Interesting Hatch Tidbit

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  1. clair

    clair Rockets

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    Just to show you how good his story will be if he plays well and leads LSU to some wins this year.

    I heard this from a friend, but I was told that Las Vegas put the odds at 28,000-1 that he would be the LSU starter at any point during his career when he walked onto the team.

    I do not know if that is accurate or where the number came from, but a lot of dominos did need to fall.

    As a walk-on, he needed to:

    1. beat out all the other walk-ons at QB
    2. Play well enough on scout team to where the coaches noticed you more than the scholarship players
    3. Beat out 4-star Jarrett Lee
    4. Have something happen to Ryan Perrilloux
    5. Stay healthy
    6. Stay committed and not get frustrated after the long hours of doing all the work the scholarship guys do and get not nearly the credit, etc...
     
  2. LSUfan71

    LSUfan71 Founding Member

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    :huh: didn't Crowton know him for 2 years before personally inviting him to LSU?
     
  3. LSUDeek

    LSUDeek All That She Wants...

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    imagine if you dropped a benjamin on that?
     
  4. khounba

    khounba Founding Member

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    I couldn't be a coach. That's all I know.
     
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  5. TigerSnarl

    TigerSnarl Air Conditioned Gypsy

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    Wow, does Vegas really cover action on if a guy will be a starter??

    Anyway, your point is excellent. This guy will have accomplished a ton if he ends up as our QB. Good luck to him!!
     
  6. pharpe

    pharpe Founding Member

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    Sweet. I took a second mortgage on the house to drop 100k on that 28000:1 shot a couple years back. Almost forgot about that. Should net me a cool 2.8 billion if he starts. I bet I'll be able to get deceit seats to the Bama game now.
     
  7. cajdav1

    cajdav1 Soldiers are real hero's

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    My uncle, who is a bookie said he has never seen odds out like that on college players. And he knows his stuff about gambling I tell ya.
     
  8. Swerved

    Swerved It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds.

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    You don't want that nasty little .8 hangin on the end of that number... I'll take care of that part for ya... for no charge, at that! :thumb:
     
  9. clair

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    they might not have actually put it on the board.

    might have just made the odds of it all just for fun.

    I don't know.

    Just repeating what a friend of mine told me.
     
  10. pharpe

    pharpe Founding Member

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    Only if you go Tonya Harding on Lee to seal the deal.
     

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