Hey everyone. I am working on a story about Cam Newton, Auburn's 5-star quarterback who signed last month. He played sparingly during two seasons at Florida. He played all the time at Blinn (Texas) College.I've been talking with the Southwest Junior College Football Conference coaches who schemed against Newton last fall.
Here's what Donnie Bigby, head coach at Northeastern Oklahoma, had to say.
Newton's numbers in Blinn's 55-42 win against NEO:
17-29, 302 yards, 2 TDs
*OF NOTE -- Newton was suspended for the first quarter.
Bigby on Newton: ``He's the most athletic and skilled quarterback I've seen since Michael Bishop. (Bishop, who later starred at Kansas State, played at Blinn in 1996.) You could tell he had tons and tons of potential. I'm talking about raw talent you just don't see at this level."
Bigby on what NEO did to match up with Newton: ``He's such a big kid. He looks like a defensive lineman, to be honest. I think he'd be a tough matchup on his own -- if he was the only guy on his team. The thing is that he had a great supporting cast last season. We couldn't just worry about him, but he created a lot of problems."
CAM SUBSTANCE
ReplyDeleteactually 2nd since someone deleted one. yippee! go Cam go!
ReplyDeleteWhat was he suspended for????
ReplyDeleteIs this an Omen...
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ReplyDeleteFred Smith!
ReplyDelete...or not!
ReplyDeleteD. Robinson is one thought but I'm thinking it someone that is committed and wants to keep it a secret for now.
ReplyDeleteSeanzie, since we get some of our info from the same spot I'm sure one of us will update the HABOTN when we find out.
Newton's coach hasn't spilled about the suspension, but it was only one quarter.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like tardiness to me.
Dansby!
ReplyDeleteHas anyone seen Jhag this morning? I'm worried he might be despondent over Favre's loss?
ReplyDeleteI was reading a live chat with Tom Dienhart. He doesnt think we can challenge the walmartians for the west next year.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think?
I think if Cam picks up this offense and we show improvement on defense we can make a run.
Hopefully he'll live up to this potential. We are due a top level performing QB.
ReplyDeleteme likey
ReplyDeleteCH=B, not many people do. It wouldn't bother me if they all kept thinking that.
ReplyDeletePart of me feels the same way Luv.
ReplyDeleteWell winning the west is about more than beating just UA. We have to beat Arkansas and LSU...something we haven't done since 2004.
ReplyDeleteI think Auburn has a MUCH better chance of beating both those teams next season.
ReplyDeleteCH=B, I want Auburn to be the surprise team in the SEC next season.
ReplyDeleteYeah but we had a great chance to do it in 05, 06 and 07 and couldn't do it.
ReplyDeleteBut look who the coaching staff was then...
ReplyDeleteThat staff had a knack for winning a couple they shouldn't have and losing a couple they shouldn't have.
ReplyDeleteplease turn in your trophies.
ReplyDeleteI'm keeping my tophies.
ReplyDeletethe more things change, the more they change
ReplyDeleteThat would be trophies...I'm not sure what a tophy is.
ReplyDeleteSean earned his "666" trophy fair and square, aight?
ReplyDeletewell, whatever a tophy is, you've got more than one.
ReplyDeleteit's more of a mark, SC.
ReplyDeleteAny chance of Cam switching to DE when Kodi beats him out for the starting QB job?
ReplyDeleteJGT...
ReplyDeleteDo you think Lache is waiting to see what Lattimore does before making a choice???
I know we have laid off, but he has to sign somewhere....
DL, I think that's not the case since Lache is announcing before Lattimore.
ReplyDeleteYou're kidding, right PF?
ReplyDeleteSome calls it a "mark", some calls it a "tophy", mmmhmm.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Seastrunk is involved with South Carolina. It's pretty much LSU, USC and Oregon ... right?
ReplyDeleteYou're kidding, right Luv?
ReplyDeleteKidding about Cam playing DE? Not so much. The East Oklahoma Perimeter College said he'd be good at it and that his talent was raw. You need to be refined to play in the SEC.
ReplyDeleteKodi is refined.
ReplyDeleteI think tophy has something to do with gout.
ReplyDeleteOh wait, that's tophi. Sorry.
He might as well wear an ascot.
ReplyDeleteOK I got my dates backwards..
ReplyDeleteI thought Lache was afer lattimore...
I hope lache does not go to LSU
that was funny, PF.
ReplyDeleteCount me amongst the unrefined.
I think Lache is going to Oregon.
