Sunday, February 23, 2014
You Don't Know Bo
In the beginning of You Don't Know Bo it tells myths of Bo Jackson's superb athletic ability. In high school Bo played Baseball and Football and he did not want to stop with either one of them. Alabama scouts approached him and Bo wanted to go there, but they said he would not start until he was a sophomore. Then Auburn approached him and told him that he could start as soon as he got there. During his senior year he met with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and they told him it was completely legal for him to meet with them. When he got back to Auburn he was warming up to play baseball and the coach came up to him and told him that he could not play the rest of the season because he broke NCAA rules. Bo went back to Tampa and told them that if they picked him first round of the draft he would not play. When the NFL draft came around the Buccaneers picked Bo Jackson. He stuck to his word and refused to play for them. Then Bo decided to play in the MLB and he went to the Kansas City Royals. While playing there the Oakland Raiders wanted him to play football for them. Bo accepted and played for them. Bo played until the Cincinnati Bengals game when he was tackled from behind and broke his hip. Bo never played football again. He decided to get a artificial hip and then underwent vigorous rehabilitation so that he would play in the MLB again. In 1991 Bo Jackson played for the Chicago White Sox even though he would never be the same again. Bo was the only player to play in both the Pro Bowl and the MLB all star game. He also was the reason behind Nike's popularity with their "Bo Knows" Campaign.
Marcus Dupree on the Cover of Sports Illustrated
The Best That Never Was
The Best That Never Was, was a documentary on Marcus Dupree. He grew up in the small town of Philadelphia, Mississippi that was split by racial segregation in the early 20th century when three social workers were killed by clansmen. Marcus Dupree was arguably one of the best high school kick return/ running back of all time and everyone in the city of Philadelphia came to watch him play and it brought the city together. Countless scouts from universities across the nation came to inquire on him and convince him to go to their college. After months of nonstop scouting signing day was approaching. Dupree had narrowed down his choices to Texas, Oklahoma, and Southern Mississippi. All three colleges were pulling on him pretty hard and bribing family members to convince him to go to that school, on signing day he eventually picked OU. In his first season he was bound for greatness, he ran through even the best defenses in the NCAA. The coach didn't want the more experienced players to be offended by giving Marcus the spotlight so he repeatedly put down Marcus on post-game interviews. Marcus was miserable at OU and wished he would have gone to Southern Mississippi, at the end of the season he was considered to be the best running back in the nation, but he told his mother he did not want to go back next year. When the media came to him he agreed to play the next season. The next season had a disappointing start and Marcus wasn't running as well. When Oklahoma was scheduled to play their number one rival Texas, Dupree was on course for a 400 yard game after the first quarter. During the second quarter Dupree injured his hamstring and was in and out the remainder of the game. Texas ended up on top and beat OU, after the game the coach blamed the loss on Dupree. He had heard enough and caught a flight back to Philadelphia. Dupree would never return to OU, he wanted to attend and play for Southern Mississippi but the NCAA would not let him. He waited one year and then went to the AFL and signed for New Orleans. In his first season it was the Marcus Dupree of the past with several TD's and hundreds of yards. In the second season in New Orleans Dupree's hamstring was bothering him again. Toward the middle of the season the almost predictable happened and he had completely messed up his leg and would not return. Years later Dupree wanted to make a comeback, so he got in shape and went out for the St. Louis Rams tryouts and made the team. After 2 years he was cut even though he had the highest yards on the team. Dupree went on to be a truck driver in Philadelphia, Mississippi and still is today.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The Fab Five
In this 30 for 30 it covers one of the top recruiting classes of all time for the University of Michigan from. For the first time all five of the starting players were black freshmen from 1991 to 1993. In their first year they shocked the world and made it all the way to the finals of the NCAA Tournament, even though they lost to the Duke Blue Devils every one knew that they would be back. The fab five was starting to get attention from doing things such as wearing long black socks, their shorts down to their knees, and by being loud, smack-talking ball players. In their second year they once again made it to the NCAA national championship, this time against the University of North Carolina. They were not underdogs anymore, they were going to finally win. With 36 seconds left the score was 74-71 UNC had the lead. Chris Webber, one of the most prominent members of the fab five, took the ball down the court and two UNC players were on him immediately and trapped him in the corner of the court. Even though there were no time outs allowed for Michigan -- which was stressed heavily in the time out -- Webber calls a timeout which is a technical foul. that gives UNC two free throws and the wolverines lost the game. After that game Webber decided to enter the NBA draft. Several years later it came out that Webber and other players received money from a wealthy man back in Detroit and brought shame to the University of Michigan, as punishment both of the NCAA Final Four banners were taken down and never hung back up.
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