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Posted on 4/13/11 at 11:28 am to TiggerWoods
Posted on 4/13/11 at 11:28 am to TiggerWoods
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Lee may not be right, but he is making them look guilty for sure.
Lee is a ginger douche -
Where are the mortgage payments?
Where are the records on the car that Woodruff gave to Calloway?
Lee detailed a list of allegations that his ginger-arse has yet to backup...
WHERE THE HELL IS JEFF LEE?
This post was edited on 4/13/11 at 11:29 am
Posted on 4/13/11 at 11:39 am to RT1941
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Where are the mortgage payments?
Where are the records on the car that Woodruff gave to Calloway?
In the ORIGINAL JLEE interview he said he could not prove it because it was all cash transactions... He will not provide any proof of money for mortgages... Was not and will not be included in any articles....
As to the car, JLEE said that BC had a car for ONE day... DW said it was a joke that someone thought the car was for BC (A bad joke).
So if you are expecting anything on these two fronts, it will not happen.
Posted on 4/13/11 at 11:40 am to FleshEatingSalsa
No contradiction. He said the coach barely spoke to him at the awards banquet. After that the coach blows up his cell with texts and then blesses out Peaches.
Posted on 4/13/11 at 11:41 am to RT1941
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Lee is a ginger douche -
Where are the mortgage payments?
Where are the records on the car that Woodruff gave to Calloway?
Lee detailed a list of allegations that his ginger-arse has yet to backup...
WHERE THE HELL IS JEFF LEE
He should have to provide the proof or make a public apology. These things just should not be that hard to prove if true. Provide the paper work or stop it. He accomplished exactly what he wanted to, and that was to take Auburn out of the news.
Posted on 4/13/11 at 11:43 am to The Spleen
quote:Well, calling it a 'condo' is probably a stretch. . .
ITAT is now reporting that Darren Woodruff owns a condo next to the stadium in Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 4/13/11 at 11:57 am to FearlessFreep
1) “Winston said the decision to send Calloway with Woodruff was obvious. Woodruff had known Calloway for years and began assisting him with his college recruitment as a freshman.”
Posted on 4/13/11 at 11:59 am to auburntiger77
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1) “Winston said the decision to send Calloway with Woodruff was obvious. Woodruff had known Calloway for years and began assisting him with his college recruitment as a freshman.”
That isn't possible he sat out that year and no one (not even BC) knew he would be that good...
Posted on 4/13/11 at 12:15 pm to RockyMtnTigerWDE
is this guy really that good ? Not even in Tuscaloosa yet and he sounds like he and his 'family' will be a real pain in the rear.
Posted on 4/13/11 at 12:16 pm to auburntiger77
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In the ORIGINAL JLEE interview he said he could not prove it because it was all cash transactions... He will not provide any proof of money for mortgages... Was not and will not be included in any articles....
As to the car, JLEE said that BC had a car for ONE day... DW said it was a joke that someone thought the car was for BC (A bad joke).
So if you are expecting anything on these two fronts, it will not happen.
Then your Jeff Lee destroyed any credibility he ever wished to have. He makes Auburn University and your recruiting staff look totally foolish and vindictive.
You think every decent recruit in the state of Alabama won't have Lee's shite regurgitated to them by every other SEC coaching staff in the coming months of recruiting? All they have to do is remind that recruit and his parents what can happen to them if they decide to consider Auburn Univ as their school of choice.
Hell, I would venture to say that many out of conference schools will remind any recruit from Alabama about the Jeff Lee shite.
Damn! UGA and Fla should have a fricking field-day when they come to recruit Alabama HS players.
Posted on 4/13/11 at 12:21 pm to I-59 Tiger
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is this guy really that good ?
I doubt he ever starts. The AU BS spin just gets old.
Posted on 4/13/11 at 12:22 pm to RT1941
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You think every decent recruit in the state of Alabama won't have Lee's shite regurgitated to them by every other SEC coaching staff in the coming months of recruiting? All they have to do is remind that recruit and his parents what can happen to them if they decide to consider Auburn Univ as their school of choice.
My pitch as a LSU homer?
Get away from those crazy people in Alabama... those frickers will make your life miserable one way or the other
Might work because it seems true lately
Posted on 4/13/11 at 12:23 pm to Teague
that's what I don't get. Why isn't a sudden,albiet brief flirtation with Auburn getting more scrutiny ? That angle seems rather odd to me.
Posted on 4/13/11 at 12:24 pm to RT1941
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You think every decent recruit in the state of Alabama won't have Lee's shite regurgitated to them by every other SEC coaching staff in the coming months of recruiting?
