USC off-field issues (merged)

[billmac91]

Excerpt from 'Tarnished Heisman' - NCAA Football - Yahoo! Sports

Pretty cut and dry here. Reggie on tape talking about the money he owes Lake, and LaMaR Griffin (Reggie's step-dad) talking about the money as well.

It will be interesting to see what happens. I don't think Reggie will keep his Heisman in the long run.

I think Griffin looks the worst in this...he's even on tape saying he doesn't want Reggie's mom finding out what's going on because she'd be pissed.

Well played, sir.

 

[GoodLifeSean]

I think the biggest sign that some sort of punishment will be handed down is if you see Petey run off to the pros

 

[billmac91]

I think the biggest sign that some sort of punishment will be handed down is if you see Petey run off to the pros

I don't really see USC getting any NCAA violations out of this. More of a Maurice Clarett/OSU negative stain. I don't think there is much Pete Carol/USC can do when players and their step-fathers have tehir hands out looking for gifts/money.

Again, LaMar Griffin is a scumbag. I also enjoyed his conversation with Lake, stating Lake had no proof because the trangressions were done in cash, and you can't prove cash in court.

Lake shot that down real quick. "No, but I can show where I withdrew $12,000 and Reggie's down payment was $12,000 on his new car. It's circumstantial evidence." (paraphrasing)

 

[osugrad21]

CPD

Book claims Bush received $300,000 while at USC



Friday, January 11, 2008
From wire reports
A San Diego sports marketer claims in a new book that he gave former Southern California running back Reggie Bush nearly $300,000 in cash while Bush was still in college.
Based largely on interviews with Lloyd Lake, who tried to secure Bush as a client for the marketing company he attempted to launch, "Tarnished Heisman" claims the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner was provided with hotel stays, cash for shopping sprees and money to buy and customize a car.
The book's authors, Don Yaeger and Jim Henry, ac knowledge that Lake "has been compensated in return for his full cooperation," according to a story posted on the Los Angeles Times' Web site Thursday. Lake's family members also were quoted extensively.




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[Muck]

Yes, with OSU it appears the fireworks happen in the locker room.

Now, now you can't hold that against them.

To be fair, they don't get locker room visits from Snoop Dogg to help keep things mellow.

 

[ulukinatme]

From the LA Times, a bit about Anthony Davis, another great member of "Tailback U." Someone posted this on the ND board for the game this weekend, and there was an excerpt related to Archie. Davis thinks if they did the Heisman voting the week after the USC/ND game, he would have beat out Archie. If you ask me Davis couldn't lace Archie's shoes, on or definitely off the field.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-anthony-davis-20101123,0,4938273.story?page=1

For Davis, what-might-have-beens are part of the practiced script.

The Heisman race his senior year is a case in point. The voting deadline was Dec. 3, though many of the ballots were already in before the No. 5 Irish came to the Coliseum to play the No. 6 Trojans in 1974. In the end, Davis made the cover of Sports Illustrated but in the balloting was a distant second to Ohio State's Archie Griffin.

"If they had waited a week, everything would've been different," Davis says. "I think about it. Archie Griffin's a guy who gets high praise. . . . He's wanted around Ohio State. It resonated for him."