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I’ve always been of the belief that if you are good enough, any school will come look at you. It helps if they have a coach that will “promote” them and hound those coaches. I played at a smaller school above Bham, while my childhood best friend transferred to a larger HS, because his Dad said “only kids from larger schools will get the attention of colleges like BAMA!” My HC sent film and called coaches all of the time. I had a few offers into my senior year, including BAMA before I injured my throwing shoulder. Only a couple of schools, OL Coach Jim Fuller and the BAMA staff offered me a shot at walking on and Coach Bowden at FSU, simply because my uncle and him were golfing buddies. A couple of service academies still offered a scholarship, but I wanted no part of the wishbone!!
Different times then. Now, everything starts by the time they enter the 9th grade and they need to go to camps a vast majority of the time.

<blockquote data-quote="UAgrad93" data-source="post: 1315222" data-attributes="member: 14438">I’ve always been of the belief that if you are good enough, any school will come look at you. It helps if they have a coach that will “promote” them and hound those coaches. I played at a smaller school above Bham, while my childhood best friend transferred to a larger HS, because his Dad said “only kids from larger schools will get the attention of colleges like BAMA!” My HC sent film and called coaches all of the time. I had a few offers into my senior year, including BAMA before I injured my throwing shoulder. Only a couple of schools, OL Coach Jim Fuller and the BAMA staff offered me a shot at walking on and Coach Bowden at FSU, simply because my uncle and him were golfing buddies. A couple of service academies still offered a scholarship, but I wanted no part of the wishbone!!Different times then. Now, everything starts by the time they enter the 9th grade and they need to go to camps a vast majority of the time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UAgrad93, post: 1315222, member: 14438"] I’ve always been of the belief that if you are good enough, any school will come look at you. It helps if they have a coach that will “promote” them and hound those coaches. I played at a smaller school above Bham, while my childhood best friend transferred to a larger HS, because his Dad said “only kids from larger schools will get the attention of colleges like BAMA!” My HC sent film and called coaches all of the time. I had a few offers into my senior year, including BAMA before I injured my throwing shoulder. Only a couple of schools, OL Coach Jim Fuller and the BAMA staff offered me a shot at walking on and Coach Bowden at FSU, simply because my uncle and him were golfing buddies. A couple of service academies still offered a scholarship, but I wanted no part of the wishbone!! Different times then. Now, everything starts by the time they enter the 9th grade and they need to go to camps a vast majority of the time. [/QUOTE]