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I played with his older brother, John. West Monroe completely screwed him over.. He was the strongest pound for pound guy to ever go through WM. The coaches played politics and John got the shaft. John was a Jr Oympic champion in boxing. X'zavier has another older brother that was very athletic named Malcom. Malcolm was the black sheep of the family... the family is a great family, best people you could ever be around.. except Malcolm.. He got arrested for shooting at someone in an apartment complex in Monroe. Then there is X'zavier. They moved to Caldwell Parish for him to play their but when Coach Lee left X'zavier did too. They have one more younger bro named Kobe.. he's about 12 or 13.

Go with the Stihl. I have run a mowing/landscaping business for 9 years and I still use some of my original weedeaters. They run great. Do not buy a 4 stroke.. they are terrible. I would say a echo and husquvarna are my 2nd choice.

My homer picks: Spencer Ware, Tyrann Mathieu, and Rueben Randle

My others: Trent Richardson (Julio, G-Mac, and Ingram are gone.... He will be showcased)

Tyler Wilson from Arky will be a good one, too... as bad as I hate to say it

Well, it looks like we've at least narrowed it down to a top 5 in no necessary order...

Here's the thing about the saltwater parishes...

There are some big deer in the swamps, but they are not like the deer up here. Our ratio of big deer to deer population is much greater on both ends than in South LA. There are not many turkeys in South LA, but there is no saltwater fishing in North LA ( I love both). Ducks/geese- I guided duck/geese hunting in North LA for several years. I've also hunted south of Franklin in Mud Lake and in Gueydan. There seems to be several more ducks/geese in the northern parishes. The quality of the ducks here are much better. Mallards are not a regular occurance in the southern parishes. We mainly killed gads, smileys, teal, and black jacks in the southern parishes where the quality is much better in the northern parishes. I can't say one way or the other on dove hunting.. I would feel safe to say that North LA has that one in the bag with the amount of farm land. Squirrels and rabbits are everywhere. I'm not real sure about the hogs.. I know that we have a ton around the Ouachita and MS river bottoms where I hunt. You can kill 100 in a year off of 600 acres and they'll be even thicker the next year (it's been proven). As far as freshwater fishing goes... I think it could go either way, but you could argue about the state record list and how many bass are on it from North LA (it's pretty dominant). I have bass fished in South LA and had a blast catching numerous 3-4 pounders, though... and then you can factor Toledo Bend into the equation.. I say freshwater is about even.

My argument is... North LA edges out South LA in a close one for the Sportsman. South LA is mainly fishing, and we're talking about for the Sportsman (hunting and fishing). So IMO, the best parish would have to come from North LA and my vote would be for one of the following parishes in North LA: Tensas, Union, Concordia, and one of the Red River Parishes... I love saltwater fishing, but I believe we edge the southern parishes by a little.

And I'm not talking about accessing other parts of the state from the parish.. I'm talking about the best parish by what the parish itself offers.

Don't get me wrong b/c I love saltwater fishing, but where these areas are located is not the place to go IMO for the average sportsman. These areas mostly offer saltwater fishing only unless you want to fit in and shoot spotted fawns, button bucks, or spikes! haha! Don't take me too serious, I have a ton of family down there.

Tensas and Rapides are both good suggestions in my opinion. I said Union because of Darbone NWR, Upper Ouachita NWR, Union Game Reserve, Lake Darbone, Bayou Darbone, Bayou DeLoutre, Ouachita River, Finch Lake, abundant amounts of private and public land to hunt, it borders Arkansas (which manages their wildlife better), there are plenty of deer, turkeys, ducks, hogs, doves, squirrels, rabbits, a variety of other game and great freshwater fishing. I'm right there with yall that said Tensas though

In Louisiana there can't be a single small grain of feed starting 2 weeks before the season... in other words removing feeders 2 weeks before doesn't cut it.. all grain must be gone

Are ya'll forgetting that Blackwell played at the end of the season... He was injured in the first game and eventually came back toward the end of the season.

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Dude is a stud and FASTER than his dad was, IMO. He has "it" and no doubt he starts in college

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I agree he is very talented, but don't say stuff like this... You just lowered everyone's IQ who read this post

Like I said.. Lathan has loads of potential. He is definitely a top notch recruit, but I'm telling you McFarland is the better athlete and harder worker. McFarland would be a heckuva LB in college. He is extremely fast for his size