ReplyDeleteabout Kodi winning the starting QB job
ReplyDeleteWhat's wrong with lumber? I own two lumberyards.
ReplyDeleteLunch-time soup and substance.
ReplyDeleteI'll take some fundmentals along with athleticism please
ReplyDelete...get on the Rollison Express ....TR ..TR ..TR!
If Kodi is QB-ing, I'm skipping next season.
ReplyDeleteAll I know is that Kodi got his ascot for no gain in overtime on the hideous play before the hideous pass toward Trott in OT against Northwestern.
ReplyDeleteI voted for Kodi in 2008. I had buyer's remorse a year later.
ReplyDeletePF ...if you'll just quit your job and move your new bride and yourself to AU and teach QB fundamentals ...maybe Kodi will finally get it.
ReplyDeleteI want all of our players to be successful, but what does it say about the Rollison Express when you sign a junior college quarterback, and the two most prominent visitor at junior weekend our quarterbacks?
ReplyDelete*are
ReplyDeleteJayGT - cool idea to talk to former opposing coaches for Cam nuggets. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm normally against dissing a player in public, but I've seen some of the worst passes in my life over the past couple of seasons.
ReplyDeleteKodi is a good AU man and has good attributes. It's time for the coaches to give up on the passing attribute.
Jet ..I agree that TR has a lot to prove and your reasoning is dead on. I was trying to get Eduardo going
ReplyDeleteTR's HS films do show excellent form, accuracy and vision. Now if there is a discipline/leadership problem......
I know about ascots, not QB fundamentals. Quit pressuring me.
ReplyDeleteLady Asthabula, the last time we met was at Ascot, was it not?
ReplyDeletemy internet, which has nothing to do with my dead phone line, has slowed to the pace of a snail with no slime.
ReplyDeleteTar Heel, did you check the inside line?
ReplyDeletePF ... maybe Chiz can hire you as Ascot Coordinator.
ReplyDeleteLUV - I went to the box outside and unplugged the jack and plugged a phone in and had a dial tone and was able to call. So, it actually may be something in the house, but I don't know what. I've unplugged everything from all the phone jacks, then plugged one phone in and... nothing. The AT&T people will be here Wed morning. In the meantime, I'm hoping I can get our home security people here today or tomorrow since they hooked all the stuff up inside and they know a whole lot more about this stuff than the phone company.
ReplyDeleteis that a paid position?
ReplyDeleteTHT, Enough of that terrestrial nonsense. Get satellite phones for the whole house, have the security company wire it, and be done with it.
ReplyDeleteMy side girls love me some ascots.
ReplyDeleteI think Auburn has been delivered from the failed Kodi-as-QB experiment. It's on par with shock treatment for schizophrenics. However, well intentioned, it was a horrible mistake that will not be replicated. Let's not relive the nightmare on this blog (or anywhere).
ReplyDeleteI heard they still do icepick lobotomies, though.
ReplyDeleteCommish - we need other opinions first before we put a moratorium on that. Let's wait to see what SteveFC has to say.
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ReplyDeleteTar Heel, they won't be there until Wed.???? They should have had someone out there TODAY.
ReplyDeleteSteveFC "hearts" XCTT
ReplyDeleteAll of Steve's opinions were blocked once I wrapped aluminum foil around my head. Thank goodness. I couldn't take any more messages about Hugh Nall - the greatest football coach ever.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know anything about the Muscle Shoals, Al area? I have an interview with Great Southern Wood and they have a facility up there.
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ReplyDeletePeter F is back on his Meds.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness.
I'm high on life, just like you, geezer.
ReplyDeleteWhat's with all the comment deletions?
ReplyDeleteJay G, there is some talk on the MSU message board that Mullen has turned AU in to the NCAA regarding the recruitment of Cam Newton. Have you caught any wind of this accusation or is it just sour grapes?
ReplyDeletePF, that would be DOM.
ReplyDeleteRumor or not, what would make anyone think there was any violation committed there?
ReplyDeleteMuscle Shoals has got The Swampers. Aside from that, I can't help you but good luck with the interview.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear Peter "The Great"
ReplyDeleteWe need level heads and men(women) of good character. Leaders who are not afraid of heights and will not suffer from dizzyness when the Tigers climb to the TOP.
I hear ya, Digger! Keep talking!
ReplyDeleteSo true Luv so true
ReplyDeleteLuv, I saw that rumor also. I have also heard another version that says MSU gave him money. He took it and ran.
