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Analyzing Bo Jackson's 40 yard dash
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:45 pm
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A pretty solid read about old school 40 times. I think we can all agree Bo Jackson was a phenominal athlete but a 40 yard time at 4.12 would put him on par with Usain Bolt.....the greatest sprinter of all time.
A pretty solid read about old school 40 times. I think we can all agree Bo Jackson was a phenominal athlete but a 40 yard time at 4.12 would put him on par with Usain Bolt.....the greatest sprinter of all time.
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Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:46 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
It happened. Deal with it.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:46 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
It was definitely 4.12. I timed it myself. I framed the stopwatch I used.
I think I will print out this thread and frame next to the stopwatch.
I think I will print out this thread and frame next to the stopwatch.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:47 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
Has Bolt ever ran just the 40?
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:47 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
auburnphan in 3, 2, 1....
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:48 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:49 pm to texag7
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Has Bolt ever ran just the 40?
No, If he did, he would certainly be fast but would he be Bo Jackson fast?
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:50 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
The only thing worse than a Fournette vs. Chubb thread? A Bo vs. Herschal thread.
To the OP, Bolt isn't that quick out of the gate (Talking sub-4.3) so I'd wager Bo probably has a quicker time than he does. What makes him so ridiculous is his ability to stride out the last 50 meters the way he does.
To the OP, Bolt isn't that quick out of the gate (Talking sub-4.3) so I'd wager Bo probably has a quicker time than he does. What makes him so ridiculous is his ability to stride out the last 50 meters the way he does.
This post was edited on 7/16/15 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:51 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
I remember the good old days on the rant when linking to a bleacher report article could lead to being stoned to death.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:51 pm to Tigerman97
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It happened. Deal with it.
It's not a question of whether he was timed at 4.12 it's a matter of just how accurate that time would be with todays equipment. Bo Jackson was fast but that would put him at Gold Medal olympian fast and his other track meets on record suggest he wasn't gold medal olympian fast.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:53 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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Usain Bolt.....the greatest sprinter of all time.
Bolt runs the 100 and 200m races, completely different.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:53 pm to RB10
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A Bo vs. Herschal thread.
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To the OP, Bolt isn't that quick out of the gate (Talking sub-4.3) so I'd wager Bo probably has a quicker time than he does. What makes him so ridiculous is his ability to stride out the last 50 meters the way he does.
So you think Bo Jackson could have beat Bolt in the 40?
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:53 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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It happened. Deal with it.
It's not a question of whether he was timed at 4.12 it's a matter of just how accurate that time would be with todays equipment. Bo Jackson was fast but that would put him at Gold Medal olympian fast and his other track meets on record suggest he wasn't gold medal olympian fast.
We have been trying to tell the rantards for years he is the greatest athlete to ever live. He ran a perfectly timed, exactly measured 40 yard dash at 4.12 at 238 lbs and as the article suggest once threw out a 20 year old when he was 11. Thanks for reminding us how great he was.
This post was edited on 7/16/15 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:54 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
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Bolt runs the 100 and 200m races, completely different.
Bolts time measured at 40 would be around 4.1 according to the math. We are saying that a football player with no track record of world record speed ran a 4.12 40 in 1986 with hand timed 40s on old equipment.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:55 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
His frame wouldn't allow him to run a sub 4.2 40. 4.4 isn't out of the question, and for a guy his size is downright incredible. Make no mistake that he was one of the baddest mofos ever though.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:55 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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Bo Jackson was a phenominal athlete but a 40 yard time at 4.12 would put him on par with Usain Bolt.....the greatest sprinter of all time.
I think Jackson is the greatest athlete of all-time. If he had run Track and Field he would have won multiple gold medals.
This post was edited on 7/16/15 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:57 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
This thread is bad and you should feel bad OP.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:57 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
I'd put $ on Bo vs Bolt.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:59 pm to GeauxLSUGeaux
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His frame wouldn't allow him to run a sub 4.2 40. 4.4 isn't out of the question, and for a guy his size is downright incredible.
Christian Okoye ran a 4.4 and he easily had 30 lbs on Bo.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 12:59 pm to GeauxLSUGeaux
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His frame wouldn't allow him to run a sub 4.2 40.
And yet he did.
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