Barnes the TV actor??

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Thought some of you may find this amusing. Was watching Friday Night Lights on Netflix last night and there was Rick Barnes playing a college recruiter after a FB player on the show. He did have a speaking role but was only on for about 2 minuets. I believe this was 2010. Looked at the credits to make sure. Be interesting to see if makes anymore appearances in the show.

They may have just been using coaches for guest appearances on that episode like Fulmer showed up on Blind Side but still was a shock to see him on there.
 
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Pretty neat. He was only in the one episode

In 2008, Barnes appeared on the popular television show “Friday Night Lights”. In an episode titled “Jumping the Gun” he played the role of a TMU football coach who was recruiting the show’s Brian “Smash” Williams.

Barnes talked about the experience in an interview on SportsTalk last week.

“That came about because my son was living in California and I flew back and I was sitting beside this guy, and I just started carrying on a conversation with him. He told me he was an actor in “Friday Night Lights” and I said, ‘Really?’ They were doing all that in Austin, Texas. He actually said everyone up here on this plane is part of this cast in some way. He pointed to his left and said, ‘That guy right there is the guy that’s in charge of the whole thing.’ He was asleep and I had gotten up and went to the restroom. I came back to my seat, he was awake, and he asked me if I would do a cameo.”

“The funny part was when I went in to get all that makeup on and all that stuff, the way they wanted me to dress, I’m sitting beside this guy. I asked him I said, ‘What are you doing?’ He said, ‘I’m Smash,’ and he’s the star. I said, ‘Well I’m actually going to recruit you today’. I asked him, I said, ‘Where did you play football?’. He said, ‘I’ve never touched a football in my life until I came to this set’. He said, ‘I went to Carnegie Mellon. I’m an actor and they brought me out here three months ahead of time and got me bigger and stronger, but I don’t know anything about football.’”

“My scene was walking into a diner and recruiting him. It was fascinating really to see how it all came about. The good thing about it is I got my SAG card. Every year when all these movies come out I get a vote on the awards for it. But I think my acting days are over.”

“Every now and then I’ll get a check in the mail for about $17-18.”
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When Tennessee hired Rick Barnes as its new basketball coach on March 31st of this year, Vol fans were probably familiar with his track record during 17 seasons with Texas. What fans may not know, however, is Barnes’ history as an actor. In 2008, Barnes appeared on the popular television show...
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OrangeBeachVol said:
Thought some of you may find this amusing. Was watching Friday Night Lights on Netflix last night and there was Rick Barnes playing a college recruiter after a FB player on the show. He did have a speaking role but was only on for about 2 minuets. I believe this was 2010. Looked at the credits to make sure. Be interesting to see if makes anymore appearances in the show.

They may have just been using coaches for guest appearances on that episode like Fulmer showed up on Blind Side but still was a shock to see him on there.
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Thought everyone new that Barnes played on Friday Night Lights?
 
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OrangeBeachVol said:
Thought some of you may find this amusing. Was watching Friday Night Lights on Netflix last night and there was Rick Barnes playing a college recruiter after a FB player on the show. He did have a speaking role but was only on for about 2 minuets. I believe this was 2010. Looked at the credits to make sure. Be interesting to see if makes anymore appearances in the show.

They may have just been using coaches for guest appearances on that episode like Fulmer showed up on Blind Side but still was a shock to see him on there.
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Barnes is an elite recruiter in all sports.
 
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I see Barnes as being an amazing man
and someone that I would want to play for and learn from. I feel like he is very picky about the type of kids he will recruit and it slightly limits our class rankings. A lot of kids just don't want to be pushed that hard for pursuing perfection. It increases our team chemistry, though. All his teams play hard.
 
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