OK. Now, I love Bo, but I have to say something about Brian Bosworth here, just for a moment. It seems there are only a few memories of the Boz. The Mohawk in college, "Stone Cold", and two Bo Jackson-related plays. One of the plays already mentioned was totally legit, yes in a Monday Night game Bo Jackson literally ran around Boz to the sideline (and Boz absolutely had the angle) and trucked down the sideline for a long, long touchdown. Sweet. The other play, where Bo supposedly ran Boz over for a touchdown. The line of scrimmage on that play was the two yard line, they hand off to Bo, he meets Boz at the goal-line and Boz brings him down about five yeards into the end zone. The fact was that Boz made the tackle, and i fthe line of scrimmage had been the fifty then nobody ever remembers this play. Jesus jumping Christ on a pogo stick, am I fucking defending BRIAN BOSWORTH? The Seahawks drafted Boz in the SUPPLEMENTAL draft. All 30 teams or whatever there were in the league got one name in the hat and they drew for the pick. Boz was the only player worth a shit, and the Hawks despite the long odds got the pick. He was in that sense a steal. Two of his three seasons were very productive. Sorry to derail. I love Bo much, but to define Bosworth's career in terms of what Bo did to him is silly.
I remember when Bo steamrolled Bosworth the absolute feeling of demoralization was palpable in our living room. It had solidified the fact that the "Boz" was a complete bust, and that our (Seattle fans) hated nemesis, the Raiders, had probably the best athlete in pro sports. And we all couldn't wait to see him touch the ball again. Hell, as a kid I thought Bo could chew up chain link fence and spit out nails. Bo probably didn't define Bosworth's career, but he sure did leave a lasting image.
It's kind of sad that the numbnutz who made the tackle that ended Bo's career was, I believe, Rod Jones, a Bengal cornerback we in Cincinnati not-so-lovingly called "Toast". Cuz really, who got to see more exciting plays by Bo than Bengal fans? I remember at least three occasions where he just made our entire defense look silly, including that final play. It was probably destined to be another 60+ yard td run, but Jackson ran out of gas and the incredibly fast, yet startlingly untalented Jones caught him. Unless my memory fails me. I spent those years smoking a lot of Thai stick and occupying various administration buildings.
Unless my memory fails me. I spent those years smoking a lot of Thai stick and occupying various administration buildings. Dad? I too call for an end to the revisionist flogging of The Boz. He may not have been the best 'backer in the NFL, but he was far from lousy, and just like Bo, injuries brought him to an early end. Stop equating his career with his crappy movies.
Cuz really, who got to see more exciting plays by Bo than Bengal fans? I don't know, man, I think that tecmo link above was taken from an actual play from a Seattle game.
The Boz largely brought this upon himself. He really was only considered a bust because he could never live up to all of the incredible hype he created for himself. He was a serviceable player, to be sure. The problem was that he had marketed himself as the absolute best in the biz, which he wasn't. Ok, ok, and pixellated Seabass fans.
Bo Jackson could have been the best running back in the history of the NFL. But we will never know...
Actually the play where Bo ran over Boz was great. The Raiders were close to scoring and ran the sweep to Bo around the left side. Boz read the play well and was in position around the three or four yard line to tackle Bo for no gain. Bo accelerated and literally stepped on Boz's chest and waltzed into the end zone. Leaving boz laying on his back. I will never forget that play. FWIW Boz was a dominate player at Oklahoma but his physical abilities were largely due to his size and speed and appeared to be chemically induced. When he got to the NFL where testing was stricter, he lost most of the advantage he had. He seemed to get smaller and the big boys in the NFL handled him with ease.
When he got to the NFL where testing was stricter, he lost most of the advantage he had. The NFL instituted drug testing in 1987. They didn't have suspensions until 1989. They didn't have year-round random testing until 1990. By the time the NFL had any kind of strict policy, his career was over. He probably just looked smaller because he was around much bigger guys.
Who you callin' pixellated?
Just about everything that could be said about Bo has already been posted here except that when he had the ball or was at the plate look out and watch out because he made things happen.. All star game in baseball hit a homerun at Angels Stadium that was out so fast nobody could believe it and that was a game that Nolan Ryan made the NL look like kids at the plate. And in his football games he looked like at times a man playing against boys. God he was so fast in his cuts and turns and had unbelieveable power to run over people aka running over Boz..
After watching holden's link I am envious of anyone who's NES is still working and has Tecmo Superbowl. Hands down the greatest video game athlete ever.
(Are we sure Kyrilmitch isn't Bo..?) and he couldn't turn back time by flying around the world and reversing the rotation of the earth. How would we know if he could? I mean I did it that one time...
After watching holden's link I am envious of anyone who's NES is still working and has Tecmo Superbowl. It's a shame that Tecmo superbowl couldn't let you build your team, because the QB Eagles/Bo Jackson combo would be unstoppable. And I always just thought my brother was better than me at video games.
