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The 30 for 30 on Bo was great. He is an avid hunter with an impressive trophy room. You forget just how great he was as an athlete.
 
Great athlete and as I said earlier the greatest athlete in history. It's sad that he isn't in either hall of fame. War Eagle!
 
He was a great ball player ! I remember playing tecmo bowl in 8 th grade the only team you could stop the raiders and bo with was the New York giants and Laurence Taylor . Brings back memories .
 
Watched him kill a nice Bull Elk with a longbow on TV a few years ago. That sucker could do anything
 
JSCATTLE":hhavwkka said:
He was a great ball player ! I remember playing tecmo bowl in 8 th grade the only team you could stop the raiders and bo with was the New York giants and Laurence Taylor . Brings back memories .
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JS you must have missed the Cottonbowl the year he won the Heisman. He met the "Original Wrecking Crew". ;-) 1st and goal.....four attempts by Bo......ball goes over on downs.

http://sportsvids.com/video.php?videoId=TnpJNA==
 
I would think Bo was the greatest athlete in his time. When he played he was the fastest player in both the NFL and MLB. That is incredible, as strong as he was. Dejon Sanders was probably the fastest in both leagues when he played, I am not sure. Herschel Walker would have to be up there as a top athlete. Mickey Mantle had as much power as anyone, but was also the fastest player in the Major Leagues when he played, until he tore his knee up. Michael Jordan was probably the greatest athlete when he played. I still believe he could have learned to hit the baseball if the White Sox had not forced him to hit a style that took away his God-given assets for hitting. Bo learned to break bats because he had so many problems making solid contact. One team's stats said if you took away his infield hits (beat out slow rollers and poor contact grounders, due to his great speed), he only hit a little over .100 in the Major Leagues. He could hit them out of sight if he made contact. Dejon was not really much of a hitter, but he was an incredible bunter (could beat out a bunt back to the pitcher) and he learned to slap and run, so he could hit close to .300. No matter how strong or gifted an athlete is, it seems like when thinking of top athletes, the list starts with speed.
 

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