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MarineTiger Founding Member

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I know this is supposed to be old news but the article is from today so I am not sure if anything new has come up from it.

Lang said he gave the Means family "around $60,000."

Though Alabama, Kentucky and Georgia are the only schools that actually paid money to Lang in the recruiting process, Lang said Arkansas, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Michigan State each said they would engage in activities contrary to NCAA regulations in an effort to land Means. "And most the time, it was boosters or coaches offering me things, not me asking for things," Lang said. "When I had Means, people treated me like a king. Anything I wanted, and anything they thought I wanted they had ready for me."

Arkansas and Tennessee made specific offers.

"Arkansas was going to hire me as their defensive line coach and give me $80,000," he said. "Tennessee offered $50,000, and then $75,000."
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http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/sports/article/0,1426,MCA_461_3840765,00.html

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I'm a beleiver that they should be put on probation for this.

tiger777, Jun 9, 2005

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cadillacattack Illegitimi non carborundum est

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I'm a beleiver that they should be put on probation for this.
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Yes, but the question is, do you believe Lang? :wink:

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goldengirlfan simple man

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cadillacattack said:

Yes, but the question is, do you believe Lang? :wink:
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:nope:

goldengirlfan, Jun 9, 2005

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tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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my only problem is where the hell were we on the bidding? c'mon alums!

tirk, Jun 9, 2005

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tirk said:

my only problem is where the hell were we on the bidding? c'mon alums!
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:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: ... let's see... who was the coach at Michigan State when Means was being recruited....ummm... so you were kinda represented, sorta, in a way, lol.

Hawker45, Jun 9, 2005

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Actually when he was being recruited I think Saban was already here. He was a Sr. last year and I think Saban would have been at LSU at that point.

cdew, Jun 9, 2005

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Perhaps too close to call (and doesn't mean much anyway... meant as a joke)... Saban signed on with LSU in November of 1999, which was Albert Means senior season in high school... so someone was recruiting him back then.

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So are you accusing Saban of cheating?

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if he was under oath then yes I kinda do believe him. If he takes a lie detector then yes I will believe him.

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