ReplyDeleteMostly likely Mullen and MSU are just ticked because they thought they had him.
BEASLEY!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Swampers.... and they've been known to pick a song or two
ReplyDeleteHoopie,
ReplyDeleteDid I just read you make a negative comment about an indvidual player?
Shame on you.
I kid, I kid.
That rumor was started by "the town idiot of Center Point" that goes on Finebomb and I do not believe it has legs.
ReplyDeleteBoy oh boy. JayG is going to interview every coach that played against an Auburn recruit.
ReplyDeleteDigger, it's Monday. I only answer to Peter "the Wise" on Mondays.
ReplyDeleteI guess people just find it hard to believe that anyone would want to play for Auburn.
ReplyDeleteMy mistake O great one I will remember that.
ReplyDeleteWhat's shakin'?
ReplyDeleteDid I miss anything (besides a few loses) from the weekend?
Luv, Newton played for Mullen while at Fla. and MSU thought they were a lock for CN because of that relationship. If you assume that the MSU folks were to act like Walmartians, then it becomes easy to imagine them making up a cheatin' story to soothe their bruised egos.
ReplyDeleteCN's dad has explained that AU has much more talent to go along with his kid's talent and that his kid wouldn't have to do it all by himself at AU. The dad even offered a comment that MSU planned to use his kid "like a rented Mule".
no, wait. I'm mistaken. Monday is Peter "the ..."
ReplyDeleteTitles don't start until the following Sunday.
Let's see...
ReplyDeleteMiss State or Auburn?
We are talking football right?
There is only one obvious choice. Had Newton gone to State, then maybe the NCAA should look into it.
i don't care what Mullen has to say. He'll eventually be fired and forgotten, like all other MSU coaches.
ReplyDeleteHoopie, yeah, I remember thinking, "Rented mule? Are they paying him?"
ReplyDeleteI can recall MSU students and alumni saying "Emory is a memory" back in the 80's when they got rid of Emory Bellard. They were busy getting excited about Rocky Felker. How'd that work out for them?
ReplyDeleteRK ...ya got me .....BTW, I did agonize whether to do it, but I guess since I wasn't opening new ground and didn't dwell on it too long......
ReplyDeleteI will from time to time comment on readily apparent fundamental problems that can be viewed on film ...I know, it's a character flaw.
Like I said, it's so hard for people to admit that maybe these guys actually want to play for Auburn.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame MSU thinks they have to stoop to that level.
ReplyDeleteThe ice packer from Center Point is and idiot.
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ReplyDeleteLuv ....what's the fastest car in the world? ....A rental car.
ReplyDeleteA rented Mule gets worked harder and longer than all of the others and thus "used up". ...I can see you haven't been hanging with farmers lately.
Hoopie, I know what a rented mule is. I just thought that was an odd choice of words.
ReplyDeleteWill Steve From Lubbock become Steve From Athens?
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of farmers are still plowing their fields with mules?
ReplyDeleteHoops has the Latin American connection,apparently.
Speaking of sour grapes, what has become of the James lawsuit?
ReplyDeleteSup?
ReplyDeleteOne can gauge the level of Auburn's success by the conspiracy theories spewed by the Center Pointian.
ReplyDeleteDo you think "one who will not be named" pays those annoying callers to call in?
sup sup what's for supper?
ReplyDeletePF, Bradley and the Texas guy both speculated that xCTT would have gone to Knoxvegas if available.
ReplyDeleteso..... almost ..Steve FKx
I will say this. The UGA fans I know in NW Ga. love xCTT.
Leach took a legal hit. The judge sent the case to arbitration. Obviously this was a move to keep stuff quiet and reduce embarassment for the state school and the meddling booster.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be surprised to see Leach purposely trip up the arbitration just so he can get his facts out in public and then write a book. He is sortof crazy like that. If Leach can't get to a public trial, then I suspect the school will pressure James to back down and then settle with Leach much like the AU-xCTT settlement. Schools/Boosters hate the negative pub.
What you talkin bout Willis?
ReplyDeleteColeman arrested again.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
ReplyDeleteGot to love his pout.
ReplyDeleteAero, are you mocking me?
ReplyDeleteHi Jay G.
ReplyDelete*OF NOTE -- Newton was suspended for the first quarter.
ReplyDeleteWhy? Is this going to be a problem with him?
Thanks for the info Jay
You hear that in the distance?
ReplyDelete...
chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga...CHOO! CHOO!
...
