Remembering Cecil

Cecil!!!!! The original downhill running pain train!

We're old

You are thinking of Kevin's late brother John, not Mark.

If I recall, his Mom won the lottery one year?

I'm from Leesville too, and was a Senior at LSU in '97. I was at that Auburn game, which we lost, and I remember thinking how much fun the next 3 years would be. Oh well.

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You are thinking of Kevin's late brother John, not Mark.

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hmm - I never saw either of them play. Didn't know he had a brother John who died. Mark was a teacher at Leesville and I knew him from there = thought he also played at LSU. He is a coach on the football team.
Never asked, just assumed.

Thanks for the correction.

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If I recall, his Mom won the lottery one year?

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Seems I have heard that too.

I only saw him play at the Homecoming game for my 40th reunion. He was amazing and loved the prospects of his leading LSU forward. Alas - he was a piece of shite.

Later, when I began teaching at Leesville, I learned that he was a piece of shite during his high school years and was allowed to get by with all kinds of outrageous crap. IF ONLY the school had stepped in to straighten him out THEN, he MAY have gone on to great things at LSU.

SO I blame the coach and principal at LHS for the big failure and disappointment that Cecil became. THEY could have intervened = and either we'd never have heard from him, or he would have led LSU to greatness. But to keep him on the field, they pandered to his sexual appetite and innate thuggery.

Danny Smith, people still talk bad about this guy in Leesville. My uncle does the play by play for football so he always fills me in on the stuff surrounding the program. Cecil needed some sort of guidance. I guess from getting to do whatever he wanted in high school, and people basically telling him he is the greatest, he felt he could do everything he wanted and not have an suffer through an consequences. Another sad what could have been.

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My uncle does the play by play for football

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I know your dad. Tell him I said hello - I owned the big "Wingate House" in Leesville.

never seen that much hype for a player after only playing a few games

I am sure my uncle knows you, he knows everybody there.