Fighting back is the only answer.