Well fortunately, Alabama and Saban do not do negative recruiting....
Posted on 4/13/11 at 12:34 pm to I-59 Tiger
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Why isn't a sudden,albiet brief flirtation with Auburn getting more scrutiny ? That angle seems rather odd to me.
He was at a bunch of all-star games with AU commits. Young kid, people he likes talking to him about it, away from his parents...I personally don't think anything nefarious occurred.
Posted on 4/13/11 at 12:35 pm to NBamaAlum
They gave him hookers.
Posted on 4/13/11 at 12:41 pm to Bellabama
One of the main players in the Brent Calloway saga is full of contradictions
April 13, 2011 by John Stansberry
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In late January and early February of this year, I wrote some pieces on the curious recruiting saga involving Russelville (AL) linebacker/running back Brent Calloway. If you’ll recall, Calloway initially commited to Alabama, then switched his pledge to Auburn but ended up back where he started, inking with Alabama on National Signing Day.calloway
It’s not unusual for a kid to waver the way Calloway did, but the circumstances surrounding his switch back to the Tide were a little odd. If you’ll recall, Calloway wanted a shot to play running back on the next level, something Auburn coaches had apparently told him they were happy to give him.
Doug Segrest of the Birmingham News tells us how Calloway’s switch went over with the kid’s adopted father, Peaches Winston:
Winston isn’t happy with the change of heart. He has nothing against Auburn. He just doesn’t believe his son handled it correctly.
“I’m from the old school,” Winston said. “When you shake a man’s hand, look him in the eye and make a commitment, you stick to that commitment.”
“I respect him and I’m going to root for him. But I don’t think he handled it the right way.” (Birmingham News)
Once his letter of intent was faxed into Alabama, it appeared this story was over and done with. I’ll let Izzy Gould fill you in on how things got complicated again:
On Jan. 30, three days before national signing day, Calloway shut down communication with outsiders. He spoke to his guardian, Harland “Peaches” Winston, hoping to find an escape to the thunderous recruiting storm.
“When he got through down there at Alabama he said, ‘Dad, I do not want to go home. I do not want to go home, I want to stay,’” Winston said. “He said, ‘I don’t want to go home because of all this stuff people are gonna be talking.’ I called the principal, and I called the superintendent, and I said, ‘Would it be all right if we keep Brent out?’ They said, ‘Fine. OK.’”
Winston said he knew his good friend, Darren Woodruff, was leaving town for a few days.
Allegations surfaced last week when Rivals.com reporter Jeffrey Lee alleged in a radio interview that a person “very involved in the athletics department” at Alabama had transported Calloway out of state. Rivals.com later identified the man as Woodruff, president of Petro Chemical Energy, and reported he had paid Winston $2,500 and gave Calloway a car to sign with Alabama. The website reported the car was later returned.
Investigators from Alabama investigated the claims Friday and determined no wrongdoing. The school did not file a report with the NCAA. (al.com)
Woodruff is a longtime friend of Winston who may or may not be an Alabama booster, depending on who you talk to. Yesterday on SportsRadio 730 in Huntsville, AL, Woodruff was interviewed by Johnny “Ballpark” Franks (is that the most unfortunate nickname in radio?) about this whole sordid affair. I found the following part of that interview to be very interesting:
In that clip, Woodruff seems to be implying that you can tell very little about a kid’s athletic prowess when he’s in the ninth grade. He stops short of calling Calloway a pencil-necked geek who didn’t blossom as a football player until he was a senior.
Woodruff’s assertion might sound good to the average layperson, but in this case, it doesn’t stick. That’s because Calloway was actually turning heads on football fields as an eighth grader. Brian App of the Decatur Times Daily provides the particulars from back in 2008:
After starting the last two games in place of Freeman, Calloway, a sophomore, now boasts 16 touchdowns this season, his first playing tailback.
“He’s irreplaceable,” Russellville quarterback Joey Howe said. “He can just smell the end zone. I can’t really say how he does it.”
Let Calloway explain.
“I’ve got to score when I get the ball; that’s the mentality I have,” he said. “After the year I spent away, I just had to come back and run hard every play. I’ve got to make up for last year.”
Calloway had to sit out last season after transferring from Florence, where he played a few varsity games as an eighth-grader at defensive end and outside linebacker. (Florence Times-Daily)
Not many eighth-graders get the call to play varsity football, and it’s safe to say that those who do are special athletes. Also, think back to your time in high school. I would venture to guess that the most exceptional athletes in your ninth grade class went on to be the most exceptional athletes in your senior class. Hell, that’s how it worked at my school.
