One of Those Days

Well, it's one of those days where I'm not really sure what to talk about.  I guess I'll fall back on the "weekend plans" topic.

The only thing about using the "weekend plans" topic is that this is one of those weekends where we don't have a whole lot planned.  Saturday morning I'm going to be helping the kids at church practice for their Christmas musical.  They're performing it on Sunday night.  So really, that amounts to the big plans for the weekend.  Outside of that, the only other thing happening is the SEC Championship game.

Since everyone else with a blog has weighed in on the Cam Newton story, I guess I can too.  I'm excited and relieved that he was declared eligible.  I'm also happy that the NCAA found no evidence to indicate that either he or Auburn knew anything about a pay-to-play scheme.  It's sad that his dad attempted it with Mississippi State and I'm sure it's probably led to some hard times, hurt feelings and damaged relationships in the Newton family.  Really though, the real tragedy is the character assassination that some sports writers carried out on Cam himself.  Now that he's been found innocent of any wrong-doing on his part and seems to have had no knowledge of the actions of his father, you would think there would be some apologies coming from some people.  Don't hold your breath.  Thayer Evans, who has been one of the worst offenders, has a response article out full of anonymous quotes from "coaches" saying that this is the worst thing that could happen and now anytime there's a question, the player, coaches, etc... can just say "He didn't know."  He also quotes an unnamed source saying that Newton shouldn't be given the Heismen after what happened with Reggie Bush.  Evans has probably already forgotten that his beloved Kellen Moore and Boise State got beat by Nevada less than a week ago.  I'm sure if you asked him, he'd say it didn't really happen.

This is just more of the same from writers like Evans.  No facts, no real sources, no real journalism.  It's sad that we live in a time where supposed "journalist" can attack and try to destroy a 20 year old college kid with seemingly no second thought.  From all I've seen and heard from both him and his coaches all the way back to high school, Cam Newton is a great guy.  He's also the most explosive player in college football right now.  If that's not good enough to get the Heismen, then who needs it?

Okay, I'll get off the soap box.  Have a good weekend and War Eagle!