Hearing where?
I heard it was from a Bunker "insider" (douche) who says he knows the doctor that operated on him. What doctor that is prestigious enough to operate on SEC football players is going to break confidentiality with a message board blabbermouth?
I listen to this podcast on occasion.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/auburn-football-all-access/id845315489?mt=2Will Woods: "We talked about the Carl Lawson injury situation on Monday's show, and even though nothing official has been reported, it looks like the worst case scenario is what's gonna be the outcome. Word is that Carl had an ACL problem, rather than a miniscus issue, and that can take several months to heal, putting his 2014 season in jeopardy."
Coach John Ray: "Yeah, I think we probably need to go ahead and assume that Carl's not gonna be around for this season, Will, that's unfortunate for him and for Auburn, but you know, life goes on, the season keeps cranking no matter what, so we'll see how it works out."
He then says
"I heard from a good friend in Auburn that that was the case, that Carl was likely gonna be out for the season."
Then they go into the rest of the episode discussing how Auburn is going to adjust to that reality.