You should check out Kool and the Gang's video "Victory" because the entire video was filmed at my school. I wished I had skipped football practice to be in the video. A lot of guys did just that. The concert scene is shot in our main gym, which is like the largest or second-largest gym in the state of NJ.
As I get older, I love telling the story that I played against Barry Sanders. So few people understand what it's like to see him up close. It's like being the AI in a video game and Barry clowning you. It was like cheat codes from a video. At the time, I didn't like how he made our team look like fools, but now it's a badge of honor.
I have a funny story with EB. He lived on the floor above me next to Chad Brown (Steelers/Seahawks). Chad's room was the spot to play video games all day every day. Chad used to collect snakes (boa), and one day one of the snakes somehow escaped its enclosure. EB was playing the video game and started yelling. We all thought EB was screaming because he likes to get loud when he's winning. It turned out it was yelling because the snake was crawling up his pant leg. EB hit the door and was down the hallway in 2 seconds flat. He never came back to play video games.
Derrick had a few offers to play D1 basketball, but you would never know. He wasn't phased by much. He played a few years with the Seahawks and Denver Gold of the USFL. He's a good guy. These days he travels with his brother providing security.
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