Favorite team:LSU 
Location:Covington, LA
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Occupation:Human Resources (retired)
Number of Posts:29
Registered on:4/30/2007
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Damone Clark

Posted by J Wylie Tiger on 10/30/22 at 2:01 pm
Clark got his first NFL tackle today for Dallas. Great recovery from his pre-draft injury. ...
LSU vs Tulane 1959. Tigers won 14-0. The last appearance of Rabb, Cannon and Robinson. ...
I saw him play in the LA High School All Star Game. He blocked three punts in the game. I was sitting next to Bennie Ellender, the Tulane Coach. He was sick at missing out on him as a player. ...

re: ESPNU not in Spectrum package

Posted by J Wylie Tiger on 8/21/19 at 1:48 pm
I have Spectrum and ESPNU is included. ...
He coached me at Baton Rouge High School. I believe that was his only year coaching high school. He moved to LSU the next year. Nice guy. ...

re: LSU UDFA

Posted by J Wylie Tiger on 4/28/18 at 7:24 pm
What happened to Darrel Williams? Should have been drafted no lower than 5th round. Worked his butt off for the team. ...
I was a friend of Maxie Estay at LSU during our freshman year. He was a fun loving guy who would have been a good player for the Tigers. I think about him every season and miss him. ...
Nathaniel Jones, Karr Head Coach just resigned to pursue an unnamed college opportunity. He would give them a foot in the door in NOLA if he is hired by them. I lived in Houston for 26 years and told everyone years ago that we did NOT want the Aggies in the SEC. No one listened. ...
My daughter lives across the street from his old Covington house. He planted a camillia in her yard many years ago---it bloomed today. I knew him at LSU and he was a nice guy in addition to being the greatest basketball player I have ever seen. ...

re: Nola's Mom is PO'd

Posted by J Wylie Tiger on 3/29/14 at 6:51 pm
If I was a pitcher on this team, I'd be pissed. No run support and lousy base running every game. ...
If I was an LSU pitcher, I'd really be pissed. ...
No one. I knew him and watched him in person. He was the best period. My daughter lives across the street from his widow, Jackie. The family is exceptional...

re: Old Cow Palace for basketball

Posted by J Wylie Tiger on 12/30/13 at 3:32 pm
I actually played on that old court floor a number of times. There was a dead spot that could cause you to lose your dribble if you didn't know where it was. ...

re: Lamar Louis Commits!

Posted by J Wylie Tiger on 4/5/11 at 10:34 am
I wasn't his gun. It was a friend's and it was unloaded. Zero Tolerance policy got him. The St. Martin School Board is going to have a vote this week to allow a letter of waiver so he could play this year....

re: Odd/rare LSU memorabilia

Posted by J Wylie Tiger on 2/8/11 at 9:45 am
I have a number of things, but the most unusual are a black glass ashtray commemorating the 1958 National Championship team and a very old book on basketball coaching that was owned by Harry Rabenhorst....

re: Michael Ford

Posted by J Wylie Tiger on 3/26/10 at 1:47 pm
Jimmy Taylor was 42 at LSU....

re: Stephen Stills first album

Posted by J Wylie Tiger on 3/1/10 at 10:27 am
It is an LSU jersey. I remember when it happened. Steve Ward wore 41 in the early 60's I had one of his old jerseys. He was a FB who never lost a yard in his career. In the mid 60's Mike Vincent (all-american LB) wore it. He's a dentist in BR....
With: George Bevan, David Poche, David Strange, Spike Pierce, Braden Beck, Bobby Cotton Against: George Rice, Mike & Melvin Hopper, Jim Dousay, Henry Powell, Mike Demarie, Terry Estay, Gawain Dibetta...