I am absolutely proud of Cam Newton. We recruited him to be a Gator and he became one. If we had wanted him to remain a Gator, we would have kept him.
We didn't. I'm glad he's doing well. A. Leon Polhill, Gator "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain ________________________________ From: Joseph <soej...@hotmail.com> To: GatorTalk <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 6:11:15 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Revisionist History re: Cam Newton This has been the pattern during Auburn football broadcasts.No mention of his arrest or what charges were brought;just that he transferred.His dad made the statement about it being about playing time--saying that Meyer would not tell Newton if he was #2 or #3 on the depth chart at QB.Funnier still is how they say the reason he ended up at Auburn was so that he could be closer to family---he was set to go to one of the Mississippi schools;yet he went out to Texas for the junior college. He "cherry picked" his JUCO--one that he could step in and start right away;then he could pick and choose a D1 school as the transfer rules are different in regards to junior college.Auburn stepped in a 'gave' him what he wanted. On Oct 19, 3:17 pm, "Ken Kirkley" <k...@kirkley.net> wrote: > During the Auburn Arkansas game on Saturday they made a statement regarding > Cam's transfer, basically saying he decided to transfer after Tebow > announced he was coming back for his senior year. That didn't sound right > to me, primarily because it isn't true. > > Cam was arrested 11/21/08 for throwing the Heisman out the window, he > announced on 1/05/09 that he was transferring to Blinn CC, Tebow announced > he was coming back at the NC celebration on 1/12/09. So a full week before > Tebow announces, somehow Cam already knew... At the time remember, Cam was > suspended from the team and Tebow was in Miami for bowl prep. Cam > transferred for the simple reason that he had been suspended from the team > for comitting a criminal act, he had the opportunity to rejoin the team but > took the option to transfer so he could playing time, not because Meyer > kicked him off the team. He had the same opportunity to rejoin the team as > Chris Rainey, bu we keep hearing about the double standard of Meyer. > > I wish Cam all the best in the world, but the adoration that is being piled > on him while casually dismissing the 'incident' is just wrong. UF still gets > raked over the coals for having 30 arrests - guess what Cam was one of > those, so why doesn't his arrest transfer with him??? > > Also, Cam is the QB he is today because he transferred. The year as a > starter in CC was what he needed, he wouldn't have gotten the reps as the > backup or 3rd string that he got as the starter at Blinn. That is what made > him the better QB today. > > Ken K > MNGator -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
