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    Landon Collins picks Alabama, but his mother is sticking with LSU

    Recruit Landon Collins hides his shame after his mother disagrees with his collegiate choice

    Landon Collins woke up Thursday morning on top of the world.

    The five-star safety from Geismar (La.) Dutchtown High was set to announce his much-anticipated decision to attend Alabama or LSU and begin moving toward his college career.

    But by Thursday night, after Collins picked the Crimson Tide over his home-state school, Collins had become a laughing stock. After Collins stated his choice live on ESPN during the Under Armour High School Football All America Game, his mother embarrassed him by publicly disapproving of his choice.

    "I feel like LSU is a better place for him to be," Collins' mother said. "LSU Tigers, number one. Go Tigers."

    She even, reportedly, started a "Geaux Tigers" chant.

    It was not the best moment for Collins and his mother, and it not only fueled ridicule from LSU fans and everyone who saw the video on YouTube, but also Collins' fellow All America Game teammates.

    buffett.jpg"There is a way to conduct yourself in those situations," Ramsey (N.J.) Don Bosco defensive lineman Darius Hamilton told Rivals.com. "When you are on national television she shouldn't have done that to her son. There is still a long way to go until National Signing Day and whatever issues she has should have been worked out behind the scenes."

    Hmmm, and that's coming from the 17- or 18-year-old kid.

    National Signing Day is a little more than a month away, on Feb. 1, and any grievances Collins' mom had over his college choice could have been hashed out at home before Collins will officially sign. Verbal commitments are non-binding.

    Even if Collins' mother didn't like his choice, she should have at least supported her son in public. Then she could have smacked him in the head in the car on their way home. (Not that we here at the Doc condone domestic violence.)

    It will be interesting to see if the outcome of Monday's BCS Championship Game between LSU and Alabama changes either Collins' or his mom's perspective.

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    32 comments

    • bamatwinsx2  •  Tampa, Florida  •  3 months ago
      How old was she when she had him? She still acts 12. Please, if my son chooses Auburn one day, may I show joy because he has made a smart, wise, and independent decision based on whether or not the school will help him reach his potential the most! How embarrassing for that family, especially her son, that a mother behaved that way.
    • Snaggy  •  Irvine, California  •  4 months ago
      At a time when this Mother had an opportunity to show grace and be thankful for the blessings her son received, she makes a wrong choice. A shameful move, and on national television. She could have said "I would prefer he go to LSU, but I will support him wherever he is and want him to be happy. Thank God for these opportunities." Perhaps her behavior is a factor in his decision to leave home. After tonight, looks like he made a wise choice. I hope he does well.
    • Patrice  •  New Orleans, Louisiana  •  4 months ago
      Congrats to Landon!!!
    • Willie  •  Boston, Massachusetts  •  4 months ago
      I thought that was his Girl friend or something
      • Jordan 4 months ago
        nah... the girl standing directly behind him is his girlfriend. she's a year older and was given a "surprise" track scholarship last year to... Alabama. Amazingly, she turned around and convinced him to pick Bama over LSU. His mother does not like the girl, or Bama for that matter, and didn't try to hide it.
      • E 4 months ago
        I think Willie meant that to make obvious the fact that she was probably only 16 when she had him, and daddy is no where to be found. SHOCKER!!
      • Marsha 4 months ago
        Typical...I guess that's what thinking gets some people! They actually make theirselves look even worse...SHOCKER!!!! I don't know how old she is nor how old she was when she had him and don't really care. What you need to know before making such a comment about someone's father is the man standing in & out of the corner of the screen IS his FATHER and the lady sitting second from Landon (to his mother's left) is his step mother. By the way they are also the two people this young man lives with not to mention the step mother was the first to get up and give him a loving congratulatory hug. They have done a stand up job of raising this kid because he is just as Awesome of a young man as he is a football player. So next time you might want to think about what you say about people...but then again I guess thinking is what made you look like an #$%$ in the first place!!!
    • william  •  Los Angeles, California  •  4 months ago
      Now they have to return the under the table cash received from LSU!
      • Chad 4 months ago
        And this is coming from someone that has USC as a major univ. in his area.
      • Ryan 4 months ago
        It happens everywhere. Don't get all high and mighty, I think the majority of people have accepted the fact that cheating is a part of college athletics.

