Sunday, February 20, 2011

Oops!

It's a fact of recruiting that teams and fan bases will always wonder "what if" about players that wound up going to other schools.
Such is the case with TCU and Oregon star running back LaMichael James, a Texas native who was close to committing to the Horned Frogs before signing with the Ducks. James even had acknowledged as much on multiple occasions, but thus far refused to tell the story of exactly what steered him away from TCU.
On Friday, James finally revealed exactly what happened while in Dallas to accept the Doak Walker Award given to the nation's top running back.
In an interview with Dallas radio station 1310 The Ticket, James said that the reason he was turned off by TCU came on his official visit. According to the star tailback, a coach — whom he would not specify — called him "LaMarcus" the entire weekend.
Feeling disrespected, James then turned his attention out of state to the Ducks, and the rest is college football history.
Now, TCU is only left to wonder just how good James could have been in their explosive offense rather than Oregon's.

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