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TITLETOWN - A Decade Long Celebration Of The Greatest Achievement In College Athletics History => Kansas State Football => Topic started by: Fldermaus on December 02, 2014, 09:46:42 AM

Title: not John Knott
Post by: Fldermaus on December 02, 2014, 09:46:42 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/when-dyslexia-blocked-his-path-to-college-football-maryland-high-school-player-took-unusual-route/2014/12/01/f06c60aa-73f7-11e4-95a8-fe0b46e8751a_story.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/when-dyslexia-blocked-his-path-to-college-football-maryland-high-school-player-took-unusual-route/2014/12/01/f06c60aa-73f7-11e4-95a8-fe0b46e8751a_story.html)

IDK if this goes here or in the scams & scammers thread. 
It is a fascinating story / situation. 
Title: Re: not John Knott
Post by: 'taterblast on December 02, 2014, 09:52:09 AM
Lukermaus, though it may deserve its own thread

http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=3144.msg1268038#msg1268038 (http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=3144.msg1268038#msg1268038)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/when-dyslexia-blocked-his-path-to-college-football-maryland-high-school-player-took-unusual-route/2014/12/01/f06c60aa-73f7-11e4-95a8-fe0b46e8751a_story.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/when-dyslexia-blocked-his-path-to-college-football-maryland-high-school-player-took-unusual-route/2014/12/01/f06c60aa-73f7-11e4-95a8-fe0b46e8751a_story.html)

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Two years ago, Damion McIntosh received a message from a ghost. It came to his Facebook account, asking, “Do you know who this is?” McIntosh pondered the big, round face in the man’s pictures until slowly it dawned on him.

“I’m like: ‘Damn, that looks like my man Johnny Knott,’ ” recalled McIntosh, conjuring the name of a long-lost Kansas State football teammate. “I finally just said, ‘Where you been, man?’ ”

A thousand miles away, Jarryn Avery let loose a big, honking belly-laugh. Chalk up one more unsuspecting victim finally let in on a decades-old secret. And once the truth was revealed, Avery would start to fill in the details:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcz7PZs3HEM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcz7PZs3HEM)
Title: Re: not John Knott
Post by: Fldermaus on December 02, 2014, 10:10:21 AM
Figured this was already posted somewhere...
Title: Re: not John Knott
Post by: 'taterblast on December 02, 2014, 10:14:46 AM
i just wish he would have stayed
Title: Re: not John Knott
Post by: Bqqkie Pimp on December 02, 2014, 10:23:18 AM
Definitely deserves its own thread...  I don't know that I'd have found or seen this had Lukermaus not been so lukie.

Title: Re: not John Knott
Post by: MadCat on December 02, 2014, 11:42:58 AM
i just wish he would have stayed

We might have beat aTm in '98 then...  :surprised:
Title: Re: not John Knott
Post by: _33 on December 02, 2014, 12:16:11 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/when-dyslexia-blocked-his-path-to-college-football-maryland-high-school-player-took-unusual-route/2014/12/01/f06c60aa-73f7-11e4-95a8-fe0b46e8751a_story.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/when-dyslexia-blocked-his-path-to-college-football-maryland-high-school-player-took-unusual-route/2014/12/01/f06c60aa-73f7-11e4-95a8-fe0b46e8751a_story.html)

IDK if this goes here or in the scams & scammers thread. 
It is a fascinating story / situation.

I don't find that story inspirational at all.  It was like they were trying to force it to be inspirational when really it was just kind of a weird, boring story.