Therefore, Woodruff sounds a little full of it by insinuating that nobody could predict that Calloway would ever blossom into a football player that colleges would fight over. But this isn’t the only contradiction involving the kid that Woodruff has been caught in this week. He was interviewed by Brian Scarbinsky of the Birmingham News and said the following:
Calloway’s final change of heart came after he visited Tuscaloosa on the last weekend before signing day. That visit, Woodruff said, was the key to the decision for several reasons.
One, it came three days after Auburn received a public verbal commitment from Lake Worth, Fla., running back Tre Mason. One of Calloway’s reasons for committing to Auburn in early January was the opportunity to play running back, a position with little depth.
“He mentioned that Auburn had promised him they would not recruit another running back, and they had one to commit,” Woodruff said. “That had some bearing on it.” (Birmingham News)
That’s interesting stuff, because back on January 29, Calloway himself didn’t seem to be the least bit irked by the fact that Mason had given a verbal pledge to Auburn. Here’s what Calloway told Doug Segrest of the Birmingham News:
“I’m not afraid of competition, but I’d rather go against one or two than five or six. Alabama has (at running back) Corey Grant, Dee Hart and (Demetrius) Goode. Plus, Eddie Lacy and Trent Richardson are back.
“Auburn only has two (Onterio McCalebb and Mike Dyer) at running back, plus (commitment) Tre Mason and a walk-on. I know for a fact competing there would be easier.”
That’s where father and son disagree again.
“I feel he has a better chance to get to the NFL on defense, whether it’s linebacker or safety,” Winston said. “I feel for my son. I don’t see him making it as a running back in the pros.” (Birmingham News)
Getting back to that interview he had with “Ballpark” Franks, Woodruff directly addressed the allegations brought forth by Lee:
Fair enough, because the burden of proof is all anybody wants. That would be a welcome change from the various contradictions swirling around this story right now. The entirety of the “Ballpark” Franks interview with Woodruff can be found here. And yes, that was just another excuse for me to work “Ballpark” Franks into this one more time.
April 13, 2011 by John Stansberry
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In late January and early February of this year, I wrote some pieces on the curious recruiting saga involving Russelville (AL) linebacker/running back Brent Calloway. If you’ll recall, Calloway initially commited to Alabama, then switched his pledge to Auburn but ended up back where he started, inking with Alabama on National Signing Day.calloway
It’s not unusual for a kid to waver the way Calloway did, but the circumstances surrounding his switch back to the Tide were a little odd. If you’ll recall, Calloway wanted a shot to play running back on the next level, something Auburn coaches had apparently told him they were happy to give him.
Doug Segrest of the Birmingham News tells us how Calloway’s switch went over with the kid’s adopted father, Peaches Winston:
Winston isn’t happy with the change of heart. He has nothing against Auburn. He just doesn’t believe his son handled it correctly.
“I’m from the old school,” Winston said. “When you shake a man’s hand, look him in the eye and make a commitment, you stick to that commitment.”
“I respect him and I’m going to root for him. But I don’t think he handled it the right way.” (Birmingham News)
Once his letter of intent was faxed into Alabama, it appeared this story was over and done with. I’ll let Izzy Gould fill you in on how things got complicated again:
On Jan. 30, three days before national signing day, Calloway shut down communication with outsiders. He spoke to his guardian, Harland “Peaches” Winston, hoping to find an escape to the thunderous recruiting storm.
“When he got through down there at Alabama he said, ‘Dad, I do not want to go home. I do not want to go home, I want to stay,’” Winston said. “He said, ‘I don’t want to go home because of all this stuff people are gonna be talking.’ I called the principal, and I called the superintendent, and I said, ‘Would it be all right if we keep Brent out?’ They said, ‘Fine. OK.’”
Winston said he knew his good friend, Darren Woodruff, was leaving town for a few days.
Allegations surfaced last week when Rivals.com reporter Jeffrey Lee alleged in a radio interview that a person “very involved in the athletics department” at Alabama had transported Calloway out of state. Rivals.com later identified the man as Woodruff, president of Petro Chemical Energy, and reported he had paid Winston $2,500 and gave Calloway a car to sign with Alabama. The website reported the car was later returned.
