Melvin "Botto" Earnest. Botto is a character who helped coach as an unpaid Hamilton High School assistant in the early 80's. Botto, according to Tennstud was the runner, contact man, individual who set up deals with theses college recruits, to attend the University of Alabama. Only after the deal had been made by Botto would Logan meet with the individual prospect or his coach. Tennstud says that Logan was reluctant to deal directly with any prospect. Now according to Tennstud, after establishing a relationship with the then Melrose coach, Tim Thompson, Logan dealt directly with Tim, not having any direct dealing with either the prospect or his family. According to Milton Kirk, Botto approached him at Trezevant football practice one afternoon with doubts about Lynn Lang, but he was able to sway Botto of any doubts with Lang. Then according to Kirk, Botto carried Lang to Logan’s home. Tennstud later reveals that Tori Noel told him in story in 2003 how after he had verbally committed to Tennessee, Botto called and took him to a pizza restaurant. There, Botto offered him the same deal that Memphis Star Curtis Alexander from Memphis Whitehaven, a running back, had received for attending Alabama. Tori said he wanted to accept the deal but Tori's mother adamantly refused. Botto was questioned VERY early by the FBI. They have known since 2001 whatever he told them. He has never been charged so you assume that he is cooperating with the Feds. They had Lynn Lang, who was NOT cooperating, DEAD-TO-RIGHTS on the original indictments, which was for SOLICITING a bribe. If "Botto" Earnest's story had panned out, they would have indicted Lang for receiving the bribe. They didn't. Instead, they dropped the charges against Lang in exchange for another charge, Racketeering. Why drop the charges? They were trying to get Logan Young and the ONLY way they could get him was through Lang, not "Botto" Earnest, because they could not prove Kirk's story and what Earnest told them didn't implicate Young. Lang EAGERLY took the plea because they were going to give him NO JAIL TIME on the plea. Look at it from Lang's perspective. There was NO WAY IN THE WORLD he could get out of the original charges. He had at least 5 different college coaches who gave grand jury testimony against him. He was facing serious jail time. If Lang didn't want to go to jail he had to cut a deal. SO, what does all of this mean? That Milton Kirk is a bald-faced liar. The Feds cannot prove major parts of his story. In fact, Kirk has publicly changed details in his story about 8-9 times. Where does that leave the NCAA? They convicted Alabama on the back of a liar and his story cannot be proven.