Good morning, it’s Thursday, March 4, 2021. One year ago today, after receiving a morning briefing from the top health officials in the Trump administration, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an $8.3 billion bill to combat the new coronavirus sweeping the world. The morning briefing had done the trick: The vote was nearly unanimous. But as Americans would soon find out, the virus was already here.
That same day, March 4, 2020, California reported its first COVID death, although we now know that the first deaths in the state the first in the U.S. had occurred a month earlier in Santa Clara County. The first cluster was in Washington state, which reported six new deaths on March 4. News of first infections or new spikes came from all over: Malaysia, Japan, Brazil, Spain, Slovenia, Ireland, New York City and a cruise ship off the coast of San Francisco.
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Jessie “The Hammer” Tuggle wasn’t the biggest kid coming out of high school. Even after being voted MVP of his Griffin High School football team that he led to the state semi-finals his senior year, Division I recruiters thought he was too small to compete at their level.
In fact, at only 5’10 and 180 pounds, most Division II schools were also turned off by Tuggle’s size. His story goes to show that recruiting doesn’t tell you how much heart a player has or how dedicated.
Valdosta State College’s head coach Jim Goodman must have caught a glimpse when he offered the undersized defensive end a scholarship in 1982. The only other scholarship Tuggle would be offered was from University of West Georgia.