Sounds like the Rollison Express to me.
Bigdaddy, I think it was of note so that you could see he put up big numbers in only 3 quarters.
ReplyDeleteRollison Express. Coming to JHS 2012.
ReplyDeleteNope, JG. In my opinion your current endeavor is a little overambitious. However I am not a beat writer or a sports journalist, so I don't know jack.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed his father's interview. A segment about every fresh signee / enrollee like that would be great. Maybe a few words from every enrollee's coaches.
Holy crap, Aero, that'd be like 500000 threads.
ReplyDeleteyea. phone line fixed and I didn't have to resort to AT&T housecall, or the equally expensive satellite phone as suggested by PF. (that would be pretty cool and I'd have one if I had some of Peyton Manning or Bill Gates's moolah)
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ReplyDeleteI don't think the 25 Auburn signees would have 50,000 fathers.
ReplyDeletenow if I could just get internet connection working. sorry for the double post. Not sure how that happened and so far I can't get the delete comment page to load.
ReplyDeleteInternet has been real slow here at the office all day too.
ReplyDeleteThe upside is it has sped up now that I'm one of the few people still here.
The down side is I'm one of the few people still here.
its the Chinese
ReplyDeleteNever take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
ReplyDeleteRight when THT said, "now if I could just get internet connection working"...my internet connection stopped working. It just came back up, but now I have a snack and a drink at my desk, so...thanks, THT!
ReplyDeleteglad to be of assistance.
ReplyDeletebtw, I heard Howard was down to 89.12% on his AU commitment. ;-)
Yo soy un Contra.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get much sleep last night. I have a headache and I'm tired. A bit delirious. My house kicked a tornado's butt, but I still had to clean a lot of crap up and do patchwork. I have a billion other things to do. But do you know what? DO YOU KNOW WHAT??!?!? IT'S PUPPET HOUR! SO PUT SOME GAS IN THE LAWN MOWER AND START JUGGLING!
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering if Auburn's commitment to DJ Howard might not be in the Pat Dye BAC range.
ReplyDeleteI think there's stale gas in the lawn mower from last year.
ReplyDeleteIn DJ Howard can spin some LP's with wicked skill, then I would had to lose him.
ReplyDeleteHad means hate in Eurasian. Shut up, idiots.
ReplyDeleteI can make popcorn pop by staring at it.
ReplyDeleteIn means if in idiot talk
ReplyDeletePeople who use idiot talk in Eurasia get executed. It is considered poor manners. A real foe paw.
ReplyDeletewho's playing in MNF tonight?
ReplyDeleteTrust him, he's a Dr.
ReplyDeleteHank Williams Jr vs John Madden.
ReplyDeleteMore importantly, is anyone going to Miami this weekend for THE BIGGEST EVENT OF ITS KIND in the Western Hemisphere? Maybe even the whole world!
ReplyDeleteI know you aren't talking about the biggest popcorn necklace convention in the world, because I plan on running that out of my house in three weeks. If Miami one ups me, then I might have to trip a dog.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing this has something to do with maps... so I won't be attending
ReplyDeletenope, I'm talking about the SUPER BOWL of mapdom
ReplyDeletenope was to the popcorn necklace gala.
ReplyDeleteWakerider is on the money!
So how many of the Pro Bowl players do they expect over at the mapfest?
ReplyDeleteThe death of a bee by the loss of stinger is one of the most bittersweet in nature. Death is cold and dark, but they die knowing they protected their queen. They are at peace. That is why I like to whisper to bees that stung me, "I am still up and running, and I am going to kill your queen and steal your honey." Bees that sting me don't deserve tranquility on their death beds. Stings hurt.
ReplyDeletei love sourwood honey. YUMMMMMMY! Honey bees are nice, they've never stung me.
ReplyDeleteYellow jackets are despicable. They sting and they don't give you any honey.
good question, Scott Choc. I'm guessing very, very few. But I can guarantee that there will be a bunch of old folks there. MrsTHT and I will not be among them.
ReplyDeleteTHT, since I don't seem to be going to any of the sporting(ish) events in the Sunshine State this weekend (unless someone secretly got me tickets and didn't tell me), maybe I'll go make fun of map nerds on my birthday. I mean, it's only $10 for hours of pointing and laughing.
ReplyDeletei want a trophy. I'll even settle for a tophy. I made a post with the first 3 lines starting with the letter GEE. That's got to be worth some kind of award.
ReplyDeleteLOL, PF. That sounds like great fun!
