I have never heard of such a thing. I have caught my share of good ones but if I ever catch one over 26" long that weighs less than 5 lbs, I quit and take up Basketweaving. I know this guy was full of crap because he said that all of them "Were football shaped and as fat as they could be". I had a 6-4 last year at Dale that was just barely over 21" and caught several 4-5 pounders that were not even 19 inches long. A 26 3/4" football has to go over 9 EASY and pushing 10, and there has not been too many of that size EVER caught in the history ( or at least recorded).