re: Dexter Pratt

I've got nothing to add about Dexter Pratt...except to say I think we should start referring to Lee Fedora as Douchebag #1 and Larry Fedora as Douchebag #2.

I really just thought that after all this shite everyone needed to see a picture of a hot chick:

What happened was Pratt showed up here ready to start school and thought he had a room in the dorm paid for as part of his football scholarship. His transcripts from his HS contained some questionable items and was flagged by the clearing house. (most notably a correspondence course he took this past semester).

Because of his elgibility being tied up by the NCAA LSU was barred by NCAA rules from providing him any assistance. As a result he had scramble for a place to stay and slept on the couch of one of the other players apartments.

This of course did not sit well with him and he was embarressed. His high coach says there was no truth to the rumor that his personal belongings were tampered with while he slept on the couch but who knows.

He probably left for LSU with a lot of fanfare and having to go back home to wait things out with the clearinghouse caused him to lose face. Next thing you know a week later he's committed to OKst.



I think it was just another example of a spoiled, prima donna high school athlete pouting when things don't go perfectly his way!

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Maybe that his highschool coach had to cover his own arse and put the blame on LSU instead of taking it on himself

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You are a smart cookie.

per LSUsports.net

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YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
• Meet with your guidance office to ensure that your High School list of core
courses has been updated and approved by the NCAA Eligibility Center
within the past year.
• Meet with your guidance office to ensure that the courses you are
currently enrolled in as well as the past courses you have taken meet the
definition of a “core course.”
• Meet with your guidance office to ensure that you have enrolled in at least
16 core courses throughout your studies.
• Register with the NCAA Eligibility Center. You may register with the
Eligibility Center online at LINK
• Ensure that all of your high school transcripts are sent to the Eligibility
Center, and most important, make sure your final high school transcript
with proof of graduation is sent.
• Ensure that your SAT/ACT scores are sent to the Eligibility Center.
Once all your materials have been sent to the Eligibility Center the NCAA will
determine whether you are eligible to compete at NCAA member institutions.
You may check your status online at any time. Do not assume that you are
eligible. Follow up with the Eligibility Center to obtain the written notice of your
final certification. For information on contacting the Eligibility Center and other
eligibility issues visit www.ncaa.org/eligibility/

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Kid could have checked online...

My completely uninformed wild guess is his high school coach told him he was cleared, yet he wasn't, so the coach blamed LSU. Riddle me this...why did his HS coach come get him and bring him back to Texas instead of his parents / gaurdians?

Do these recruits usually handle their own paper work or do they rely on HS coaches and counselors to do so? I am asking because I do not know. When I went to school I enrolled myself and took care of my own paperwork. I did have scholarship out of JC, but not athletic. I prepared my own paper work and was only advised by counselors.
Just wanted to clearify who Dexter Pratt would fault besides himself on this matter.

alex cate too, i believe, dad