This could explain things a bit:
http://www.mrsec.com/2012/09/for-msu-its-devinner-of-their-discontent/Then last night, ESPN reported that De’Vinner told the network that now-disassociated State booster Robert Denton Herring provided illegal benefits to “five or six” Bulldog athletes. ESPN’s Joe Schad — Dan Mullen’s gotta love that — was told that juco defensive lineman Denico Autry was one of those who received improper gifts.Mullen has always struck me as shady. Of course, he learned at the foot of the master.