Interesting story from former Clemson coach Chuck Reedy

Aug 24, 2009, 9:35 PM

on Dan Scott's show this morning regarding the recruiting of Herschel Walker. I am paraphrasing of course, but I'll tell it as accurately as I can.

He said he was recruiting Herschel for coach Ford and would go to his high school every Friday. He knew UGA was the main competition. Herschel was from a poor family, but he did have a car; an old beat-up Ford. Just before signing day, Coach Reedy pulls up in the parking lot, but does not see the old Ford. He does notice a brand new Trans Am, and assumed it belonged to one of the coaches. He learned pretty quickly that it belonged to Herschel. Coach Reedy did not come right out and say that UGA bought it for him, but he did laugh and say "That's when I knew we were in trouble". He went on to say that Herschel did not sign on signing day, but waited until after Easter. Shortly after that, he said he rode out by Herschel's house. Herschel and his family lived in a small wood frame house. When coach Reedy got there, the old house was still there, but right in front of it stood a freshly built larger brick home. He laughed and said "A lot of stuff went on back then".

I'd heard a lot of stories about Herschel's recruitment and how dirty it got, but this was the first time I heard it straight from the mouth of a coach that was there. Yet we were the ones labeled as a "rogue program" and got hammered by the NCAA and ACC.

Sorry if German's, but thought it was worth mentioning just in case.

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I don't know about the house but the car I do know about. My best friends son was a wide receiver during Hershel's 2nd year. He did have a Transw Am it was 2 years old. Said none of these kids got a new car but one a couple years old, said Dooley wan't stupid. Hershel did have a room at the Holdiay Inn in Athens that he could use any time because of the the news media constantly calling, he needed a quiet place to "study". These are words straight from a kid who I knew almost as a son. We've sat around & had quiet a few beers & he told me all of this. There's also a few other stories he told me about parties at Doolie's house when he was out of town. Also Danny Ford told this story in person,to few of us one night, about sitting at Hershel's living room & a rat runs across the floor, Hershel's dad jumps up & crushes him & holds the rat up & says "I got him" Danny said "I thought what am I doing here

Interesting story from former Clemson coach Chuck Reedy

I had heard the car story multiple times, but the house part

Clemson bought him a motorcycle but UGA bought him a car***

The house story is true and also

Make no mistake

Guess who sat on the infractions committee back then. Hint

VD hisself?***

Yep.***

There has never been a more followed recruitment. We use to

Re: Interesting story from former Clemson coach Chuck Reedy

Re: Interesting story from former Clemson coach Chuck Reedy

Re: Interesting story from former Clemson coach Chuck Reedy

We just got outbid.***

Reedy has lots of good stories. The one about John Johnson

Care to share, I haven't heard that one***

I'm pretty sure Ryan Bethea didn't buy his IROC Z28

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