Neat article re: former UM target
Jason Ankrah (2009 DE target) who ended up signing with Nebraska, was on his way back from his Nebraska visit when he happened to sit next to Clarence Thomas on the flight. Thomas ended up speaking at his graduation.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/We-Didnt-Know-He-Was-Clarence-T…
....very cool story. For all the crap Thomas has taken over the years, at his core, he's an honorable guy and this is a quite astounding story.
I recall him being interviewed by Salters at the USC at Nebraska beatdown in, I think, 2007. Very humble guy, generous with his time, quick sense of humor.
+1 to him.
Let's just hope that they didn't get some Diet Cokes from in-flight service!
It's interesting. Even though we may be put off by some people's past slip-ups or disagree with their politics, they can be very honorable one-on-one. I think that that is so cool to voluntarily speak at a HS like that. Justice Thomas's wiki page mentions that he's a big Huskers fan. I didn't realize he was also a Rivals/Scout reader.
Interesting story: I am no Jesse Jackson fan at all. He's an obnoxious rabble rouser. One classless thing he did was famously call NYC "Hymie town"--rather anti-Semitic. A friend of mine from UM (who is actually Jewish) told me a story about how when he and sister were very young, they met him on a plane. He was so charmed by them that he let them sit in first class with him or something like that. She drew a picture for JJ. He was very kind to them. He might have even known they were Jewish based on something they might have told him or their last name, I forget.