re: Funny recruiting story about former LSU player and Bear Bryant

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McClendon told me that if I went to Alabama or Oklahoma, I would always be remembered as the guy that left after I graduated. At LSU, I would be remembered as the guy that played at LSU for life. It was a lifestyle, not just four years. That stuck with me."

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Louisana recruits Im looking at you

Here is a funny one. I heard Sullivan talk about it in a televised interview a few years ago. I can't find a link to the original source but googling it turned up the story on some website called "The Art of Manliness." Anyway, here it is:

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Samford head coach Pat Sullivan thinks back to his recruitment when he was a hot property as a quarterback coming out of John Carroll Catholic High School. “Back then it was really different,” he said. “It was unlimited visits and unlimited contact by alumni. My junior year in high school, Alabama and Auburn were recruiting me and there was an (NFL) exhibition game at Legion Field between the Dallas Cowboys and the Kansas City Chiefs. “(Auburn assistant) Coach (Gene) Lorendo called and asked if Coach (Ralph ‘Shug’) Jordan came up and took me out to dinner would I go to the ballgame with him. I said, ‘Sure, I’d be honored.’ “The next day, Coach (Clem) Gryska from Alabama called and wanted me to go with Coach (Paul ‘Bear’) Bryant. I told him I already had plans. “When it came time to go to the ballgame, we met and had dinner. Versal Spalding was taking us to the game and we were going down Graymont Avenue about 30 minutes before kickoff. Two or three blocks from the stadium, it was bumper-to-bumper traffic and we were stopped. The car’s radiator hose busted, so Coach Jordan and I had to get out and we were walking down Graymont Avenue. “Being kind of intimidated, I didn’t really know what to say walking down Graymont with a bunch of people. About that time, I heard a police escort coming. I turned to Coach Jordan and said, ‘The teams are already here. I wonder who that is?’ “He said, ‘Boy, that’s Coach Bryant. You can either walk with me or ride with him.’”

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