OK.  Thanks.  I was too lazy to look it up.

Does anybody just happen to know what a "Chanticleer" is?

I'm starting to think that either this is for real or that this is one of the most well-organized, most collaborative, most Kingpin-worthy Internet hoaxes ever.  The following post is from a poster who has seemed to me to be trustworthy, in spite of his sceen name.
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Turd_Ferguson 12:17PM Permalink
Posts: 90 I took it upon myself to email the attorney Phil Abernathy and ask him myself if the letter is legitimate. This is what I wrote:


There is a letter that is claimed to have come from you. It can be seen at this location: Click here for link

Would it be possible for you to take a look at this letter and verify that it has in fact come from you and that it hasn't been modified?

The best case scenario would be to contact the administrator of that site to let him know in case he needs to remove it. You can also reply to this email as well if you prefer. To contact the site's administrator you can use their contact page at Click here for link

Thanks for any and all help you can provide.


He responded within 30 minutes with this reply:


It is my letter.

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Doesn't sound like it. 

Fox just said that the waves were moving at 500 - 600 MPH.     Umm....that's fast.

Good question.  I think I'll keep an eye on that thread.  Wasn't it usually about page 4 or 5 when an epic Kingpin thread became pretty obvious?

One thing that Smoore43 says is, "I have in my possession a letter from the NCAA enforcement staff dated March 2, 2011. That's all I need to really say about that. I believe that letter says much more than I need to say."   

Again, I'm not sure if this is legit or not, but it's interesting, to say the least.

http://auburngate.com/b/discussion/161/the-latest-on-the-biggest-story-in-college-football.

I don't know if this is really Scott Moore or not, but he had some pretty interesting things to say.  Syllogism, who says that this is really Scott Moore several posts below the first post is someone who seems to be a reputable poster, just from reading the board there for the last few weeks. TIFWIW.

I was at the BCSNCG in Pasadena.  That was my favorite game experience, hands-down. 
The 36-0 drubbing we put on the barn to end their streak in 2008 was quite enjoyable. 
The 1994 comeback win against Georgia in the night game at BDS was one of the most exciting atmospheres I ever remember at BDS. 
A bittersweet game was in 2005 vs. Florida.  Some of our Florida friends were with us, so that made it even more fun; but, I've never heard a stadium as quiet as BDS was when Prothro went down.

Try going to Click here for link and clicking on "News" right under the TideSports logo, or you can click here: Click here for link.  The articles listed here have the author's name, and Cecil has several articles here.  You'll have to manually scan them and look for Cecil's name.  It's not a very good way to feature one of their best columnists IMHO.

  Looks like ol' Lane is in a Catch 22.  It could be bad (for him) either way.  Maybe USC just wants to keep him from opening his mouth any more than absolutely necessary.

supposedly according to John Bond's attorney.

Click here for link

And so the plot thickens...

My guess is this:
The NCAA has 6 months after issuing a LOI (Letter of Inquiry) to submit the allegations of violations to the school.  Six months, in NCAA time, seems to not be very long at all.  I would think that if the NCAA's investigation takes them in multiple directions and/or states, then they would want to have the investigation pretty much wrapped up before the LOI is even sent.  If they have to investigate a whole lot of angles, then they're probably going to need more time than 6 months to make sure they have all of the issues thoroughly investigated.  So, my thinking is that they won't send out a LOI until they are convinced they are within 6 months of having their investigation mostly complete.

Here are links to two cleaned up versions:

Click here for link
Click here for link

It's still garbled in a lot of areas, though.

LOL.