- March 31st, 2018, 4:32 pm
#548447
You are very kind, ALAFlamesFan. Thank you but I’m just doing what I love to do and, as they say, do what you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.
But, since I’m here, I have to tell this story. Lately, I’ve been meeting with all our potential football recruits and their families every Friday night. It’s been a lot of fun getting to know them and we have had a great recruiting season. We have 29 of the 30 we were seeking. I met with a young man who we hope will be #30 and his father last night at a local hotel. While we were talking, I received a call. It was from an unknown number. I answered and a man said Mr. Falwell, this is the White House operator. The president would like to speak to you. I said ok and the booming voice of President Trump came on the line saying, Jerry, I just wanted to let you know you did a great job on CNN the other night. He thanked me for appearing on the show. We talked politics awhile and then he asked about how the football team was looking for the Fall. I told him to ask Turner Gill since he was sitting with me. On the speakerphone, Turner gave him a full update but only after the president praised Turner for his incredible career as a player at Nebraska. He knew all about Turner's career as a player. Then the president talked to our recruit (whose father was completely blown away and almost fell out of his chair) and told the young running back all the reasons he should come to LU! He talked about where he believed our football program was headed in the future and about how LU was doing everything right!
The president ended the call by asking about Becki and commented that he was glad to hear that she and Melania had been chatting some recently, wished us all a Happy Easter and said goodbye.
I jokingly told the recruit that the timing of that call was a sign from God that he needed to play at LU! I hope he agrees!