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per Joe:
Jerry Kill flashed a big smile Tuesday as he walked through the Gophers football complex with a special guest. It was Bart Scott, the former pro bowl linebacker and current CBS broadcaster, who credits much of his success to a turning point year with Kill at Southern Illinois.
Scott came to Minnesota to speak to Kill's team in preparation for the first practice Friday. Scott was heading into his senior year at Southern Illinois, when the Saluki's hired Kill to be their coach for the 2001 season. Scott had ended his junior season with a six-game suspension after an altercation with the team's previous defensive coordinator.
"I wasn’t part of [Kill's] recruiting class," Scott said. "I was coming off a suspension, and [the previous coaches] were trying to kick me off the team. I learned a very valuable lesson because [Kill] told me he would judge me on his own, not what other people said."
Kill was excited to tell the media about Scott's visit, and the coach said there will be another visitor during training camp, too -- Virginia Tech basketball coach Buzz Williams. When Kill was going through setbacks with his epilepsy, Williams was one of the people who reached out with his support. The two connected last year in Louisville.
http://www.startribune.com/bart-scott-visits-the-gophers-buzz-williams-is-next/320698711/
Go Gophers!!
Jerry Kill flashed a big smile Tuesday as he walked through the Gophers football complex with a special guest. It was Bart Scott, the former pro bowl linebacker and current CBS broadcaster, who credits much of his success to a turning point year with Kill at Southern Illinois.
Scott came to Minnesota to speak to Kill's team in preparation for the first practice Friday. Scott was heading into his senior year at Southern Illinois, when the Saluki's hired Kill to be their coach for the 2001 season. Scott had ended his junior season with a six-game suspension after an altercation with the team's previous defensive coordinator.
"I wasn’t part of [Kill's] recruiting class," Scott said. "I was coming off a suspension, and [the previous coaches] were trying to kick me off the team. I learned a very valuable lesson because [Kill] told me he would judge me on his own, not what other people said."
Kill was excited to tell the media about Scott's visit, and the coach said there will be another visitor during training camp, too -- Virginia Tech basketball coach Buzz Williams. When Kill was going through setbacks with his epilepsy, Williams was one of the people who reached out with his support. The two connected last year in Louisville.
http://www.startribune.com/bart-scott-visits-the-gophers-buzz-williams-is-next/320698711/
Go Gophers!!
