With new stories taking over the world of college football on a daily basis, different programs are being put under the spotlight for various reasons.
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Tuesday, the Auburn Tigers made the headlines across the nation ahead of a critical game on the road at Tennessee on Saturday.
David Jenrath, a former student staffer for Auburn, turned himself into the Auburn Police Department on Monday, being charged with theft of trade secrets and computer tampering, both of which are felony crimes.
Having worked for the university from January to June of this year, Jenrath was a personnel scouting assistant, but was fired in June after calling into work sick and later being seen in the middle of the student section at a Tigers baseball game at Plainsman Park.
After his firing, Jenrath sent emails to almost a dozen programs containing documents and information that pertained to Auburn’s recruiting work, operating under the alias of “Don Julio.”
Despite the emailing of those secrets pertaining to the program, there was nothing within those emails pertaining to game information or tactics.
Golesh shared his reaction during a media availability on Wednesday.
“Literally, no reaction,” Golesh said. “This ain't coach talk: couldn't care less. Focus is on Tennessee, and that's a challenge to our team, too, right? Can we just be focused on what the heck's important, and like I talked about Monday, it truly is, 'Focus on Tennessee, let's ride.' I shouldn't say I couldn't care less. I haven't thought about it one second.”
The program got notice of the emails from at least one of the programs that the documents were sent to, which prompted an investigation.
Golesh was asked Wednesday whether this whole situation has made him or anybody within the program reconsider what information is handed out and how internal sensitive information is handled.
“When the original situation came up, obviously had to make sure we dotted our I's and crossed our T's, but we have it in place,” Golesh said. “There's nothing that feels like, man, going to affect anything in terms of how it got out.”
On his now-deleted LinkedIn page, Jenrath was listed as being a student at the University of Tennessee as well. In the university’s student directory, nobody under Jenrath’s name is listed.
The Tigers take on the Volunteers on Saturday in Knoxville, making the topic that much more elevated.
When Jenrath was booked into the Lee County Jail, he was given a bond of $15,000.
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