re: a proud LSU daddy moment

Congrats ! Takes a big heart to make ypthat step, but nothing more rewarding.

I hesitated to share this little story, cause really about an older son now. He was 5 when we had to move to TX, but the Purple & Gold was instilled in him from the time he was crawling. You never know just what really sticks as they are growing up.

He graduated form hs in 2003 & was a pretty good, albeit, smaller QB. We had gone to a few camps in BR & while there was interest, the 105 was full. He was assure a preferred walk-on spot in the spring, but did not want to sit out his freshman year. We. It a deal with Dinardo at Indiana. I dropped him in Bloomington, returned home, only to have the phone ring 3 days later. “We had a QB leave the program. Get him over here right way so we can fit equip & be ready for practice tomorrow”.

Debated if I was going to tell him. He had already practiced, so the Tiger dream passed him, us, by. He had a great fresh year, making the travel squad. None of that would have happen in Tigerland, butthe little shite would be wearing a NC ring today ??

He returned to TX & graduated at a smaller school, then went on to coach & play in Europe for a few years. Was a GA at a D-1 school for a year before moving on to use his education.

A little over a year ago, I get an email, “Well Dad, I,m finally a Tiger!”. What ?!! He had enrolled in grad school in BR, commuted from Dallas with a wife, three kids & a business to maintain.

You never know. Obviously, he got the message as a youngster; much more than I realized. He finished his Master’s this past semester. One proud papa here. Such a trip to see the grandkids dressed in purple & gold on game day. Harry Chaplin wrote a great song that says it all.

Here’s to all the Tiger families out there?? I am sure I am not alone with such memories.

live every minute of every day becuase life goes by in a flash