Bacon's Good in Indy
Heard John Bacon speak in Indianapolis last night. As I'm sure you all know, he gives a funny and engaging talk about how Three and Out transpired, etc. I guess the one bit of news that emerged for me (others may know this) is that the unidentified SEC school mentioned in the book that had chicks waiting for recruits in their beds was Florida ... under Urban Meyer. Shocking I know. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Happy Holidays and Go Blue
December 21st, 2011 at 10:05 AM ^
The old boss also left a Bible on the nightstand next to the naked chick in bed.
December 21st, 2011 at 10:12 AM ^
So they had a choice?
December 21st, 2011 at 11:01 AM ^
So after finishing with the naked chick, you pray thankfully for what has been provided to you.
December 21st, 2011 at 10:06 AM ^
I was wondering something fishy must have happened in that OV.
December 21st, 2011 at 10:19 AM ^
pun intended?
December 21st, 2011 at 3:18 PM ^
Urban and his gang of flunkies spared "No Espense" to land the DE recruit?
December 21st, 2011 at 10:18 AM ^
(And for those who can get away with some nsfw content-
http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/2010/11/02/baconbikininsfw_1.jpg )
December 21st, 2011 at 10:25 AM ^
Beat me to the punch.
December 21st, 2011 at 10:26 AM ^
I'm not sure if I like that photo or if it disgusts me. I like bacon, and I like girls in bikinis, but I'm not sure if I like girls in bacon bikinis. Hmmmm . . .
December 21st, 2011 at 10:49 AM ^
I see no issue here.
December 21st, 2011 at 11:25 AM ^
To bad the bacon in the linked picture isn't cooked :)
December 21st, 2011 at 11:46 AM ^
Answer: What are two things you can eat.
December 21st, 2011 at 11:44 AM ^
Seriously? Can bacon that close to the downstairs (basically in the downstairs) cause some sort of gross infection or something? Ugh.
December 21st, 2011 at 1:42 PM ^
but it's especially good in Indianapolis!
December 21st, 2011 at 10:22 AM ^
I mean, where as Urban could it be the URBAN MEYER allegedly KILLED FIVE HOOKERS AT SMU?
December 21st, 2011 at 10:23 AM ^
I do love Indy
December 21st, 2011 at 10:44 AM ^
What beds were the chicks actually waiting in where they knew the recruits were going to go into while on a recruiting trip? Did Tebow have a chick waiting for him?
December 21st, 2011 at 10:46 AM ^
I don't think Meyer was coaching at Florida when Tebow was recruited. If there was a chick waiting in Tebow's bed, he would have prayed for her and given her money for a cab home!
December 21st, 2011 at 10:49 AM ^
Tebow was a freshman during Meyer's second year at Florida, so he was definitely a Meyer recruit. Mattison was the lead recruiter.
December 21st, 2011 at 10:56 AM ^
Do we know what recruits said that Florida was the school with chicks waiting in bed?
December 21st, 2011 at 11:27 AM ^
Bacon left it vague in his book, but IIRC Denard, Devin and Bellomy were all hanging out and one of them mentioned it.
December 21st, 2011 at 11:47 AM ^
December 21st, 2011 at 3:49 PM ^
I remember the book mentioning Devin and Denard talking about this in the book, but I do not recall either of them saying it happened to them. I will check when I get my book back lol.
December 21st, 2011 at 11:05 AM ^
This is why the most useful part of the OSU sanctions is the extra probation, not the bowl ban, or even the scholarships.
It keeps the white-hot magnifying glass directly on Meyer's ass. He won't be able to pull this kind of crap like he did at FL, and you know he would try.
December 21st, 2011 at 12:04 PM ^
However, I am suspicious about the conspiracy of silence that exists in Columbus. If it wasn't for an unrelated federal investigation into the Tattoo Parlor, I wonder if anything at all would have come out in Columbus. I really am furious with Tressel. That guy regularly gave talks about integrity and faith. If he had any integrity at all, he should have publicly said, "what I did was wrong. I was dishonest, and did not practice what I preached and taught. I didn't keep promises I had made. I was a hypocrite. I ask your forgiveness."
If he has done this publicly, I haven't seen any evidence of it. If he hasn't, then why should he be forgiven? Regarding forgiveness, I am more than willing to offer it, but that doesn't mean that there aren't and shouldn't be lasting consequences to Tressel's bad choices.
Meyer I know much less about. But he certainly has the responsibility to speak the truth, and to do the right thing, and to be very much in touch with compliance. Tressel presented himself as "not knowing" what was going on. Number one, this was false. But number two, I think he did shield himself from knowing details. Meyer needs to stay in touch with that.
December 21st, 2011 at 11:42 AM ^
It seems strange that a program would take it to the level of having girls waiting in the recruits beds. Why make it look that organized? It seems like you could just have a party/reception/social gathering and invite a group of women who were dedicated fans of the program. At that point all the program did was host a gathering where the recruits get to spend time with other players and students. If some of the female students/fans decide to show the recruits a good time to help the program out, so be it. In the end you would get the same result for your recruits without the direct appearance that the program was providing women to sway recruits.
December 21st, 2011 at 11:49 AM ^
Then it won't look as much like a favor from the school/staff and the recruit might not directly connect it to the football program
December 21st, 2011 at 12:25 PM ^
It also brings up the question of how do you recruit for that? Doesn't seem like the kind of thing you can just post on a telephone pole
December 21st, 2011 at 1:29 PM ^
on that HBO special about football players being paid, this was mentioned at OSU..
The guy that ended up at Auburn said on his recruiting trip to OSU, they were at a party and the players giving the tour told him to pick out any girl.. Then the girl slept with him apparently..
Pathetic that sports have gone to that level. Pretty sad
December 21st, 2011 at 11:57 AM ^
Everything John Bacon writes is the truth. Seriously I'm not even joking!
December 21st, 2011 at 12:44 PM ^
He is a very credible journal and author.
December 21st, 2011 at 12:24 PM ^
Meyer became known as a "Master of the spread"?
There you go.