Maybe there is nothing to this and he said what he said to be ridiculous. I was in sales for 14 years and sometimes I would do this(over price an account not wanting it to start with and if they agreed to ridiculous price then fine. You then got the account and got it over value which was really a double bonus). Maybe Newton didn't really want to go to MSU and did this. It would take more than a scholarship to get me to go to Mississippi St. (have you ever been to MSU) It has been down so long that they need a ladder to see first place.