I would like to say that I was the high school hero or maybe even the gridiron god in college, but none of that would be true. Yes, some say I was a good player. Yes, I even broke some records along the way. But I never made it to a championship team…we never won the “big one”.
I was lucky in one aspect that while a member of the Appalachian State University Mountaineers we did play in bowl games all 4 season I was there. We even won 2 of them, one against the “big” school in the University of North Carolina system, UNC Chapel Hill. But the game was played in Las Vegas so the stadium was full of fans for UNC Chapel Hill. Mom and Dad did get to see me play in those games and I was able to give them the ball I scored my 1st bowl-game TD with, so that was pretty cool.
But in looking back, I was a good player on small teams, so how does that set me up for the big leagues? I don’t know, but I will give it my best!
I was lucky in one aspect that while a member of the Appalachian State University Mountaineers we did play in bowl games all 4 season I was there. We even won 2 of them, one against the “big” school in the University of North Carolina system, UNC Chapel Hill. But the game was played in Las Vegas so the stadium was full of fans for UNC Chapel Hill. Mom and Dad did get to see me play in those games and I was able to give them the ball I scored my 1st bowl-game TD with, so that was pretty cool.
But in looking back, I was a good player on small teams, so how does that set me up for the big leagues? I don’t know, but I will give it my best!