Hart: I Made It Up

Double-T Nation: Front Page Posts found this 2/7/2008 on thewizardofodds.blogspot.com [flag]

Kevin Hart, the Fernley (Nev.) High offensive lineman who said he was duped into believing he was recruited to play at California acknowledged Wednesday that he made up the story . "I wanted to play D-I ball more than anything. When I realized that wasn’t going to happen, I made up what I wanted to be reality," read a statement sent out by Teri White, assistant superintendent of the Lyon ... [link]

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Texas Tech Thursday Morning Notes - I've Got To Be My Own Man Edition
Published 2/7/2008 by Seth C <info@doubletnation.com> at Double-T Nation: Front Page Posts
... This is just a little sad, remember the link to the kid who committed to play for Cal, but Cal had never offered? Well, the kid made up the whole story. Genius or just sad? ...

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