re: Evidently...Gus and Chiz were at Shiloh last night

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Ridpath doesn't like the NCAA.

More precisely, he doesn't like how the NCAA operates.

Even though his impressions of Neuheisel are of a guy who plays fast and loose with the truth, Ridpath is delighted the former University of Washington football coach has taken a bite out of the organization that purports to regulate college athletics.

"You would not believe how they jump on people and how they target people," Ridpath said yesterday from his office in Starkville, Miss.

Actually, after reading about NCAA tactics the past few weeks, I think I might.

"For years they have skewered people for not following the rules as they see them," Ridpath said. "... They hold people to a different standard, and yet when held to that same standard they throw money and try to spin themselves out of trouble."

Ridpath, an associate professor of sport administration at Mississippi State University, knows the skewer's sting as intimately as anyone. Four years ago, when he was athletic compliance director at Marshall University in West Virginia, he was run through and then slow-roasted over the NCAA's coals.

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Ridpath never did anything as egregious. His "crime" was not being aware of a scam that allowed Marshall athletes to "earn" $25 an hour for doing little or no work at a company owned by a longtime booster. He had been hired to clean up a messy program, but he became the scapegoat when the university hired a pricey attorney to protect itself and its high-profile employees like Pruett.

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"I've seen them make people cry, belittle people, use covert racism, tell lawyers to shut up and say they have no rights," he said. "It's unlike anything you've ever seen.

"They will ruin the reputations and careers of anyone who doesn't follow or who misinterprets the rules as they see them."

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"I was not allowed to give my case, either," he said. "I was shot down as some incompetent nut job. ... When the NCAA took me down, it was a sad day for college athletics because I cared about the rules and I was shown the door."

Ridpath said nothing will change until the NCAA enforcement process is overhauled.

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RTR.

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Evidently...Gus and Chiz were at Shiloh last night
Kiehl's dad is a VIP poster on AE...AUQBDAD. Has been since Kiehl committed.

He is solid. Kiehl is also heavily recruiting for Auburn...

According to Mr. Beach, AU is looking very good with Ray Drew. He also has hinted that CGM might be around longer than most people think...

He also said Crowell's AU interest is DEFINITELY gaining steam.

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