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Mine was Mike Schmidt...I never realized how much of an asshole he was. There was no ESPN or anything like that when I was a kid and I didn't really follow the media. I wrote him a letter when I was like 10 or 11 and he wrote back and signed a baseball card. It was my most prized possesion.
I was also a Randall Cunningham fan throughout high school. He could do no wrong back then.
My favorite basketball players of all time were Charles Barkley and Dr. J.
And I was a Mike Tyson fan (although I hate to admit that).
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I thought Wade Boggs was the man. Ben Coates. Larry Bird was a god. Of course Jordan. As for hockey I was always a big Ray Bourque fan also.
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My fav. growing up was Walter Payton hands down. I tried to play just like him. Keyword "tried"..lol.
I also liked Barry Sanders and Bo Jackson.
I liked that entire Detroit Tigers Team that had: Fielder, Trammel (sp), Tettleton(sp), Gibson..etc that used to hit all those damn HR's during the early 90's late 80's timeframe. I'm not even from detriot. Just liked that team for some odd reason.
I liked Clyde Drexler alot and admired Joe Montana just because that mofo simply got the job done against my Saints year after year.....no matter what kind of Defenses we threw at his a$$.
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Greg Louganis... Brian Boitano... ;D
Nah, seriously, I was a big Magic and Laker fan. Also loved Daley Thompson, Arsenal, Ian Wright, Glenn Hysén (although he played for the fcuking Red Devils).
Always been a big fan of Stephen Hendry of course. Jerry Rice. Carl Lewis :-[
Jon Pall Sigmarsson, Naim Suleymanoglü.
Stefan Edberg, Mats Wilander.
And of course, Aleksander Karelin.
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Vince Lombardi. Reading his footbal wisdom in Jerry Kramer's books was really something.
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Joe Frazier, Franco Harris, Earl Campbell, Jack Lambert, Terry Bradshaw, Ronnie Lott, Magic Johnson.
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Neville Southall.
Nigel Benn.
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Joe Montana, Jerry Rice & Ronnie Lott
Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan
Pele'
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Lawrence Taylor in football.
Don Mattingly in baseball.
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Steve Grogan...tough SOB.
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I thought Wade Boggs was the man. Ben Coates. Larry Bird was a god. Of course Jordan. As for hockey I was always a big Ray Bourque fan also.
Wow Ben Coates...i havent heard that name in while. Bledsoe to Coates.
I was and always will be a HUGE Dan Marino fan, form the time i was in in the 2nd grade till he retired. In my room i have my walls covered with his posters and Dolphin penants. My dad asked if he could take it down now that i live away and i said no. the dolphins broke my heart every year in the playoffs. as a young kid if they lost a game i would start to tear and it would literally ruin the rest of my week. my mom knew i was a fanatic and would always make my favorite meal if Marino lost, looking back now i realized how much she loved me she passed in 04'. not to bring this down but i just relate that part of my life together. when i was junior in high school my family and i were eating at fancy restaurant and low and behold Dan and his family were there, i tried to get his autograph but was too scared i just walked as close to his table and made eye contact but just walked away. later during our meal Marino walked by while he and his family were leaving (our table was on the way out) and he said "hey kid i hear you have my posters on your walls" and he signed an autograph for me and shook my hand! apparently my father had told him that i was a huge fan and that i attempted to get the autograph myself while i was in the restroom.
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Not so much growing up as I was a teenager to a mid 20 something, but I used to love to watch Barry Sanders play and the way he handled himself on the field. I actually went to his house after the bar one night when I was 21(12 years ago)cuz he liked my girlfriends friend and we hung out for a few hours, I am not easily star struck, but the girls were kind of giving me a hard time because I was just so fkn happy to be talking to the guy. And no he didn't "close it", he was actually very shy, kind of weird.
