Mark Beard

ogredawg wrote:

wlayton wrote:

Buc wrote:

averagedawg wrote: You can have a stable of the best running backs in college football.
All they're gonna do is get hurt without a nasty offensive line.

averagedawg, UGA under the present leadership proves the point you make.

One thing for Gurley or others to run over a few big guys, but there comes a time when it is not the smartest way to play the game. Much easier to get to the second level and play grown man football.

Have read a few comments from all around the internet about Sony Michel being a shifty back that avoids running between the tackles. If you read this post, remember it when Sony is on the field. Much of that comes from those that you have to pay to read. Sony Michel is afraid of nothing, he is a very smart young man with God given talent, and he uses it well. Smart has a place in college football.

Good stuff averagedawg. Your way, short and to the point.

Hmmmmm....."avoids running between the tackles". If he thinks he doesn't need to run between the tackles and can out run guys to the corner like he did in HS, he's got a rude awakening. He's never seen speed like he's going to see in the SEC. He had better learn to hit it up between the tackles and then break to the outside in this league.....this isn't HS anymore.

There are a few safeties, linebackers and DE's in this league that love to hit RB's trying to take it to the "edge". You are exactly right wlayton. he better learn to hit it up the gut or he better be blazing fast and turn that corner very quick.

Sorry. Sony will be here soon enough. All will get a good look at what he can and can't do. Here is hoping he is all that.

Buc wrote:

wlayton wrote: Buc, did I misunderstand you??

After watching the video, Sony takes it up inside the tackles and breaks it outside quite a bit.

Edit: did misunderstand your point....we are CERTAINLY on the same page. That video show proves that.

Thanks wlayton, sometimes when I am doing whatever the hell it is that I do, get lost in the cracks. Just call me Goofy . . . .

What do you think about Sony and Isaiah two deep on the kickoff return? Being as serious as I can be when I ask that. Looking for something to change the tone of doing things the same way, year after year. That is another reason that I sometimes mention Faton Bauta.

One simple thought.....SCARY.

Buc wrote: Shannon, they say he is 5'8". Most coaches whether high school or college tend to "mess" with height and weight, along with speed and . . . . fill in the blank. You know the drill.

Shannon, he is one tough young man. Physically, his body is put together better than 99% of those that play football. Hard to get a hand or hands on him. Vision, you are a soccer coach, vision means so much. Vision was a huge part of Billy Sims and the way he played at . . . . 5'8".

Many here won't know this name, or did not get to see him play . . . . Buzzy "Super Frog" Rosenberg. 5'7" . . . . listed that way in the media guide . . . .

First time he touched the ball for UGA, returned a punt against Tulane for a touchdown, 60 yards. Back in the days when we had "Railroad Tracks". I know, money is the name of the game. Goofy and others need that green stuff.

Sorry, there I go again, answer to the question no. Meaning "yes" my bet is he is our next kickoff and punt returner. Hope that Sony is back there with Isaiah, creates a lot of one on one football. Could get creative and use both "messing" with the football on reverses and such. I know, this old fart needs to understand that I am out of the arena. Does not mean that I have to accept that.

Buc, know Buzzy, lives here in Jax. Played him in a racquetball tournament many years ago.....he wasn't an elite RB player but his competitiveness was off the charts. Even though less talented he always thought he could beat you......an animal for sure.

Oh, he was taller than 5'7".....more like 5'9" minimum.

Guess someone put him on one of those midevil stretchers and stretched another couple of inches out for Super Frog. Great hands, never took his eye off of the ball, would always make that first tackler miss. Caused quite a "Buzz" in Sanford Stadium when he played. Can't tell you how much I miss football the "old way" wlayton.

Buc wrote: Guess someone put him on one of those midevil stretchers and stretched another couple of inches out for Super Frog. Great hands, never took his eye off of the ball, would always make that first tackler miss. Caused quite a "Buzz" in Sanford Stadium when he played. Can't tell you how much I miss football the "old way" wlayton.

Ah yes, the good old days.....the coaches made you tougher than than today's players, imo. Much more talented these days but not sure if as tough both mentally and especially physically. Not saying all coaches back then were brilliant by any means.....lucky some guys on our teams didn't die from heat exhaustion and dehydration (many went to the hospital during camp....dumb)

Ever play hurt Buc?....a given back then....concussion?....count my fingers, ok, go back in.

Btw, Buzzy at 5'9" etc. didn't matter......that's one dude you DID NOT want to tick off. Great guy but if he got mad I'm not sure he could stop himself in a fight.....one tough hombre.

wlayton, in high school we went to summer camp in Cochran, Georgia. South Cobb also went and needless to say more than the weather got hot, tempers were short in the hot weather. You being from the Waycross area, no doubt in my mind that you were given "salt pills", nasty little yellow things . . . .

Learned a lot, although at the time did not realize the lessons learned were "lifetime lessons". So much has changed. Athletes bigger, faster, stronger, but . . . . too many seem to be about "me" and not "team".

Nothing like Friday night high school football in Georgia . . . . Memories for a lifetime.

Think I mentioned this one time here. Sitting in the doctor's office with a light shining in my eye, eye being held open by the doctor. Long story, will stop, answer is yes, more than one time.

Will say this. Back then we were taught how to tackle, not a lot of "head (helmet) hunting". Scary stuff, find myself even today wondering just how much of an effect the head shots have played in my older years.

Still, love the game.