re: If the Newtons did not ask for or receive $$ from Auburn . . .

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What did he say that guaranteed MSU would turn them in? The "rented mule" comment? Have you ever seen that statement in its entireity? He is talking about the supporting cast that would be around Cam.

Here is the direct quote from the Montgomery Advertiser:
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I didn’t think that was the right place for Cam. They just don’t have all the moving parts. Cam was going to have to be the star. He’d have to do everything himself. I didn’t want him to be a rented mule.

Auburn has far more varsity players returning, they have more skill players, they’re attracting more highly recruited players and it’s right down the street.


Basically he was saying (by my way of reading it) that if he had gone to MSU, Cam would have done all the work, possibly gotten MSU to that next level (top section of the SEC West) and they could have then prospered in the future with the recruits they would bring in because of Cam's success. Auburn, on the other hand, already had proven talent on offense and was drawing kids in without Cam, and that with that around him Cam could best prosper and showcase his talents.

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