ReplyDeleteHey PF, you should take a poster board and draw a map on it, and then glue a mirror on it, and then point an arrow to the mirror that says "NERD HERE" and then go hold it up in front of all the map nerds.
ReplyDeleteMichael, Awesome idea. I'm gonna have the fourth best birthday of my twenties.
ReplyDeleteTHT, you got any maps that you want expert opinions of?
ReplyDeleteIt would suck to be an old map nerd about to drop some $$$ on an antique map and then have Chad Ochocinco walk in and outbid you for it (especially if PF was pointing at you and laughing at the same time).
ReplyDeleteHow much must it suck to find out that you have to pay jacked up hotel prices for the map fair because of the Pro Bowl and pre-Super Bowl festivities that will be going on this weekend. Map nerds are getting punked big time by their organization by the event being held this weekend.
ReplyDeleteYeah, they're taking it right in the atlas.
ReplyDeleteblahblahblah from AT&T when I'm trying to cancel their Wed. morning visit. This distracts me from HABOTN and this upsets me.
ReplyDeleteIf Ricky Williams were in the Pro Bowl, he might really go to the map fair.
ReplyDeleteFavre says he's highly unlikely to return next season.
ReplyDeleteGood Grief.
Remind me not to watch ESPN for the next eight months.
Jay G,
ReplyDeleteCan you get your buddy 85 on the phone and make Rey del Chocolate's scenario happen? I'd love to be a part.
SC, he does have a Miami abode.
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge fan of Ricky Williams, by the way. He's a seriously interesting dude.
ReplyDeleteOverambitious? Fair enough.
ReplyDeleteWe're finished with the coach quotes. Win some, lose some.
y'all are hilarious! I would love to gather y'all up and go to the map fair and let y'all make comments about all the map nerds as they enter, including me.
ReplyDeleteMap fair has always been last weekend in Jan. since it started back in the early 90s, with the exception of one year they moved it to the first weekend in Feb to avoid the Super Bowl. Now this year they have to deal with the Pro Bowl. Seems like there is usually a marathon in Miami about this time of year also.
I prefer ya'll, but we've had that discussion before.
ReplyDeletePF - I value my opinions of my maps more than any experts'.
ReplyDeleteyes, we have. And I did indeed recall that discussion as I was typing it, twice.
ReplyDelete"it" being y'all, not the discussion.
ReplyDeleteI think the consensus was that I was right, but you weren't changing...or at least that's how I remember it.
ReplyDeletey'all is better if for no other reason than to avoid the little red underline telling you that ya'll is misspelled.
ReplyDeletehmmm. I never noticed that red underline.
ReplyDeletei don't remember you being "right." I do remember that your explanation (which I've forgotten) actually made pretty good sense.
ReplyDeleteGive it up, guys. Come on.
ReplyDeleteNEWS FLASH!!!
ReplyDeleteHoward's AU commitment has inched back up to 90.79%.
JGT, that was only one person's opinion on the coach quotes. I thought it was a pretty cool idea.
ReplyDeleteWe're just having fun Jay G.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a FANTASTIC idea. But then, I prefer y'all, so that makes my opinion pretty worthless.
ReplyDeletePF, I think Ricky Williams is pretty interesting, too. I really could see him going to the map fair.
ReplyDeleteTHT,
ReplyDeleteI'd just like to say that my memory of the outcome of things like that is as selective as the history books that they have us read in high school.
I'm not interesting (it even says as much on my profile), but I promise I'd be at the map fair if it was outside the state of Florida. Heck, I might even go if it was in Tampa or Jacksonville.
ReplyDeleteThere's a plaque in my kitchen that says "Shalom Y'all." I thought it was kinda funny/cute until I noticed the positioning of the apostrophe. Now, I hate it.
ReplyDeleteoh boy. Don't get me started there, PF. I could rant all night long!
ReplyDeletePF, you're in high school? Got any classes with jhag? Partying in anyone's basement this weekend?
ReplyDeleteNo, SC. I'm not. That was just bad phrasing on my part.
ReplyDeleteBasement parties would be awesome, though, except there are no basements around here.
yep, 24 and in high school. They must have held him back.
ReplyDeleteAlright, PF's about to flip it with a countdown (or is that a count-up?).
ReplyDeleteAre we on the next page yet?
ReplyDeleteNow we are!
ReplyDeleteI mean now we are!
ReplyDeleteI wish I was 24. That was an awesome year. I've got one year and 6 days left in this decade of my life.
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