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Boik14 said:
never imagined that i would not ever see Bo being Bo after that game. pretty sad.
Ronnie brown next bo jackson?
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never imagined that i would not ever see Bo being Bo after that game. pretty sad.
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Boik14 said:
Actually brown does have the stats to back it up...he quit for the same reason barry did cause he had no more passion for the game
And Bo had nothing but passion for the game, and while he could have started for any other team but he couldnt say anything about being a full time back cause marcus allen was a legend in oakland. Faider fans still have a love affair with Allen even after he went to KC.Buddwalk said:
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i loved my bo jackson nikes :)
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whatsburning said:
sorry buddy barry was amazing...like i said untouchable...the reason he stayed good for so long is cause he wasnt hit often
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whatsburning said:
Those were rumors...he quit cause he lost his passion for football
truthfully i think he lost patience and couldnt take losing anymore
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I havnt really seen him play but i heard walter payton was maybe the best back ever...not just cause of yards but how he couldnt be stopped...also in 13 years the guy missed one game...amazing
No doubting barry was amazing but this isnt a barry/bo comparison thread. Someone compared ronnie to Bo and its not an accurate comparison. Expecting someone to be as physically gifted as Bo Jackson is like expecting a basketball player to be Larry or MJ; its not f'n reasonable.Buddwalk said:
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Boik14 said:
hmm...
Lebron James right now at this stage is pretty close to what mj was at that stage
Ronnie is very physically gifted but like you said as an athlete to compare both of the guys...no way
Bo was maybe the greatest athlete ever...of course its debatable
But i think as a runningback...bo is not as gifted as ronnie is
Ronnie has been touted as having the best hands in the whole draft
Ronnies still very fresh not having alot of carries in college
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I don't post often, but I must chime in here.
Bo Jackson was the greatest running back I have EVER seen. I have been watching football for 35 years and nobody comes close. Had he not played baseball and not suffered a freak injury, I have no doubt he would have pulled down every record. He was an incredible physical specimen. Incredible speed, strength, coordination and agility.
Wish I could have seen him play longer.
BTW, I was at the Monday Night game in Seattle...incredible show.
Bo Jackson was the greatest running back I have EVER seen. I have been watching football for 35 years and nobody comes close. Had he not played baseball and not suffered a freak injury, I have no doubt he would have pulled down every record. He was an incredible physical specimen. Incredible speed, strength, coordination and agility.
Wish I could have seen him play longer.
BTW, I was at the Monday Night game in Seattle...incredible show.
If youve watch Curtis Martin, youve watched Walter Payton. Great back, always fell foward. always got the necessary yards. always made the key play. not spectacular or flashy, just smart, saw the field real well and tough.Buddwalk said:
I remember sneaking out of my bed after my parents grounded me and watching the rest of that game and screaming holy poop *paraphrased* in the kitchen when he was making some of those runs.Cutthroat said:
Wasnt that the game he became the 1st and only back to ever have 2 90+ yard runs in 1 game?
Boik14 said:
I usually agree with you but not this time. Payton was a dynamo, the most aggressive RB I've ever seen. He was ten times mored physical than Curtis Martin but not as fluid. In his early years Walter had plenty of spectacular plays, usually running over one defender then eluding two or three more. Plus he had that athletic arrogance the superstars possess, holding the ball away from his body in one hand while making the great runs. I think Gale Sayers is the best pure HB I've ever seen, but Payton got the most out of his ability and was far superior to Curtis Martin.
What was this, a Bo Jackson thread, right? As I've posted before, Bo was a freak but not nearly to the degree of Marcus Dupree who was a freshman at Oklahoma in '82 the same year Bo Jackson was a freshman at Auburn. Simply no comparison when both were healthy. The well received recruiting book was called The Courting of Marcus Dupree, not The Courting of Bo Jackson. Dupree may have been the most heavily recruited high schooler of all time. I was new at USC that year and John Robinson was absolutely desperate to replace Marcus Allen with Marcus Dupree.
Bo was a slasher while Dupree could do that plus the quick elusive moves. Also Dupree was much bigger than Bo and only a shade slower, if slower at all. I still can't find Marcus Dupree highlights on the internet from his frosh year at Oklahoma. The younger fans would be amazed at his combo of size, speed and moves, all necessary to string 7 straight games with at least a 70 yard TD run.