Investigators from Alabama investigated the claims Friday and determined no wrongdoing. The school did not file a report with the NCAA. (al.com)
Woodruff is a longtime friend of Winston who may or may not be an Alabama booster, depending on who you talk to. Yesterday on SportsRadio 730 in Huntsville, AL, Woodruff was interviewed by Johnny “Ballpark” Franks (is that the most unfortunate nickname in radio?) about this whole sordid affair. I found the following part of that interview to be very interesting:
In that clip, Woodruff seems to be implying that you can tell very little about a kid’s athletic prowess when he’s in the ninth grade. He stops short of calling Calloway a pencil-necked geek who didn’t blossom as a football player until he was a senior.
Woodruff’s assertion might sound good to the average layperson, but in this case, it doesn’t stick. That’s because Calloway was actually turning heads on football fields as an eighth grader. Brian App of the Decatur Times Daily provides the particulars from back in 2008:
After starting the last two games in place of Freeman, Calloway, a sophomore, now boasts 16 touchdowns this season, his first playing tailback.
“He’s irreplaceable,” Russellville quarterback Joey Howe said. “He can just smell the end zone. I can’t really say how he does it.”
Let Calloway explain.
“I’ve got to score when I get the ball; that’s the mentality I have,” he said. “After the year I spent away, I just had to come back and run hard every play. I’ve got to make up for last year.”
Calloway had to sit out last season after transferring from Florence, where he played a few varsity games as an eighth-grader at defensive end and outside linebacker. (Florence Times-Daily)
Not many eighth-graders get the call to play varsity football, and it’s safe to say that those who do are special athletes. Also, think back to your time in high school. I would venture to guess that the most exceptional athletes in your ninth grade class went on to be the most exceptional athletes in your senior class. Hell, that’s how it worked at my school.
Therefore, Woodruff sounds a little full of it by insinuating that nobody could predict that Calloway would ever blossom into a football player that colleges would fight over. But this isn’t the only contradiction involving the kid that Woodruff has been caught in this week. He was interviewed by Brian Scarbinsky of the Birmingham News and said the following:
Calloway’s final change of heart came after he visited Tuscaloosa on the last weekend before signing day. That visit, Woodruff said, was the key to the decision for several reasons.
One, it came three days after Auburn received a public verbal commitment from Lake Worth, Fla., running back Tre Mason. One of Calloway’s reasons for committing to Auburn in early January was the opportunity to play running back, a position with little depth.
“He mentioned that Auburn had promised him they would not recruit another running back, and they had one to commit,” Woodruff said. “That had some bearing on it.” (Birmingham News)
That’s interesting stuff, because back on January 29, Calloway himself didn’t seem to be the least bit irked by the fact that Mason had given a verbal pledge to Auburn. Here’s what Calloway told Doug Segrest of the Birmingham News:
“I’m not afraid of competition, but I’d rather go against one or two than five or six. Alabama has (at running back) Corey Grant, Dee Hart and (Demetrius) Goode. Plus, Eddie Lacy and Trent Richardson are back.
“Auburn only has two (Onterio McCalebb and Mike Dyer) at running back, plus (commitment) Tre Mason and a walk-on. I know for a fact competing there would be easier.”
That’s where father and son disagree again.
“I feel he has a better chance to get to the NFL on defense, whether it’s linebacker or safety,” Winston said. “I feel for my son. I don’t see him making it as a running back in the pros.” (Birmingham News)
Getting back to that interview he had with “Ballpark” Franks, Woodruff directly addressed the allegations brought forth by Lee:
Fair enough, because the burden of proof is all anybody wants. That would be a welcome change from the various contradictions swirling around this story right now. The entirety of the “Ballpark” Franks interview with Woodruff can be found here. And yes, that was just another excuse for me to work “Ballpark” Franks into this one more time.
Posted on 4/13/11 at 12:42 pm to auburntiger77
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You think every decent recruit in the state of Alabama won't have Lee's shite regurgitated to them by every other SEC coaching staff in the coming months of recruiting?
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Well fortunately, Alabama and Saban do not do negative recruiting....
Oh, I wouldn't be worried 'bout Bama & Saban.
Would it be negative recruiting if Petrino, Miles, Spurrier, Richt, or Muschamp decided to make reference to the name Jeff Lee to an Alabama HS player? How bout Mack Brown, Jimbo Fisher, Bo Pellini?
Posted on 4/13/11 at 12:44 pm to Bellabama
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They gave him hookers.
BC's Auburn visit... Laid, paid and saved.
Sorry couldn't resist. I read that on another forum.
This post was edited on 4/13/11 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 4/13/11 at 12:44 pm to TiggerWoods
Is that from the Bleacher Report?
Posted on 4/13/11 at 12:45 pm to NBamaAlum
This shite needs to seriously die. Both fanbases need to manup and move on
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