re: A Train vs The Diesel

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First of all, Anthony Thomas' high school coach at the time was anti-LSU. He had previously assisted in steering another recruit to Michigan when he coached at another high school so he had a pipeline there before coming to Winnfield. Anthony was also interested in Tennessee if I remember correctly but most everyone was trying to recruit him to play defense, if you can believe that.

My best pal and expert says they were pretty much 1-2 but he'd give the edge to Cecil Collins.

A-Train was phenomenal and could have probably played college basketball as well, at many places.

Besides all that, Anthony was and is a class act.

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I keep hearing this, but remember that Don Jones also sent Joe Domingeaux to LSU when he was coaching at Crowley. I knew someone who coached with Jones and he never mentioned anything about him being anti-LSU. This guy was an LSU alum and a huge LSU fan, and if it was an issue, he would have said something about it.

Also, LSU never showed any interest in Thomas, FWIW. Maybe they thought they didn't have a chance, but they never made an effort, nevertheless. And Thomas played things very close to the vest. Even his own HS coaches didn't know what he was thinking.

IYAM, Collins was the somewhat better football player, but Thomas was plenty good, and as others have said, the better person. He got his degree and married a girl who went on to be a doctor. He's coaching somewhere in Texas, last I heard.