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Mine was Mike Schmidt...I never realized how much of an asshole he was. There was no ESPN or anything like that when I was a kid and I didn't really follow the media. I wrote him a letter when I was like 10 or 11 and he wrote back and signed a baseball card. It was my most prized possesion.
I was also a Randall Cunningham fan throughout high school. He could do no wrong back then.
My favorite basketball players of all time were Charles Barkley and Dr. J.
And I was a Mike Tyson fan (although I hate to admit that).
ESPN started in 1979 when Michael Jack Schmidt was in his prime so what cave were you in? Also he sent you a signed card and you call him an asshole? He seems like a great guy in interviews so whats your problem with him?
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Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Munson, Guidry, Mattingly. Nuff said.
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Steve Grogan...tough SOB.
Reminded me of QB of Joe Barnes of the Montreal Allouettes during the same era; both teams were shown a lot on TV in eastern Canada. The Patriots would've gone farther with a better QB though.
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Not so much growing up as I was a teenager to a mid 20 something, but I used to love to watch Barry Sanders play and the way he handled himself on the field. I actually went to his house after the bar one night when I was 21(12 years ago)cuz he liked my girlfriends friend and we hung out for a few hours, I am not easily star struck, but the girls were kind of giving me a hard time because I was just so fkn happy to be talking to the guy. And no he didn't "close it", he was actually very shy, kind of weird.
I sure hope you told him Emmitt was fcuking overrated. >:(
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Not so much growing up as I was a teenager to a mid 20 something, but I used to love to watch Barry Sanders play and the way he handled himself on the field. I actually went to his house after the bar one night when I was 21(12 years ago)cuz he liked my girlfriends friend and we hung out for a few hours, I am not easily star struck, but the girls were kind of giving me a hard time because I was just so fkn happy to be talking to the guy. And no he didn't "close it", he was actually very shy, kind of weird.
I got a picture of myself with Barry Sanders at the Walter Camp All America dinner in 1989. Really good guy.
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I sure hope you told him Emmitt was fcuking overrated. >:(
He is, but I never told him that. Funny how Emmit is such a media whore and Barry, who didn't get the yardage record that he could have gotten easily is totally out of the spotlight. My mom sees him and his wife at a shopping center by her house on occasion, but he basically stays away from the media. Like I said before, very shy person.
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Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Munson, Guidry, Mattingly. Nuff said.
I was a big Nettles fan growing up. I saw an old baseball card of him recently, his arms must have measued 13 inches. He also was the AL HR champion one year with a monstrous 32 dingers.
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Mine was Mike Schmidt...
#1 Schmiddy was my #1 guy unbdoubtedly along (for that matter) with Luzinski and dave cash in the 70'and early 80's
#2 Earl Campbell (skoal brother ! ) along with Pastorini and alot of the oilers
#3 the combination of Archie griffen and Boobie Clarke and alot of the Bengals
#4 Any fighter that ever got a shot against Ali (except Foreman) I could'nt stand Ali back in the day
#5 Bjorn Borg
stopped givin a shit in the mid 80's
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ESPN started in 1979 when Michael Jack Schmidt was in his prime so what cave were you in? Also he sent you a signed card and you call him an asshole? He seems like a great guy in interviews so whats your problem with him?
schmitty was a tool back in the day...he's more approachable since he got into the hall and became ''born again''
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#1 Schmiddy was my #1 guy unbdoubtedly along (for that matter) with Luzinski and dave cash in the 70'and early 80's
#2 Earl Campbell (skoal brother ! ) along with Pastorini and alot of the oilers
#3 the combination of Archie griffen and Boobie Clarke and alot of the Bengals
#4 Any fighter that ever got a shot against Ali (except Foreman) I could'nt stand Ali back in the day
#5 Bjorn Borg
fucking dave cash...jesus..how old are you!? lol...
bake mcbride had a cool afro...
stopped givin a shit in the mid 80's
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schmitty was always media friendly,you're thinkin of Steve Carlton,Carlton was the guy that never did interviews and nothing much to do with fans....
you also have to remember Schmidt played back when philly fan prided them selfs on being assholes......
schmidt was making allstar team after allstar and leading the league yackin HRs and RBI and they'd still boo him the next night if he went 0 fer the night before
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Here's a name no one's mentioned.
