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Roussell, who is from Boutte, La., said his first scholarship offer in high school came from LSU, but was revoked by then-head coach Nick Saban when he said they filmed a Ford F-150 commercial. Roussell said he had a heated verbal exchange with Saban.

“I don’t regret it at all, to be honest with you,” Roussell said. “We had a commercial we did together, an F-150 commercial together. I don’t know if I can say what he was. He caught himself talking to me in a crazy way and I went off on him, saying all kinds of F-words.

“He’s just a coach to me. I could care less. He was talking to me in any kind of way, and I didn’t have it.”
Roussell signed with West Virginia, but went to junior college and came to Troy. He redshirted last year and said this would be the first game his family got to see him play in college.

Sounds like LSU missed out.

And who's ever heard of a recruit being in a commercial with a college coach?

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Posted by rbdallas

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Posted on 11/11/08 at 9:36 am to TheLittleAristotle

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And who's ever heard of a recruit being in a commercial with a college coach?

Don't know if it passes the smell test.

Would that scenario be legal per the NCAA ????

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Posted by mule74

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Posted on 11/11/08 at 9:45 am to TheLittleAristotle

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“It’s real tough. Them boys want money. It’s college, they low on funds. Them boys want their money.”

Wow!

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Posted by esjchick

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Posted on 11/11/08 at 9:54 am to rbdallas

i just checked out the roster at Troy & noticed under "personal" for Roussell, check that out lol

PERSONAL: Full name is Rashad Amon Roussell ... Is the son of Paulette Byrd and Kevin Roussell ... Was born on September 7, 1985 in New Orleans ... Has three siblings – Laron Byrd, Roland Francious and Laron Landry ... Is a Social Science major

yea, he's prolly Laron Byrds bro...but he's not Laron Landry's brother lol

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Posted by floridachad

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Posted on 11/11/08 at 10:37 am to esjchick

Did I read that right...all three of his siblings have different last names?...or are those their middle names?

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Posted by esjchick

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Posted on 11/11/08 at 11:18 am to floridachad

Laron Byrd and Roussell have the same mother. Laron Landry is not his bro...and god knows who the other is lol but yep...seems his momma had multiple babies with multiple daddys lol

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Posted by yurintroubl

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Posted on 11/11/08 at 11:30 am to TheLittleAristotle

That article reads like it was written at 3:30am as the writer was doing the head-bob dance.... passing out at the computer.... waking up "where was I?" and typing some more....

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It’s real tough. Them boys want money. It’s college, they low on funds. Them boys want their money.

I'm thinking he's referring to how hard/expensive it is to get large blocks of tickets for friends/family at marquis road games - especially at Florida next year... and "them boys" are students charging a lot to sell their tickets.

As far as the Ford commercial somehow ending up in a verbal confrontation with Saban? Kid was probably pissed he wasn't getting an Escalade.

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