| FTBL Saw John Croyle this morning

[Bamapossum]

John Croyle spoke at our in service meeting for the county today. Really a wonderful speaker.

Living this close to you know where, there are plenty of Auburn folks on staff,

He started by saying, "Some guy out there just called me an Alabama bigot. To show him there were no hard feelings, I showed him what an actual national championship ring looks like."

The place erupted.

Overall, it was one of the best in service presentations I have ever heard. Probably the first that I wished had been longer.

 

[Kirk Van de Graaff]

I met him a few years back at a practice, and is one very nice man. He saw that my son was a big Brodie fan, and made sure Brodie came over and signed my son a autograph. Gave my son a great memory and I am thankful to him just for that.

 

[BamaFan425]

Both my parents do free dental and ortho work for the Ranch, so he's always been in touch with us. When we were in the process of trying to get our school to get a football team (we meaning my family and a bunch of others), my mom told John the story. He was ready to come up to our school, do a huge fundraiser, speak, do whatever he could to help us. He was ready and willing. However, the board shot down our idea. So my mom broke the news to him and he responded with "Well, we can just go start our own school in Chattanooga."

My mom wasn't quite ready for that step. But he was a great guy. Me and my brother have a football autographed to us personally from Brodie and multiple items signed by John. All the kids from the Ranch tell some pretty funny stories about Brodie.