Bo Jackson. I loved watching him compete in both football and baseball in his prime. He was one of most the most gifted athletes I have ever seen. The "Bo Knows" commercials were kind of stupid but Bo was a serious bad ass in his heyday.
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Bo was probably the best back i've seen.
No one's mentioned him because he wasn't around when most here were growing up.
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Really? Wasn't that long ago. Late 80's and early 90's?? We're not talking recent sports heroes. We're talking about who we liked growing up. Middle school to teenage years. It's not like I mentioned Fran Tarkenton, you know?
How old is everyone here? 18-24 years old?
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I was a big Nettles fan growing up. I saw an old baseball card of him recently, his arms must have measued 13 inches. He also was the AL HR champion one year with a monstrous 32 dingers.
Yeah, 1976. Puff could hit them in the upper deck though. He had that uppercut swing. He did hit 36 in 1977 too. Home runs meant something back then.
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Primetime and Rod Woodson.
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Really? Wasn't that long ago. Late 80's and early 90's?? We're not talking recent sports heroes. We're talking about who we liked growing up. Middle school to teenage years. It's not like I mentioned Fran Tarkenton, you know?
Yup, i nailed it. Now you get it. ;)
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Here's a name no one's mentioned.
Bo Jackson. I loved watching him compete in both football and baseball in his prime. He was one of most the most gifted athletes I have ever seen. The "Bo Knows" commercials were kind of stupid but Bo was a serious bad ass in his heyday.
I did, must've overlooked a bro. lol. ...and yes....Bo was insane.
I had a big a$$ poster of him on the wall next to barry and walter. I also had auto graphed dalton hilliard(saints), William andrews (falcons), Hershel Walker (dallas) and marcus allen (raider) posters.
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Alex "hurricane" Higgins.
Then probably Arnold.
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ESPN started in 1979 when Michael Jack Schmidt was in his prime so what cave were you in? Also he sent you a signed card and you call him an asshole? He seems like a great guy in interviews so whats your problem with him?
I was in 3rd grade in '79 and didn't know what the frick ESPN was. I didn't realize he was an asshole until I heard some stories about him from local people. He wasn't a very nice guy at all.
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Yup, i nailed it. Now you get it. ;)
huh?
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huh?
LOL
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He is, but I never told him that. Funny how Emmit is such a media whore and Barry, who didn't get the yardage record that he could have gotten easily is totally out of the spotlight. My mom sees him and his wife at a shopping center by her house on occasion, but he basically stays away from the media. Like I said before, very shy person.
I think Barry is the best back in NFL history. Would have kept Emmitt firmly in second place if he didn't retire early.
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I think Barry is the best back in NFL history. Would have kept Emmitt firmly in second place if he didn't retire early.
Amen to that.
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I think Barry is the best back in NFL history. Would have kept Emmitt firmly in second place if he didn't retire early.
Anyone on this board, even that guy who's in wheelchair, would've broken the all-time yard record with the kind of offensive line that Emmitt had.
I'm dead serious.
;D
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Anyone on this board, even that guy who's in wheelchair, would've broken the all-time yard record with the kind of offensive line that Emmitt had.
I'm dead serious.
;D
I agree. Half the time all he had to do was fall down and he'd gain five yards. It's incredible that Barry ran for so many yards with such poor teams. Part of that time he had no fullback and/or no TE.
Emmitt was a class act on the field and an excellent RB, but he sure had a lot of help.
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I think Barry is the best back in NFL history. Would have kept Emmitt firmly in second place if he didn't retire early.
