Comments on: College Football Recruiting: Adults Gone Mad http://cgabriel.com/2008/06/13/college-football-recruiting-adults-gone-mad/ Lively Conversation. Engaging Interviews. A Breath of Fresh Air. The CGP. Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CGabriel http://cgabriel.com/2008/06/13/college-football-recruiting-adults-gone-mad/comment-page-1/#comment-158 CGabriel Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:08:28 +0000 http://blogharbor.wordpress.com/?p=184#comment-158 PatrickM: You may recall I went through a bit of basketball recruiting back in the day. What I remember most: The schools that offered me "incentives" to attend their hallowed grounds. I won't name names, but two things stand out: One school offered me a car. Typical, right? Another one, however, got very creative when a young coed appeared at my door. Needless to say, she wasn't delivering a pizza. PatrickM: You may recall I went through a bit of basketball recruiting back in the day. What I remember most: The schools that offered me “incentives” to attend their hallowed grounds. I won’t name names, but two things stand out: One school offered me a car. Typical, right? Another one, however, got very creative when a young coed appeared at my door. Needless to say, she wasn’t delivering a pizza.

]]> By: Patrick M http://cgabriel.com/2008/06/13/college-football-recruiting-adults-gone-mad/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Patrick M Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:25:36 +0000 http://blogharbor.wordpress.com/?p=184#comment-157 I watched my two college age daughters grow up in a competitive sports environment since T-ball. Just over a year ago we completed the college recruiting process with my youngest daughter, currently playing college volleyball. I'm here to tell you that "adults gone mad" just doesn't apply to college football and its fans. For over 10 years I have witnessed "adults go mad" in everything from a 10 year old exhibition softball game (seriously!) to a 18 year old national qualifying volleyball tournament. It isn't pretty. The amazing thing to me is that in all those years, and maybe this is a girl thing, I cannot remember a participant in the sport I was watching flip out or loose control of themselves. But oh the stories I could tell about their parents... Maybe I should start a parental-flip-out-story-of-the-day-blog. And don't get me started on the recruiting process. Okay quickly, lies, everybody lies. Once you understand that, you'll be fine. Mr. CG I'm sure your daughters will grow up with a heavy sports accent similar to mine. In 17-18 years you'll have to report back to see if anything has changed. I watched my two college age daughters grow up in a competitive sports environment since T-ball. Just over a year ago we completed the college recruiting process with my youngest daughter, currently playing college volleyball. I’m here to tell you that “adults gone mad” just doesn’t apply to college football and its fans. For over 10 years I have witnessed “adults go mad” in everything from a 10 year old exhibition softball game (seriously!) to a 18 year old national qualifying volleyball tournament. It isn’t pretty.

The amazing thing to me is that in all those years, and maybe this is a girl thing, I cannot remember a participant in the sport I was watching flip out or loose control of themselves. But oh the stories I could tell about their parents… Maybe I should start a parental-flip-out-story-of-the-day-blog.

And don’t get me started on the recruiting process. Okay quickly, lies, everybody lies. Once you understand that, you’ll be fine.

Mr. CG I’m sure your daughters will grow up with a heavy sports accent similar to mine. In 17-18 years you’ll have to report back to see if anything has changed.

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