Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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 Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: Wow, now THAT'S a cruel practical joke (football) |
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An average high school senior held a press conference to announce where he will be playing college ball. He decided on U Cal, saying he had met with the coach several times. Turns out somebody was impersonating the U Cal coach. The kid chose Cal over Oregon, among other places, but it turns out Oregon had never recruited him either.
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When offensive lineman Kevin Hart of Fernley, Nev., announced his commitment to California last Friday, he did so in front of a packed school gymnasium. Two local TV stations showed up to film the event as he prepared to become the first Fernley athlete to receive a full scholarship to a Division I school directly out of high school.
"They really sold me," Hart said. "Coach [Jeff] Tedford and I talked a lot, and the fact that the head coach did most of the recruiting of me kind of gave me the real personal experience.�
But it appears that Hart, pictured above with Fernley coach Mark Hodges at Friday's ceremony, was the victim of a prank. Somebody, it appears, has been impersonating Tedford. There never was a scholarship offer � let alone any official contact � from the Golden Bears. |
http://thewizardofodds.blogspot.com/2008/02/did-somebody-impersonate-tedford.html
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802040351 |
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