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Ali Highsmith is Trying to Crowdfund a Book About the 2007 BCS Championship Run

Posted on 3/3/15 at 3:31 pm
Posted by AngryBeavers
Member since Jun 2012
4554 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 3:31 pm
In case anyone is interested. He is one of my favorite Tigers from that team. The whole #7 swagger started with him IMO.

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Like the rest of my senior teammates that season, I wanted to make my mark on the program. We arrived in Baton Rouge on the heels of the team’s 2003 National Championship, and maintaining the national spotlight, while also helping Coach Miles earn his first title, was always our goal.


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Now, seven years after I graduated from the place I call my second home, I need LSU fans’ help in accomplishing a goal far different than winning a National Championship. It has always been a dream of mine to publish a biography which gives Tigers fans, the most passionate in sports, an inside-look at the life of an LSU player.


This post was edited on 3/3/15 at 3:34 pm
Posted by BigOrangeWave
Member since Oct 2014
654 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 3:33 pm to
Good luck but I wouldn't pay for that. The life of a college football team just isn't interesting.
Posted by fightingtiger2335
heh?
Member since Aug 2007
61157 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 3:34 pm to
If his epilogue is a teaser for Jeffersons book talking about the secret locker room fight againsy bama im all In
Posted by AngryBeavers
Member since Jun 2012
4554 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 3:34 pm to
I know everyone is awaiting the T-Bob tell all.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
59073 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 3:35 pm to
Meh.

Call me why someone tries to crowdfund a book about what went down in the locker room during to 2011 BCS Natty game. I'll donate a paycheck or two for that.
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
57770 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 3:41 pm to
Can't wait for the t bob tell all.
Posted by LSUsmartass
Scompton
Member since Sep 2004
82369 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 3:49 pm to
I would be glad to fund Jarrett Lee's tell all book about 1/9
This post was edited on 3/3/15 at 3:51 pm
Posted by higgins
flowery branch, ga
Member since Dec 2009
7918 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 4:40 pm to
i met t bob's in laws a few months ago. dont expect him to ever say ANYTHING. he is caught somewhere between loyal and neutral towards Miles. His in laws, on the other hand.....
Posted by FT
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Member since Oct 2003
26925 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 4:48 pm to
What the hell does he need money for? Does he not own a computer? You type the shite up and send it to publishers.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
155869 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 4:51 pm to
hope it comes to fruition
Posted by TIGRLEE
Northeast Louisiana
Member since Nov 2009
31493 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 4:53 pm to
Rather a Jarrett Lee 2011 one.

It would outsell high smiths 2 to 1.

Come on JL. Give the fans what they want.
Posted by crazyLSUfan
LA (Lower Alabama)
Member since Aug 2006
6698 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 4:57 pm to
Way more than 2:1
Posted by LSUAlum2001
Stavro Mueller Beta
Member since Aug 2003
47138 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 5:19 pm to
You need money to type?

Posted by SamuelClemens
Earth
Member since Feb 2015
11727 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 5:28 pm to
quote:

I need LSU fans’ help in accomplishing a goal far different than winning a National Championship.


He should ask Matt Flynn to spon$or him. Flynn is probably the mo$t stacked player from that team with the $eattle Oakland Green Bay contract monies
Posted by tigernchicago
Alabama
Member since Sep 2003
5075 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 5:33 pm to
who are his inlaws?
Posted by liquid rabbit
Boxtard BPB®© emeritus
Member since Mar 2006
60527 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 5:48 pm to
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You need money to type?

That means he couldn't get a publisher interested in the project.

The traditional way works. Write it. If it's good, a publisher will pick it up and foot the bill. You don't need up-front money to write something.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
63529 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 5:51 pm to
It doesn't cost squat to write and publish a book nowadays--especially using Amazon's Createspace, which is a print-on-demand service.
Posted by TigahRag
Sorting Out OT BS Since 2005
Member since May 2005
132775 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 7:40 pm to
Highsmith must be down on his luck and looking for money ..
Posted by higgins
flowery branch, ga
Member since Dec 2009
7918 posts
Posted on 3/4/15 at 2:41 pm to
IIRC, their last name was "Barry". met them here at the medical facility where im employed. we talked at great length. The dad said he and his family had become pretty tight with Will Blackwell, Lonergan and Williford. Pops said T bob remains pretty quiet about Les but added, "get a few drinks into Bobby at holiday time and listen to what he thinks."
Posted by ENALNAVE
Member since Jun 2013
1 post
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:00 pm to
STFU haters. Gave four years to LSU and wants to write a book. What the hell is your problem?


Looking forward to the book.
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