U sure about that? Thought I read somewhere that Barry wanted him to go to Stanford over OK State. Ill try to find it
He might have told him he wanted him to go there but it was Jr's decision.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_19853734
The story goes that Barry Sanders was sold on playing football at Stanford when, during a recruiting visit, he walked the campus with Andrew Luck and saw how the star quarterback went unnoticed among the student body.
"That's been exaggerated a little bit," Sanders said. "That was one attraction, but not the deciding factor."
There had been considerable mystery in Oklahoma about where he would attend college, and pressure for him to attend his father's alma mater was mounting. When he stood before the television cameras earlier this month at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl to make his announcement, the caps of four schools were on a table in front of him -- Stanford, Oklahoma State, Alabama and Florida State.
The truth is Sanders long had his heart set on Stanford. But it wasn't until a day earlier that Cardinal coach David Shaw told him he had been admitted.
With his parents behind him, he chose a different path from his father by putting on the Stanford hat.
"I was looking at it more as a football player," he said. "Would I feel comfortable in the offense? After being around Oklahoma State so much the last couple of years, I just thought Stanford would be a better place for me. It had nothing to do with pressure or anything else."
At the Fiesta Bowl, where Stanford lost to Oklahoma State, Luck said he thought Sanders would be a great fit on The Farm and that it's easy to be anonymous.
"On campus we have the president's daughter (Chelsea Clinton), Michelle Wie, professional golfers," Luck said of recent students. "People respect each other's privacy. No one is going to bang on your dorm room or (be) yelling across during class. It has been nice to sort of live your life as a student-athlete."
Sanders is looking forward to it.
"I remember after my first trip, I told my mom, 'This is the place where I want to be,' " he said. "It was just a good feeling."
