There's a big visitor on the sidelines for LU tonight...

[Guest mffl]

Derrick "frog" Hall is holding up his L tonight. Hope that is a sign of things to come for the Cards.

[westendfirst]

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Derrick "frog" Hall is holding up his L tonight. Hope that is a sign of things to come for the Cards.
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Forgive my ignorance...who is he?

[puddin tane]

[quote name="Cardinal89" post="871049" timestamp="1286682993"]
[quote author=mffl link=topic=74227.msg870868#msg870868 date=1286674048]
Derrick "frog" Hall is holding up his L tonight. Hope that is a sign of things to come for the Cards.
[/quote]

Forgive my ignorance...who is he?
[/quote]
rb from Bmt Central...A&m signee, then navarro, then tulsa....

[bigred360]

He signed with Texas A&M, failed to qualify, went to Navarro, then signed with Tulsa.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/jucojunction/football/recruiting/player-Derrick-Hall-96713

http://tamu.scout.com/a.z?s=187&p=8&c=1&nid=2983323

http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hall_derrick00.html

[BearWolf]

We need to bring him in. He should have 2 years of eligibility left.

[westendfirst]

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We need to bring him in. He should have 2 years of eligibility left.
[/quote]

Ummm...not if he can't pass...as in grades.

[bigred360]

It's this man's job to see that he makes his grades.

http://www.lamarcardinals.com/genrel/mcdermand_rob00.html

[braves24]

So what does this mean by him coming to watch the game?

[bigred360]

Well, went he picked Tulsa it was between the Golden Hurricane and Lamar. So, now he must be thinking about attending Lamar.

[puddin tane]

Lamar has raised its admission standards :o
http://www.kfdm.com/news/university-39744-lamar-entering.html

which, i think,is a good thing

[bigred360]

Those are for freshman as I don't see anything about transfer students. I could be wrong but that is what I get from this article. 

[puddin tane]

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It's this man's job to see that he makes his grades.

http://www.lamarcardinals.com/genrel/mcdermand_rob00.html
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I figured that was a booster's job :D

[puddin tane]

[quote name="bigred360" post="872604" timestamp="1286841726"]
Those are for freshman as I don't see anything about transfer students. I could be wrong but that is what I get from this article. 
[/quote]

many places  admission standards are lower for athletes anyway...I was just posting that cuz i think its good for LU

[AJ25]

Admission standards are much lower for athletes. Also, they are much easier for transfer students.

[coachacola]

I think athletes have to meet minimum NCAA academic requirements and then individual schools may have higher standards.  Hopefully Hall can get enrolled somewhere and make the grades, be at Lamar or somewhere else.

I'm really pleasantly surprised that Lamar is raising their admission standards again.  They were really lagging behind a lot of other peer schools but they seem really serious about closing the gap.  The lamar.edu homepage also shows that the capital campaign has surpassed the $70 million mark.  This will help Lamar down the road if they wish to move up to a better conference because academics are also part of the equation.

[Guest mffl]

Just got the word that Hall will be wearing Cardinal Red next season.

[D3zii]

Wow,,This is a big sign for Lamar..

[bigred360]

That will be a great boost to the RB position. He is 5'10, 210 can run a 4.3 forty and 100 meter in 10.33. So he is really built to be a great RB; short, compact, muscular and fast.

He will be a great addition to the Cardinals football team. Now, just about 4-5 more key recuits and it will go a long way to making Lamar a lot better football team.

[BearWolf]

Great news!!!!!!!!!!

[westendfirst]

[quote name="puddin tane" post="872622" timestamp="1286842900"]
[quote author=bigred360 link=topic=74227.msg872604#msg872604 date=1286841726]
Those are for freshman as I don't see anything about transfer students. I could be wrong but that is what I get from this article. 
[/quote]

many places  admission standards are lower for athletes anyway...I was just posting that cuz i think its good for LU
[/quote]

It's defnintely a good thing.  And they really should be more strict than these new standards but I think it is a step in the right direction.  I saw on another website that we had an 89% acceptance rate.  That sounds very high...really too high.

[Lazeek]

Could you imagine how nice it would be to have Jeremy Johnson and Derrick Hall playing for LU next year!!!!!!

[Betrayed]

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Could you imagine how nice it would be to have Jeremy Johnson and Derrick Hall playing for LU next year!!!!!!
[/quote]Is it true they both run a 4.3

[Lazeek]

I am sure that LU is on top of both of these players doing whatever they can legally do to get them in a Cardinal uniform..................Lets hope that the LU Staff can work their magic!!!!

[braves24]

this is good! Would love to get JJ! How many years will Hall be able to play?

[AJ25]

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this is good! Would love to get JJ! How many years will Hall be able to play?
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2 still because he hasn't play for Tulsa at all this year.