Lost Recruits: Can't find way to school

Quote:Texas Tech is one of those programs that feel if the coaches can get a recruit to their West Texas campus, they have a good shot at getting him to commit.

Last weekend, they found out just how tough a task that can be.

Houston (Texas) Bellaire wide receiver Devin Lauderdale - a Texas Tech commit - and three other Houston-area players were planning on making the roughly 550-mile drive to Lubbock, Texas, to take in the school's Spring Game.

But they never got there.

The never even got, in fact, to West Texas.

"(We) didn't use a GPS, and we didn't even know we were going the wrong way," Lauderdale said. "So we were driving (and we ended up) in East Texas."

If they were being recruited by $EC schools, they'd already have a car with built in GPS.

(04-04-2012 12:37 PM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  If they were being recruited by $EC schools, they'd already have a car with built in GPS.

I'm surprised the story didn't end with "They wound up in Tuscaloosa, where they are enrolling early to participate in spring practice."

That would have been hilarious...

It just shows that no one wants to go to Lubbock even if it is for a free ride!!!

that is so awesome. at some point you have to realize you're going the wrong way. i don't have a gps either, but apparently these guys didn't even have (or we're bothered with apparently) maps or an atlas. i'm a map junkie and am terrible with directions. just for point of reference, i've traveled in my aught three kia rio to the four corners of the country. bar harbor, me en route to acadia national park (where i got hilariously lost and almost wound up arrested), southern utah (where my car almost got washed away in a flash flood in capital reef national park), oregon (which is a long story, which has less to do with the hitcher i picked up in utah along the way), and key largo, fl where i ate conch with a buddy before we flew to argentina. sorry.

i was driving from lexington with frankfort in mind. i was to visit a pub and see this tiny capital city before heading west to louisville to crash at my pops. i forget the girl's name whose house i slept at, myra. i didn't forget it afterall. i was couchsurfing as i'd never been to lexington proper and wanted a diversion from cincinnati. after breakfast and a visit at cd central i headed to the direction i thought was west. the bearcats where playing some obscure team in the early season and having a difficult time. the radio feed was sporadic but it kept me informed. and it was a beautiful drive. i always say that it's every man's birthright to get lost in kentucky. our nation's hidden treasure.

i was traveling backroads as is my wont and being distracted by the game i began to realize that, because of highway markers, that i was heading east. so i pulled into a vacant parking lot of a church and consulted my atlas. my atlas had no answer for the highway sign i discovered as it was lettered as opposed to numbered. but that's just kentucky. that's what makes her grand. the grass is blue, the counties are dry, wet, or moist. and i hate the word moist, but i'll let it slide. dogs can be mayor and secretaries win a coveted prize. so i headed back to where i began which was only an hour's journey and sometimes i think i get lost subconsciously for the thrill of diversion. back into lexington and onward to frankfort. a man can get lost in kentucky.

These guys were obviously recruited for something other than intelligence...

(04-05-2012 01:01 PM)Lush Wrote:  that is so awesome. at some point you have to realize you're going the wrong way. i don't have a gps either, but apparently these guys didn't even have (or we're bothered with apparently) maps or an atlas. i'm a map junkie and am terrible with directions. just for point of reference, i've traveled in my aught three kia rio to the four corners of the country. bar harbor, me en route to acadia national park (where i got hilariously lost and almost wound up arrested), southern utah (where my car almost got washed away in a flash flood in capital reef national park), oregon (which is a long story, which has less to do with the hitcher i picked up in utah along the way), and key largo, fl where i ate conch with a buddy before we flew to argentina. sorry.

i was driving from lexington with frankfort in mind. i was to visit a pub and see this tiny capital city before heading west to louisville to crash at my pops. i forget the girl's name whose house i slept at, myra. i didn't forget it afterall. i was couchsurfing as i'd never been to lexington proper and wanted a diversion from cincinnati. after breakfast and a visit at cd central i headed to the direction i thought was west. the bearcats where playing some obscure team in the early season and having a difficult time. the radio feed was sporadic but it kept me informed. and it was a beautiful drive. i always say that it's every man's birthright to get lost in kentucky. our nation's hidden treasure.

i was traveling backroads as is my wont and being distracted by the game i began to realize that, because of highway markers, that i was heading east. so i pulled into a vacant parking lot of a church and consulted my atlas. my atlas had no answer for the highway sign i discovered as it was lettered as opposed to numbered. but that's just kentucky. that's what makes her grand. the grass is blue, the counties are dry, wet, or moist. and i hate the word moist, but i'll let it slide. dogs can be mayor and secretaries win a coveted prize. so i headed back to where i began which was only an hour's journey and sometimes i think i get lost subconsciously for the thrill of diversion. back into lexington and onward to frankfort. a man can get lost in kentucky.

Kerouac fan?

(04-06-2012 04:55 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote:  

(04-05-2012 01:01 PM)Lush Wrote:  that is so awesome. at some point you have to realize you're going the wrong way. i don't have a gps either, but apparently these guys didn't even have (or we're bothered with apparently) maps or an atlas. i'm a map junkie and am terrible with directions. just for point of reference, i've traveled in my aught three kia rio to the four corners of the country. bar harbor, me en route to acadia national park (where i got hilariously lost and almost wound up arrested), southern utah (where my car almost got washed away in a flash flood in capital reef national park), oregon (which is a long story, which has less to do with the hitcher i picked up in utah along the way), and key largo, fl where i ate conch with a buddy before we flew to argentina. sorry.

i was driving from lexington with frankfort in mind. i was to visit a pub and see this tiny capital city before heading west to louisville to crash at my pops. i forget the girl's name whose house i slept at, myra. i didn't forget it afterall. i was couchsurfing as i'd never been to lexington proper and wanted a diversion from cincinnati. after breakfast and a visit at cd central i headed to the direction i thought was west. the bearcats where playing some obscure team in the early season and having a difficult time. the radio feed was sporadic but it kept me informed. and it was a beautiful drive. i always say that it's every man's birthright to get lost in kentucky. our nation's hidden treasure.

i was traveling backroads as is my wont and being distracted by the game i began to realize that, because of highway markers, that i was heading east. so i pulled into a vacant parking lot of a church and consulted my atlas. my atlas had no answer for the highway sign i discovered as it was lettered as opposed to numbered. but that's just kentucky. that's what makes her grand. the grass is blue, the counties are dry, wet, or moist. and i hate the word moist, but i'll let it slide. dogs can be mayor and secretaries win a coveted prize. so i headed back to where i began which was only an hour's journey and sometimes i think i get lost subconsciously for the thrill of diversion. back into lexington and onward to frankfort. a man can get lost in kentucky.

Kerouac fan?

i like kerouac alright. it's been a while since i read him. i've read dharma bums, desolation angels, visions of cody, and of course on the road. dharma bums i like best.