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Cavan didnt recruit "LT"?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:04 am
by Insane_Pony_Posse
On The Ticket this morning it was stated that Eric Dickerson said that LaDainian Tomlinson said he would have seriously considered SMU but that "Stallion's Boy" Mike Cavan never recruited him!

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:05 am
by covok48
Well that's water under the bridge now isn't it?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:20 am
by Stallion
hardly anybody did because nobody thought he was going to be eligible. TCU fans claim they "discovered" him proving that recruiting Top 100s doesn't matter. I personally saw him rated No. 20 in Texas as a Junior in a prominent list and yes he dropped as a senior because of eligiblility concern. I've even actually seen a couple of Frogs concede this but it is rare. So I guess its back to the Model rather than blaming the Coach again. I bet that was the point Eric was trying to make.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:26 am
by Insane_Pony_Posse
Stallion....how could "LT" been overlooked by so many people?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:38 am
by SMU Football Blog
He wasn't. No one thought he would qualify academically. And as Stallion will tell you, TCU is still doing the same thing by getting commitments from quality athletes that qualify late.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:40 am
by EastStang
I think Stallion answered the question. He had some academic issues that made him a non-qualifier on signing day. TCU took a risk and signed him hoping that he would qualify by August. He did and the rest as they say is history. Our model prohibited that type of signing.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:47 pm
by MFFL02
That would have boosted the program if we had gotten him!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:43 pm
by FroggieFever
SMU Football Blog wrote:He wasn't. No one thought he would qualify academically. And as Stallion will tell you, TCU is still doing the same thing by getting commitments from quality athletes that qualify late.


You need to stop making [deleted] up, particularly about the "qualifying" part.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:50 pm
by ClassOf81
You mean they never get around to qualifying at all?

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:55 pm
by Stallion
that's why I corrected him and said he was a late qualier which he was. He played as a freshman.