I'll Tell You When You're Good!
America's 12th Man Quarterback
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After all, before I'd ever signed with A&M I had told Bellard, “I'll come as long as there's no triple option. It's not for me.” Had I known he would go ahead and put it in I never would have stepped foot on the A&M campus. I mean, I was thinking we had us a deal. I hadn't run much option in high school, heck, I may have run an option play maybe five times in real games in my whole career, and I darned sure wanted no part of any triple option. Running the triple option was my worst nightmare. Hell, I already knew my limitations. I was a classic drop back passer like the ones you watch in the NFL, a guy who could also run the sprint-out and bootleg passing games very well. Both had run-pass options and these were the times I would get my running opportunities in high school games. We didn't run the option as a rule and if we did, it was only a lead option where I would just run down the line and pitch quickly off the defensive end. Rarely did I keep the ball and cut up-field because our option plays weren't designed for this. In our way of thinking, the option was a safe and easy way to get the ball into our halfback's hands without having to block the defensive end. It was stuff that just about any quarterback alive could handle. I just wanted to be clear with Emory before I signed any scholarship agreement with Texas A&M University that I didn't want to jack with a "handoff read" on the option. "Please General Custer; I don't wanna go be a major laughingstock in some foreign stadium on national TV. Comprende, Boss Man?" I had good reasons.
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If there's anyone who could say,"I didn't sign up for this," it's Texas A&M quarterback David Walker. This is the incredible story of Walker's demanding, provocative, bitterly fought career, and the most miraculous comeback of all time. Now the hardest-fighting Fightin' Texas Aggie who ever lived reveals his life as the A&M Field General inside the cold-blooded arena of college football. Join fans now in discovering the most disturbingly fascinating career in NCAA history with the youngster who lived it, including unique stories of a superb high school coach and the all-time game-changers for Aggie football, the Wishbone Gang! Walker is the only college-level quarterback to ever publish a book based on his experiences in amateur athletics, and remains the youngest starting college quarterback ever. He held the single-season passing record at Sulphur High for 40 years and the single-game QB rushing record at Texas A&M for 35 years; a true dual-threat quarterback. Enjoy the flavor of Southwest Louisiana and the adopted Texas swagger in his unique voice as he takes you down a one-of-a-kind path you could never imagine possible in the modern era of college football. In so doing you will uncover what may be the best amateur sports story of all time — how David Walker met the greatest challenge in NCAA history.
About the Author
Perhaps the ultimate 'gamer' in college sports history, David is the original four-year starting quarterback for Texas A&M University, becoming the first true freshman to play the position there since World War II when he was only 17. He is a former algebra teacher, high school football coach, father of two (one an A&M grad) and author of an extraordinary portrayal of amateur athletics narrated in his new book, "I'll Tell You When You're Good!" Nicknamed "Moon Walker" by his Sulphur High teammates, David at 16 years of age was voted Louisiana's large-school classification's 1st-team All-State Quarterback and the Outstanding Offensive Player in the state. His book provides a genuine look at the transition from high school to major college and the contrasts of his coaches, Sulphur's legendary Louisiana Hall of Famer, Shannon Suarez, and the father of the Wishbone, Emory Bellard. According to its many reviews, "I'll Tell You When You're Good!" is the one book any sports fan just can't put down.