Log in or Sign up

Andrew Hatch update

Discussion in 'The Tiger's Den' started by Carface, Sep 23, 2009.

Page 1 of 2

Carface What the...?

Joined:

Jul 14, 2004

Messages:

3,468

Likes Received:

151

Two LSU-related stories on ESPN today, not too shabby.

I saw this on ESPN Mobile's front page earlier and thought I'd share. The article details Hatch's trip of Harvard-to-LSU-to-Harvard as well as Patrick Witt's journey from Nebraska to Yale. Shown below is the parts concerning Hatch. The full article can be found here:

Yale Bulldogs' Patrick Witt and Harvard Crimson's Andrew Hatch trade in the BCS for the Ivy League - ESPN

At Harvard, Andrew Hatch is proving it's possible to start at quarterback for the defending national champion one season and run the Crimson scout team the next.

"It's kind of unique, isn't it?" said Hatch, about 1,600 miles and one NCAA subdivision away from LSU, where he started three games last season.

…

Hatch opened the 2008 season as LSU's starting QB before injuries and the rise of Jordan Jefferson lost him his job.

Hatch, like Witt, transferred in order to put his education first. And like Witt, Hatch began to look anew at his career because of an injury. Their paths to the Ivy League diverge from there.

Hatch's journey to Harvard completes a round trip. He redshirted there as a freshman in 2006, then left to serve an LDS mission in Chile. When Hatch returned in 2008, he transferred to LSU. He began last season as the Tigers' starting quarterback. He ended it after being Wally Pipped by two different freshmen. A concussion in the third game of the year kept him out long enough for Jarrett Lee to win the job. In the seventh game, against Georgia, Hatch suffered a broken fibula that ended his season.

LSU freshman Jordan Jefferson came on and played well enough that he looked like the future of the Tigers' offense. When Jefferson led LSU to a 38-3 rout of Georgia Tech in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl on New Year's Eve, Hatch had about 11 days before the start of the spring semester to decide whether he would come back to LSU.

Hatch said that the LSU coaches promised him that the job would be wide-open in the spring. But he didn't know whether his leg would heal by spring practice. And Jefferson had looked so good at the end of the season.

"I definitely still wanted to play football," Hatch said. "I knew there was great football here. That's why I came here out of high school. That, combined with the rare academic opportunity. I thought maybe this happened for a reason. It just kind of redirected my path."

Harvard coach Tim Murphy had stayed in touch with Hatch during his two seasons in Baton Rouge. He wrote Hatch's parents a congratulatory note after Hatch started LSU's opener last season against Appalachian State. Still, when Hatch called him in January, "it was a surprise, no question," Murphy said. "He told me: 'It's become obvious to me whether I make it in the NFL or not, education is the most important thing. When you're away from it, you understand what it means.'
"I told him: 'You're going to be at the bottom of the depth chart. We still have good players,'" Murphy said.

Most student-athletes who transfer from an FBS school to an FCS school don't lose a year of eligibility. But the NCAA regarded Hatch as a second-time transfer and ruled that he must sit a season.

"It's different, obviously," Hatch said. "I wish I was playing. I love football. I love practicing football. It's not as fun as games. I love competing against our defense. It helps make me better. ... I do whatever I can to make plays against our best defense. I'm a competitor. I love to compete. I can't do it on Saturdays."

Hatch spent two seasons at LSU and has a national championship ring for his effort. Asked to assess the difference in LSU and Harvard, he said, "One thing is, you can't make any blanket statements." He allowed for LSU's speed, and the size and quickness of its defensive front. "The front seven on defense, there's maybe a little less size up here," Hatch said. "... But some guys could go compete and play there. I don't really know how many.”
Click to expand...

Carface, Sep 23, 2009

#1
BAY0U BENGAL I'm a Chinese Bandit

Joined:

Feb 11, 2009

Messages:

6,129

Likes Received:

2,478

I wish him the best :thumb:

BAY0U BENGAL, Sep 23, 2009

#2
TigerBacker70 I'm the Cock of the Walk!

Joined:

Sep 22, 2009

Messages:

1,167

Likes Received:

243

Andrew Hatch said:

It's become obvious to me whether I make it in the NFL or not, education is the most important thing.
Click to expand...

It's a good thing Hatch will have a Harvard education to support himself if that's his plan. Best of luck to him, he seems like a fine young man.

TigerBacker70, Sep 23, 2009

#3
TexasTigers Are You With Me ?

Joined:

Jan 14, 2002

Messages:

5,919

Likes Received:

476

What does he mean
"When you're away from it, you understand what it means"

Nothing wrong with an LSU education sir, did wonders for me and we have some of the premier schools in the south.....

TexasTigers, Sep 23, 2009

#4
stevescookin Certified Who Dat

Joined:

Nov 18, 2008

Messages:

10,218

Likes Received:

3,033

I wondered, in a thread from the past, how many of his credits from LSU actually were accepted by Harvard. I'm still wondering, but I bet not many. I wonder what the over/under for this would be. Any astute bookmakers out there? Maybe theres a Vegas morning line?

stevescookin, Sep 23, 2009

#5
ok awesome geaux

Joined:

Oct 20, 2002

Messages:

2,001

Likes Received:

134

The answer is 0.

ok awesome, Sep 23, 2009

#6

1 person likes this.
stevescookin Certified Who Dat

Joined:

Nov 18, 2008

Messages:

10,218

Likes Received:

3,033

No wonder Harvard has never won a national championship. They have their priorities all screwed up.
:huh:.

stevescookin, Sep 23, 2009

#7

1 person likes this.
Bengal B Founding Member

Joined:

Sep 5, 2002

Messages:

47,986

Likes Received:

22,994

TexasTigers said: ↑

What does he mean
"When you're away from it, you understand what it means"

"Whether I make it or not in the NFL" Who is he kidding?
Click to expand...

Bengal B, Sep 23, 2009

#8
MobileBengal Founding Member

Joined:

Feb 4, 2002

Messages:

3,634

Likes Received:

884

stevescookin said: ↑

I wondered, in a thread from the past, how many of his credits from LSU actually were accepted by Harvard. I'm still wondering, but I bet not many. I wonder what the over/under for this would be. Any astute bookmakers out there? Maybe theres a Vegas morning line?
Click to expand...

ok awesome said: ↑

The answer is 0.
Click to expand...

Yup, not a single one. Ouch.

MobileBengal, Sep 24, 2009

#9
Kurtis Bleaux Founding Member

Joined:

Aug 25, 2009

Messages:

412

Likes Received:

32

Bengal B said: ↑

TexasTigers said: ↑

"Whether I make it or not in the NFL" Who is he kidding?
Click to expand...

Wonderlic test taker
Click to expand...

Kurtis Bleaux, Sep 24, 2009

#10

(You must log in or sign up to reply here.)

Page 1 of 2

Share This Page