[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Bo Knows.... (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 1/18/2014 8:37:05 PM EDT
| How many on here remember what Bo knows? |
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I remember this Score card. |
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Quoted: I remember this Score card. Quoted: I remember this Score card. Me too, I had quite a few of them (Maybe 10), gave most of them away though ETA: My one friend hunted with Bo in the first Buckmasters and my other buddy checked an elk in at the same time as Bo in Chama N.M. |
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hell yeah. Bo is a classy guy. |
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arguably the most talented athlete of the last century. Another contender: Jim Thorpe. Pro Football, College Football, College Track and Field, Olympic Gold Medal Pentathlon and Decathlon in the same Olympics, Professional Basketball, Professional Baseball. Retired from pro football at 41. 
Has a town named after him in PA. |
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Explination for the young'ns here?  Bo was one incredible athlete in his playing days and he is still cycling strong. He was best known playing baseball for the Royals and destroying Bosworth's career when running over him while playing football with the Raiders. He didn't just play both sports...he excelled at them. |
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Another contender: Jim Thorpe. Pro Football, College Football, College Track and Field, Olympic Gold Medal Pentathlon and Decathlon in the same Olympics, Professional Basketball, Professional Baseball. Retired from pro football at 41. http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/T/Jim-Thorpe-9507017-1-402.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Jim_Thorpe_olympic.png Has a town named after him in PA. Quoted:
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arguably the most talented athlete of the last century. Another contender: Jim Thorpe. Pro Football, College Football, College Track and Field, Olympic Gold Medal Pentathlon and Decathlon in the same Olympics, Professional Basketball, Professional Baseball. Retired from pro football at 41. http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/T/Jim-Thorpe-9507017-1-402.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Jim_Thorpe_olympic.png Has a town named after him in PA. Thorpe and Jackson are on a parallel for greatness. I don't think there are 2 others that even come close. professional athletes are acts of wonder. I would say that most could probably be professionals in other sports. but Thorpe and Jackson are legend among them. |
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Explination for the young'ns here? Bo Jackson was a RB for Auburn, where he won the Heisman. For reasons I can't recall, he opted for MLB over the NFL. He was voted to the MLB All Star game, where he hit a lead-off HR, something RARELY done in baseball, much less an All Star game. Phillies player Mike Schmidt once said Bo was the only player he never missed watching an "at bat" for as he knew he didn't want to miss seeing something special. Bo would often break a wooden ball bat over his leg when he struck out, BTW. Then Bo announced he would play in the NFL in his off-season as "everyone needs a hobby." One can imagine how this comment went over with the NFL defensive guys.
Bo ended up signing with the Raiders, back before they sucked. His first game was on MNF with John Madden. I don't recall if he started or not, but he scored on a play where he went towards the left end, reversed his field & outran the entire defense to the end zone. He did all this while missing one shoe as well. 
His most famous play was perhaps the one where he planted his forehead into the chest of one Brian Bosworth, a linebacker of some notoriety. Bo ran right over his ass & scored on a goal line play. Needless to say, his NFL stock soared but he continued to play MLB as well. It was then that Nike began the "Bo Knows" commercials with Bo being the "be all-end all" athlete. Most were pretty funny & "Bo knows" became a catch word in pop culture. It was the following season in the NFL that he hurt his hip getting tackled in a playoff game. Turns out he had a circulatory problem with his hip(s) & this led to joint weakening. He retired from both MLB & the NFL. I don't think he played long enough in either sport to qualify for their Hall of Fame nominations. Had he played just a few more years, he would indeed been remembered as "the best ever", IMO. |
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Bo Jackson was a RB for Auburn, where he won the Heisman. For reasons I can't recall, he opted for MLB over the NFL. He was voted to the MLB All Star game, where he hit a lead-off HR, something RARELY done in baseball, much less an All Star game. Phillies player Mike Schmidt once said Bo was the only player he never missed watching an "at bat" for as he knew he didn't want to miss seeing something special. Bo would often break a wooden ball bat over his leg when he struck out, BTW. Then Bo announced he would play in the NFL in his off-season as "everyone needs a hobby." One can imagine how this comment went over with the NFL defensive guys.
Bo ended up signing with the Raiders, back before they sucked. His first game was on MNF with John Madden. I don't recall if he started or not, but he scored on a play where he went towards the left end, reversed his field & outran the entire defense to the end zone. He did all this while missing one shoe as well.
His most famous play was perhaps the one where he planted his forehead into the chest of one Brian Bosworth, a linebacker of some notoriety. Bo ran right over his ass & scored on a goal line play. Needless to say, his NFL stock soared but he continued to play MLB as well. It was then that Nike began the "Bo Knows" commercials with Bo being the "be all-end all" athlete. Most were pretty funny & "Bo knows" became a catch word in pop culture. It was the following season in the NFL that he hurt his hip getting tackled in a playoff game. Turns out he had a circulatory problem with his hip(s) & this led to joint weakening. He retired from both MLB & the NFL. I don't think he played long enough in either sport to qualify for their Hall of Fame nominations. Had he played just a few more years, he would indeed been remembered as "the best ever", IMO. Quoted:
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Explination for the young'ns here? Bo Jackson was a RB for Auburn, where he won the Heisman. For reasons I can't recall, he opted for MLB over the NFL. He was voted to the MLB All Star game, where he hit a lead-off HR, something RARELY done in baseball, much less an All Star game. Phillies player Mike Schmidt once said Bo was the only player he never missed watching an "at bat" for as he knew he didn't want to miss seeing something special. Bo would often break a wooden ball bat over his leg when he struck out, BTW. Then Bo announced he would play in the NFL in his off-season as "everyone needs a hobby." One can imagine how this comment went over with the NFL defensive guys.
Bo ended up signing with the Raiders, back before they sucked. His first game was on MNF with John Madden. I don't recall if he started or not, but he scored on a play where he went towards the left end, reversed his field & outran the entire defense to the end zone. He did all this while missing one shoe as well.
His most famous play was perhaps the one where he planted his forehead into the chest of one Brian Bosworth, a linebacker of some notoriety. Bo ran right over his ass & scored on a goal line play. Needless to say, his NFL stock soared but he continued to play MLB as well. It was then that Nike began the "Bo Knows" commercials with Bo being the "be all-end all" athlete. Most were pretty funny & "Bo knows" became a catch word in pop culture. It was the following season in the NFL that he hurt his hip getting tackled in a playoff game. Turns out he had a circulatory problem with his hip(s) & this led to joint weakening. He retired from both MLB & the NFL. I don't think he played long enough in either sport to qualify for their Hall of Fame nominations. Had he played just a few more years, he would indeed been remembered as "the best ever", IMO. He played MLB for quite a few years after his NFL injury. Started with KC, then ChiSox,and finally with the Angels. |