Cajun Poon Gets Rejected
Jamarkus McFarland, one of the top high school players in the country, caused quite a stir last month after an insightful article detailed the juicy recruiting war for his services. 4 star defensive tackle McFarland ended up spurning his home state Texas Longhorns and chose the Oklahoma Sooners. Although we will stay far away from the Red River recruiting rivalry, we felt the need to scrutinize this passage from his recruiting visit to Baton Rouge: McFarland made four official visits during his recruitment — to Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana State and Southern California. He said he saw everything from flat-screen televisions in Texas Coach Mack Brown’s bathrooms to L.S.U.’s recruiting hostesses sitting on the laps of prospects. Of the four universities, L.S.U. made the worst impression. After the Tigers lost to Georgia, 52-38, on Oct. 25, McFarland, his mother and his grandmother attended a catered meal at the home of Tigers Coach Les Miles. “He was very dry,” Adams said of Miles. Adams
