Interesting story from last night. My stepson, Ryan Benzick, 6'6" OT, 330 lb, from Louisville attended Michigan's camp a week ago and had a great showing. One of the coaches helping to run the O Line for the Michigan camp was from Louisville and is an asst. coach for their Arena Football Team, The Fire. He got very interested in my stepson and invited him out to the Fire's practices to meet the guys and watch techniques, drills, etc, that could help him. We went out there last night to watch their practice. The head coach immediately came over and introduced himself and told my son that he could not believe he was only 17 years old. He then asked him about the recruiting process, etc. The coach started telling my son to have fun, look at all the schools, really stressed academics and feeling at home, etc. He took a lot of time and was just a tremendous young man. When he asked who my son was interested in and where he was visiting, my son told him Michigan, Tenn, South Carolina, Louisville, Kentucky, and then he said "Alabama". The coach just lit up and began to expound upon how great it would be for him to play at Alabama, how great the school, the fans, the facilities, etc. are. Turns out the head coach is Tommy Johnson, Alabama class of '94, and played on championship team of '92. He was just a very enjoyable person who took a lot of time with my son and we certainly appreciated it. I just wanted to let you all know what a great representative and ambassador you have out there.
