Earlier today I reported that top 2011 Oregon football recruit De’anthony Thomas had noted in a Wednesday entry on his personal Twitter account that he had a “meeting” with “NCAA people” earlier the same day.
The Tweet:
JUST GOT. OUT OF A MEETING WIT THE NCAA PEOPLE MAN IT FELT LIKE I WAS TALKING TO THE POLICE
Following my report, Thomas sent out three subsequent Tweets denying that Oregon was the subject of his NCAA meeting.
The Tweets:
NOTHIN GOING ON THERE INVESTIGATIN USC
IT WAS A MEETING ABOUT USC AND I’M NOT EVEN GOING THERE
Thomas later told Bryan Fischer of CBSSports.com that not only had he not met with NCAA investigators on Wednesday, but that the account where the Tweets appeared did not belong to him.
To verify Thomas’ claim about the alleged rogue Twitter account, I talked to two current full-time assistant college football coaches who were involved in recruiting Thomas.
Both told me the account belonged to Thomas.
A third full-time staffer at a major college football program said of Thomas’ Twitter account: “Yes it’s him. No clue why he’s denying it.”
In a Feb. 24 entry on his personal Facebook account, Thomas wrote of the Twitter account he now claims does not belong to him:
FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @THEBLACCSTER
As the NCAA never verifies ongoing or pending investigations, it would’ve been impossible to debunk Thomas’ claim that his meeting with “NCAA people” only included investigative questions about USC.
But with Thomas’ credibility now compromised, it’s hard to rule out anything as it pertained to the “NCAA meeting” mentioned earlier on his now-verified Twitter account.
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4:35 pm on March 3rd, 2011
And those last three tweets seem to be gone…
4:42 pm on March 3rd, 2011
Someone from Oregon was looking for me?
4:59 pm on March 3rd, 2011
Auburn did it. Go Ducks.
4:59 pm on March 3rd, 2011
The kid is an idiot. They aren’t investigating USC, they are looking into what Kiffin did while at Tennessee.
5:13 pm on March 3rd, 2011
I don’t understand why the NCAA is interviewing Omar from The Wire
5:13 pm on March 3rd, 2011
So if Kiffin commits a violation at Tenn, it is all Kiffin’s fault and Tenn bears no liability, but if he commits one at USC, it is USC that will suffer the consequences. That does sound like NCAA reasoning.
5:17 pm on March 3rd, 2011
Omar comin’…..
5:24 pm on March 3rd, 2011
Don’t be hatin’ Brooks! The kid was told not to talk about it. And we’ll see soon that Kiffin will have a one year ban from recuriting, AND USC will get sanctions.
Clean it up women of Troy!
6:15 pm on March 3rd, 2011
I just hope the kid makes it up to Eugene before that “street gang” catches up with him.
He really should’ve taken a page from many pro athletes and instead of denying the Twitter account was his, just blame it on someone who either stole his phone or used it without permission.
6:25 pm on March 3rd, 2011
Typical knucklehead of his ilk.
7:00 pm on March 3rd, 2011
Man, pac-10 folks LIVE I’m denial
7:20 pm on March 3rd, 2011
Good detective work, Matlock. I think you solved the case.
7:22 pm on March 3rd, 2011
Seems pretty obvious….the NCAA questioned him about USC’s illegal contact with him during the “quiet period”. He tweeted it and was promptly told by the NCAA or maybe his coaches at Oregon not to talk about NCAA matters publicly. So, being a kid, he backtracked when he was questioned about it.
This seems plausible and so his tweets about it not being about Oregon should not be discounted.
Are you and Cowherd each others sources because you’re the only two talking about Oregon?
7:40 pm on March 3rd, 2011
Tell them it’s all your dads fault, you don’t know sh!t.
7:40 pm on March 3rd, 2011
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=cr-oregon030311
9:15 pm on March 3rd, 2011
Basketball, Football - epic cheating.
10:23 pm on March 3rd, 2011
correct use of their and there, shouldn’t be impossible to figure out for a PAC 10 recruit. Blaccster sounds like another genius from Crenshaw.
11:17 pm on March 3rd, 2011
Just to think, we were only $10k shy of landing this guy. Dang, Dye must be slipping.
12:03 am on March 4th, 2011
M’s right on … eliminating the traditional spelling rids “blackster” of the “CK”, which, in the ’shaw, represents “crip killer”. don’t no cuzzes write it … ever.
so, uh, welcome to major college football, oregon. these are the pains of going 0-2 in the bcs …
12:15 am on March 4th, 2011
He was obviously being interviewed about Oregon’s dirty recruiting with street agents and Nike money. When he got caught mentioning something that he was not supposed to, he lied and threw out USC as a cover up.
The Black Mamba has officially turned against the City of LA.
1:29 am on March 4th, 2011
Kiffy is dirtier than a metairie hooker.
12:02 pm on March 4th, 2011
M…then there is the other form..”They’re” which would be the correct use in this instance…….and you are a genius from????????
12:28 pm on March 4th, 2011
SC tweets are libel if not true…
8:35 pm on March 4th, 2011
oregon released the invoices
$25000 bought 22 states worth of recruiting info
little more than $1100 per state
wow some big bunch of nothing
kelly runs a clean ship[
looks like he did his homework and used that info to recruit an outstanding class for 2011
eat your hearts out
scum throwers