document.write(''+''); The Daily Orange Extras: Student Resources Scholarships Movies Travel ... Syracuse University var story_id = 773801; Home Sports The Marshall Plan Rasheed Marshall is the leader of one of the Big East's top teams By Adam Kilgore Published: Wednesday, October 20, 2004
There was Rasheed Marshall, minding his own business and scanning the local Wal-Mart's DVD section with a few teammates late this summer.
A man flanked by his two sons tapped Marshall on the shoulder. No big deal, though. When you play quarterback for a West Virginia team carrying expectations unseen in a decade, you get noticed. A lot.
Marshall prepared for the usual. A handshake, a good luck, a pat on the back, maybe a picture.
"Hey," the man asked. "Are you LeBron James?"
Marshall cracked up laughing. Now this was a good one. Everyone in West Virginia, a place that places football somewhere between family and religion, knew who he is: the fifth-year senior and fourth-year signal caller on the cusp of taking the Mountaineers back to national prominence.
But as Marshall chuckled, the man stared at him like he had three eyes. Marshall realized it was no joke. One of his sons had mistaken Marshall for the NBA phenom. | |
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