Brooks was a tremendous athlete. His loyalty to his immature high school buddies is part of why he got kicked off the team. I believe he served as a police officer before he died.
We were overrated most of the year, and then were embarrassed in the Peach Bowl by a Tommy Bowden coached Clemson. We ended up 15th and shouldn't have been anywhere near the Top 10.
Eric Locke in at QB. Eric Locke takes it himself. Loss of 2 yards on the play. Joey Matthews is back in at QB. Incomplete. Broken up by a Southern Miss lineman. Locke is back in at QB. Takes it himself. Loss of 3 on the play. Here comes AJ Suggs. Pass complete for no gain. Matthews back in at QB. sack for a two yard loss.
Bailey was a product of bad timing for himself in general. Signed on to one system that abruptly changed. And likely more suited to G5 at the time. He was recruited into a system that may have suited him, but the O line at the time required a highly mobile QB that could run for his life. Hate it didn't work out for him, but he never really gained enough traction to become a bonified starter anywhere else, and IMO never made transfer decisions that would be favorable to him to establish some real play time. And not all move on to successful college careers so just as likely he was rated too high coming out of HS and had a hard ceiling.
I knew Andre a bit around the time of the incident. He told me Brooks and Hendrix had some sort of feud and it all came to a head when Brooks came at Hendrix with a gun. Patterson was only suspended because while he was with Hendrix (and had his back) during the last confrontation, he wasn't engaged in the ongoing feud.
