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re: Big Surprise: Pete Thamel Picks CoC over Auburn
Posted on 3/14/18 at 12:12 am to StringedInstruments
Posted on 3/14/18 at 12:12 am to StringedInstruments
Why is he so anti Auburn?
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Posted on 3/14/18 at 2:37 am to CRDNLSCHMCPSN11
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Why is he so anti Auburn?
I'd guess it is because he's had multiple AU athletics stories he felt would be big mover/shaker career definining type pieces end up blowing up in his face.
The first and smaller deal was his story on AU giving FB players fake classes/grades. Turns out it wasn't just athletes but many non athlete students making it an academic not athletic piece. Thamel got robbed of a big time sports piece and pushing it as a sports story got some criticism since he missed the actual story
Story 2 is the bigger deal. Thamel was one of the first and loudest to report on Cam Newton Saga. He found his career defining story and hyped it hard calling it The potential "most explosive" scandal in college sports history....
When your self proclaimed "most explosive" story is ripped out from under you as Cam/AU was cleared, that hurts. He saw his second major story on AU blowback in his face.
This post was edited on 3/14/18 at 2:39 am
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