[LeeCoUKFan]

leecoukfan,

If you don't mind can you try to give me some more details to work with? I don't need a specific name but I would like to try and validate the credibility of your source. Are they a media member, someone with intricate access to the staff, someone with specific ties to Alcoa?

The reason being is as UK goes down the stretch in recruiting scholarships have became very scarce and UK has specific targets left on their board whop have official visits planned. I would love to give a heads up to The Cat's Pause and have them use their resources to follow up...but the sad fact remains that kids read message boards and a rumor could have a negative effect on UK's remaining targets whether it is true or not.

A poster on TCP with a very good history of getting inside scoops had made a comment earlier about something the staff told him in regards to the RB situation, but was not told any names (if any) of whop the staff was talking about. This certainly would correlate with that post, but I need something concrete before taking a chance.

If you dont mind I am going to label this thread as a rumor and hopefully our Alcoa posters will shed some light soon.

Thanks for the heads up on what you heard either way though!

Well it was actually my girlfriend's aunt. She has many ties or connections with local sports in the Knoxville area and she lives and works in Alcoa, TN. She knows Randall Cobb personally and is very close with current and former Alcoa coaching staff members. She usually has the inside scoop when it comes to anything that has to do with Alcoa but if i'm not mistaken i think she told me that this was on one of the local news channels in the Knoxville area. She is also very close with some of the local radio stations as well as Bruce Pearl. Im not sure how close she is or maybe with Lane Kiffin or if she has even spoken with him before. But, she is a very reliable source when it comes to sporting news in the Alcoa/Knoxville area! Give me some time or if you can find something out sooner I will try to get a definitive answer from her and i also know her friend who is a former Alcoa Football player and coach, i will try to get a definitive answer as soon as possible.

But, i do want to apologize for not labeling this as a rumor to begin with! I do realize that if its not 100% true or guaranteed that it can be harmful to players, recruiters, and other sources as well.