Barry was a great back but this is a classic Bum assessment given Barry's known weaknesses. There's no way to ever put Barry ahead of Brown for example, and slim basis for putting him ahead of Walter, or OJ or Dickerson or Davis. You could put him ahead of Bo on longevity but on virtually any other basis Bo was the better back.
The concensus has never been that Sanders was the best but rather that he belongs in the top 5 or 7 purely on yardage.
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Anyone on this board, even that guy who's in wheelchair, would've broken the all-time yard record with the kind of offensive line that Emmitt had.
I'm dead serious.
;D
He'd have had incredible yardage, but there's no proof at all that he had any degree of toughness, that he could move the chains when it counted or sustain possession given his way of running.
That's aside from the fact that he never proved that he was an outstanding playoff performer, while Smith was one of the best backs in playoff history. This can't just be dismissed as irrelevant by extrapolating regular season numbers into the playoffs: some guys just get it done when it counts while Barry didn't prove that at all. Or that he could've played part of a playoff game with a separated shoulder.
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I agree. Half the time all he had to do was fall down and he'd gain five yards. It's incredible that Barry ran for so many yards with such poor teams. Part of that time he had no fullback and/or no TE.
Emmitt was a class act on the field and an excellent RB, but he sure had a lot of help.
What's incredible is Bum's one-dimensional worship, which is beginning to sound familiar. FYI to those who don't understand football too well: sometimes "bad" teams are condusive to a particular player's career, while better teams allow less opportunity for guys like Sanders to dominate the whole damn team.
Precisely why some on the Lions weren't sorry to see Sanders go; Sanders success didn't necessarily help the team in overall terms and might've detracted from it.
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Barry was a great back but this is a classic Bum assessment given Barry's known weaknesses. There's no way to ever put Barry ahead of Brown for example, and slim basis for putting him ahead of Walter, or OJ or Dickerson or Davis. You could put him ahead of Bo on longevity but on virtually any other basis Bo was the better back.
The concensus has never been that Sanders was the best but rather that he belongs in the top 5 or 7 purely on yardage.
::) I doubt you ever watched him play.
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What's incredible is Bum's one-dimensional worship, which is beginning to sound familiar. FYI to those who don't understand football too well: sometimes "bad" teams are condusive to a particular player's career, while better teams allow less opportunity for guys like Sanders to dominate the whole damn team.
Precisely why some on the Lions weren't sorry to see Sanders go; Sanders success didn't necessarily help the team in overall terms and might've detracted from it.
I doubt you ever strapped on the pads. Doubt you watch the game much. You don't know squat. I don't think much of your opinion. Just fyi. Hope this helps. :)
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I doubt you ever strapped on the pads. Doubt you watch the game much. You don't know squat. I don't think much of your opinion. Just fyi. Hope this helps. :)
Pumpster is your typical guy who has never watched a game in his life but reads the sports pages and quotes stuff he has no clue about verbatim.
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LOL what i've said has been said by others and stands as accurate. Leave it to lameasses here to get their panties in knots because i hit a nerve and they don't like the message. ;D
Anyone who unequivally says that Sanders is the best all-time back is a data-nerd obsessed only with numbers who knows shit about football and chooses to ignore intangibles. On intangibles Sanders scores as low as Bum does in judgement.
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Pumpster is your typical guy who has never watched a game in his life but reads the sports pages and quotes stuff he has no clue about verbatim.
Someone with this physique on a BB site has absolutely no credibility, period.
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I doubt you ever strapped on the pads. Doubt you watch the game much. You don't know squat. I don't think much of your opinion. Just fyi. Hope this helps. :)
Of course you don't think much of my opinion-i owned your lame ass in the NFL last year bwhaahahahaahahahaha
I don't squat because i already have the size you idiot. The size will always be there just by doing cardio i still look like a BB unlike Bum (clearly only a fanboy not a BB) or this other guy. Keep digging yourself holes with extremely poor judgement this was the genius who said over and over again the Colts couldn't win the superbowl LOL
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Really? Wasn't that long ago. Late 80's and early 90's?? We're not talking recent sports heroes. We're talking about who we liked growing up. Middle school to teenage years. It's not like I mentioned Fran Tarkenton, you know?
