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An unknown named Nate Glantz was going to be New Mexico State’s next quarterback. Aggies head coach Jerry Kill and offensive coordinator Tim Beck had already agreed.
They were so sure, they had called Iowa Western Community College head coach Scott Strohmeier to inform him prior to the 2021 National Junior College Athletic Association Division I championship game three years ago.
“We’re not going to interrupt your preparation for the game,” Beck told Strohmeier. “We’re going to offer him the day after the game.”
Glantz was their guy. It was settled. Kill and Beck had posted up at a Hooters that afternoon to celebrate their decision and watch the game. Besides greasy fingers from the wings, they also came out transformed. The quarterback for the winning team that day, New Mexico Military Institute, changed their minds.
Then Diego Pavia changed the course of his career.
He’s done that a lot. The toast of Vanderbilt, Nashville and, really, college football this week continues to raise the question: What did we all miss about him?
The Commodores quarterback looked like he physically and mentally willed Vanderbilt to the upset of No. 1 Alabama on Saturday that now qualifies as one of the biggest in history. It happened because a 5-foot-11, zero-star prospect from Volcano Vista High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a two-time state champion wrestler with next to zero offers, made it happen.
The result also backed up what happened after that afternoon at Hooters.
“As we’re watching the game and we’re looking at each other … we say, ‘We’re recruiting the wrong guy,'” Beck recalled.
Afterward, Strohmeier was informed that his quarterback was no longer in New Mexico State’s plans.
Glantz is now at FCS Lindenwood. By Monday afternoon,…
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Author : Dennis Dodd
Publish date : 2024-10-09 17:51:54
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