        I don't mean that as a knock against LSU, but I think you are kidding yourself and look foolish if you think otherwise. I'm a WVU fan and I feel confident that it probably happens here as well.
    • getalyfe  •  Montgomery, Alabama  •  4 months ago
      She looks like a really young mother, so it's her immaturity. She probably has not digested the fact that it's his life and his decision. He is doing something positive no matter what team he chose. She will recover, it's not the end of the world lady get over yourself and grow up just a little. You could have at least pretended to be happy for him on TV. You gon' learn today.
      ROLL TIDE & WELCOME TO BAMA LANDON.
      • Paul 4 months ago
        She's old enough to know better...she's 39
      • getalyfe 4 months ago
        At 39 you would be surprised. Some are not there yet. #OLD FOOLS
      • J Curl 4 months ago
        She reacted terribly. Its the dream of many kids across the country to play ball for a major university. Not only is he gonna play college ball but he will receive a full ride shcolarship and either leave with some degrees or the chance to enter the NFL draft, or perhaps both. She must not be aware of how big of an opportunity this is. I truly hope she realizes how foolish she looked on national tv and apologizes to her son publicly. Smh unbelievable!
    • napervillebags.com  •  Cicero, Illinois  •  4 months ago
      I would probably get as far away as possible from that lady. Way to get out there and support your own son. If those are your feelings and how you choose to act you shouldn't have even been sitting on that couch. If that was my son and Alabama told me I had to wear a turd on my head as long as my son played football for them and attended their school, I'd be the biggest turd wearing Alabama fan in the western hemisphere. Grow up lady, dress down a little bit, pretend you know how to be a mother to a child, because I am sure you will be there to support him when that big NFL check gets flaunted in front of your face.
    • Grady Baby  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  4 months ago
      You think mom got a little cabbage from a boost-ererererer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Getting Tired  •  4 months ago
      I am sure no one is second guessing his choice after the wuppin' LSU took from Alabama....
    • Yellowhammer  •  Stone Mountain, Georgia  •  4 months ago
      Now she has to return the car, the clothes, the crack and the cash to to the tiger alumni...
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 months ago
      Pie in yout face you dumb mother...ROLL TIDE National champs!!!!!!
    • T-Bone  •  Homewood, Illinois  •  4 months ago
      Alabama or LSU?...doesn't matter if he doesn't pan out, he'll get pushed out. Both schools lead the NCAA in oversigning.
      • Chad 4 months ago
        Spoken like someone who knows nothing. Yes they both oversign but the last player you would push out would be a top 10 five star player.
      • Tristin 4 months ago
        Thats it! Get some obscure stat or
        fact that you can warp around in your head and then open your mouth or worse, a post.
      • T-Bone 4 months ago
        Obscure stat? No, it's called oversigining and it's what school like LSU and Alabama do until the NCAA bans it. Until then Roll Tide with your 67% graduation rate and Gueax Tigers with your 60% graduation rate. Either way, the winner gets the football factory trophy!
    • Alley oop  •  4 months ago
      Babies mama is #$%$ now. Roll Tide
    • Six-Nine69  •  New Orleans, Louisiana  •  4 months ago
      @ Billy from Port City, sure hope that is not you in that pic you have post. looks like you could use some under the table money yourself kid....lol
    • Chris  •  Livingston, New Jersey  •  4 months ago
      Wow! His mom looks YOUNG and pretty #$%$ HOT! but shouLdnt have done that
    • tec8216  •  4 months ago
      I didn't realize his mother was the one being recruited. She should go to LSU while he goes where HE WANTS to.
    • Billy  •  Shreveport, Louisiana  •  4 months ago
      the mom probably accepted cash under thr table for her son to go to lsu, now that he might not, she's gotta return the money, which she's probably already spent!!!!
      • Ryan 4 months ago
        I thought the same as well. I can't see a mother being that tied to a school unless there is some sort of benefit involved. School pride doesn't hold more weight than the happiness of your child.
      • web269 4 months ago
        Not saying she got money, but even if she did, why does she have to return it? Really, whoever you think gave it to her, what are they going to do, go to the police and tell them 'She will not return the money we gave her to get her son to go to LSU' Harass her into returning it and let her spill the bean on someone when she get upset? She proved she can't keep her mouth shut.
        Are you that ignorant?
      • Six-Nine69 4 months ago
        14-0 haters gonna hate!!!! 9-6 Geaux Tigers!!!
    • Chris  •  4 months ago
      Mom is sexy
    • Surgeon Boy  •  4 months ago
      His mother needs to grow up. She acted like a jerk on that film I saw. She, of course should have an opinion, but to cheer for LSU in the face of her son's annoucement was totally disrespectful of his feelings. She picked a school over her son. Plain & Simple.
    • Lardassio Johnson  •  Riverview, Florida  •  4 months ago
      BIG MISTAKE KID.................