MINNESOTA GOPHERS: Sampson's son visits Gophers
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Ralph Sampson III, son of the 7'4" former NBA center, is already a big boy himself, and a player who never would have considered the Minnesota Gophers program were it not for high-profile new coach Tubby Smith.
As part of his campus visit this past weekend, Smith took Sampson to the Gophers football game, where the maroon and gold barely survived MAC opponent Miami of Ohio. It was coach Tim Brewster's second game as Minnesota football coach and also his second overtime game; this time, his team won. Part of the credit goes to an improved performance by Gophers QB Adam Webster, who was redshirted last year and is in this freshman year of eligibility this season as a result; he has a chance to be a four-year starter. Webster passed for 271 yards, four TDs and rushed for 97 yards in the win.
Sampson was impressed with Smith, the Gophers team and his visit in general, but admitted that for the moment, he has no favorites among the schools he's considering. Those include, in addition to Tubby's team, Smith's former school Kentucky, Maryland, Clemson, Southern California, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech (another school Smith once coached).
Still, word on the street is that Sampson, who's tall enough to work on cabinet hardware without benefit of a ladder in most cases, may favor Georgia Tech, being that he's a Georgia native.