How old is everyone here? 18-24 years old?
26.... How old are you guts? What about everyone else.
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26.... How old are you guts? What about everyone else.
I'm 30.
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Pumpster is your typical guy who has never watched a game in his life but reads the sports pages and quotes stuff he has no clue about verbatim.
I agree. I'm starting to think he is actually a woman. That would help explain a lot.
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26.... How old are you guts? What about everyone else.
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Of course you don't think much of my opinion-i owned your lame ass in the NFL last year bwhaahahahaahahahaha
I don't squat because i already have the size you idiot. The size will always be there just by doing cardio i still look like a BB unlike Bum (clearly only a fanboy not a BB) or this other guy. Keep digging yourself holes with extremely poor judgement this was the genius who said over and over again the Colts couldn't win the superbowl LOL
I don't think much of your opinion, because you typically talk out of your rear end and you are an arrogant jerk. Like the time you called Tiger Woods erratic and overrated. Bmacys could probably list a number of other gems.
I said you don't know squat. lol. I wasn't talking about exercising. Maybe that Bowflex has you confused.
I predicted the Colts would win the Super Bowl for about the last three years running. I changed my mind when they started giving up an average of 170 yards a game on the ground during last season (in some cases more than 200); dead last in the NFL. What I said was there was no way they could win the Super Bowl if they couldn't stop the run. They subsequently greatly improved their run D in the playoffs. They did not give up 170+ on the ground in the playoffs. I don't think anyone saw that coming.
And unlike you, I actually watch the game.
Have you ever played football? Flag football doesn’t count.
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I agree. Half the time all he had to do was fall down and he'd gain five yards. It's incredible that Barry ran for so many yards with such poor teams. Part of that time he had no fullback and/or no TE.
Emmitt was a class act on the field and an excellent RB, but he sure had a lot of help.
I agree. I wouldn't have Emmitt in my top 5.
In no particular order: Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, OJ, and Earl Campbell. Just my choices. No statistical backing here. I'm counting completed careers so no LT.
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I agree. I wouldn't have Emmitt in my top 5.
In no particular order: Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, OJ, and Earl Campbell. Just my choices. No statistical backing here. I'm counting completed careers so no LT.
Good list. I haven't really thought about a top five, but mine would probably be:
Barry
Bo Jackson
Walter
Jim Brown
LT
If we're only talking retired players, I'd sub Dickerson or Marcus Allen in place of LT. I don't look at career numbers as the only factor. I look at who I'd want to line up with if the game was this Sunday. I'd put Bo at FB and Barry at TB.
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Good list. I haven't really thought about a top five, but mine would probably be:
Barry
Bo Jackson
Walter
Jim Brown
LT
If we're only talking retired players, I'd sub Dickerson or Marcus Allen in place of LT. I don't look at career numbers as the only factor. I look at who I'd want to line up with if the game was this Sunday. I'd put Bo at FB and Barry at TB.
I like your choices. There's no way to keep LT out of the line up that's why I finessed the category.
Ever since I saw Earl run up the front of Tim Foley and down his back, I was a fan. Foley had to be mopped off the field.
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I like your choices. There's no way to keep LT out of the line up that's why I finessed the category.
Ever since I saw Earl run up the front of Tim Foley and down his back, I was a fan. Foley had to be mopped off the field.
Earl was an absolute beast. They don't make them like him anymore.
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Good list. I haven't really thought about a top five, but mine would probably be:
Barry
Bo Jackson
Walter
Jim Brown
LT
If we're only talking retired players, I'd sub Dickerson or Marcus Allen in place of LT. I don't look at career numbers as the only factor. I look at who I'd want to line up with if the game was this Sunday. I'd put Bo at FB and Barry at TB.
