re: John Ed Bradley interview about USC

I had lunch with him one day in DC back when he was writing for The Washington Post - he wrote columns and an ocasional sports story. He was a really good newspaper writer. I haven't read his books. He wrote for the Post - almost always had a story in their Sunday magazine. He was pretty shy. I had a good lunch with him reminiscing about Tiger football. About the USC game he said "we just needed one more quarter. We had those guys. They couldn't wait to get out of here". I kept in touch for a while. Wrote me one of the nicest letters I have ever received from anyone. He hated DC. A small town boy from Opelousos he couldn't get used to the fast pace of life. He was very homesick. He eventually moved back home & wrote from there. He is probably the most published LSU author ever if you count all of his newspaper stories. He came across as a cool dude who really missed home and who loved LSU.