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A: I didn’t. Honestly, I did not. I’m not really a big live TV watcher, so I didn’t. But all the guys from college were talking about it and we were picking him to win. It’s a pretty good look for Vanderbilt right now.

Q: On the topic of good looks, I’ve seen lots of pictures of you during your college days and you had full dreadlocks. How long did you grow your hair out?

A: Before I cut them at the end of my senior year, I hadn’t had a hair cut since sixth grade. So what’s that? Eleven years? I just decided to cut them for a new look. I didn’t tell anybody. I just went to the barber shop and got them cut. I came home and everybody was mad.

Q: Why were they mad?

A: Everybody loved my hair and nobody wanted me to get it cut.

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Q: Quite a few guys that play football have dreads. Does anyone ever pull your hair at the bottom of a pile?

A: All the time. Now they’re trying to say it’s part of your uniform, so they’ll pull it and the refs won’t say anything. I’ve had numerous dreads pulled out in games. So I thought, yeah, it’s time for a change. Let’s try a new look, because I had a lot of them pulled out. It was pretty bad.

Q: Let’s stick with hair for a moment. There are some good looks on this team. Who’s got the best hair on this roster right now?

A: I’d have to say Ronnie (Yell). Ronnie really takes care of his hair. He loves his hair. He takes pride in his look (laughs). It’s a lot of time and effort.

Q: I saw somewhere that you ran track in high school. The Olympics are coming up. You said you don’t watch a lot of TV, but will you watch track and field at the Olympics?