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Message: [QUOTE="Tylermarona, post: 2493651, member: 6591"] Great question. I did not figure people would actually want to know about that aspect. Anyhow, JC football in CA is very popular. It is very competitive as well. Except the program that I played for. We went 1-9 my lone season while playing for them. It was quite the S*** show. My "teammates" were young and immature. They did not share my drive to get recruited or play for a reason. Most of them just had it in their mind as a stop gap between high school and a 4 year college. the bad part was we had a guy on our team that was an immigrant from russia. He bounced around to multiple JC programs to remain eligible as a green card resident by being in school. Although he ran a black market operation from his Santa Monica apartment. He was not present for 4 out of the 10 games. Because he did not feel like showing up... We had multiple guys that would get caught gambling in the locker room, and one day got busted by the cops for a high stakes game. Which would take place right next to my locker no mind you. Again I do not have any hard feelings towards these guys. They were of all shapes, sizes, and backgrounds. It was just clear I needed to get to a place that had like minded people. I would go to my JC coach's office daily for about an hour, and I would express my desire to get recruited to a D1 school. He had sent hundreds of guys D1. So I had full faith in him. His coaching prowess was over shadowed by guys who just did not care to participate in bettering themselves. Granted we did play against multiple now NFL players. Our team had ... you guessed it, none. The pros about going to JC were it landed me at Cuse. It also introduced my to my best friend for life now Mike Lasker Jr. I loved my time at cuse. I took 4 visits after being offered my slew of scholarships, Cuse first, UCLA, Miami and Colorado. It was hard to get out of my mind the commitment that Cuse players had toward the school, the program, and life. It just fit so well with me. It tickled my fancy. It was the opposite of what I had dealt with previously. It made me realize how I was being humbled to eventually give back to men that are looking to make that transition now. I currently mentor a few folks that are trying to go through the same process and I love it. It makes me believe that there was a plan all along for me. It just took the long road. [/QUOTE]

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