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<blockquote data-quote="Boomergump" data-source="post: 152442" data-attributes="member: 639"><p>So, I am sitting at my school's graduation this morning in my cap and robe as the proceedings begin. I notice this man about my age standing up front with the notables and think to myself: "man, that guy looks just like Chuck Easley". As it turned out, it WAS Chuck Easley and he was up there to receive an award. For those of you who don't know, Chuck was a running back for TECH back in the early 80's. I had not spoken to him in 30 years, so I just had to meet with him after the ceremony to get reacquainted. We probably chatted for about a half an hour about people we both knew on the baseball and football teams. I congratulated him on how hard he ran the football, especially in the Clemson game that we won at home in ( I think) 1983, maybe 84. He told me a really funny story about our current DC (his teammate) in that game. From what Chuck told me, I guess the tiggers had an "all world" TE who made some really demeaning comments about our program saying that "the games were like spring practice games and he would be able to go home to see family in ATL when it was over". Obviously, this was billboard material that just had the team (especially Roof) incensed. Evidently, that TE came over the middle early on to make a catch and Roof laid him out so hard that he was done for the game. After the hit, Ted told him, as he was laying on the ground in agony, that he could "go home and see his family earlier if he would like". The rest is history. Easley had the best game of his career scoring the winning TD that ended Climpsum's 3 year ACC win streak. Having known Roof, just a little bit, I am not surprised by any of it.</p><p></p><p>On a sad note, I learned from Chuck that a mutual teammate of ours, Ricardo Ingram, has passed. Maybe you all already know this, but I had not heard. What a great guy and versatile, tough athlete. He had great power as a batter and would hit you real hard from the safety position in FB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boomergump, post: 152442, member: 639"] So, I am sitting at my school's graduation this morning in my cap and robe as the proceedings begin. I notice this man about my age standing up front with the notables and think to myself: "man, that guy looks just like Chuck Easley". As it turned out, it WAS Chuck Easley and he was up there to receive an award. For those of you who don't know, Chuck was a running back for TECH back in the early 80's. I had not spoken to him in 30 years, so I just had to meet with him after the ceremony to get reacquainted. We probably chatted for about a half an hour about people we both knew on the baseball and football teams. I congratulated him on how hard he ran the football, especially in the Clemson game that we won at home in ( I think) 1983, maybe 84. He told me a really funny story about our current DC (his teammate) in that game. From what Chuck told me, I guess the tiggers had an "all world" TE who made some really demeaning comments about our program saying that "the games were like spring practice games and he would be able to go home to see family in ATL when it was over". Obviously, this was billboard material that just had the team (especially Roof) incensed. Evidently, that TE came over the middle early on to make a catch and Roof laid him out so hard that he was done for the game. After the hit, Ted told him, as he was laying on the ground in agony, that he could "go home and see his family earlier if he would like". The rest is history. Easley had the best game of his career scoring the winning TD that ended Climpsum's 3 year ACC win streak. Having known Roof, just a little bit, I am not surprised by any of it. On a sad note, I learned from Chuck that a mutual teammate of ours, Ricardo Ingram, has passed. Maybe you all already know this, but I had not heard. What a great guy and versatile, tough athlete. He had great power as a batter and would hit you real hard from the safety position in FB. [/QUOTE]
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