Cam Newton led Auburn to a national championship during the 2010 college football season. Prior to that he went on a visit to Mississippi State, where he says one comment from the family member of a teammate swayed him to choosing Auburn instead...

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Clark14•31 months

I believe there were at least 180,000 other reasons why he went to auburn….

TommyDaTiger•31 months

Hey watch it now, that money was for his dads church baw

JJJimmyJimJames•31 months

Rush Propst said that both Nick Saban and Kirby Smart gave out 30,000,000 reasons each a year for their field covering 5 stars

JJJimmyJimJames•31 months

and that was while Cam was being recruited..

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Witecoco•31 months

Is the answer money? Cuz the answer should be money.

SophisticatedRedneck•31 months

NO ONE CARES

Bill W Tiger•31 months

Amen!

Baba Hogga•31 months

Because they didn't drop the bag.

LSU FSU Grad•31 months

BS. It was always about the Benjamins!

Gavin Elster•31 months

Because “the money was too much.”

Mr Happy•31 months

I might think differently about him had he gone after that fumble and not just watched his teammates.

holmesbr•31 months

I didn't listen to it but is this before or after he got booted from Florida?

Drizzt•31 months

Cam looks like he’s going steampunk now. Weird dude.

SirWinston•31 months

Fantastic reference, mate

The Cool No 9•31 months

I figured on that when I saw what he wore to the his first patriots presser

ATLTiger•31 months

As the Plains Burn... what a time it was on TD

JackieTreehorn•31 months

Chet Williams “ministry” was revolutionary. The precursor to NIL.

RolltidePA•31 months

Just like Clemson and the NewSpring church. It's no accident that after NewSPring went under, suddenly Clemson is struggling to compete. Their pre-NIL financial pipeline got blown up.

summersausage•31 months

Looks like Willie Wonka

Diamondawg•31 months

Nice investigative reporting Larry. Been bugging me for 13 years.

Billy Mays•31 months

Anthony Dixon's uncle catching strays when the real answer "the money was too much".

NASA_ISS_Tiger•31 months

Ole Scam Newton...never tires...oh wait...yeah it does.

cajunmud•31 months

Does the bible really say that?

DeafVallyBatnR•31 months

This is before anybody really new who Cam Newton was on the street. That is a bold face lie right there.