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LSU fans, Matt Forte's recruitment
Posted on 9/22/13 at 7:40 pm
Posted on 9/22/13 at 7:40 pm
I don't remember when he was coming out of high school. Did LSU give him an offer at all? Late bloomer? I honestly never heard of him til he was with the Bears.
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Posted on 9/22/13 at 7:41 pm to SoFla Tideroller
went to Tulane two star recruit i believe
Posted on 9/22/13 at 7:42 pm to SoFla Tideroller
We didn't offer. We weren't exactly fighting it out with Tulane for recruits at that time. If we'd offered, he would have been at LSU.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 7:42 pm to SoFla Tideroller
WAY under the radar.
Shredded a BCSNC LSU team.
Shredded a BCSNC LSU team.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 7:44 pm to Lsupimp
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WAY under the radar. Shredded a BCSNC LSU team.
Seemed like other players were killing us that day in NOLA.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 7:44 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Saban was not interested
Posted on 9/22/13 at 7:45 pm to SoFla Tideroller
We didn't want him, kinda dumb in hindsight but you can't hit on 'em all.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 7:52 pm to lsutothetop
We didn't want him, kinda dumb in hindsight but you can't hit on 'em all.
Doubt it was dumb. You just never know what 18 year olds continue to grow and develop and which ones peak in high school.
Seeing the player intros on the Bears game just made me think what his story was back then.
Doubt it was dumb. You just never know what 18 year olds continue to grow and develop and which ones peak in high school.
Seeing the player intros on the Bears game just made me think what his story was back then.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 8:10 pm to SoFla Tideroller
The staff liked him alot and tried to make it work. A very solid back in HS on a bad team. Could have done better than Tulane but wanted a good education and I'm pretty sure got his degree in 4 years.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 8:31 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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I honestly never heard of him til he was with the Bears.
I didn't know who he was until I watched him running over the LSU D, for the most part, in the dome.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 8:33 pm to Manky
We probably had plenty of RBs at the time.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 8:33 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Wayne Grubb was awful at getting his players exposure to colleges. Forte was an all-metro and all-state RB, I believe. He ran for 300 against my team. 
Posted on 9/22/13 at 8:44 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Went to school with him. Didn't do much his first two years and blew up junior and senior year. Tore his ACL junior year I believe against west Monroe in the semi finals. Don't know if that had anything to do with it.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 8:49 pm to FIFY
Where did he go to school?
Posted on 9/22/13 at 8:54 pm to BasClas
Slidell High
Posted on 9/22/13 at 8:55 pm to FIFY
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Tore his ACL junior year I believe against west Monroe in the semi finals.
Slidell played WM in the quarters that year. They made the semis 2 years later, where they played Evangel.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 9:01 pm to Lsupimp
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WAY under the radar.
Shredded a BCSNC LSU team.
shredded LSU to the tune of 70 yards on 20 carries
stick to the OT bro think it was my senior year where Fontainebleau went to Slidell and got dealt with
This post was edited on 9/22/13 at 9:03 pm
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:11 am to c on z
Shows you talent in LA that second tier guys can make it in NFL. Tulane with Forte and Mewelde Moore (whom Saban did recruit) as well both have had successful NFL careers.
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:27 am to SoFla Tideroller
I didn't think he'd be successful. Seemed like every time Tulane played a team with a pulse, he averaged 2 yards a carry.
And now he does stuff like this:
And now he does stuff like this:
Posted on 9/23/13 at 9:29 am to SoFla Tideroller
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I don't remember when he was coming out of high school. Did LSU give him an offer at all? Late bloomer? I honestly never heard of him til he was with the Bears.
LSU didn't offer him, and he would never have gone to LSU. He isn't a fan of the school.
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