Good list, and if you ever played the original Tecmo Bowl you know exactly how dominant LT was. :) Edit: You may have been talking about Ladainian and not Lawrence Taylor, either way, good list as I think Ladainian is in a league of his own among current backs. Yeah, you were talking about RB's, I got ahead of myself.
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Good list, and if you ever played the original Tecmo Bowl you know exactly how dominant LT was. :) Edit: You may have been talking about Ladainian and not Lawrence Taylor, either way, good list as I think Ladainian is in a league of his own among current backs. Yeah, you were talking about RB's, I got ahead of myself.
Yeah I was talking about Tomlinson, but Lawrence Taylor was a stud too. I lost a lot of study hours playing Tecmo and Super Tecmo Bowl in college. :) I was addicted to that game. Bo Jackson was unstoppable. I graduated to Madden and routinely beat up on my kids. No mercy. :)
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Good list. I haven't really thought about a top five, but mine would probably be:
Barry
Bo Jackson
Walter
Jim Brown
LT
The list of a data-nerd. Barry had too many drawbacks to be anywhere near those other guys but since Bum's a numbers guy and tends to as they say "fall in love" with his heros based mainly on stats, he's oblivious. 8)
Watch as i demolish Bum's claim with the following Barry Sanders post-season "excellence" LOL the true superstars including Emmitt stepped up in the playoffs, Barry had 5 of 6 games under 70 yards bwahahaahahahahahah
Postseason data
Please read this fine print before using this data or sending questions or corrections.
Year Opp Result | RSH YD TD | REC YD TD
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1991 dal W,38-6 | 12 69 1 | 5 30 0
1991 was L,10-41 | 11 44 0 | 4 15 0
1993 gnb L,24-28 | 27 169 0 | 2 0 0
1994 gnb L,12-16 | 13 -1 0 | 3 4 0
1995 phi L,37-58 | 10 40 0 | 2 19 0
1997 tam L,10-20 | 18 65 0 | 5 43 0
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TOTAL | 91 386 1 | 21 111 0
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I don't think much of your opinion, because you typically talk out of your rear end and you are an arrogant jerk. Like the time you called Tiger Woods erratic and overrated. Bmacys could probably list a number of other gems.
I said you don't know squat. lol. I wasn't talking about exercising. Maybe that Bowflex has you confused.
I predicted the Colts would win the Super Bowl for about the last three years running. I changed my mind when they started giving up an average of 170 yards a game on the ground during last season (in some cases more than 200); dead last in the NFL. What I said was there was no way they could win the Super Bowl if they couldn't stop the run. They subsequently greatly improved their run D in the playoffs. They did not give up 170+ on the ground in the playoffs. I don't think anyone saw that coming.
And unlike you, I actually watch the game.
Have you ever played football? Flag football doesn’t count.
Complete, utter revionist back-peddling & denial that fools no one. Anyone can check your old threads; you can't escape it you arrogant twit. You were 100% wrong on the Colts for 3 consecutive years!I backed them only last year.
This genius always reverts to desperate name-calling shortly after melting down LOL
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Complete, utter revionist back-peddling & denial that fools no one. Anyone can check your old threads; you can't escape it you arrogant twit. You were 100% wrong on the Colts for 3 consecutive years!I backed them only last year.
This genius always reverts to desperate name-calling shortly after melting down LOL
lol. Now I'm convinced that "pumpster" is a woman. That would explain why he is infatuated with bmacys. Posts his picture at least once a week. She should go workout on that Bowflex and blow off some steam. She'll feel better.
And leave it to "pumpster," aka Don King, to ruin a good thread. ::) Sorry jersey (and all). I'll behave.
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I liked that entire Detroit Tigers Team that had: Fielder, Trammel (sp), Tettleton(sp), Gibson..etc that used to hit all those damn HR's during the early 90's late 80's timeframe. I'm not even from detriot. Just liked that team for some odd reason.
Bump for the Tigers.
