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For those too young to remember...the first major recruiting dumpster fire at LSU was...
Posted on 2/7/20 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 2/7/20 at 3:38 pm
...Johnny Hector. Top running back in The South in 1979-80. From my home town of New Iberia. Was supposedly committed to LSU...then I believe something happens to one of his brothers, I believe, like jail time...then he backs out and goes to A&M.
Was truly one of if it the first "drama" recruiting story out there...a Big One that got away.
Was truly one of if it the first "drama" recruiting story out there...a Big One that got away.
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Posted on 2/7/20 at 3:39 pm to tbabino
First one YOU remember.
Posted on 2/7/20 at 3:42 pm to sabanisarustedspoke
Oh snap!!!
We got some old farts up in here!
ETA: I'm just having a little fun, no disrespect intended. I was born in the early 80s, I'm no spring chicken myself.
We got some old farts up in here!
ETA: I'm just having a little fun, no disrespect intended. I was born in the early 80s, I'm no spring chicken myself.
This post was edited on 2/8/20 at 7:49 am
Posted on 2/7/20 at 3:42 pm to tbabino
Hectorrrrrrrrrrrrrrr CARRIES!! First down YELLOW JACKETS!!
Posted on 2/7/20 at 3:43 pm to tbabino
I'm old enough to remember Billy Cannon with 3 tophats on a table at a new conference in the Istrouma HS gym.
not really
not reallyPosted on 2/7/20 at 3:45 pm to RidiculousHype
Harvey Williams vs Johnny Hector.
Evened out.
Evened out.
Posted on 2/7/20 at 3:59 pm to nitwit
Harvey was late 80's?
Posted on 2/7/20 at 3:59 pm to tbabino
so that's when Cholly Mac era ended and Bo Rein died in plane crash
I'd be willing to bet the coaching situation probably had a bigger impact on him leaving than anything else
Recruiting in the 80's had nothing on any other era
Old SWC conference was a bunch of renegades and SMU took the fall for every other school in that conference - they were all dirty
Bear was still cheating at Bama and Pat Dye was taking the blueprint to Auburn
Stovall had no chance because he was squeaky clean
Arnsparger brought some bad seeds into the program and Archer paid the price for that
I'd be willing to bet the coaching situation probably had a bigger impact on him leaving than anything else
Recruiting in the 80's had nothing on any other era
Old SWC conference was a bunch of renegades and SMU took the fall for every other school in that conference - they were all dirty
Bear was still cheating at Bama and Pat Dye was taking the blueprint to Auburn
Stovall had no chance because he was squeaky clean
Arnsparger brought some bad seeds into the program and Archer paid the price for that
Posted on 2/7/20 at 4:01 pm to tbabino
I mean: Y.A. Tittle
Scott Rabalais' Words
quote:
He was enamored by the pageantry, Mike the Tiger, the fans. He came to play in the mid 1940s after being, ahem, liberated from the University of Texas like a town in northern France after D-Day.
OK, he was kidnapped, by then LSU assistant Red Swanson. The FBI may have pulled back the lid on the cesspool that’s college basketball recruiting last month, but there were crazier tricks pulled back in the day.
Scott Rabalais' Words
Posted on 2/7/20 at 4:19 pm to tbabino
Bryant getting John David Crow to College Station instead of going to LSU was about 30 years earlier, and Crow was a much more successful back than Johnny Hector IMHO.
Posted on 2/7/20 at 4:32 pm to CarrolltonTiger
Crow was pretty far away from Baton Rouge though. I have no idea if people back then were big LSU fans that far up north in the state.
The first recruits I remember LSU missing out on were Warrick Dunn and Peyton Manning although we would have lost them even if we were 12-0 and defending champions.
The first guy I remember people being pissed about losing may have been Brock Berlin.
The first recruits I remember LSU missing out on were Warrick Dunn and Peyton Manning although we would have lost them even if we were 12-0 and defending champions.
The first guy I remember people being pissed about losing may have been Brock Berlin.
Posted on 2/7/20 at 4:36 pm to CarrolltonTiger
Wasn’t the story that Bryant holed Crow up in a secrecy location so LSU could not talk to him?
Btw Crow won the Heisman
Btw Crow won the Heisman
Posted on 2/7/20 at 4:41 pm to Keys Open Doors
Is the story true that John David Crow or Crow Jr. damn near beat the life of some NLU athlete that was physically assaulting his daughter while she was attending NLU (now ULM)?
This post was edited on 2/7/20 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 2/7/20 at 4:47 pm to Keys Open Doors
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Crow was pretty far away from Baton Rouge though.
back in the day, Marion, LA to BR would have been around 4 hrs, 225 miles..... College Station was a 350 mile, 6 hrs drive. Bear Bryant made sure Crow got to CS as LSU had better teams and records. A&M was horrible in the early 50's
Posted on 2/7/20 at 4:55 pm to mwade91383
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We got some old farts up in here!
The downvotes you got and I will get just further proves that fact. This is a middle aged man's message board
This post was edited on 2/7/20 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 2/7/20 at 4:58 pm to nicholastiger
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Stovall had no chance because he was squeaky clean
Stovall was probably the best recruiter, along with Saban, in LSU history.
Eric Martin, Herman Fontenot, Gene Lang, James, Bernard, Gil Fennerty, and Dalton Hillard, running backs in two seasons. All made it to the NFL. Some were NFL stars. Fennerty and Bernard both transferred when they saw the competition. Martins switched to WR and was awesome.
Too bad Stovall wasn't given another couple of years.
Posted on 2/7/20 at 5:03 pm to tbabino
Leroy Hoard to Michigan
Posted on 2/7/20 at 5:16 pm to nicholastiger
Man that is crazy herring y'all talk about that
Posted on 2/7/20 at 5:36 pm to tbabino
I vaguely remeber Johnny Hector.
I remember when Miles got the job. The powers that be said we had to get Ryan Perrilieux. He was supposedly committed to Texas. Just about ruined our program. Killed our QB recruiting pipeline for a couple of years.
If the bonehead could have held his act together.. we could have competed for at least one more championship.
We actually started Andrew Hatch at QB. He got knocked out after about two plays and then the Jarrett Lee drama started.
I remember when Miles got the job. The powers that be said we had to get Ryan Perrilieux. He was supposedly committed to Texas. Just about ruined our program. Killed our QB recruiting pipeline for a couple of years.
If the bonehead could have held his act together.. we could have competed for at least one more championship.
We actually started Andrew Hatch at QB. He got knocked out after about two plays and then the Jarrett Lee drama started.
Posted on 2/7/20 at 5:41 pm to Good Times
quote:
Wasn’t the story that Bryant holed Crow up in a secrecy location so LSU could not talk to him?
I don't know if it's a legend or true but that's the way I heard it also.
quote:
Btw Crow won the Heisman
He was the only Heisman winner in Bryant's coaching career. Unusual considering all the teams Bryant had at bama after leaving A&M.
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