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LSU didn't offer me a football scholarship.

Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:40 pm
Posted by baybeefeetz
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:40 pm
This was years ago. I got to go to a few games as a recruit before Sam Nader told me that they wouldn't offer, but that I could walk on using TOPSnand whatever academic scholarships I had. Cool story, I know. I went elsewhere.

Anyway, in recent years, has any walk-on made any real contribution on the field? Not kickers, real players.
Posted by The Truth 34
Chavez Ravine
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:41 pm to
daniel graff
Posted by graychef
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:41 pm to
quote:

Not kickers, real players.
Posted by Redfish2010
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:41 pm to
Graff

Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:41 pm to
quote:

Not kickers, real players.
Posted by baybeefeetz
Member since Sep 2009
31635 posts
Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:41 pm to
Was he on any academic scholly, or did he pay his own way?
Posted by The Truth 34
Chavez Ravine
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:42 pm to
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pay his own way
Posted by tiger91
In my own little world
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:42 pm to
I think that the last year he got a scholly ... but in 2009 he WAS the guy who ran into the Bama kicker. UGH.
Posted by The Truth 34
Chavez Ravine
Member since May 2010
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:44 pm to
quote:

I think that the last year he got a scholly


yea, he got one last year.

quote:

but in 2009 he WAS the guy who ran into the Bama kicker. UGH


yea, he blocked a punt the week before. he was too amped up.

Posted by whodatigahbait
Uptown
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:45 pm to
ryan o'neal...his dad was a fireman and he was on a fireman's kid's scholarship
Posted by tiger91
In my own little world
Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:45 pm to
I'm not trying to give the dude a hard time ... he WAS good. But that play in 09 along with the "out of bounds" when it wasn't as evidenced by "the divet" was bad ... and I'm a girl and should NOT remember this shite!

Posted by WacoTiger
Waco, Texas
Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:45 pm to
If you play football, you can't be on any scholarship but a football scholarship. If you walk on, you cannot get any academic aid, i.e., you can't get an academic scholarship, a TOPS scholarship, a Parrish scholarship, etc. If you get any type of scholarship or aid, you count towards the 85 football scholarships limit. The same rules apply for basketball, but baseball is different.
Posted by baybeefeetz
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:46 pm to
I am surprised more in-state guys with the grades/ ACT score don't "save the team a scholarship" by being recruited walk-ons. I guess there aren't many who could do it, though.
Posted by Dobermann
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:46 pm to
Stampley
Posted by baybeefeetz
Member since Sep 2009
31635 posts
Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:47 pm to
No shite? Nader told me I could save the team a scholarship. Wtf is a fireman's scholarship?
Posted by tiger91
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Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:48 pm to
No TOPS??? THAT is insane. NO other scholly at ALL??? Again, insane.
Posted by CharlesLSU
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:52 pm to
For those who dont already know, Verge Ausberry was a walk-on who earned a scholly and wound up making HM All-SEC.

I can think of a few damn good players who earned schollies. Reginald Walker and Jay Egloff come to mind.

And, no, walk-on kickers dont count.....seriously.
Posted by BillF
Monroe, LA
Member since Jan 2006
5001 posts
Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:55 pm to
Kevin Steltz, Craig's older brother, was a walk-on and started some games at fullback. Played on the 2003 national championship team.
Posted by WacoTiger
Waco, Texas
Member since Nov 2003
3673 posts
Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:56 pm to
Can't even be on a fireman's scholarship. You can't save a football scholarship by using another type of scholarship. Can only do that in baseball.

Again, if you are on any type of aid and you play football, you count. Another example, if you play baseball and football and you are on scholarship (even if a baseball scholarship), you count towards the football scholarship. This actually helps the baseball team because it has so few full scholarships. Also, all football scholarships are full scholarship - no partial scholarships allowed.
Posted by Bubba Hotep
Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 8/24/11 at 8:56 pm to
You have no idea what you are talking about.
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