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lol. Now I'm convinced that "pumpster" is a woman. That would explain why he is infatuated with bmacys. Posts his picture at least once a week. She should go workout on that Bowflex and blow off some steam. She'll feel better.
And leave it to "pumpster," aka Don King, to ruin a good thread. ::) Sorry jersey (and all). I'll behave.
You may be right. Pumpster may very well be a woman whether he knows it or not. ;) What man uses the word "twit"? Not to mention a Bowflex?
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I was in 3rd grade in '79 and didn't know what the frick ESPN was. I didn't realize he was an asshole until I heard some stories about him from local people. He wasn't a very nice guy at all.
So you believe stories you hear 32nd hand over the guy sending you a signed baseball card? :P
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I agree. Half the time all he had to do was fall down and he'd gain five yards. It's incredible that Barry ran for so many yards with such poor teams. Part of that time he had no fullback and/or no TE.
Emmitt was a class act on the field and an excellent RB, but he sure had a lot of help.
Barry was in whole different class than Emmit. Barry should be mentioned with Payton, Bo Jackson, Dickerson, Sayers, OJ etc... Emmit was definitely not in that 1st tier of elite backs.
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Someone with this physique on a BB site has absolutely no credibility, period.
hahah, you are the master of self ownage. :) By the way, you wrote the book on "no credibility" Everybody here knows it and has stated it. You know it too. That is why you are always so defensive.
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This illustrates Pumpster's knowledge about football- He said Cookie Gihlchrist was better than Jim Brown. He said Flutie was better than Montana and Elway and that the CFL was as good as the NFL. :o
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Earl was an absolute beast. They don't make them like him anymore.
Campbell ran through guys. Ever see him now? He paid the price physically.
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He'd have had incredible yardage, but there's no proof at all that he had any degree of toughness, that he could move the chains when it counted or sustain possession given his way of running.
That's aside from the fact that he never proved that he was an outstanding playoff performer, while Smith was one of the best backs in playoff history. This can't just be dismissed as irrelevant by extrapolating regular season numbers into the playoffs: some guys just get it done when it counts while Barry didn't prove that at all. Or that he could've played part of a playoff game with a separated shoulder.
I was merely comparing Sanders and Smith.
The other greats you mentioned, I think they're out of Emmit's leauge. Whether or not Barry can compare is a different matter. Emmitt? Definitely not IMO.
Considering that the Cowboys always had multiple offensive threats, and arguably the best offensive line in history of oval ball.
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Not trying to compare Barry and Emmit
I'm a life long Giants fan and remember when the cowgirls drafted Emmit.
my first thoughts were "shit he's gonna be trouble for us"
I always followed Florida Gators football and knew he'd be a good one.
make no mistake he had great talent around him but he EARNED his way to the hall of fame.showed up everyweek,played hard and played hurt.
anybody remember the game against the Giants when he ran for like 150yards
with a disclocated shoulder?
he gained alot of respect from me.
I can't believe I'm giving props to a cowgirl :P
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Campbell ran through guys. Ever see him now? He paid the price physically.
I saw him when he tried a comeback with the saints. He had a break-away run and he ran out of steam at about the 15 and almost fell over. Not good.
You're right, Bum Phillips ran Earl's career into the ground.
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Barry was in whole different class than Emmit. Barry should be mentioned with Payton, Bo Jackson, Dickerson, Sayers, OJ etc... Emmit was definitely not in that 1st tier of elite backs.
I agree. Barry was the most exciting and dangerous player in the game when he played. He always required the D to put 8 men in the box . . . and they still couldn't stop him. Definitely the best RB I've ever seen.
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Not trying to compare Barry and Emmit
I'm a life long Giants fan and remember when the cowgirls drafted Emmit.
my first thoughts were "shit he's gonna be trouble for us"
I always followed Florida Gators football and knew he'd be a good one.
make no mistake he had great talent around him but he EARNED his way to the hall of fame.showed up everyweek,played hard and played hurt.
anybody remember the game against the Giants when he ran for like 150yards
with a disclocated shoulder?
he gained alot of respect from me.
