re: Saban will be the Lance Armstrong of coaching

He doesn’t need to buy players. They all want to play at Alabama because of what they have built there.

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This will come out on top of the pay to play scandal. It will be a sight to behold to see the Bama empire implode.

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genuineLSUtiger:

As I stated in earlier post, Saban has been in GumpVille since 2007. So first guys he coached are maybe 32-33. If some of those guys start having health issues around their 40's and that is the result of steroids/PED, then it will all come "tumbling down" to quote John Cougar Mellencamp

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It’s sad to see a once proud NCAA football powerhouse be reduced to clinging only muh conspiracy bullshat. LSU will end up 11-2 with a Sugar Bowl win over either Michigan or Ohio St. Come on man y’all are better than this.

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For once I agree with a Gump. Yes Bama buys the frick outta players, but that's no reason to melt over 11-2

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EA6B:

I here what you are saying. But what I stated in my earlier post was "Job." If a top recruits parent moves to GumpVille and gets a job, how do you prove anything? They send in a resume and get a job. As long as the top recruits parent(s) are getting paid the same pay for the same work as everyone else doing the same job, what can be proven? Not sure that would under letter of NCAA rules, be a violation. Do I think it is unethical? Yes, is it shady? Yes, but can NCAA prove it is against rules. Again, a top recruit moves to Tuscaloosa, his parent sends in an application to Mercedez Benz plant located there and gets a job. As long as the parent of the recruit is getting paid the same amount as everyone else, and they report that income on tax return, then that is technically not an NCAA violation. NCAA would have not legal standing here. Now if there is under the table money not being reported as income or money for not doing a job, ok., but you think anybody in Alabama is going to blow the whistle. You think the state of Alabama is going to have its state auditors and tax authorities "audit" those recruits parents for other sources of income not reported on tax return, those politicians would be assassinated.

Now do I think Louisiana needs to have its Dept. of Revenue audit individuals in Louisiana that are allegedly bag men for Alabama to steer recruits to Saban. Hell yes. I have said as much.

Possibly. I think it more likely something is revealed about illegal steroid use.

Your full o more shite than a Christmas goose

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Alabama has the best coach in CFB history and puts more players in the NFL. They don't have to cheat. It's more likely programs like Ole Miss (and probably LSU now) to cut corners to keep up.

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I don't think anyone doubts Saban's ability to Recruit, coach and be CEO of and organization. But I don't believe all those recruits, and more importantly, all their families from all over the country are going to Alabama because they love the state of Alabama. Given the state of politics n this country, Alabama is getting recruits from parts of the country that if a person from Alabama would go there and say they are from there, they might get the crap knocked out of them. And no, I am not advocating political violence towards anyone for any reason. But lets be honest, Jeff Sessions is not popular in the so called "Blue states." This Judge Moore guy who ran for Senate last year was not viewed to favorably around the country either.

So is Saban a Bill Belichick type coach in CFB? Yes he is, but Tuscaloosa and the state of Alabama are not culturally attractive to most people outside the state of Alabama. So yes, I do think in addition to having the top coach in CFB, Alabama is a shady program. E.g., your drug testing program is a joke and all these parents of recruits winding up in Alabama is questionable.

With all that said, yes Alabama soundly beat LSU last night. End of discussion on that point.

In life, if it’s too good to be true, it is...

With so much parity, it simply makes no sense that Bama is this much better than everyone else.

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Get a clue. bama regularly has players thrown out of the NFL draft for failing PED drug tests.