LSU junior defensive lineman Akiem Hicks allegedly received money from wide receivers coach D.J....

LSU junior defensive lineman Akiem Hicks allegedly received money from wide receivers coach D.J. McCarthy to transfer to LSU from Sacramento City Community College in California, The Daily Reveille learned on Thursday.

This transaction led to an NCAA violation that a source familiar with the situation said became known to the team following the Arkansas game last Saturday.

The Daily Reveille: McCarthy paid Akiem Hicks to come to LSU

I'm going to take this one with a grain of salt simply because its the LSU student newspaper doing the reporting -- remember they were the ones saying Saban was in Baton Rouge interviewing for the LSU job in December of 2007 -- but this one is going to turn into some very big news if this indeed turns out to be the case.

9 months ago outsidethesidelines 23 comments 0 recs |

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If this is true

this is very, very bad news. Just when the conference had gone a year or two without anyone being on NCAA double-secret probation (and, no, I didn’t forget about the ridiculous textbook crap; I’m talking about competitive advantage-type infractions).

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by Stuck in the Plains on Dec 4, 2009 11:36 AM CST reply actions

This seems a bit different than a coaching rumor

I agree that until a second source confirms it, this news should be held in doubt. However, everyone and his brother reports rumors about coaching searches. Effectively accusing an assistant coach of paying a player is on a completely different level. If it’s true, this news is big and ugly.

by DurhamO on Dec 4, 2009 11:37 AM CST reply actions

if this is indeed true,

then how many other players that he recruited does this potentially apply to?

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by Thomas Walker Esq on Dec 4, 2009 11:40 AM CST reply actions

Lots...

He has recruited lots of other highly-touted prospects, including Reuben Randle, Chris Davenport, Mike Ford, Chancey Aghayere and Karnell Hatcher.

And to me, as I posted a few days ago, that is the real issue here. Here’s a wide receiver coach… paying a defensive linemen to sign? Now can you honestly sit there and tell me that he didn’t do something similar for a guy like Randle? That’s my issue.

At any rate, though, again I’m still taking this one with a very big grain of salt. I don’t really have much confidence in anything a student newspaper reports.

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by outsidethesidelines on Dec 4, 2009 11:54 AM CST up reply actions

Taking it with a grain of salt-

thats what rational fanbases do…our rivals on the other hand would make Saban farting too loud a NCAA violation..

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by bammer on Dec 4, 2009 12:02 PM CST up reply actions

Death Penalty!!!!!!!!

If true, you would think in today’s age with any news story hitting the interweb in about the same sec it happened this would eventually stop. If true, student papers are about as reliable as social security.

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by IHC800 on Dec 4, 2009 12:06 PM CST up reply actions

CHEATIN BAMMERS!!!

SABAN’S LEAVIN FOR ND!!!

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by Stuck in the Plains on Dec 4, 2009 1:25 PM CST up reply actions

Your spelling is too correct to pass as an Auburn fan

CHEETIN BAMMERZ $ABANS LEEVIN 4 ND!!!1

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by Bens4vcobra on Dec 4, 2009 1:30 PM CST up reply actions

true

Mockery fail…just like the Zune

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by Stuck in the Plains on Dec 4, 2009 1:56 PM CST up reply actions

i have a zune

and i like it quite a bit.

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by kleph on Dec 5, 2009 7:46 AM CST up reply actions

If true....

stick a fork in the mad hater, because if lsu goes on probation, he is done! He pulled his @$$ out of the fire with the comeback win over Arkansas, but there is no comeback for this.

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by jtCRIMSON on Dec 4, 2009 11:53 AM CST reply actions