I can't believe I'm giving props to a cowgirl :P
I hear you. It pains me to compliment a Cowgirl too, but I remember that Giants game. Incredible. I've always respected Emmitt.
I'm going to take a shower now. . . .
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I agree. Barry was the most exciting and dangerous player in the game when he played. He always required the D to put 8 men in the box . . . and they still couldn't stop him. Definitely the best RB I've ever seen.
But Pumpster said Emmit was better.... ::)
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Mine was Mike Schmidt...I never realized how much of an asshole he was. There was no ESPN or anything like that when I was a kid and I didn't really follow the media. I wrote him a letter when I was like 10 or 11 and he wrote back and signed a baseball card. It was my most prized possesion.
I was also a Randall Cunningham fan throughout high school. He could do no wrong back then.
My favorite basketball players of all time were Charles Barkley and Dr. J.
And I was a Mike Tyson fan (although I hate to admit that).
As a kid I wanted to be Mike Schmidt. I got lucky once in 1980 to go to venterans stadium and see the phils play the reds and I called a Schmidt homer before it happened to my parents. Sadly Johnny bench hit a blast to win the game.
I think it's funny as a white kid from Cali but I always was pretending to be Dr. J, even wore his number in HS.
I should have grown up in Philly with the way I have bled green for all these years... ;D
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As a kid I wanted to be Mike Schmidt. I got lucky once in 1980 to go to venterans stadium and see the phils play the reds and I called a Schmidt homer before it happened to my parents. Sadly Johnny bench hit a blast to win the game.
I think it's funny as a white kid from Cali but I always was pretending to be Dr. J, even wore his number in HS.
I should have grown up in Philly with the way I have bled green for all these years... ;D
Dr. J was the man when I was growing up in New York. I saw him play a few times when he played for the NY Nets in Long Island.
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26.... How old are you guts? What about everyone else.
I never tell.
Just kidding.
33.
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Boxing- Ali
Baseball- Thurmon Munson, Johnny Bench
Football- OJ, Willie Lanier, Dick Butkus, Bob Hayes
Basketball- Wilt, Jerry West, Doc J, Gail Goodrich
Golf, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklos, Lee Trevino
Racing- AJ Foyt, Parnelli Jones
Wrestling- Dan Gable
I was really lucky to play Golf and a celebrity Basketball game in 1988 with Doc J in Boca Raton. And meeting Ali in 87' was a huge highlight of my life. The only others I met off that list are Dick Butkus, Wilt, and Jerry West. I wish I could meet Johnny Bench. Could have met OJ quite a few times but was always late.
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Could have met OJ quite a few times but was always late.
Why would you want to meet that pos? Was it pre-1994?
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I don't know if this counts... but I was a HUGE Jimmy "The SuperFly" Snuka fan.
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Dr. J was the man when I was growing up in New York. I saw him play a few times when he played for the NY Nets in Long Island.
you're older than me
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you're older than me
I'm older than everybody. :'(
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#20 Billy Sims, Detroit Lions
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#20 Billy Sims, Detroit Lions
When I was like 11 I was at an Isiah Thomas basketball camp at Oakland University and Billy had been hurt the prior season or something. The Lions were practicing there and I walked up to him and asked when he was coming back, he told me October. Son of a bitch never came back, ever! Fuck Billy Sims!
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When I was like 11 I was at an Isiah Thomas basketball camp at Oakland University and Billy had been hurt the prior season or something. The Lions were practicing there and I walked up to him and asked when he was coming back, he told me October. Son of a bitch never came back, ever! Fuck Billy Sims!
lol. Billy Sims has one of the greatest runs I've ever seen. He literally jumped and kicked a guy in the chest. That was awesome. Anyone remember that one? Long time ago . . . .