Facebook Exposes Recruiting Scandal By Mississippi State

Sports News - January 20th, 2010 - Written By Bryan

It is considered common knowledge around the college football world that recruits are given "special experiences" from time to time during visits that may or may not exactly be legal. There is also a mutual understanding that those players ought not go public with said experiences for fear of, you know, outing the school to the NCAA.

So unless they were referring to an actual horse, several high school recruits seem to have put Mississippi State in quite a precarious position.

Just days after returning from an official visit (which means the entire trip is chaperoned by a team member), athlete Jameon Lewis, running backs Jay Hughes and Robert Johnson feverishly commended the Bulldogs for putting on a great show and thanked escorts Charles Mitchell and LaDarius Perkins for taking them to The Pony.

Presumably the strip club in Starkville called The Pony.

The one that recruiters are forbidden to take recruits to when on official business.

All three raved about their experience at The Pony on the social networking site, and it seems like that cat is out of the bag in only head coach Dan Mullen's second year on the job.

On one post, Hughes wrote, "had lots of fun at state this weekend...POOONNNYYYYYYYYY".

Lewis wrote, "AINT BEEN TO LONG MADE IT HME... MAN WE HAD SUM FUN ET STATE BUT MY FAVORITE PART WAS WEN WE WENT TO (THE PONY) OH YEAH! IM 100% AH BULLDOG. OH YEAH I LIKED DA OTHA PARTY 2. BIG UPS TO MI BIG DAWG PLAYERS BUT I APPRECIATE DA HOST C. MITCHELL N LPERKINS. JLEWIS #7".

Mitchell was a bit more discreet, but did add, "Had fun at Mississippi State this weekend...THE PONYYYYY".

Forget the poor grammar and focus on the important issue. It goes without saying that these three were not supposed to be anywhere near a strip club during an official visit and it is only a matter of time before the NCAA begins looking into the matter.