Reuben Foster Wonderlick Score

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On 4/30/2017 at 7:19 AM, Gowebb11 said:

The irony of this whole thread is that none of us had an issue with RF when he was committed to us. If he had came to Auburn and been an All-American his wonderlic score would have been the same as it is now. Just saying. 

Sad but true.  No matter how much we like to think that a kid would turn out better if he comes to Auburn, just because we have more of a culture of building character, the truth is that we have no data to back up that belief. The only person I can think of who experienced both cultures equally is Corey Grant, and from all I've ever read/seen, he was just as good of a person/student at bama as he was at Auburn.

What is more likely, based on history, is if a player with issues comes to Auburn, he'll end up finishing his career at Louisville... or in Div II.

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The real story concerning Foster's wonderlic score doesn't involve football. It's more about someone who scored as "illiterate" on the test yet he graduated from an institution of "higher learning" in 3 years - while having a full schedule of football and filling his body with substances that he felt were bad enough that he had to dilute a drug test. People can defend lame-brain Foster all they want. He's the perfect example of everything wrong with college football imo - but bama excels in giving us those examples, don't they? Fact is, the only worthwhile thing foster can do is play football - if you consider that worthwhile.

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On 4/30/2017 at 7:19 AM, Gowebb11 said:

The irony of this whole thread is that none of us had an issue with RF when he was committed to us. If he had came to Auburn and been an All-American his wonderlic score would have been the same as it is now. Just saying. 

Not all of us. I was quite relieved when he made his "bidness decision", honestly. 

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17 hours ago, boisnumber1 said:

The real story concerning Foster's wonderlic score doesn't involve football. It's more about someone who scored as "illiterate" on the test yet he graduated from an institution of "higher learning" in 3 years - while having a full schedule of football and filling his body with substances that he felt were bad enough that he had to dilute a drug test. People can defend lame-brain Foster all they want. He's the perfect example of everything wrong with college football imo - but bama excels in giving us those examples, don't they? Fact is, the only worthwhile thing foster can do is play football - if you consider that worthwhile.

Well, Bama has a history of this type of situation.  Forest Gump comes to mind.