Recruits’ coach says ‘nothing illegal’ took place in Auburn’s recruitment

"I can’t say what Auburn did because I don’t know and I wasn’t involved very much," Dennis Lorio said last week. "I really don’t know truthfully."

"My answer is what went on with Greg’s recruitment, you’re going to have ask Trooper Taylor, Greg, his parents and, I believe, Sean Nelson. I don’t have any more answers because I don’t know."

Fast-forward a couple of days, and Lorio, head coach of Tiger recruits Trovon Reed (2010) and Greg Robinson (2011), suddenly found greater clarity when asked about the recruitment of his players when speaking to a member of the Auburn media.

"No," Lorio succinctly told the Birmingham News when asked if he knew of any violations committed in Auburn’s recruitment of his players. When asked specifically about Robinson, of whom the NCAA investigators asked the most questions, Lorio said that "to my knowledge, there was nothing illegal in his recruitment."

So, from an "I can’t say what Auburn did because I don’t know and I wasn’t involved very much" to a definitive and emphatic "no". Funny how that works.