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Orange Blooded [3821]
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The Hershel Walker pic next to his Trans Am
Nov 12, 2010, 2:39 PM
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Speaking of paying players, does anyone have this pic? I saw it the other day on here. Thanks.
To be honest Clemson offered him money too but that's the way it was back in the 70s & 80s. Just watch the ESPN 30 for 30 on Marcus Dupree.
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he got more than a trans am
Nov 12, 2010, 2:40 PM
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my wife grew up in a house next to him that the university provided for him...nice brick ranch while the rest of the kids are in dorms.
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110%er [5636]
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didn't his sister get a scholarship?***
Nov 12, 2010, 2:43 PM
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110%er [7913]
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she never met his sister....but she did ride in the trans am***
Nov 12, 2010, 2:47 PM
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110%er [5636]
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hope it was "nice" herschel that was driving***
Nov 12, 2010, 2:59 PM
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110%er [7913]
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no kidding...that guy is a nutcase***
Nov 12, 2010, 3:00 PM
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110%er [5636]
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dupree story was amazing. from top RB in country to
Nov 12, 2010, 2:42 PM
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cleaning up oil in LA
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Orange Blooded [2030]
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Don't forget he played two years in the NFL after getting in
Nov 12, 2010, 3:01 PM
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shape (300 lbs back to 210). What kind of shape were you in at 26?
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Orange Blooded [3099]
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Dude worked out in a garage with heaters...
Nov 12, 2010, 3:12 PM
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for 3 hrs and would then go to the track for a run. Temp inside the garage went to 115. Lost 100lbs in 3 months and was in great shape.
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it was sad to see all his football stuff at his moms house***
Nov 12, 2010, 3:15 PM
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110%er [5636]
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what does that have to do with anything? It was an amazing
Nov 12, 2010, 3:14 PM
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story to go for elite RB in HS, top RB at OK to USFL and then nfl for 2 yrs
then he had to get trucking DL and then helped clean oil on shores of LA
that's an amazing ride and he really ended up with nothing.
a lot of people took advantage of him and that's the sad part.
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Orange Blooded [3099]
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Dang Preachers...They are the biggest...
Nov 12, 2010, 3:16 PM
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crooks of all
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Re: The Hershel Walker pic next to his Trans Am
Nov 12, 2010, 2:53 PM
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Apparently that is the way it is today as well.
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I've always heard that Clemson bought
Nov 12, 2010, 2:53 PM
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him the TransAm and that the boosters were pissed when he took it to UGAy
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he told my wife's family that UGA bought the car
Nov 12, 2010, 2:57 PM
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and house for him.
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All-TigerNet [14921]
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I'd always heard that he had flipped a coin to choose
Nov 12, 2010, 2:54 PM
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between Clemson and UGAy
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I heard it was his father and involved a gun.***
Nov 12, 2010, 2:58 PM
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Orange Blooded [2030]
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Actually, he stated that he had Clemson in his mind, but
Nov 12, 2010, 3:04 PM
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since his parents were pressing for UGA - he told them UGA and THEY called Vince. Once Vince showed up at his door, he was too embarrassed to tell him 'no'. True story.
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Orange Blooded [3821]
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Hershel fund
Nov 12, 2010, 3:06 PM
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I have family members that were approached by a well-known Clemson booster to contribute to the "hershel fund". They declined but the next time they saw the booster they asked how it went. They were told we lost him, UGA offered more.
Either UGA payed him more or this booster was angling to buy a new boat or something with his "donations".
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110%er [7913]
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If you watched the ESPN documentary of the USFL
Nov 12, 2010, 3:03 PM
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it talks about how Hershel had to leave UGA after his jr year for NCAA rules violations that were going to come out...that's the reason he went to the USFL and not the NFL. The NFL wouldn't take underclassmen at the time.
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Orange Blooded [3821]
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Impossible! Vince Dooley was on the NCAA Ethics Commitee
Nov 12, 2010, 3:09 PM
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& UGA NEVER cheated.....well at least until Jan Kemp turned them in. But still, UGA never went on serious probation. Shows how corrupt the NCAA was/is.
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That's why he had to go....if he stayed the hammer was
Nov 12, 2010, 3:11 PM
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coming down.
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110%er [7913]
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and no that is not my wife
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Nov 12, 2010, 3:06 PM
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wife is standing here...that is the car
Nov 12, 2010, 3:11 PM
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couple of other stories...
1. She was selling donuts for school fund raiser...HW bought all 20 boxes.
2. GA built a nice weight room on the back of his house...he gave my father in a law (a Clemson grad) a key to it and told him he could use it any at time.
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The Bandit is right
Nov 12, 2010, 3:18 PM
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my wife just told me his mom got a new house from UGA as well.
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I had 2 cousins at UGA during this time & they told me a lot
Nov 12, 2010, 3:30 PM
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...of stuff back then. Yes, everybody knew about the black Trans Am. I can't remember now, but they even knew the car dealership. And Herschel was not the only player who "did business" there. In fact, they said black Trans Am's were a popular choice. Classic line one of my cousins said - "It looks like a Smokey & The Bandit convention over at the athletic dorm." LOL
Also, they said somebody used to come around and remind some of the players to move their cars from the jock dorm to regular student parking on the weekends of televised games. In case any of the media folks happened by... didn't want them to see too many new cars.
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Re: I had 2 cousins at UGA during this time & they told me a lot
Nov 12, 2010, 4:21 PM
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In hindsite he wanted to come to Clemson, so he could get into the endzone during his career!
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