In this file photo Baylor offensive lineman Barrett Gouger participates in practice at Baylor.Barrett Gouger was a little more than a thousand miles from home over the weekend, and it’s hard to say whether he had more fun in San Antonio at the U.S. Army’s football combine Friday and Saturday or playing in the snow Monday.
“I just built a fort. It’s pretty big – two or three feet tall – but somebody will probably build a better one or my brother will knock it down,” the Baylor School junior left tackle said.
Gouger was glad to be home even if Baylor had opened its doors and run a regular class schedule. It took the family 17 hours to get back from Texas.
“There was a fire alarm going off at the San Antonio airport, so we stood outside for a while. Then we stood in line for two hours waiting to get a boarding pass,” Gouger said. “Needless to say, we missed our flight.”
One can drive from San Antonio to Chattanooga in just under 16 hours in ideal weather conditions.