https://www.stltoday.com/sports/col...cle_a539003e-17e9-5a6a-bc48-f7e55a2a0a97.html
Quick article on Mizzou's plan to attack the state with all 10 coaches, nothing new for us at Power Mizzou. What took me off guard was the story about how Coach Luper discovered Cam Newton in junior college. The article makes it sound like Luper didn't know much about Cam, or even how tall the kid was but the Juco coach implored him to give the young QB a look. How is that possible? Cam was a massive recruit coming out of college, and into Florida. Then I believe he was the number 1 JUCO recruit in the country and one that cost a ton of money to obtain. Just seems like a sloppy researched story.
Luper, who spent the last seven seasons at Texas Christian University, could form a college All-American team with the players he’s recruited over the years at Oklahoma State, Auburn and TCU. Luper’s best find on the recruiting trail came in 2009 when he visited Blinn College in Brenham, Texas. Then working at Auburn, Luper was there to see a wide receiver. A Blinn coach insisted he look at a quarterback, too. Auburn didn’t need a quarterback, Luper told him.
“I had already seen him on video, but you know, junior college video you couldn’t really tell if he was 6-6 or 6-3,” Luper recalled this week. “When he walked through the door I was like, ‘That’s him?’ You know the rest of that story.”
Quick article on Mizzou's plan to attack the state with all 10 coaches, nothing new for us at Power Mizzou. What took me off guard was the story about how Coach Luper discovered Cam Newton in junior college. The article makes it sound like Luper didn't know much about Cam, or even how tall the kid was but the Juco coach implored him to give the young QB a look. How is that possible? Cam was a massive recruit coming out of college, and into Florida. Then I believe he was the number 1 JUCO recruit in the country and one that cost a ton of money to obtain. Just seems like a sloppy researched story.
Luper, who spent the last seven seasons at Texas Christian University, could form a college All-American team with the players he’s recruited over the years at Oklahoma State, Auburn and TCU. Luper’s best find on the recruiting trail came in 2009 when he visited Blinn College in Brenham, Texas. Then working at Auburn, Luper was there to see a wide receiver. A Blinn coach insisted he look at a quarterback, too. Auburn didn’t need a quarterback, Luper told him.
“I had already seen him on video, but you know, junior college video you couldn’t really tell if he was 6-6 or 6-3,” Luper recalled this week. “When he walked through the door I was like, ‘That’s him?’ You know the rest of that story.”
