This is a simple and long-overdue, “thank you” to the Lubbock Avalanche Journal and Mr. Burle Pettit. The year was 1970, and I was a graduating senior from Post High School who had illusions of playing college football.
I wrote to many college coaches around the area and expounded upon my talents. A few partial offers came from some small colleges, and I was about to accept when Mr. Pettit and Don Henry started to follow my exploits and wrote several nice articles about my plight.