Bulldogs Blast from the Past the recruiting of Herschel Walker

Just a blast from the past for you die-hard Georgia fans. This is about Herschel Walker’s recruitment back in February of 1980 by a young TV reporter named Bill Hartman, then with Atlanta’s Channel 5.
Hartman was in Wrightsville on National Signing Day to talk to Walker and his coaches about his recruitment when he stumbles upon Walker driving a shiny new black Pontiac Trans Am. Ever the inquiring journalist, Hartman immediately gets to the bottom of who bought the Trans Am. (Walker’s parents, Hartman determines). At that point, the Goal-line Stalker had not signed with Georgia and it was still a pretty intense recruiting battle between the Bulldogs and Clemson and others. Georgia Tech was also involved.
A couple of really cool things caught our attention . Number one, Hartman interviews Georgia head coach Vince Dooley and a Georgia Tech assistant coach about Walker right there at Johnson County High School. Modern recruiting rules would never allow such a thing. Number two, the report, the second in a series, was three minutes and 12 seconds long. An entire sportscast doesn’t last that long these days.
As we all know now, Walker eventually signed with Georgia , but not until Easter Sunday, and went on to become arguably the greatest college running back of all time.

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