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re: Interesting Butch Davis quote(LSU recruiting in the 90's)
Posted on 12/11/13 at 1:24 pm to lsugradman
Posted on 12/11/13 at 1:24 pm to lsugradman
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Ed Reed was a freaking beast in HS. Find it hard to believe LSU wasnt after him.
Memphis had him to LSU, I believe.
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Posted on 12/11/13 at 1:29 pm to AllDay81
Kind of easy to recruit for Butch Davis considering everywhere he's been has ended up in hot water with the NCAA. Reed and Wayne were paid and you can take that to the bank!
Posted on 12/11/13 at 1:36 pm to OldManRiver
whats he doing these days? i know people wanted to fire miles and hire him. But his name never comes up anymore.
Posted on 12/11/13 at 1:48 pm to OldManRiver
I went to Destrehan, 2 years older than Ed. Ed Reed wasn't as highly as recruited as you would think. He was great, don't get me wrong, but he wasn't a can't miss guy like a Fournette or a Noil. No one would have guessed that he would be one of the greatest players in the history of college and pro football. He was ranked somewhere around the 10th best player in Louisiana that year. He really didn't have the measurables at either the corner or safety positions, he was sort of a tweener. Of course, hindsight is always 20/20.
Posted on 12/11/13 at 1:49 pm to dgnx6
LSU fail to land a lot of talent back then because they recruited players based on needs and not necessarily talent.
Example: LSU recruited the following players
1 Steve McNair - Tight End/ Def Back
2 Marshall Faulk - Defensive Back
3 Warrick Dunn - Defensive Back
4 Major Applewhite - Not Recruited
5 Travis Minor - Recruited but was higher on Harvey Williams.
the list goes on
Example: LSU recruited the following players
1 Steve McNair - Tight End/ Def Back
2 Marshall Faulk - Defensive Back
3 Warrick Dunn - Defensive Back
4 Major Applewhite - Not Recruited
5 Travis Minor - Recruited but was higher on Harvey Williams.
the list goes on
Posted on 12/11/13 at 2:12 pm to PurpleGoldTiger
phenomenon , the 99, 2000 season rosters were the best rosters l_s_u has ever had before and. Since matt Flynn was sabins addition to dinardos future pros
Posted on 12/11/13 at 2:15 pm to timm6971463
I don't have the picture, so I'll just go ahead and say it. Wat?? Somebody mind helping me out?
This post was edited on 12/11/13 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 12/11/13 at 2:15 pm to OBUDan
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Yeah, he's posturing for the sake of his own ego.
Wayne and Reed were big-time players.
Posted on 12/11/13 at 2:17 pm to cajun craig
Harvey Williams is about ten years older than Travis Minor. We didn't lay off the Gatorade national player of the year to recruit a 30 year old playing for the Chiefs
Posted on 12/11/13 at 2:20 pm to cajun craig
Warwick Dunn wanted out of BR after his mom was killed.
Posted on 12/11/13 at 2:26 pm to tigerpimpbot
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In other words, LSU didn't have Nevin Shapiro hosting recruiting trips.
I guess. I wouldn't have minded if some of those 90s teams were bending the rules a little though. It was the Wild West back then.
Posted on 12/11/13 at 2:30 pm to Duckie
Ed Reed and Reggie Wayne was lured to Miami by none other than Tulane's own Curtis Johnson.He was the WR coach at Miami from 1996-2005 and his area of recruiting was of course New Orleans. He was your present day Frank Wilson at the time....
Posted on 12/11/13 at 2:33 pm to el capitan
Oh and was responsible for getting Marshall Faulk to San Diego St. He was WR coach there from 1989–1993.
Posted on 12/11/13 at 2:39 pm to OBUDan
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Everyone wanted him at DB. That's why he went to San Diego State.
Marshall is a smart MFer.
He looked around and talked to the people he trusted.
"I'd like to go to an SEC school, ideally LSU and be close to home. They all want me to play DB. I'm not above playing on defense, but I really enjoy running the ball. I'm one of the best HS players in the country. Is there anywhere I can go and play running back?"
One of the answers was SDSU. He looked at the total package - the weather, the location, the girls, the low stress and he would instantly become the best football player in the conference.
Easy call, in my book.
Posted on 12/11/13 at 2:46 pm to Ace Midnight
My dad was a Junior High basketball coach and one of his responsibilities was to scout for the High School Football team. Each Friday he would go on the road to watch the Team that Morgan City would be playing the next week. I still remember him coming home that Friday night after watching the Carver High School Rams. He just kept saying they got a kid that plays both ways and could beat Morgan City by himself.
Posted on 12/11/13 at 3:18 pm to OldManRiver
NOLA in the 80's/90's was to Miami/FSU/TN what North La now is to Bama 
Posted on 12/11/13 at 3:28 pm to Pilot Tiger
PERSONAL: Born 9/11/78...graduated with a degree in liberal arts in May of 2001...full name is Edward Earl Reed...also a member of the Hurricane track and field team...chose Miami over LSU and Tulane...son of Edward and Karen Reed.
If I remember correctly he chose Miami because they gave him a shot at QB. He won top QB at an Elite 11 type QB camp his senior year.
If I remember correctly he chose Miami because they gave him a shot at QB. He won top QB at an Elite 11 type QB camp his senior year.
Posted on 12/11/13 at 3:45 pm to Tiger 10S
Colorado won a split National Championship due to its New Orleans talent and I believe Notre Dame and Nebraska was profitable here too!
Posted on 12/11/13 at 4:03 pm to lsubeer
Some folks insist on focusing their lives on history...and why would people listen to a disgraced thug like Davis...yes, cheaters and crooks do well for a while, then they get caught like Davis did...but why not focus on the glorious present of LSU sports...this class of 2014 will set the program up for years of winning! "F" the past!
Posted on 12/11/13 at 4:41 pm to cajun craig
quote:Always hated LSU, so it would have been a waste of time, anyway. Dude was born a gump (I knew him personally from 7th grade on).
4 Major Applewhite - Not Recruited
quote:As was mentioned earlier, this isn't possible due to Harvey being much older. But Travis was close to Warrick, so it was the worst kept secret in the world that he would be a Nole. Travis was also not from Louisiana originally, so he had no real ties to LSU.
5 Travis Minor - Recruited but was higher on Harvey Williams.
I remember saban recruited Vince Young as a DB. And wasn't there a similar issue with Tebow? Miles recruited him but didn't assure him that he'd play QB?
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