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re: Former Louisiana Tech quarterback Phil Robertson gave up football for Ducks
Posted on 11/28/12 at 8:44 am to deaconjones35
Posted on 11/28/12 at 8:44 am to deaconjones35
He began his collegiate time at nearby Harding, where he dreamed of continuing his basketball career that began at West Monroe (La) High School under the leadership of current ULM baseball assistant Phil Keifenheim. While at Harding, he attempted to get a place on the team, but in an unconventional way.
"I challenged the coach, who was the badminton instructor, to a badminton match. I told him that if I won I got to be on the team. I did win, but it didn't land me anywhere; I guess I should've had more money back then. I likewise should've tried to play at NLU (as it was known in his era) for Mike Vining, but I don't think my parents were big enough boosters to pull that off; I was about 10 years too early for that."
One thing that Robertson was able to pull off though was the featuring of Malone Stadium in the very first episode of Duck Dynasty. In the episode, Willie is trying to get his wife Korie up to speed for the upcoming family football game. The game of course features his father Phil, who was a standout quarterback at rival Louisiana Tech and played ahead of NFL Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw, before giving up the sport to focus on business.
"I wanted to show my roots, and feature the school," Willie said. "The chance came up and we thought it would be cool to do it out at the stadium. It looked so sweet on camera. I heard a ton of good comments from it, so I feel that
Although his time on campus was limited, Robertson did capture the intramural badminton title; fitting for someone that graduated in health & human performances.
"I challenged the coach, who was the badminton instructor, to a badminton match. I told him that if I won I got to be on the team. I did win, but it didn't land me anywhere; I guess I should've had more money back then. I likewise should've tried to play at NLU (as it was known in his era) for Mike Vining, but I don't think my parents were big enough boosters to pull that off; I was about 10 years too early for that."
One thing that Robertson was able to pull off though was the featuring of Malone Stadium in the very first episode of Duck Dynasty. In the episode, Willie is trying to get his wife Korie up to speed for the upcoming family football game. The game of course features his father Phil, who was a standout quarterback at rival Louisiana Tech and played ahead of NFL Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw, before giving up the sport to focus on business.
"I wanted to show my roots, and feature the school," Willie said. "The chance came up and we thought it would be cool to do it out at the stadium. It looked so sweet on camera. I heard a ton of good comments from it, so I feel that
Although his time on campus was limited, Robertson did capture the intramural badminton title; fitting for someone that graduated in health & human performances.
Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:05 am to bulldog95
They were on the news last night because Willie and his wife gave a talk at Harding College. I think both of them attended school there.
I had coach Keifenheim for World History at WMHS.
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ULM baseball assistant Phil Keifenheim
I had coach Keifenheim for World History at WMHS.
Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:07 am to bulldog95
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basketball career that began at West Monroe (La) High School
On thing about this, for where they lived and how old I think they are, they should have gone to West Ouachita.
I grew up about a mile from them and graduated high school in 89. That was the the last class that had to go to WMHS. The class after me got the choice to finish their last year at WMHS or be the first class at WOHS. The year after that had to go to WOHS.
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