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Former Football: Tillman’s high school coach planted ball-punch seed

Featured Article of Chicago Tribune Sports, Nov. 5, 2012 David Haugh  

Bears star says ‘light bulb’ moment came during his freshman year in college

Turnover Tuesday at Belton (Texas) High School football practice this week figures to begin with a story coach Rodney Southern hopes will resonate with players as well as his words once did with Charles Tillman.

Now that Tillman publicly gave him props, Southern will tell his team before its weekly ball-stripping drills about the day 13 years ago he gave the future Bears cornerback a tip he later turned into an art form.

Submitted by George Foster, USL Sports Information 1976-80, Nov. 9, 2012

I was SID at Texas Tech when Gary Bartel, former UL coach who recruited Charles Tillman, was a senior. And we reconnected when he came to coach at UL. Following is a nice story that gives both a lot of love as well as UL:

 

 

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-05/sports/ct-spt-1106-haugh-column–20121106_1_charles-tillman-punch-bulb