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Message: [QUOTE="NJCuse97, post: 1320689, member: 5058"] Just re-reading this made me think back to my days at SU. I was an architecture major and we stayed up all night working often. Arch students were they only ones with key access to their building (Slocum) 24/7. Anyway, we'd often try to squeeze in a meal before our first classes (8:00 AM Arch History). The closest dining hall that opened at 6:30 was Shaw. This is where all teh football guys would gather for their breakfast and check-in. It was surreal to be there, just 20 architecture students and the football team eating breakfast. I met a bunch of guys that way, as they were all very curious who the other crazies were that ate breakfast with them every morning. Moten would hang with them as he and Marvin Graves were HS buddies and roommates. Al Wooten was the third in that group. I hung and talked a lot with Darius then. I will never forget the day I realized that he wasn't mean, just had a motor to him. Our Soph. year we were watching some godzilla movies eating breakfast and in comes incumbent QB Kevin Mason. He storms over to our table and his hand is casted up. He shoots a look at Donovan and Darius gets up and hugs him and apologizes. You can tell Mason is mad, but he can't stay mad at Darius. I asked Donovan what happened, and he tells me he was blitzing in a live practice and shot through the line. He instictively couldn't turn it off and put his hat on the ball, breaking Mason's hand. It was dumb, but you just couldn't stay mad at the guy. Luckily it was spring. It's too bad they don't probably do those meals and check ins amongst the students anymore. One of my favorite things about SU was the relative accessibility of the athletes. There was a tighter bond and it was easier standing at a bus stop with Wilkie Bazille or Ernie Davis Brown because you felt more comfortable talking with them. There were guys you didn't bother as much, but I felt OK talking to McNabb at a party or having the Pilons over for pizza (Tod Burgan could smell pizza three blocks away). [/QUOTE]

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